TT virus infection and genotype distribution in blood donors and a group of patients from Turkey.

abstract：:The humoral and cell mediated immune response was investigated in 90 patients suffering from chronic posttraumatic osteomyelitis. In 10-20% of the patients the serum IgG and IgM was increased, in 5-10% the levels were decreased. The values were compared with those of a control group of 35 normal healthy volunteers. Of...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Ring J,Seifert J,Zinn K,Stickl H,Probst J,Brendel W

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serum IL-6 and TNF alpha response to cardiopulmonary bypass surgery was studied in 12 patients. Human neutrophil elastase was also measured in order to detect the presence of neutrophil activation. Peripheral venous blood samples were obtained before, during, and 1, 2, 3 and 6 days after surgery. Intra-operative s...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Holzheimer RG,Molloy RG,Görlach H,Wilkert S,Hehrlein F

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythromycin ethylsuccinate was given orally (30-60 mg/kg/day) to 72 otherwise healthy children for different intervals before adenoidectomy. The concentration of erythromycin was assessed in homogenized tissue, in whole blood and in plasma, making it possible to calculate blood-free tissue levels. The tissue levels (...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Sundberg L,Edén T,Ernstson S

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study the presence of Mycoplasma species in patients suffering from infertility was examined. 41 women and 37 men were examined, including 31 couples, and ten single women and six single men. Samples of vaginal and cervical mucus were taken from each woman, and samples of seminal fluid from each man. Identific...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Brenciaglia MI,Cipriani P,Lilli D,Lorino G,Mancini C,Sangnier C

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assay described is an agar diffusion test using Bacillus stearothermophilus as test organism. Incubation is at 62 degrees C; results can be obtained rapidly within 2 to 3 hours. The test was developed for the determination of gentamicin concentrations in serum and other body fluids. Because of its high sensitivity...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Wahlig H

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the diagnostic value of a direct immunofluorescence test (DIF-test), urethral samples and first catch urine (FCU) from 153 male patients attending an outpatient clinic for sexually transmitted diseases (STD) were studied. Of the male patients, 40 (26.1%) had a positive urethral culture, 39 (25.5%) had a...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Stary A,Genç M,Heller-Vitouch C,Mårdh PA

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fatal guinea pig model of pneumococcal pneumonia was developed in order to evaluate the efficacy of amoxicillin combined with either pentoxifylline or dexamethasone. Parameters assessed were survival time and lung changes (alterations, bacterial colony counts, inducible nitric oxide synthase [iNOS] and cyclooxygenas...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Parra A,García-Olmos M,Nieto E,García-Calvo G,Ponte C,Soriano F

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the activity of cefotaxime both microbiologically and clinically. 138 blood cultures positive for gram-positive cocci were evaluated (90 strains of Staphylococcus aureus, 25 of Streptococcus faecalis, 13 of Streptococcus alpha and ten of Streptococcus mutans). Cefotaxime showed good activity against all str...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Bassetti D,Solbiati M,Fraizzoli G

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the impact of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) multidimensional approach on the reduction of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in adult patients hospitalized in 11 intensive care units (ICUs), from 10 hospitals, members of the INICC, in 10 cities of Turkey. METH...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Leblebicioglu H,Yalcin AN,Rosenthal VD,Koksal I,Sirmatel F,Unal S,Turgut H,Ozdemir D,Ersoz G,Uzun C,Ulusoy S,Esen S,Ulger F,Dilek A,Yilmaz H,Turhan O,Gunay N,Gumus E,Dursun O,Yýlmaz G,Kaya S,Ulusoy H,Cengiz M

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In January 2015, we noticed by rectal swab analyses that seven of 23 patients at an early rehabilitation ward had been colonized with carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CKP). Here, we describe risk factors for CKP acquisition. METHODS:In the present study, the outbreak is described and risk factors fo...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Borgmann S,Pfeifer Y,Becker L,Rieß B,Siegmund R,Sagel U

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:40 patients were given a single, short intravenous infusion of 4 g fosfomycin over a period of five to ten minutes. In 23 patients, the contents of the gall bladder were removed intra-operatively 30-105 minutes after the fosfomycin infusion. In 17 patients who had undergone cholecystectomy eight to ten days earlier, b...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Müller O,Rückert U,Walter W,Haag R,Sauer W

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 53-year old immunocompetent Swiss female is described who developed severe meningoencephalitis due to infection with Cryptococcus gattii 13 months following exposure on Vancouver Island, Canada. Diagnosis was based on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination, i.e., positive India-ink staining, positive latex particle a...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Georgi A,Schneemann M,Tintelnot K,Calligaris-Maibach RC,Meyer S,Weber R,Bosshard PP

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are conflicting results concerning an association between Chlamydia pneumoniae and MS (multiple sclerosis). In the present study, we investigated a possible therapeutic option with antibiotics. PATIENTS AND METHODS:In our randomized, placebo-controlled double-blind study, 28 patients with the confirme...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Woessner R,Grauer MT,Frese A,Bethke F,Ginger T,Hans A,Treib J

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cydnidae bug (also termed the burrowing bug) are arthropods of the order Hemiptera, that are recognized by their morphological adaptations for digging. They release an odorous substance from special glands that serve as self-defense, causing pigmented macules when in contact with human skin, especially during the rain...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Chakraborty S,Sil A,Panigrahi A

更新日期：2020-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To prevent transmission of MRSA, eradication by antiseptic washings and nasal ointment is recommended. There are few studies, which investigated the success of eradication of MRSA carriage during everyday clinical working conditions and results are controversial. We wanted to assess the effectiveness of MRSA...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Hansen D,Patzke PI,Werfel U,Benner D,Brauksiepe A,Popp W

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic enterococcal infections often lead to life-threatening disease. By analyzing the immune response of two patients with systemic enterococcal infections against enterococcal polysaccharide antigens, we found that both patients had antibodies against all four of the capsular serotypes identified to date. Antibod...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Hufnagel M,Huebner J

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of spontaneous spondylodiscitis caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae in a 55-year-old man who presented with thoracolumbar pain is described. Increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein level were pertinent laboratory findings. Computed tomography revealed a paravertebral mass and destructio...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Kouroussis C,Georgoulias V,Souglakos J,Simvoulakis E,Karabekios S,Samonis G

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of fulminant hepatitis in Taiwan was studied in a series of consecutive 523 patients with acute viral hepatitis including 11 with acute hepatitis A, 67 with acute hepatitis B, 124 with acute hepatitis NANB and 321 acute hepatitis in HBsAg carriers (patients who were HBsAg positive but anti-HBc IgM negati...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Chu CM,Liaw YF

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indwelling urinary catheters play a very important part in urology. However, their use is accompanied by a considerable increase in the risk of nosocomial urinary tract infections. The pathophysiological cause is ascribed to pathogens that adhere to the catheter surface, proliferate and produce a biofilm. In addition ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Rösch W,Lugauer S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neglected tropical diseases are becoming more and more frequent in Europe due to the increasing immigration from endemic areas. Nonetheless specific treatments are scarcely available in many European countries, since they are neither officially licensed nor marketed. Only a few referral health centres can afford to ac...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Calleri G,Angheben A,Albonico M

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients (mean age 63 years) undergoing alloarthroplastic hip joint replacement received 400 mg ofloxacin orally before anaesthesia. Venous blood samples were obtained before administration of the drug and then at intervals of up to 24 h. Bone samples were taken from femoral head and femoral shaft. Antibiotic conc...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Wittmann DH,Kotthaus E

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The Choosing Wisely® initiative is an international campaign addressing over- and underuse of diagnostic and therapeutic measures in infectious diseases among others. Since 2016, the German Society for Infectious Diseases (DGI) has constantly designed new items in this regard. Here we report the most recent rec...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Draenert R,Jung N,Choosing Wisely (Klug entscheiden) DGI Working Group.

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of thyroiditis due to Brucella melitensis are reported. Both occurred in foreigners working in Switzerland and presented with characteristic symptoms of thyroiditis which masked those of brucellosis. Cultures were diagnostic. One patient had concomitant thyroid malignancy. Both showed normal thyroid function...

journal_title：Infection

authors： von Graevenitz A,Colla F

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) of ciprofloxacin were determined for 441 uropathogens from patients with complicated and/or hospital acquired urinary tract infections (UTI). None of the Enterobacteriaceae was resistant (MIC > or = 4 mg/l), but 21.7% of enterococci, 28.3% of Pseudomonas spp. and 38.5% of st...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Naber KG,Witte W,Bauernfeind A,Wiedemann B,Wagenlehner F,Klare I,Heisig P

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of documented HIV-1 transmission by needle stick and one case of probable transmission by eczematous lesion in three nurses in Germany are reported in the period 1988 to 1991. In two of the cases the nurse knew of the AIDS status of the index patient. A review of the three cases reiterates the importance of ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Gürtler LG,Eberle J,Bader L

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study was designed to evaluate the efficacy and effects on pulmonary function tests of weekly 600 mg aerosolised pentamidine as prophylaxis against Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) amongst two groups of patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. Group 1 (primary prophylaxis) consisted o...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Ong EL,Dunbar EM,Mandal BK

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the incidence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae in the pathogenesis of hospital-acquired respiratory tract infections (RTIs) in critically ill patients. METHODS:This is a retrospective cohort study of all ICU-patients ≥ 18 years with RTI who underwent conventional culture techniques a...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Hagel S,Schmitt S,Kesselmeier M,Baier M,Welte T,Ewig S,Pletz MW

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV)-specific immunoglobulin E (IgE), M (IgM), A (IgA) and G (IgG) were studied in 421 sera obtained from 19 renal allograft recipients by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Cytomegalic inclusion disease (CID) occurred in 11 (57.9%) patients. HCMV infection was diagnosed...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Weber B,Stemmler A,Ernst W,Scheuerman EH,Braun W,Doerr HW

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop recommendations for the management of acute hepatitis B by the Italian Society for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases. METHODS:Development of the recommendations divided into three levels of evidence according to the GRADE system: A (high), B (medium) and C (low experts opinion), together...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Bruno R,Carosi G,Coppola N,Gaeta GB,Puoti M,Santantonio T,Taliani G,Armignacco O,Sagnelli E,Andreoni M,Angarano G,Di Perri G,D'Offizi G,Galli M,Rizzardini G,Italian Society for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases.

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:No reports have been published on synchronous multifocal necrotizing fasciitis (SMNF), a multifocal presence of necrotizing fasciitis in different extremities. We evaluated the clinical characteristics and outcomes of SMNF. METHODS:Eighteen patients (14 men, 4 women; mean age: 59 years) diagnosed with SMNF of ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Lee CY,Li YY,Huang TW,Huang TY,Hsu WH,Tsai YH,Huang JC,Huang KC

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00