A case of Capnocytophaga canimorsus sacral abscess in an immunocompetent patient.

abstract：:In this article the cooperating partners of the ClinSurv HIV cohort were not listed in the acknowledgements. The correct paragraph appears below. ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Stecher M,Schommers P,Schmidt D,Kollan C,Gunsenheimer-Bartmeyer B,Lehmann C,Platten M,Fätkenheuer G,Vehreschild JJ,ClinSurv Study Group.

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penetration of ciprofloxacin into human tonsils was studied following an intravenous infusion of 200 mg over 15 minutes to adult humans undergoing tonsillectomy. Samples were taken one-and-a-half to four hours after dosing. Generally, tissue levels exceeded corresponding serum concentrations by 50% (range of intraindi...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Falser N,Dalhoff A,Weuta H

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC) of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim against 144 strains of obligately anaerobic bacteria were determined on supplemented Diagnostic Sensitivity Test (Oxoid) agar or broth. 58% of the strains were susceptible to sulfamethoxazole alone (MIC less than or equal to 16 micrograms...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Wüst J

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical symptoms of urinary tract infections (UTI) are only rarely an indication of the presence of the disease in childhood. Of decisive importance for the detection of UTI is an appropriate investigation to determine whether there is significant bacteriuria. Since in a significant proportion of cases of UTI in ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Straub E

更新日期：1979-01-01 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：:Nosocomial infections (NIs) constitute a significant public health problem and contribute to prolonged hospitalization, additional healthcare costs and excess morbidity and mortality. NIs appear to be more common in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) as a result of some degree of immunosuppression...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Petrosillo N,Pagani L,Ippolito G,Gruppo HIV e Infezioni Ospedaliere.

更新日期：2003-12-01 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：:Indwelling urinary catheters play a very important part in urology. However, their use is accompanied by a considerable increase in the risk of nosocomial urinary tract infections. The pathophysiological cause is ascribed to pathogens that adhere to the catheter surface, proliferate and produce a biofilm. In addition ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Rösch W,Lugauer S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Optimal antimicrobial treatment duration for Gram-negative bloodstream infection (BSI) remains unclear. This retrospective cohort study examined effectiveness of short (7-10 days) and long (>10 days) courses of antimicrobial therapy for uncomplicated Gram-negative BSI. METHODS:Hospitalized adults with uncompli...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Nelson AN,Justo JA,Bookstaver PB,Kohn J,Albrecht H,Al-Hasan MN

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple, sensitive and rapid ELISA method for the quantification and characterization of antibodies to lipid A has been developed, which can also be applied to other hydrophobic antigens. For coating, antigens were applied to the wells of ELISA plates as solutions in a mixture of chloroform and ethanol 1:9 (v/v), and...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Freudenberg MA,Fomsgaard A,Mitov I,Galanos C

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to describe the epidemiology of childhood group B streptococcus (GBS) disease including late late-onset disease (LLOD) and to clinically characterize recurrent cases and twin-sibling cases in Japan. METHODS:We collected information on infants (<1 year of age) with invasive GBS disease and inst...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Matsubara K,Hoshina K,Kondo M,Miyairi I,Yukitake Y,Ito Y,Minami K,Genkawa R

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report concerns a case of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) with atypical immune response affecting an infant whose mother had repeated evidence of immunity before pregnancy. Laboratory diagnosis of CRS could only clearly be achieved by virus isolation after the second month of life despite typical clinical featu...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Weber B,Enders G,Schlösser R,Wegerich B,Koenig R,Rabenau H,Doerr HW

更新日期：1993-03-01 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：: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：:We analyzed the results of passive immunization against CMV in 146 heart transplant recipients. The 65 seronegative recipients were prophylactically treated with anti-CMV immunoglobulins during and after the operation. Twenty-nine of these 65 patients received a seropositive donor heart. CMV infection occurred in 21/6...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Balk AH,Weimar W,Rothbarth PH,Meeter K,Metselaar HJ,Mochtar B,Simoons ML

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Boffito M,Ryom L,Spinner C,Martinez E,Behrens G,Rockstroh J,Hohenauer J,Lacombe K,Psichogyiou M,Voith N,Mallon P,Branco T,Svedhem V,dÁrminio Monforte A

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 13-year-old girl with CVI is presented who required steroid treatment for myositis. After three weeks of treatment, the serum IgM level increased about ten-fold. Specific antibodies to vaccination antigens, which despite adequate vaccination were absent prior to any kind of treatment, could be synthesize...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Wahn V,Grosse-Wilde H,Rosin H,Carls C,Göbel U

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To reduce intensive care unit overcrowding and optimize resources, elderly patients affected by suspected infection with declining clinical conditions could be managed in internal medicine departments with stepdown beds. However, commonly used prognostic scores, as Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) or ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Falsetti L,Martino M,Zaccone V,Viticchi G,Raponi A,Moroncini G,Fioranelli A,di Pentima C,Martini A,Nitti C,Salvi A,Burattini M,Tarquinio N

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：:To investigate the diagnostic value of a direct immunofluorescence test (DIF-test), urethral samples and first catch urine (FCU) from 153 male patients attending an outpatient clinic for sexually transmitted diseases (STD) were studied. Of the male patients, 40 (26.1%) had a positive urethral culture, 39 (25.5%) had a...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Stary A,Genç M,Heller-Vitouch C,Mårdh PA

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For successful treatment of bacterial osteomyelitis the administered antibiotic must reach sufficiently high concentrations in bone tissues. Therefore concentrations of enoxacin in bone in ten patients requiring hip surgery were measured. To prevent a postoperative infection, 400 mg enoxacin b.i.d. for two days were a...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Adam D,Weismeier K,Sörgel F,Zürcher J

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Susceptibility to HIV-1 infections is, beside other factors, determined by individual host genetic variants like HLA class I alleles, CCR5 and CCR2 variants and levels of CCR5 binding chemokines. A new approach to determine the individual risk of acquiring an HIV infection or to estimate the disease progression could ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Jülg B,Goebel FD

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serum IL-6 and TNF alpha response to cardiopulmonary bypass surgery was studied in 12 patients. Human neutrophil elastase was also measured in order to detect the presence of neutrophil activation. Peripheral venous blood samples were obtained before, during, and 1, 2, 3 and 6 days after surgery. Intra-operative s...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Holzheimer RG,Molloy RG,Görlach H,Wilkert S,Hehrlein F

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent literature on clostridial infections of animals and infections due to gram-negative anaerobic rods is reviewed. It is stressed that quite recently the literature is concerned with animal models for the evaluation and study of the chemotherapy, immunity mechanisms and pathogenesis of Fusobacterium and Bacter...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Goldberg HS

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evaluation of the efficacy and possible intolerance of an antibacterial chemotherapy is based on the exact analysis of patient specific signs and symptoms, pathogenetic factors of the specific bacteria and parameters of the specific substance. One has to differentiate between usefulness of the antibiotics (effect)...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Lode H

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We compared standard antibiotic use with an antibiotic policy based on selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) for cost and microbiology. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A 2-year before-after observational study was performed in an 11-bed, mixed medical and surgical intensive care unit (ICU). We include...

journal_title：Infection

authors： van der Voort PH,van Roon EN,Kampinga GA,Boerma EC,Gerritsen RT,Egbers PH,Kuiper MA

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of antibody assays for viruses of the herpes group (HSV, EBV, VZV and CMV) and for hepatitis B virus (HBV) were retrospectively evaluated in 439 HIV-seropositive patients classified into different stages of HIV infection. The prevalence of specific IgG, IgM and IgA antibodies in these groups was compared w...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Enzensberger R,Braun W,July C,Helm EB,Doerr HW

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reports on antibiotic use often lack complete definitions of the units of measurement, hampering the comparison of data between hospitals or hospital units. PATIENTS AND METHODS:To compare methods of measures of in-hospital antimicrobial use, we determined aggregate in-hospital consumption data at a tertiar...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Kuster SP,Ruef C,Ledergerber B,Hintermann A,Deplazes C,Neuber L,Weber R

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Raoultella planticola is a rare opportunistic pathogen usually invaded immunocompromised patients and sometimes even causes fatal infections. Recently, there is growing concern about the emergence of carbapenem resistance in this species. Here, we describe one case of hospital-acquired pneumonia due to a carbapenem-re...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Xu M,Xie W,Fu Y,Zhou H,Zhou J

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiviral effects of interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) are well documented for the treatment of hepatitis B or C infections, whereas antiretroviral effects for treatment of HIV-1 infection have been investigated up to now only in small-sized preclinical studies. New preclinical and clinical data on IFN-alpha for HIV, H...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Jablonowski H

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00