Flow-assisted basophil activation tests in immediate drug hypersensitivity: two decades of Antwerp experience.

abstract：:Introduction:Antisynthetase syndrome (ASSD) is a rare auto-immune condition that can present as interstitial lung disease (ILD) and progress into Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). Importance:The purpose of this clinical case is to highlight the importance of considering less prevalent causes of ARDS amid the...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Van Cauwelaert S,Stylemans D,D'Haenens A,Slabbynck H,Nieuwendijk R

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the technique of immunofluorescence on clinical samples (IFCS) and immunofluorescence on centrifuged cell cultures (IFCC) for the detection of respiratory viruses, using monoclonal antibodies. Four hundred fourty five nasopharyngeal aspirates were tested prospectively for RSV, influenza- (A and B), parainf...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Pattyn SR,Provinciael D,Lambrechts R,Ceuppens P

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 61-year-old woman presented with recurrent pleuro-pericarditis following Nissen fundoplication. A diagnosis of anterior gastrodiaphragmatic fistula was made. The suspected etiology of the fistula was local ischemia. This kind of fistula, although exceptional, should always be considered in the presence of unexplaine...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Descamps OS,Donckier JE,Collard JM,Michel L,Trigaux JP,Melange M,Buysschaert M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central venous catheters are widely used in clinical practice. Air embolism is a rare, but potentially life threatening complication of central venous catheterisation. We describe a case of collapse and transient hemiplegia after removal of central venous catheter. This was accidentally performed with the patient in u...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Van Ierssel S,Specenier P,Baar I,De Belder F,Jorens PG,Vermorken JB

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes registries have documented that the lifetime risk of diabetes amounts to at least 10% in the western world. Moreover the prevalence of type 2 diabetes is increasing worldwide especially in developing countries. Furthermore there is a secular trend toward earlier clinical manifestation of both type 1 and type ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Gorus FK,Weets I,Couck P,Pipeleers DG,Belgian Diabetes Registry.

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We previously validated uHear™ to screen for hearing loss in older patients with cancer without a known hearing loss, as part of a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA). In view of low specificity, we tested a new modified uHear™ scoring system as described by Handzel. METHODS:Patients, aged ≥70 years, we...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Lycke M,Debruyne PR,Lefebvre T,Martens E,Ketelaars L,Pottel H,Van Eygen K,Derijcke S,Werbrouck P,Vergauwe P,Stellamans K,Clarysse P,Dhooge I,Schofield P,Boterberg T

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of secondary leukemia in donor cells after allogeneic stem cell transplantation is a rare event. We describe the occurrence of acute myeloid leukemia in donor cells 4 years after a stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma. The multiple myeloma was relapsing at the time of the onset of acute myelo...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Havelange V,Antoine-Poirel H,Saussoy P,Van Den Neste E,Ferrant A

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:25 hospitalized patients, suffering from acute bronchopulmonary affections, received every 24 hours, one I.M. injection of 750 mg of tetracycline laurylsulfate (equivalent to 500 mg of tetracycline HCl). Positive clinical results were obtained in all cases. All isolated micro-organisms, sensitive in vitro to tetracycl...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Sternon J,de Hemptinne J,Sergysels R,Butzler JP,Yourassowsky E

更新日期：1972-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a need for legal control of sensitivity discs. False results are obtained by the use of discs containing an antibiotic and an unlabelled antimicrobial drug. Results of sensitivity tests (performed by the disc agar diffusion method) using Levocyclin8 discs furnished by the manufacturers were highly improbable....

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Yourassowsky E,Dony J,De Roeck A,De Keere V,Schoutens E,Vanderlinden MP,Palsterman V

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of cefepime has been compared with that of cefotaxime, ceftazidime, aztreonam, and piperacillin against 1826 Enterobacteriaceae including 537 inducible Enterobacteriaceae (Enterobacter spp., Serratia spp., Citrobacter spp,. Morganella morganii) and 572 non-fermenters, including 401 Pseudomonas ae...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Verbist L,Glupczynski Y

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last decade an increase has been seen in drug smuggling. Body-packing and body-stuffing are the terms used for intracorporeal concealment of illicit drugs (mainly cocaine and heroine, but sometimes also amphetamines and cannabinoids). These body-packets are especially prone to rupture. In order to avoid systemic c...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Malbrain ML,Neels H,Vissers K,Demedts P,Verbraeken H,Daelemans R,Wauters A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective and importance: The antiphospholipid syndrome can manifest itself by silent (or not) myocardial infarction. Clinical presentation: We report the case of a 16-year-old girl who presented a myocardial infarction for whom a coronary-computer tomography did not reveal any coronary abnormalities or obstruction. S...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Riga JP,Leone A,Lambot F,Cappeliez O,Friart A

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies have shown that pneumococcal vaccination of older persons would be cost-effective in preventing pneumococcal pneumonia, but evidence of clinical protection for this condition is uncertain. Given much better evidence of vaccination effectiveness against invasive disease, studies showing that v...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： De Graeve D,Verhaegen J,Ament A,Baltussen R

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs) are considered to be one of the most serious patient safety issues in healthcare today. It has been shown that HAIs contribute significantly not only to morbidity and mortality, but also to excessive costs for the health care system and for hospitalized patients. Since p...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Trybou J,Spaepen E,Vermeulen B,Porrez L,Annemans L

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The number of adult patients with surgical repaired congenital heart defects increases continuously. We were interested to compare late outcome after partial and complete atrioventricular defect repair (pAVSD and cAVSD, respectively) and to determine the most important reason for re-intervention. METHODS:Al...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Soufflet V,Daenen W,Van Deyk K,Troost E,Budts W

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors analyse the bacteriological data gathered by 100 successive tracheal Punctures and compare these results to those obtained by sputum cultures, which had either been collected by routine or when withdrawing the catheter for tracheal aspiration. This plain and not hazardous technique allows to draw the follo...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Schoutens E,Koster JP,Arouete A,Tombroff M,Yourassowsky E

更新日期：1971-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND:The management of therapy-resistant lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and symptoms resulting from pelvic organ dysfunctions are subject to a high variability in the Belgian health-care centres. Practical guidelines and standardized patient clinical care pathways are often lacking and unadapted...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Ghijselings L,Van De Putte D,Hervé F,Goessaert AS,Beeckman D,Pattyn P,Everaert K

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A decreasing incidence of tuberculosis (TB) among HIV patients has been documented in high-income settings and screening for tuberculosis is not systematically performed in many clinics (such as ours). Our objectives are to evaluate whether a same decline of incidence was seen in our Belgian tertiary center ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Maniewski U,Payen MC,Delforge M,De Wit S

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Neurologic and liver involvement in Wilson's disease (WD) is well-documented, however, few reports demonstrated cardiac involvement. Tpe and Tpe/QT are new measures of ventricular repolarization which were recently suggested as predictor of arrythmogenesis. We aimed to evaluate ventricular depolarization an...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Ozturk S,Gurbuz AS,Efe SC,Iliaz R,Banzragch M,Demir K

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of acquired hepatocerebral degeneration (AHD) presenting with confusion and worsening memory problems since her discharge from the gastroenterology units. Cases of AHD are rare and are frequently confused with hepatic encephalopathy and Wilson's disease. There are no proven pharmacological therapies...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Ghys C,Kong MF,Glibert G,Lasser L,Karmali R

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the clinical characteristics of 126 insulin-treated diabetic patients, mainly type I subjects, who regularly performed during 18 months home glucose monitoring. The numbers of strips used each month was of 60 +/- 33 (mean +/- lSD). During the study period, HbA1C levels decreased from 8.6 +/- 2.1 to 7.0...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Buysschaert M,Lambert L,Donckier J,Jamart J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Up to a little while ago there was no uniform definition for acute kidney injury (AKI). Recently, the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative proposed the RIFLE consensus classification for AKI. This classification was adapted and modified by the Acute Kidney Injury Network into the AKI staging system. This classification d...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Hoste EA,De Corte W

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aims to evaluate the clinical outcome of fibrinolytic treatment of prosthetic valve thrombosis (PVT) with 'streptokinase' as a first line treatment for these cases. METHODS:The study group was 20 consecutive patients (10 females) diagnosed with PVT. The protocol for streptokinase administration w...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Sakr SA,Abdel-Shakour H,Ramadan MM

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common and serious complication in the intensive care setting. It seldom occurs in isolation, but is mostly part of a multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. The pathogenesis is frequently multifactorial, with sepsis contributing to 50% of the cases.The development of AKI in critically-ill ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Schetz M

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Case report We report the case of a young Cameroonian woman who presented with cough, hyperthermia, weight loss, pancytopenia, and hepatosplenomegaly. A positive HIV serology was discovered and a chest radiography revealed a 'miliary pattern'. Bone marrow aspiration pointed out yeast inclusions within macrophages. Giv...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Evrard S,Caprasse P,Gavage P,Vasbien M,Radermacher J,Hayette MP,Sacheli R,Van Esbroeck M,Cnops L,Firre E,Médart L,Moerman F,Minon JM

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multihospital study allowed us to follow a total of 62 serologically proven cases of Nephropathia epidemica (NE) in the Belgian region between Sambre and Meuse during the 1992-1993 period. The clinical picture consisted of sudden high fever (100% of the cases), headache (71%), abdominal or lumbar pains (80%) and, as...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Colson P,Damoiseaux P,Brisbois J,Duvivier E,Levecque P,Roger JM,Bouilliez DJ,McKenna P,Clement J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although emergency department (ED) return visits are a significant problem universally, it has not been previously studied in our ED. The aim of this study was to determine the extent of the problem in our ED, to identify the relevant clinical predictor variables and to detect diagnostic errors. METHODS:A r...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Vanbrabant P,Knockaert D

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In humans, rabies still is a fatally evolving encephalomyelitis caused by a Rhabdovirus of the genus Lyssavirus. In general, the disease is contracted through a contact with an infected mammal. Taxonomically, different rabies and closely related rabies-like viruses can be distinguished. New molecular identification te...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Vanhoof R,Costy F

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the high prevalence of malnutrition among elderly patients, nutritional problems are still not recognized as a priority forthem by health professionals. The need for nutritional assessment and intervention is particularly crucial in this age group, in whom the incidence of chronic illness is high and a myriad ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Pepersack T

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temocillin, a methoxy-derivative of the broad-spectrum penicillin, ticarcillin, has been introduced into clinical practice in Belgium in 1988. Since then, not many surveys of its in vitro activity have been published. This study addresses this issue in a prospective collection of 300 consecutive Gram-negative isolates...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Vanhoof R,Bérin C,Carpentier M,Fagnart O,Glupczynski Y,Mans I,Nyssen HJ,Surmont I,Van Nimmen L

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00