Urinary tract infection in women: new pathogenic considerations.

abstract：:Starting from 2010, the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) was introduced in several countries. This paper discusses some of the problems recently emerged after PCV13 use and their clinical impact. The impact of PCV13 has been relevant and has saved millions of children and adults by severe infectious di...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Principi N,Di Cara G,Bizzarri I,Isidori C,Borgia P,Mignini C,Saponara M,Argentiero A,Esposito S

更新日期：2018-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The increase in drug-resistant community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is an important problem all over the world. This article explores the current state of antimicrobial resistance of different bacteria that cause CAP and also assesses risk factors to identify those pathogens. RECENT FINDINGS:In the las...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Arancibia F,Ruiz M

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute otitis media (AOM), when associated with a bulging or full tympanic membrane, has a bacterial etiology in more than 90% of cases. Not infrequently, the organisms present express resistance mechanisms to commonly prescribed antibiotic therapy. Tympanocentesis is a procedure advocated by several national guideline...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Pichichero ME,Wright T

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose of this review is to discuss the unique pathways of biofilm formation utilized by respiratory pathogens and current and future therapeutic strategies to inhibit biofilm formation or eradicate established biofilm in the context of these pathogens. Both nonselective and selective strategies ...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Hamilos DL

更新日期：2019-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbapenems are the broadest spectrum antimicrobials utilized in the treatment of serious infections since the 1980s. Soon after their introduction, the discovery of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) was reported in the 1990s. Invasive CRE infections are associated with high mortality and limited treatment...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Bowers DR,Huang V

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Patients with COPD are at increased risk for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). COPD has been reported as a comorbidity in at least one third of the hospitalized patients with CAP. There is a controversy that the pre...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Cilli A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heavily pretreated HIV-infected patients with multidrug-resistant virus remain a clinical challenge to the treating physician. While the goal of therapy in such patients is still controversial, sustained immunologic and clinical benefit have only been demonstrated with complete suppression of plasma viral load below d...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Montaner JS,Harris M

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduction of microbial contamination of the hospital environment is a challenge, yet has potential impacts on infection prevention efforts. Fumigation and UV light devices for environmental cleaning have expanded into the health care setting with the goal of decontamination of difficult to clean or overlooked surfaces...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Doll M,Morgan DJ,Anderson D,Bearman G

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dogma is that the higher risk of pyelonephritis in pregnant women is explained entirely by anatomic/obstructive changes. If so, gestational pyelonephritis should be caused by random, nonpathogenic bacteria. Instead, gestational pyelonephritis is associated with a narrow group of genetically related Escherichia col...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Nowicki B

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of vulvovaginal candidiasis, which is caused by Candida albicans, is poorly understood. Despite a strong protective role for cell-mediated immunity (CMI) against other mucosal candidal infections, numerous studies in humans and most animal models have revealed little to no role for CMI or other forms ...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Fidel PL

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia psittaci, Chlamydia pneumoniae, and Mycoplasma pneumoniae are a group of respiratory pathogens that have similar pulmonary and extrapulmonary manifestations. Recent studies suggest that C. pneumoniae and M. pneumoniae may play a role in the pathogenesis of asthma, but further studies are needed to delineate ...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Atmar RL

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, substantial advances have been achieved in the treatment of mucormycosis. It is now clear that early initiation of therapy results in substantially better outcomes, underscoring the need to maintain a high index of suspicion and aggressively biopsy potential lesions. Increasing data support the need f...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Spellberg B,Ibrahim AS

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pouchitis is an inflammatory complication after restorative proctocolectomy and ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA). IPAA is the surgical treatment of choice in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) who require colectomy. Initial episodes of acute pouchitis generally respond to antibiotics but significant numbers of c...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Chowdhry S,Katz JA

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungi are common inhabitants of the oral and nasal mucosa, and therefore the differentiation between colonization and pathogenicity in the setting of upper respiratory tract infection symptoms can be difficult. Fungal head and neck infections occur in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised persons, and patients wi...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Miller DJ

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rates of syphilis continue to increase in the United States and HIV-infected patients make up a large proportion of cases. The interaction between syphilis and HIV is complex and still incompletely understood. Although diagnosis and management of HIV-infected patients with syphilis is, in general, similar to HIV-uninf...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Ghanem KG

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune demyelinating disease of the central nervous system most often characterized by clinical relapses and periods of remission. RECENT FINDINGS:The past decade has seen a dramatic increase in disease-modifying therapies for MS. Fourteen FDA-approved immunomodulato...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Levin SN,Kaplan TB

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are now recognized as the etiologic agents of invasive cervical cancer, a major cancer in women. A single HPV type (type 16) is responsible for about 50% of the cancers. The major capsid protein of papillomaviruses, L1, when expressed by recombinant DNA technology, has the intri...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Gravitt PE,Shah KV

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical toxinology is a specialized area of clinical medicine focused on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases caused by animal, plant, and fungal toxins. This review focuses on recent developments in snakebite. Snakebite is newly recognized as a Neglected Tropical Disease by the World...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： White J

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida species remain the most frequently isolated fungi in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with severe sepsis or septic shock. Delayed antifungal therapy in these patients is a recognized risk factor for mortality. However, the diagnosis of invasive candidiasis remains difficult and is frequently delayed. Clinica...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Allou N,Allyn J,Montravers P

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial resistance is a growing problem globally. The appearance and spread of bacteria that are resistant to most or all commonly available antibiotics has raised the specter of untreatable bacterial infections. The New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) has received wide attention because of the extreme re...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Wilson ME,Chen LH

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noroviruses are among the most common cause of diarrhea in transplant recipients. The clinical spectrum of norovirus infection after transplant is increasingly being recognized. As substantial morbidity is now associated with norovirus infections in this population; the quest for rapid diagnostic modalities and newer ...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Angarone MP,Sheahan A,Kamboj M

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The deadly combination of tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) currently ravaging the world, taking a toll of about 0.35 million people every year, is one of the major public health crises of the decade. Throughout the course of HIV infection, the risk of acquisition, reactivation, and reinfection ...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Varghese GM,Janardhanan J,Ralph R,Abraham OC

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A broad range of disorders can cause inflammation of the thyroid gland. True thyroid infections are rare and can result from a variety of microorganisms, of which bacteria are the most common. Other rarer pathogens include fungi, parasites, and viruses. Gram-positive bacteria, especially staphylococci, predominate as ...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Shah SS,Baum SG

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although modern medicine has improved survival in congenital heart disease dramatically, the long-term course carries a risk of late complications. The incidence of infective endocarditis in adults with congenital heart disease is more than 10 times higher than that of the normal population. Identification of the high...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Thilén U

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review aims to determine the effectiveness of the use of syndrome diagnosis in the evaluation of vaginitis and to make suggestions based on the review findings. RECENT FINDINGS:Vaginal discharge as the main symptom of vaginitis is unspecific. A randomized study of symptom-based diagnosis and tre...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Nwankwo TO,Aniebue UU,Umeh UA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonization with Staphylococcus aureus is a risk factor for invasive S. aureus infections. Intranasal mupirocin has effectively eradicated S. aureus colonization and appears to prevent S. aureus nosocomial infections in some patient populations. In hospitals and communities where mupirocin use has been widespread, re...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Polgreen PM,Herwaldt LA

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) or Kaposi's sarcoma (KS)-associated herpesvirus is a recently identified virus that is associated with KS, multicentric Castleman's disease, and body cavity-based lymphomas. KS is the most common kind of cancer in AIDS patients and the initial AIDS-defining condition in over 20% of patients...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Greenblatt RM

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is strong evidence that preoperative nasal S. aureus screening/decolonization will significantly reduce surgical site infections (SSIs) after joint prostheses implantation. There is some evidence that antibiotic-containing bone cement may lower SSI rates. Timely administration of perioperative systemic antibioti...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Vonberg RP,Gastmeier P

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections due to community-associated methicillin---resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) are becoming more prevalent. CA-MRSA infections have unique epidemiologic features and virulence factors. Compared with health care-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA), most CA-MRSA is clonal type USA300 or 400 and has the Staphylococ...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Paez A,Skiest D

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determining the microbiologic etiology of enteric infection remains an elusive goal. Conventional approaches, including culture, microscopy, and antigen-based tests have significant limitations such as limit of detection and the need for multiple procedures. Molecular diagnostics, especially PCR based tests, are rapid...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Platts-Mills JA,Operario DJ,Houpt ER

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00