Interobserver agreement on signs and symptoms of patients with acute febrile illness.

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：:We report the case of a patient who presented with a thrombus of the aortic arch complicated with splenic, renal and peroneal artery embolisms, associated with transient lupus anticoagulant, during a Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. The outcome was good under antibiotic and anticoagulant treatment. We also review the ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Flateau C,Asfalou I,Deman AL,Ficko C,Andriamanantena D,Fontan E,Viant E,Bonnevie L,Rapp C

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an open, randomized study, the effect of pefloxacin (400 mg b.i.d.) was compared with that of cefotaxime (1 g t.i.d.) in the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections. In total 87 patients entered the study under the clinical diagnosis of complicated urinary tract infection, of whom 49 were eligible for eva...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Timmerman C,Hoepelman I,de Hond J,Boon T,Schreinemachers L,Mensink H,Verhoef J

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-six consecutive patients with pneumococcal meningitis were treated with cefotaxime (CTX). Ages ranged from 1-79 years: 29 adults, six adolescents, six children and five infants. Underlying diseases were found in 38 patients (82.6%). Twenty-six patients (56.5%) were admitted in coma. All isolates were sensitive t...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Lecour H,Seara A,Miranda AM,Cordeiro J

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify risk factors associated with mortality in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) caused by S. pneumoniae who require intensive care unit (ICU) management, and to assess the prognostic values of these risk factors at the time of admission. METHODS:Retrospective analysis of all conse...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Que YA,Virgini V,Lozeron ED,Paratte G,Prod'hom G,Revelly JP,Pagani JL,Charbonney E,Eggimann P

更新日期：2015-04-01 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：:Using 44 anti-O sera 789 Escherichia coli strains isolated from the urine of patients with urinary tract infections were typed. Of the 119 E. coli strains from the urine of children, 49.6% were O-typable; only 3.4% were rough strains. Of 357 strains from pregnant women, 47% were O-typable; 12.1% were rough strains. Th...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Budde E,Naumann G,Nimmich W,Straube E

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present open prospective study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety profile of fosfomycin trometamol in the chemoprophylaxis of urinary tract infections following transurethral diagnostic and/or therapeutic manoeuvres. 712 patients were enrolled in 72 urological surgical centres. All the enrolled pati...

journal_title：Infection

authors： di Silverio F,Ferrone G,Carati L

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection remains a common infection after solid-organ transplantation. In the general population CMV disease is associated with Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), an autoimmune disease leading to an acute peripheral neuropathy, in 1 of 1000 cases. Interestingly, GBS is a rarely observed complication...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Shaban E,Gohh R,Knoll BM

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：:To assess the in vitro activity of cefpodoxime against anaerobic respiratory tract and oropharyngeal pathogens 77 strains belonging to 18 gram-negative and 7 gram-positive species were studied by means of agar dilution tests. For comparison cefuroxime, amoxicillin, amoxicillin + clavulanic acid and clindamycin were al...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Werner H,Heizmann WR,Höflsauer M

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Myopia is a prevalent condition among Asians. Orthokeratology lens has gained popularity as a method of myopia control. This systematic review is to summarize the clinical profile of infectious keratitis in association with orthokeratology lens wear. METHODS:We searched in the PubMed and EMBASE for articles ad...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Kam KW,Yung W,Li GKH,Chen LJ,Young AL

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results obtained during the investigation on the excretion of nine urinary antigens originating in the kidney and characterized by monoclonal antibodies and of the brush-border marker-enzyme alanine aminopeptidase in the urine of 12 volunteers before and during the administration of therapeutic doses of ciprofloxa...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Falkenberg FW,Mondorf AW

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During May and June 1996, an outbreak of rubella occurred offshore aboard a ship of the German Navy. The outbreak spread among 330 crew members over a period of 9 weeks, ending 2 days after the ship's return. This is the first detailed epidemiological investigation of a rubella outbreak on a ship, describing...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Ziebold C,Hassenpflug B,Wegner-Bröse H,Wegner K,Schmitt HJ

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, we present a case of a 50-year-old immunocompetent man with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) associated with an autochthonous hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection. The patient presented with tetraparesis and elevated liver enzymes. HEV infection was confirmed serologically and by polymerase chain reaction (P...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Scharn N,Ganzenmueller T,Wenzel JJ,Dengler R,Heim A,Wegner F

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty patients suffering from bacteriogenic skin diseases were given cefaclor, in most cases simultaneously with classical external dermatological therapy. The results of therapy were satisfactory in 29 of the 30 patients. Only in one relatively severe case of erysipelas did the disease continue to spread despite the...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Paul E

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentration of imipenem in organic bone, determined in 16 patients by bioassay after short infusion (15 min) of 1 g imipenem/cilastatin was 4.3 +/- 2.06 mg/kg (geometric mean +/- standard deviation, n = 13) after 45 minutes, and 2.8 +/- 1.86 mg/kg (n = 26) after 88 minutes. Imipenem penetrates into inorganic hyd...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Wittmann DH,Kuipers TH,Fock R,Höll M,Bauernfeind A

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 24-year-old man presented with vague abdominal fullness and a mild epigastric dull pain for about 3 months was found to have a pancreatic head tumor at a medical center 2 months ago. He came to our hospital for further treatment. Ultrasonography, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and abdominal co...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Wu CS,Wang SH,Kuo TT

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus is recognized as one of the major causes of infections in humans occurring in both the community and the hospital. Up to now one of the most serious aspects as far as treatment of S. aureus infections is concerned is resistance to methicillin, which in clinical terms indicates resistance to all b...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Hryniewicz W

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This narrative review aims to describe barriers of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy at home (OPAT), potentially compromising general standards of antibiotic stewardship (ABS) and facilitators of OPAT for ABS. METHODS:After a literature review, five authors determined the barriers and facilitators to...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Steffens E,Quintens C,Derdelinckx I,Peetermans WE,Van Eldere J,Spriet I,Schuermans A

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection is an important cause of death in patients receiving cytostatic drugs or with any other impairment of host resistance. Such infections are frequently due to opportunist micro-organisms usually belonging to the endogenous flora of the patient. It is often difficult to obtain an exact diagnosis of the cause an...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Nauta EH,van Furth R

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of prenatal diagnosis of fetal rubella infection by specific IgM antibody detection in fetal infection by specific IgM antibody detection in fetal blood obtained in the 21st to 23rd weeks of pregnancy of women with different types of rubella problems during pregnancy (categorised in four groups) showed tha...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Enders G,Jonatha W

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An observational prospective cohort study was carried out on complication rates and time kinetics of phlebitis caused by short peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) in inpatients on 15 hospital wards in four hospitals in Cologne, Germany. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We observed 1,582 patients with 2,495 PIVCs d...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Grüne F,Schrappe M,Basten J,Wenchel HM,Tual E,Stützer H,Cologne Quality Control Network.

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of meningitis due to an unusual organism, Haemophilus aphrophilus in an adult is described. In spite of rapid clearance of the organism from the cerebrospinal fluid with intravenous cefotaxime, fever persisted over 8 days of therapy and infection was complicated by hydrocephalus. H. aphrophilus meningitis is un...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Adeyemi-Doro FA,Hui AC,Ho FN,Ip M

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since little is known about the burden of viral hepatitis in Kurds, the prevalence of infection with hepatitis A virus (HAV), hepatitis E virus (HEV), hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) was investigated in a sample of refugee Kurds from Iraq and Turkey. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A cross-sectiona...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Chironna M,Germinario C,Lopalco PL,Carrozzini F,Barbuti S,Quarto M

更新日期：2003-03-01 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：: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：: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：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