Clinical predictors for death in HIV-positive and HIV-negative tuberculosis patients in Guinea-Bissau.

abstract：:Twenty-eight patients who underwent open-heart surgery were divided into three groups, each of which received a different antibiotic from the cephalosporin series (cephalotin, cefazolin or cefamandole) in order to prevent infection. All antibiotics were given via intravenous infusion in a dosage of 2 g prior to surger...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Eigel P,Tschirkov A,Satter P,Knothe H

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical efficacy and tolerance of cefixime were investigated in an open, uncontrolled trial. 200 mg of cefixime were applied twice daily, duration of therapy was between eight and 14 days (mean value 10.1 days, standard deviation +/- 1.4 days). Ten male patients (mean age 42.7 years) and 19 female patients (mean age ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Theopold M,Benner U,Bauernfeind A

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the first case of Kytococcus schroeteri implant-related septic arthritis and osteomyelitis, identified by phenotypic tests and 16S rRNA sequencing, which responded to implant removal and doxycycline. 16S rRNA sequencing was useful for the accurate and rapid identification of the organism as it exhibited thre...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Chan JF,Wong SS,Leung SS,Fan RY,Ngan AH,To KK,Lau SK,Yuen KY,Woo PC

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Viral hepatitis is characterized by special clinical, biochemical and serological findings. This study was planned to determine the seroprevalence, epidemiological characteristics and clinical and biochemical findings of hepatitis A virus (HAV) and hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections during an outbreak of jau...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Yayli G,Kiliç S,Ormeci AR

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Bogner JR

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal infections in patients with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) are a poor prognostic factor. We describe the first case of CGD with femoral osteomyelitis due to Cladophialophora arxii, which is a member of the dematiaceous group. The causative fungus was identified on the basis of its morphological characteris...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Shigemura T,Agematsu K,Yamazaki T,Eriko K,Yasuda G,Nishimura K,Koike K

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：PURPOSE:To assess incidence rate, risk factors and susceptibility patterns associated with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli or Klebsiella pneumoniae in community-acquired urinary tract infections (CA-UTIs). METHODS:A prospective, case-control study was conducted at a tertiary teaching...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Almomani BA,Hayajneh WA,Ayoub AM,Ababneh MA,Al Momani MA

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Investigation of the injecting drug users (IDUs) population is becoming extremely critical and timely in light of the recent evidence that IDUs now act as the core of hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemics in developed countries. The purpose of this article, therefore, is not only to review the epidemiology of HCV i...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Ramia S,Melhem NM,Kreidieh K

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative functional and histological tests were performed in eight groups of ten quinea pigs each, which were administered 50, 75, 100 and 150 mg of netilmicin respecitvely b.i.d. for 29 days, 15 and 25 mg of gentamicin and 50 and 100 mg of amikacin per kg body weight respecitvely b.i.d. and in one control group of...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Federspil P

更新日期：1976-01-01 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：:Clinical trials using interleukin 2 as a therapeutic immunomodulating agent in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome have recently begun. In this article we present data from studies which indicate the ability of interleukin 2 in vitro to augment clinically important cytotoxic immune responses in lymphocyte...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Siegel JP,Rook AH,Djeu JY,Quinnan GV Jr

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recovery rates of erythromycin after in vitro and in vivo administration were studied comparatively in liver, lung, and kidney. Using buffer standards the recovery rate in homogenates of in vitro administered erythromycin decreased with increasing protein concentration. At constant protein concentration the erythr...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Dette GA,Finke U

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro sensitivities of 47 multi-resistant gram-negative bacilli against six third generation cephalosporins were investigated. Overall, moxalactam was the most active compound and cefoperazone the least active. Ceftizoxime and ceftazidime were very active against Enterobacteriaceae. Ceftriaxone and ceftizoxime ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Fainstein V,Le Blanc B,Bodey GP

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of clavulanic acid to inactivate beta-lactamase was investigated using 47 amoxicillin-resistant bacteria. In the presence of 10 mg/l clavulanic acid most strains of staphylococci, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella and Proteus mirabilis became fully amoxicillin-sensitive. This effect of clavulanic acid was in mo...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Peters G,Pulverer G,Neugebauer M

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC) of enoxacin, nalidixic acid, pipemidic acid, norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin and pefloxacin against isolates from 400 urological in-patients with complicated urinary tract infections (UTI) were determined by means of an agar dilution technique (10(4) cfu, multipointer). 28...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Naber KG,Sörgel F,Gutzler F,Bartosik-Wich B

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter jejuni (previously called "related vibrio") has recently become recognized as an important cause of acute diarrhoeal disease in many countries. As with other intestinal pathogens, the clinical picture of C. jejuni infection varies from symptomless excretion to severe disease. The incubation period averag...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Butzler JP

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blood cultures detect bacteremia in individual patients and help define local pathogen and resistance spectra. At the same time, the benefits of blood culture results in the management of individual patients -- and therefore their cost-effectiveness -- are disputed. PATIENTS AND METHODS:During 1 calendar ye...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Ehrenstein BP,Jarry T,Linde HJ,Schölmerich J,Glück T

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The question of whether ampicillin and sulbactam are able to penetrate sufficiently into costal cartilage tissue was investigated in 21 children undergoing surgery for funnel chest malformations. The concentrations of both compounds were determined in the core and mantle pieces of samples taken 45 min or 120 min after...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Meier H,Springsklee M,Wildfeuer A

更新日期：1994-03-01 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：:The potential risk factors for congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection or development of disease remain unclear. Here, we investigated the genetic polymorphisms in natural killer (NK) group 2, member D (NKG2D), an activating receptor expressed on NK cells, and in MHC class I-related chains A, the ligand of NKG2D, ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Taniguchi R,Koyano S,Suzutani T,Goishi K,Ito Y,Morioka I,Nakamura H,Yamada H,Oka A,Inoue N

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:After the introduction of highly active antiretroviral treatment, the course of HIV infection turned into a chronic disease and most of HIV-positive patients will soon be over 50 years old. MATERIAL AND METHODS:This paper reviews the multiple aspects that physicians have to face while taking care of HIV-p...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Calcagno A,Nozza S,Muss C,Celesia BM,Carli F,Piconi S,De Socio GV,Cattelan AM,Orofino G,Ripamonti D,Riva A,Di Perri G

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eikenella corrodens is a facultatively anaerobic gram-negative rod that colonizes the oral cavity and very rarely produces central nervous system (CNS) infections. Frontal lobe abscesses are occasionally associated with a dental source of infection. We report a case of an adult man with overzealous dental cleaning hab...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Asensi V,Alvarez M,Carton JA,Lago M,Maradona JA,Asensi JM,Arribas JM

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Based on previous studies, enterococcal infective endocarditis (IE) is considered a unimicrobial, community-acquired disease of older Caucasian men. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We evaluated the relationship between enterococcal bacteremia and IE by comparing clinical and demographic characteristics of all cases of...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Anderson DJ,Murdoch DR,Sexton DJ,Reller LB,Stout JE,Cabell CH,Corey GR

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal infection by Escherichia coli O157 and other verotoxin (VT) producing E. coli has been increasingly recognized as an important factor for the causation of classic (enteropathic) hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and hemorrhagic colitis (HC). Toxins most frequently involved are VT1 and VT2. As with other toxin...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Bitzan M,Klemt M,Steffens R,Müller-Wiefel DE

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of ten different 4-quinolone antibacterial agents against Escherichia coli KL16 was investigated at four pH values between 5.6 and 8.3, which is the pH range of urine. It was found that pH affected the minimum inhibitory concentrations of all the drugs, but the nature of the substituent at the C7 position...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Smith JT,Ratcliffe NT

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 53-year-old Caucasian woman with a history of anorexia nervosa developed a bilateral lower extremity rash comprised of palpable red to violaceous, sub-centimeter papular lesions that increased in quantity rapidly. She also noted a 2-month history of non-productive cough. Imaging modalities revealed a thin-walled cav...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Walsh TL,Baca V,Stalling SS,Natalie AA,Veldkamp PJ

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aminoglycosides play a central role in the treatment of infectious diseases caused by gram-negative bacteria. During the period of January to June 1984, 45 clinical specimens collected in our neonatal intensive care unit grew Enterobacter cloacae; 41 of them were gentamicin resistant. One neonate developed septice...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Raz R,Sharir R,Shmilowitz L,Kenes I,Ephros M

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of cryptococcal polysaccharides in the serum is diagnostic of cryptococcosis in the absence of rheumatoid factor. The significance of the continued detection of this antigen in the serum during antifungal therapy is not known. Prolonged antigenemia might indicate ongoing active infection, delayed clearan...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Eng R,Chmel H,Corrado M,Smith SM

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 97-year-old lady was hospitalized for left leg cellulitis. Comorbidity included hypertension and congestive heart failure. While in hospital, she developed a painless vesicular rash localized to the territory of the left trigeminal nerve (third branch), which evolved to pustules and crusts (Figure 1). A chickenpox-l...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Capron J,Steichen O

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00