Legionella in two splenectomized patients. Coincidence or causal relationship?

abstract：:A 17-year-old boy presented with a severe form of an acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) with hemiparesis and coma after initial symptoms of a flu-like febrile infection 1 week previously. Titers against Mycoplasma pneumoniae were significantly increased in serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Detection of M. ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Riedel K,Kempf VA,Bechtold A,Klimmer M

更新日期：2001-08-01 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：:The Sporopachydermia cereana species lives in decaying stems of cactus and is exceptionally rare as a human pathogen. A 57-year-old man with therapy-refractory acute promyelocytic leukaemia developed severe neutropaenia. After about 3 weeks of micafungin used as prophylaxis, he developed high fever, multiple pulmonary...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Chan TS,Hwang YY,To KK,Kwong YL

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：:To date there have been no standard methods for assessing the thrombogenicity of central venous catheters. A procedure for testing the thrombogenicity of intravenous lines such as the silver-impregnated catheter by continuous blood flow in vitro was therefore developed. For this test, fresh blood was drawn from health...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Böswald M,Lugauer S,Bechert T,Greil J,Regenfus A,Guggenbichler JP

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Raoultella ornithinolytica is not well known as a clinical pathogen. We performed a retrospective review of R. ornithinolytica bacteremia to investigate its clinical features, antimicrobial susceptibility, and overall patient outcomes. METHODS:R. ornithinolytica bacteremia cases were collected from an electron...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Chun S,Yun JW,Huh HJ,Lee NY

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：:The distribution of mannose-resistant (MRHA) and mannose-sensitive (MSHA) fimbrial haemagglutinins was examined in 482 strains of Escherichia coli isolated from 390 adult women and 45 pregnant mothers with a variety of urinary tract infections (UTI), and from 47 healthy controls. The proportion of MRHA strains was sig...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Parry SH,Boonchai S,Abraham SN,Salter JM,Rooke DM,Simpson JM,Bint AJ,Sussman M

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12-year-old girl with a 2-month history of fever and abdominal pain was admitted to our hospital. Ultrasound and CT scans of the abdomen showed multiple hypoechoic lesions of liver and spleen. Screening for zoonosis revealed high positive titers to Bartonella henselae. T-cell deficiency was demonstrated and remained...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Kahr A,Kerbl R,Gschwandtner K,Heinzl B,Lackner H,Schwinger W,Stünzner D,Lindbichler F,Urban EC

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics and renal excretion of the sulphonamides sulphachloropyridazine, sulphadiazine, sulphaisodimidine, sulphamerazine, and sulphamethoxazole were investigated in a cross-over study with doses of 800 mg each. The serum half-life, urine levels, distribution volume, protein binding and potential antibact...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Ortengren B,Fellner H,Bergan T

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chlamydia trachomatis is considered to be the most common sexually transmitted disease in Germany. It is currently unclear whether chlamydial infection causes pathological conditions of the male accessory glands with consequences for male infertility. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Within the framework of several pro...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Bollmann R,Engel S,Petzoldt R,Göbel UB

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical principles in the management of intraabdominal infection have remained constant. Rather, it is the application of these principles in selected cases that has varied. Judgement, therefore, becomes paramount for the surgeon. In selected cases multiple planned relaparotomies may be the most effective means of cl...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Aprahamian C,Wittmann DH

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As perioperative prophylaxis for major orthopedic operations 81 patients were given the fixed combination of ampicillin (1 g)/sulbactam (0.5 g) or cefotiam (2 g) as short infusions. The three beta-lactams were rapidly distributed into the different tissues and their pharmacokinetic profiles were found to be very simil...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Wildfeuer A,Mallwitz J,Gotthardt H,Hille E,Gruber H,Dahmen G,Pfaff G,Göbel C

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from 192 out-patient alcoholics attending a clinic for the treatment of alcoholism were tested for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and for antibodies to HBsAg and to hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAg). Three sera (1.5%) were positive for HBsAg. Of the remaining 189 alcoholics, 29 (15%) were positive for one or ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Gluud C,Gluud B,Aldershvile J,Jacobsen A,Dietrichson O

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Bloodstream infections (BSIs) are frequent after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). The aim of this study was to identify predictors of mortality after BSI in patients who undergo HSCT. METHODS:Patients who underwent HSCT between 1 January 2004 and 31 January 2008 and developed BSI dur...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Mikulska M,Del Bono V,Bruzzi P,Raiola AM,Gualandi F,Van Lint MT,Bacigalupo A,Viscoli C

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:As the number of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in German intensive care units increases, the problem of MRSA infection as such is becoming ever more serious. The aim of this study was to investigate whether mortality rates from nosocomial MRSA pneumonia and primar...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Gastmeier P,Sohr D,Geffers C,Behnke M,Daschner F,Rüden H

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whipple's disease is a rare systemic disorder classically presenting with weight loss, arthralgias, and diarrhea, which was first described in 1907. The causative bacterium Tropheryma whipplei, is a fastidious organism not growing on conventional media. Before the introduction of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Müller SA,Vogt P,Altwegg M,Seebach JD

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:St. John of the Cross (1542-1591) died aged 49 years after 3 months of excruciating pain following a trivial lesion in his right foot. Erysipelas, a superficial bacterial infection of the skin, and subsequent sepsis were previously suggested as the cause of his death. Here, an alternative diagnosis is proposed....

journal_title：Infection

authors： Bianucci R,Appenzeller O,Evans P,Charlier P,Perciaccante A

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：:Cefotaxime is an effective antibiotic in lower respiratory tract infection caused by streptococci and staphylococci. There is a limited tendency to superinfections with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (1.5%) and there is a low incidence of side-effects. It is questionable whether there is really an urgent need for cefotaxime i...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Lode H,Glatzel PD

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the influence of cardiac conduction tissue infection by Influenza A virus. METHODS AND RESULTS:A 54-year-old man with non-sustained ventricular tachycardia underwent noninvasive and invasive cardiac studies including left ventricular endomyocardial biopsy (LVEMB). Non-invasive studies showed normal...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Frustaci A,Petrosillo N,Ippolito G,Chimenti C

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Current guidelines provide limited evidence as to which patients with urinary tract infection (UTI) require hospitalisation. We evaluated the currently used triage routine and tested whether a set of criteria including biomarkers like proadrenomedullin (proADM) and urea have the potential to improve triage d...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Litke A,Bossart R,Regez K,Schild U,Guglielmetti M,Conca A,Schäfer P,Reutlinger B,Mueller B,Albrich WC

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Enterococcus faecalis is a relatively common cause of infective endocarditis, it rarely causes meningitis. A case of Enterococcus faecalis endocarditis presenting as meningitis in a 74-year-old diabetic man on chronic hemodialysis is reported. A review of the literature showed that the association of enteroco...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Lin DP,Wada S,Jimenez-Lucho VE

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the in-vitro activity of cefoperazone-sulbactam (2:1), other beta-lactams, amino-glycosides and ciprofloxacin against cefoperazone-susceptible and -resistant nosocomial gram-negative bacilli. Resistant isolates including Pseudomonas aeruginosa were susceptible to cefoperazone-sulbactam; the susceptible iso...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Chandrasekar PH,Sluchak JA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imipenem/cilastatin in a doses of 1.5/day was used to treat 31 moderate to severe infections, predominantly soft tissue infections with bone involvement, in 30 surgical patients. A clinical success was achieved in 93% of the patients. In one patient with diabetic gangrene of the foot, imipenem/cilastatin treatment per...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Voeckl J,Fischer M

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in Omani patients with renal disease was determined using a second-generation enzyme immunoassay which detects antibodies to three HCV antigens. Based on the results of this assay, 27 of 102 (26.5%) sera from patients on haemodialysis, 11 of 82 (13.4%) sera from kidn...

journal_title：Infection

authors： al-Dhahry SH,Aghanashinikar PN,al-Hasani MK,Buhl MR,Daar AS

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess whether diabetes is a risk factor for herpes zoster (HZ). METHODS:We conducted a retrospective cohort study using the Integrated Health Care Information Services database, during the period 1997-2006. A type I diabetes cohort, a type II diabetes cohort and two non-diabetic cohorts matched for date of...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Guignard AP,Greenberg M,Lu C,Rosillon D,Vannappagari V

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) recurs in nearly one-third of patients who develop an initial infection. Recurrent CDI (RCDI) is associated with considerable morbidity, mortality, and cost. Treatment for RCDI has not been not well examined. METHODS:A systematic review. RESULTS:Sixty-four articles wer...

journal_title：Infection

authors： O'Horo JC,Jindai K,Kunzer B,Safdar N

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of lomefloxacin, a new difluorinated quinolone, was compared to that of ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, norfloxacin and other relevant antibacterial agents. Lomefloxacin and norfloxacin shared similar activity, whereas ofloxacin and in particular ciprofloxacin showed superior activity. Most gram-negati...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Sun ZM,Maskell JP,Sehgal SC,Williams JD

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most cases of respiratory tract infection, antibiotic therapy has to be initiated before the results of microbiological examination are available. The four most common pathogens of acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis are pneumococci, Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis and Staphylococcus aureus. Pne...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Vogel F

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00