Quantitative antibiotic use in hospitals: comparison of measurements, literature review, and recommendations for a standard of reporting.

abstract：:During the course of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, a patient seropositive for hepatitis B e antigen experienced four episodes of acute hepatic necroinflammation. Serum HBV-DNA concentration elevated immediately before the first and third exacerbations, whereas serum hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA was detecte...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Chen LW,Yeh CT,Fang KM,Chu CM,Liaw YF

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulatory secretory non-pancreatic phospholipase A2 (snp-PLA2) was measured prospectively at the onset (day 0) of severe sepsis in 52 patients as well as on day 1 and 2 in 25 patients, in order to answer two questions: 1) does the snp-PLA2 plasma concentration differ according to the type and severity of infection? ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Guidet B,Piot O,Masliah J,Barakett V,Maury E,Bereziat G,Offenstadt G

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cefoperazone, an antibiotic commonly used for prophylaxis of infection, has been associated with hypoprothrombinemia and bleeding. To reduce the risk of bleeding, co-administration of vitamin K has been advised. We reassessed the need for vitamin K use in a retrospective analysis of 50 patients undergoing urologic pro...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Rockoff SD,Blumenfrucht MJ,Irwin RJ Jr,Eng RH

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After the cytology and the chemistry of the CSF had returned to normal, the concentration of ceftizoxime was determined in the CSF and in the serum of 27 patients who had suffered from purulent or serous meningitis. The patients were divided into four groups. The concentration in the CSF was mean = 0.87 mg/l two hours...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Ruf B

更新日期：1982-01-01 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：PURPOSE:To describe the demographic, clinical, and microbiological profile of native vertebral osteomyelitis (NVO) in aged patients as compared to that of younger patients, to identify differences that could motivate changes in clinical management. METHODS:Retrospective, observational cohort study (1990-2015) includin...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Aguilar-Company J,Pigrau C,Fernández-Hidalgo N,Rodríguez-Pardo D,Falcó V,Lung M,Pellisé F,Almirante B

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 40 intensive care patients, tissue oxygen partial pressure distribution within skeletal muscle was measured in order to estimate peripheral oxygen availability. In septic patients with multiple organ failure (n = 20) mean skeletal muscle pO2 was abnormally high (48.8 +/- 8.5 mmHg, p less than 0.001) in contrast to ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Boekstegers P,Weidenhöfer S,Pilz G,Werdan K

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GM-CSF is a hemopoietic growth factor with substantial effects on the proliferation of neutrophils, eosinophils and monocytes/macrophages. Its physiologic role in infection is still poorly understood. The gene for GM-CSF is constitutively transcribed in cells substantial for antiinfectious response. Various cells are ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Freund M,Kleine HD

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of urinary tract infections (UTI) in 299 renal graft transplantations (281 patients) was analyzed. UTI episodes were demonstrated in 185 grafts (62%), most frequently in the first month after transplantation. The infectious episodes were mostly recurrent. Persistent infection, detected in 11% of grafts, ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Prát V,Horcicková M,Matousovic K,Hatala M,Liska M

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:"Choosing Wisely" is a growing international campaign aiming at practice changes to improve patient health and safety by both, conduct of essential and avoidance of unnecessary diagnostic, preventive and therapeutic procedures. The goal is to create an easily recognizable and distributable list ("Choosing Wis...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Lehmann C,Berner R,Bogner JR,Cornely OA,de With K,Herold S,Kern WV,Lemmen S,Pletz MW,Ruf B,Salzberger B,Stellbrink HJ,Suttorp N,Ullmann AJ,Fätkenheuer G,Jung N

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assuming a local weakness in the defence system to be responsible for chronic, recurrent infection of the urinary tract in young girls, we made 86 determinations of the bacterial periurethral flora from 70 female patients aged between five and eleven years. Within three patient groups (urologically healthy, temporaril...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Hofmann K,Marget W,Belohradsky B

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1990 a relatively high number of cases of childhood tuberculosis has been observed in Austria, mainly occurring in the age-group of 0-4 years. Within this group most cases were registered in 1995. Since the beginning of 1995 the establishment of a lab-supported nationwide data collection system enables a more de...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Makristathis A,Stauffer F,Klein JP,Rotter ML,Wewalka G,Hirschl AM

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) causes a variety of clinical conditions, the most important being hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome. A curative therapy of EHEC diseases is not yet feasible. This study investigates the antibody reactivity of Lactobin, a standardized immunoglobulin (Ig) prepara...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Lissner R,Schmidit H,Karch H

更新日期：1996-09-01 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：:Cefodizime was evaluated for its effect on a number of parameters of leukocyte function in humans. Four healthy volunteers received 2 g i.v. b.i.d. for seven days. Leukocyte activity was measured before, during and after treatment. Using opsonized zymosan as a stimulant, no effect on the respiratory burst of granulocy...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Limbert M,Müllner H,Shah PM

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The penetration of ampicillin into middle ear effusions after oral administration of 800 mg bacampicillin to patients with acute otitis media was studied and compared with the serum levels. One hour after administration a mean (+/- SEM) concentration of 2.4 +/- 0.4 micrograms/ml ampicillin was found in the effusions a...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Virtanen S,Lahikainen EA

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62-year-old man developed a blood stream infection and meningitis due to Listeria monocytogenes, 20 days after an episode of pseudo-membranous colitis. The patient, hospitalized for the first time for transurethral prostatectomy, was readmitted 20 days later with watery diarrhea. Pseudo-membranous colitis was diagno...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Carannante N,Pagliano P,Rossi M,Attanasio V,Rescigno C,Corte L,Tascini C,Cardinali G

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effects of surgical site infections (SSI) after glioblastoma surgery on patient outcomes are understudied. The aim of this retrospective multicenter study was to evaluate the impact of SSI on the survival of glioblastoma patients. METHODS:Data from SSI cases after glioblastoma surgeries between 2009 and...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Salle H,Deluche E,Couvé-Deacon E,Beaujeux AC,Pallud J,Roux A,Dagain A,de Barros A,Voirin J,Seizeur R,Belmabrouk H,Lemnos L,Emery E,Fotso MJ,Engelhardt J,Jecko V,Zemmoura I,Le Van T,Berhouma M,Cebula H,Peyre M,Pr

更新日期：2020-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The HBeAg/anti-HBe system was studied as a marker of infectivity and chronic progressive liver disease in 460 hemodialysis patients. The importance of HBeAg as an index of infectivity was confirmed in that it was present simultaneously with specific DNA polymerase (31 patients) and by the presence of widely diffuse co...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Fiaccadori F,David S,Faggion G,Feriani N,Ferrari C,Franco V,Giuberti T,Grutta D'Auria C,La Greca G,Magnani G

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Catheter-associated urinary tract infection is the most common nosocomial infection in clinical settings. For bacteria ascending to the bladder the most common route is the extraluminal, but the intraluminal route also plays a role. For this reason, we compared two urinary closed system bags (CSB), one with ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Wenzler-Röttele S,Dettenkofer M,Schmidt-Eisenlohr E,Gregersen A,Schulte-Mönting J,Tvede M

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an open randomised crossover study the antibacterial activity of pefloxacin and norfloxacin was assessed in the urine after a single 800-mg oral dose in 14 healthy female volunteers. Pefloxacin demonstrated lower peak concentrations in the urine than norfloxacin (mean, 217.2 mg/l versus 492.9 mg/l as determined by ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Hofbauer H,Naber KG,Kinzig-Schippers M,Sörgel F,Rustige-Wiedemann C,Wiedemann B,Reiz A,Kresken M

更新日期：1997-03-01 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：:Polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMNL) chemotaxis was evaluated in ten healthy volunteers who had received 600 mg of clindamycin intramuscularly. Serum obtained 3 hours after the administration of clindamycin significantly increased PMNL chemotaxis. Serum obtained at 12 and 24 hours after the administration of the drug di...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Skoutelis AT,Lianou PE,Bassaris HP

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the interobserver agreement on clinical history and physical examination when using a semi-structured questionnaire to evaluate patients with an acute febrile illness (AFI). METHODS:A cross-sectional study was conducted with outpatients aged 12 years and over, presenting with an AFI defined as fever ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Daumas RP,Brasil P,Bressan CS,Oliveira RV,Carvalho BB,Carneiro DV,Passos SR

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary objective of patient-oriented hospital hygiene is the reduction in frequency of the five most important nosocomial infections: urinary tract infection, wound infection, respiratory tract infection, sepsis and infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue. The less the effect of individual measures on the rate ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Daschner F

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iatrogenic meningitis following lumbar puncture is a rare complication of myelography, spinal anesthesia, intrathecal chemotherapy, and epidural anesthesia. Sporadic cases and clusters of iatrogenic meningitis have been reported after intrathecal therapy, but most incidental cases are reported after myelography. Four ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Schneeberger PM,Janssen M,Voss A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years, several reports have suggested, but never definitely demonstrated that dental units (DU) could be potential sources of viral cross-infections sustained by viral agents including HBV, HCV and HIV. This work aims at assessing the risk of HCV cross-infection by dental unit water lines (DUWLs). ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Artini M,Scoarughi GL,Papa R,Dolci G,De Luca M,Orsini G,Pappalardo S,Costerton JW,Selan L

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Screening for staphylococci among various patient populations has become important for appropriate therapeutic management and for control of nosocomial infections. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the in vitro sensitivity and specificity of a chromogenic agar medium, S. aureus ID (bioMérieux, France)...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Diederen BM,van Leest CM,van Duijn I,Willemse P,van Keulen PH,Kluytmans JA

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ATRIPLA is licensed for use only in HIV-positive persons whose viral loads <50 for ≥ 3 months. We investigated the use of ATRIPLA as first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) in EuroSIDA using a web-based survey performed in Autumn 2012. 96/112 clinics (85.7 %) completed the survey. Recommendations when initiating first...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Mocroft A,Reiss P,Rakhmanova A,Banhegyi D,Phillips AN,De Wit S,Ristola M,Lundgren JD,Grarup J,Kirk O,EuroSIDA in EuroCOORD.

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00