How to treat a fulminant erysipelas and sepsis caused by Myroides odoratimimus: case report and literature review.

abstract：:The kidney could be the cause of essential hypertension which can also cause renal disease. High blood pressure is also very common in chronic kidney disease, and is moreover a well-known risk factor for a faster progression of kidney failure. Hypertension and kidneys are thus closely linked. Hypertension must be aggr...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Krzesinski JM,Cohen EP

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with hepatitis B virus has become a vaccine-preventable disease. The recombinant hepatitis B vaccines available today are safe and immunogenic. In order for these vaccines to eradicate HBV a universal vaccination of neonates and/or children needs to be implemented. Major obstacles on the road to global hepat...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Leroux-Roels G,Cao T,De Knibber A,Meuleman P,Roobrouck A,Farhoudi A,Vanlandschoot P,Desombere I

更新日期：2001-07-01 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：:We reported the case of a patient with stage IV Hodgkin's disease (involving the nodes and Liver) presenting with paraneoplastic fever and who subsequently developed hypothermia during chemotherapy administration. We also reviewed the 12 other cases of hypothermia in Hodgkin's disease reported in the literature and di...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Meert AP,Berghmans T,Sculier JP

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Metastatic clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (m-ccRCC) patients with bone metastases (BM) treated with vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) have a poorer outcome compared to patients without BM. We aimed to investigate whether an increased incidence of VEGFR-TK...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Haaker L,De Meue E,Wildiers H,Verbiest A,Dumez H,Lerut E,Pans S,Albersen M,Beuselinck B

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This cross-sectional study registered the prevalence of sedative drug use and withdrawal strategies in geriatric in-patients from 30 centres in nine European countries. METHODS:We conducted a survey among young geriatricians using a standardised questionnaire on sedative drug use for more than three weeks. T...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Petrovic M,Spatharakis G,Conroy S,Van Maeles G,Moulias S

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The haemophagocytic syndrome or haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a syndrome encompassing a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by a persistent activation of benign macrophages, leading to uncontrolled secretion of cytokines and phagocytosis of blood cells. The syndrome can be primary due to muta...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Dierickx D,Cortoos A,Vanderschueren S

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intradural spinal arachnoid cysts are a relatively uncommon lesion that may be either intra, or extradural, and intradural spinal arachnoid cysts are even less common. Arachnoid cysts are cerebrospinal fluid collections in the spine that can present with neurological symptoms. The objective of this paper is to describ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Krstačić A,Krstačić G,Butković Soldo S

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foodborne disease represents a major problem for public health in industrialized countries, albeit with a low lethality. Foodborne diseases are defined as a group of viral, bacterial or parasitic gastrointestinal infections transmitted by means of food. Proper food-hygiene practices and surveillance of individual dise...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Van Loock F,Ducoffre G,Dumont JM,Libotte-Chasseur ML,Imberechts H,Gouffaux M,Houins-Roulet J,Lamsens G,De Schrijver K,Bin N,Moreau A,De Zutter L,Daube G

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoprotein(a) has many similarities to low density lipoproteins but possesses a unique protein moiety called apolipoprotein(a). The plasma concentration of lipoprotein(a) is mainly under genetic control and most of diets and hypolipidemic drugs do not change its level. Only nicotinic acid and neomycin are able to red...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Heller FR,Parfonry A,Hondekijn JC

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background and objective: The prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) among nursing home (NH) residents is high. This study aimed to investigate the acceptance and implementation of pharmacist recommendations based on a screening tool for PIP, the Ghent Older People's Prescriptions community Pharmacy...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Foubert K,Muylaert P,Mehuys E,Somers A,Petrovic M,Boussery K

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 69-year-old man with slight dyspnoea underwent routine X-ray examination by his primary care physician. The X-ray and the CT showed a homogenous mass at the right side of the anterior mediastinum. The benignity and the origin of the tissue were still unknown. Therefore, we performed a CT-guided fine needle aspiratio...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Michels G,Drebber U,Pfister R

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Recently, SOHO and CATIE's studies in the field of schizophrenic disorders asserted that molecules apparently showing the most side-effects are not only the most effective but also lead to the least changes in treatments. Can we generalise this assertion to other domains of pharmacological treatments, such a...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Zdanowicz N,Jacques D,Reynaert C

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus is a frequent chronic disease that affects children as well as adults. The disease keeps a life-long burden on patients, their environment and society. Although still incompletely understood, its pathogenesis becomes progressively unravelled. Autoimmune phenomena play an im...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Gorus FK,Anselmo J,Keymeulen B

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Automated insulin calculators (AICs) with carbohydrate counting (CHC) have been shown to be effective in improving glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels. By contrast, use of AICs without CHC, with predetermined prandial insulin doses modified according to a correction factor and modulated as a function of glyc...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Oriot P,Ponchon M,Hermans MP

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces boulardii is widely used as a probiotic compound and is generally thought to be safe. We report one case of fungemia caused by Saccharomyces cerevisiae occurring in an elderly patient treated orally with S. boulardii in association with vancomycin for Clostridium difficile colitis. We do not recommend ad...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Cherifi S,Robberecht J,Miendje Y

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune system may be considered as a sensory organ able to respond to different kinds of danger signals that are not detected by nervous cells. The immune response is not autonomous but also regulated by the central and peripheral nervous system, as well as by neuropeptides, vitamin D and neuroendocrine axes such ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Geenen V

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:P-glycoprotein, a pump located in the plasma cell membrane, extrudes several clinically important drugs from the cell, and hence causes multidrug resistance. Reversing clinical drug resistance is possible by using agents that inhibit the activity of P-glycoprotein. We describe the results of sequential flow cytometric...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： De Moerloose B,Muylaert A,Gemmel F,Janssens A,Poppe B,Dhooge C,Benoit Y,Van Hove W,Philippé J

更新日期：2000-07-01 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：:Reversible lesions of the splenium of the corpus callosum constitute a clinicoradiological syndrome that has been associated to various medical conditions. We report the case of a 47-year-old man who presented with encephalopathy associated to auto-immune thyroid disease in which a reversible splenial lesion was isola...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： De Greef J,Jaumotte C,Quivron B,Derue G

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:VTE presents a significant clinical and economic burden on healthcare. Previous strategies (chemical and mechanical) were not full-proof when used in isolation. The advent of more recent treatments such as factor Xa inhibitors and direct thrombin inhibitors may help to provide more conclusive preventative management o...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Balaratnam S

更新日期：2009-11-01 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 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：:We present a patient with therapy resistant multicentric reticulohistiocytosis (MRH). MRH is a rare granulomatous, multisystem disease characterised most frequently by disfiguring papulonodular skin lesions and sometimes a destructive polyarthritis, though any organ can be involved. Abnormal histiocytic reactions to a...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： De Knop KJ,Aerts NE,Ebo DG,Van Offel JF,Stevens WJ,De Clerck LS

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Epidemiological studies have shown that chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major health problem especially in an older population. Given the growing segment of the elderly population and the important implication of renal disease on health care, this review discusses the structural and functional changes of the ageing ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Maertens S,Van Den Noortgate NJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although giant cell arteritis, also called temporal arteritis, is the most common primary vasculitis in the elderly, an association with AA amyloidosis has rarely been reported. AA amyloidosis is a disorder that results from the extracellular deposition of proteolytic cleavage products of serum amyloid A, which occurs...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Van De Ginste L,Dendooven A,Van Dorpe J,Delanghe JR,Vanmassenhove J,Speeckaert MM

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant insulinomas are very rare. They have typical clinical and biochemical characteristics that allow an early detection and distinction from other sorts of islet cell carcinoma. As a result a curative resection can occasionally be managed. Nevertheless, for more advanced stages the same treatment options as for ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Berwaerts J,Verhelst J,Hubens H,Kunnen J,Schrijvers D,Joosens E,Mahler C,Van Gaal L

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has significantly improved the quality of life of persons with HIV infection. However, new problems have arisen as a consequence of this treatment. An immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) in which patients experience a paradoxical worsening of their clinic...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Huis in 't Veld D,Lukande R,Lammens M,Conesa-Botella A,Vlieghe E,Van Marck E,Pauwels P,Colebunders R

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prototheca zopfii, an alga-like organism, was isolated from subungual material in a patient with onycholysis. This organism seldom causes human infections. Clinical and laboratory aspects are described. The literature is reviewed. ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Magerman K,Gordts B,Hindryckx P,Van Landuyt HW

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00