Nosocomial pneumonia caused by carbapenem-resistant Raoultella planticola: a case report and literature review.

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：BACKGROUND:Home intravenous antibiotic treatment has added to therapeutic options against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients leading to increased flexibility. A prospective clinical study was carried out to compare home and hospital iv antibiotic treatment in CF patients with chronic P. aeruginosa ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Riethmueller J,Busch A,Damm V,Ziebach R,Stern M

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The penicillins, the tetracyclines and the sulfonamides have often been used in the last few decades in spite of their well-known side effects. Hypersensitivity reactions to penicillins are among the most important adverse reactions in these antibiotics; in every case a careful medical history has to be taken before a...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Keller H

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:Both aciclovir and brivudin are effective in the treatment of immunocompromised children with varicella-zoster virus infection. To determine which drug is preferable, a prospective randomized trial aciclovir vs. brivudin was conducted. Forty-three immunocompromised children were randomly assigned to receive aciclovir ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Heidl M,Scholz H,Dörffel W,Hermann J

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Cryptococcal meningitis is a potentially fatal fungal infection associated with a significant attributable morbidity and mortality, especially among HIV/AIDS patients. The first-line therapy for the treatment of this clinical entity is the combinatory therapy of amphotericin B plus flucytosine. However, the hig...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Villanueva-Lozano H,Treviño-Rangel RJ,González GM,Hernández-Rodríguez PA,Camacho-Ortiz A,Castillo-Reyna L,Galindo-Alvarado SG,Martínez-Reséndez MF

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim of this study was to evaluate whether risk factors which predict the development of candidemia may also predict death in ICU patients with candidemia. During an 8-year-period all ICU patients whose blood cultures yielded Candida species (n = 40) were retrospectively evaluated in a case-control fashion. The average...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Voss A,le Noble JL,Verduyn Lunel FM,Foudraine NA,Meis JF

更新日期：1997-01-01 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:This study was undertaken to compare the clinical characteristics of adult methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) meningitis and adult methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) meningitis. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The clinical characteristics and therapeutic outcomes of 19 adult patients with S. aureus...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Chang WN,Lu CH,Wu JJ,Chang HW,Tsai YC,Chen FT,Chien CC

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to insufficient vaccination rates, measles outbreaks still pose a threat to public health in Germany. The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors for undervaccination against measles. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Datasets from two cross-sectional surveys were analyzed by logistic regression models. T...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Zucs AP,Crispin A,Eckl E,Weitkunat R,Schlipköter U

更新日期：2004-06-01 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：: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：PURPOSE:Limited data are available on immunologic responses to primary pandemic H1N1 (2009) vaccination in recipients of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) recipients. In 2009 serologic responses to either pandemic H1N1 (2009) vaccine (n = 36) or pandemic H1N1 (2009) infection (n = 2) were studie...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Roll D,Ammer J,Holler B,Salzberger B,Schweiger B,Jilg W,Andreesen R,Edinger M,Wolff D,Holler E

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-infected standardized burns and those contaminated experimentally with a constant number of organisms of a selected Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain underwent varying forms of treatment with silver sulfadiazine, cefsulodin cream and povidone iodine ointment. Wound healing was controlled by evaluating the wound area. ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Kaiser W,von der Lieth H,Potel J,Heymann H

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternatives to conventional hospitalization are needed to increase health systems resilience in the face of COVID-19 pandemic. Herein, we describe the characteristics and outcomes of 63 patients admitted to a single HaH during the peak of COVID-19 in Barcelona. Our results suggest that HaH seems to be a safe and effi...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Pericàs JM,Cucchiari D,Torrallardona-Murphy O,Calvo J,Serralabós J,Alvés E,Agelet A,Hidalgo J,Alves E,Castells E,Seijas N,Hernández C,Bodro M,Cardozo C,Coloma E,Nicolás D,Hospital Clínic 4H Team (Hospital at Home-Health H

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A fatal guinea pig model of pneumococcal pneumonia was developed in order to evaluate the efficacy of amoxicillin combined with either pentoxifylline or dexamethasone. Parameters assessed were survival time and lung changes (alterations, bacterial colony counts, inducible nitric oxide synthase [iNOS] and cyclooxygenas...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Parra A,García-Olmos M,Nieto E,García-Calvo G,Ponte C,Soriano F

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ciprofloxacin (200 mg) was infused to seven patients at the beginning of elective colorectal surgery. Thirty minutes after the end of infusion (i.e. 60 min after the start of the operation) ciprofloxacin reached concentrations of 1.60 mg/l in serum and of 3.42-6.07 mg/kg fresh weight in the ileum and colon. During the...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Viell B,Krause B,Vestweber KH,Schaaf S,Scholl H

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:TT virus (TTV) DNA has been found in a large proportion of patients with different forms of non-A-G hepatitis, however the clinical importance is unclear. We aimed to determine the genotypes of TTV isolates found in blood donors and different patient groups from the western part of Turkey. MATERIALS AND MET...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Erensoy S,Sayiner AA,Türkoğlu S,Canatan D,Akarca US,Sertöz R,Ozacar T,Batur Y,Badur S,Bilgiç A

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radiologic surveillance of smokers with low-dose CT scan has led to a significant surge of radiologic incidental findings, including the detection of early stages of pulmonary infections including nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). This causes a state of overdiagnosis and potential overtreatment of NTM lung diseas...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Calzadilla A,Holt G,Campos M,Mirsaeidi M

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：: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:Tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) and parapneumonic effusion (PPE) are usually distinguished by cellular predominance and pleural fluid adenosine deaminase (ADA) levels. However, both diseases may occasionally show similar neutrophilic predominance and high ADA levels. In such cases, the differential diagnosis...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Lee J,Yoo SS,Lee SY,Cha SI,Park JY,Kim CH

更新日期：2017-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:Individuals with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are 10- to 25-fold more likely than immunocompetent people to develop active tuberculosis (TB) and are candidates for being treated for latent TB infection (LTBI). However, diagnosis using the tuberculin skin test (TST) is doubly difficult due to cutaneous aner...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Lee SS,Chou KJ,Su IJ,Chen YS,Fang HC,Huang TS,Tsai HC,Wann SR,Lin HH,Liu YC

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：:Three parameters--urinary symptoms, pyuria, and bacteriuria--can be used independently or in combination to define the presence of urinary tract infection. Using these parameters, several approaches to defining urinary infection in various clinical contexts are discussed. Similarly, approaches to the definition and cl...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Stamm WE

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Serum and sputum concentrations of ampicillin or amoxycillin were measured in patients admitted to hospital for acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis with purulent sputum. Mean peak serum levels of nearly 12 mg/l were found after 1600 mg bacampicillin (mean peak level in sputum 0.85 mg/l). The serum and sputum con...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Davies B,Maesen F

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study was designed to evaluate the efficacy and effects on pulmonary function tests of weekly 600 mg aerosolised pentamidine as prophylaxis against Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) amongst two groups of patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. Group 1 (primary prophylaxis) consisted o...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Ong EL,Dunbar EM,Mandal BK

更新日期：1992-05-01 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