Correlation between antibiotic consumption and resistance of bloodstream bacteria in a University Hospital in North Eastern Italy, 2008-2014.

abstract：:Treatment of congenital cytomegalovirus infection is mandatory in cases with severe systemic and/or neurological involvement. However, some patients are paucisymptomatic, with very subtle systemic manifestations and/or minimal brain alterations. Current international guidelines do not clearly state whether these child...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Garrido-Barbero M,Arnaez J,Garcia-Alix A

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 66-year-old woman hospitalized with fever, fatigue and hepatopathy. In her medical history arterial hypertension (treated with propranolol and lisinopril), diabetes mellitus type 2 (no treatment before admission) and a gout arthropathy were noted wherefore a therapy with allopurinol 300 mg per day has be...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Khanlari B,Bodmer M,Terracciano L,Heim MH,Fluckiger U,Weisser M

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 53-year old immunocompetent Swiss female is described who developed severe meningoencephalitis due to infection with Cryptococcus gattii 13 months following exposure on Vancouver Island, Canada. Diagnosis was based on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination, i.e., positive India-ink staining, positive latex particle a...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Georgi A,Schneemann M,Tintelnot K,Calligaris-Maibach RC,Meyer S,Weber R,Bosshard PP

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 200 mg oral dose of ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin or ofloxacin was administered to six healthy male volunteers in a three way cross-over study in order to examine the kinetics in humans in relation to the bactericidal activity in serum and urine. Serum concentrations for ciprofloxacin were similar to norfloxacin and lo...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Zeiler HJ,Beermann D,Wingender W,Förster D,Schacht P

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To quantify the relative antibacterial efficacy of beta-lactam antibiotics in vitro, a mathematical description of bacterial growth was developed. Curves of growth in the presence of the antibiotic are expressed as quadratic functions of time, with initial growth rate (ko) and rate of change of growth (a) as concentra...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Mattie H,van der Voet GB

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an experimental infection caused by Listeria monocytogenes in mice a considerable enhancement (90-fold) of the therapeutic activity of ampicillin resulting from liposomal encapsulation was observed. The mechanism by which liposomes improved the therapeutic index of ampicillin in this infection appeared to be an inc...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Bakker-Woudenberg IA,Lokerse AF,Vink-van den Berg JC,Roerdink FH

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The natural decline of passively acquired maternal antibody titers and the influence of these antibodies on the efficacy of live, further attenuated measles vaccine were studied in 7 to 12 month old infants. Hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) antibody titers were determined in the pre- and postvaccination sera. HI antib...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Stewien KE,Barbosa V,de Lima OS,Osiro K

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lower urinary tract infection is a common problem for women, and tends to be recurrent. It is not associated with significant long term morbidity. Optimal management for symptomatic infection is short course antimicrobial therapy. For women with frequent, symptomatic, recurrent infection a number of therapeutic option...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Nicolle LE

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) are thrombotic microangiopathies increasingly reported in patients with HIV infection. However, characteristic features of thrombotic microangiopathies associated with HIV disease have not been defined yet. The typical courses of HUS and T...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Sutor GC,Schmidt RE,Albrecht H

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the first case of Kytococcus schroeteri implant-related septic arthritis and osteomyelitis, identified by phenotypic tests and 16S rRNA sequencing, which responded to implant removal and doxycycline. 16S rRNA sequencing was useful for the accurate and rapid identification of the organism as it exhibited thre...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Chan JF,Wong SS,Leung SS,Fan RY,Ngan AH,To KK,Lau SK,Yuen KY,Woo PC

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify reversible risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) after kidney transplantation (KT) that could lead to a reduction in its incidence and associated complications. METHODS:We performed a single-center case-control study in which 41 patients undergoing KT between February 2009 and July...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Origüen J,Fernández-Ruiz M,Lumbreras C,Orellana MÁ,López-Medrano F,Ruiz-Merlo T,San Juan R,García-Reyne A,González E,Polanco N,Paz-Artal E,Andrés A,Aguado JM

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a comparative, prospective, open randomised clinical study, the efficacy and tolerance of cefaclor (3 x 500 mg) and amoxicillin (3 x 750 mg) in the treatment of urinary tract infection (UTI) were investigated and compared. A total of 110 patients (51 males and 59 females) age 10 to 83 years were treated for a perio...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Naber K,Kaldewey W

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of fulminant hepatitis in Taiwan was studied in a series of consecutive 523 patients with acute viral hepatitis including 11 with acute hepatitis A, 67 with acute hepatitis B, 124 with acute hepatitis NANB and 321 acute hepatitis in HBsAg carriers (patients who were HBsAg positive but anti-HBc IgM negati...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Chu CM,Liaw YF

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Data on non-fermentative Gram-negative rods (NFGNR) bacteremia in children with malignancies are limited. The aim of this study was to present clinical picture, antimicrobial susceptibility pattern, risk factors for resistance and outcome in NFGNR bacteremia in children with cancer. METHODS:All episodes of NFG...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Averbuch D,Avaky C,Harit M,Stepensky P,Fried I,Ben-Ami T,Temper V,Peled Y,Troen H,Masarwa R,Abu Ahmad W,Weintraub M,Revel-Vilk S,Engelhard D

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythromycin ethylsuccinate was given orally (30-60 mg/kg/day) to 72 otherwise healthy children for different intervals before adenoidectomy. The concentration of erythromycin was assessed in homogenized tissue, in whole blood and in plasma, making it possible to calculate blood-free tissue levels. The tissue levels (...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Sundberg L,Edén T,Ernstson S

更新日期：1982-01-01 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：:Pre-existing occlusion of the inferior vena cava may complicate renal transplantation. Suppurative abdominal wall phlebitis following renal transplantation was diagnosed in a patient with pre-existing thrombosis of the inferior vena cava of unknown cause. The phlebitis developed in the subcutaneous collateral veins of...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Janssen S,van Donselaar-van der Pant KA,van der Weerd NC,Develter W,Bemelman FJ,Grobusch MP,Idu MM,Ten Berge IJ

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of clarithromycin in combination with ethambutol and rifampicin was tested at concentrations achievable in serum against 20 strains of Mycobacterium avium complex. The combination of clarithromycin plus rifampicin showed inhibition of 11 of the strains and bactericidal synergism against seven of the strai...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Stauffer F,Dörtbudak O,Lahonik E

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The humoral and cell mediated immune response was investigated in 90 patients suffering from chronic posttraumatic osteomyelitis. In 10-20% of the patients the serum IgG and IgM was increased, in 5-10% the levels were decreased. The values were compared with those of a control group of 35 normal healthy volunteers. Of...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Ring J,Seifert J,Zinn K,Stickl H,Probst J,Brendel W

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cefodizime was evaluated for its effect on a number of parameters of leukocyte function in humans. Four healthy volunteers received 2 g i.v. b.i.d. for seven days. Leukocyte activity was measured before, during and after treatment. Using opsonized zymosan as a stimulant, no effect on the respiratory burst of granulocy...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Limbert M,Müllner H,Shah PM

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microorganisms become attracted to polymer surfaces for a number of reasons including positive charge of biomaterial or concentration of nutrients on the biomaterial surface. Many bacteria additionally possess specific receptors for the interaction with extracellular host protein components that adhere on th...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Freytag CC,Thies FL,König W,Welte T

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Since May 2016, WHO recommended a 9-12 month short-treatment regimen for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment known as the 'Bangladesh Regimen'. However, limited data exist on the appropriateness thereof, and its implementation in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). We report here on the pil...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Ateba-Ngoa U,Edoa JR,Adegbite BR,Rossatanga EG,Madiou D,Mfoumbi A,Mevyann C,Achimi Agbo P,Mahoumbou J,Gould S,Lell B,Adegnika AA,Köhler C,Kremsner PG,Massinga-Loembe M,Alabi A,Grobusch MP

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Peripheral facial nerve palsy (FP) is the most common single nerve affection. Most cases are idiopathic, but a relevant fraction is caused by potentially treatable aetiologies including infections. Not all current diagnosis and treatment guidelines recommend routine cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis in the dia...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Henkel K,Lange P,Eiffert H,Nau R,Spreer A

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The penetration of ampicillin into middle ear effusions after oral administration of 800 mg bacampicillin to patients with acute otitis media was studied and compared with the serum levels. One hour after administration a mean (+/- SEM) concentration of 2.4 +/- 0.4 micrograms/ml ampicillin was found in the effusions a...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Virtanen S,Lahikainen EA

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the incidence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae in the pathogenesis of hospital-acquired respiratory tract infections (RTIs) in critically ill patients. METHODS:This is a retrospective cohort study of all ICU-patients ≥ 18 years with RTI who underwent conventional culture techniques a...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Hagel S,Schmitt S,Kesselmeier M,Baier M,Welte T,Ewig S,Pletz MW

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large outbreaks of diphtheria occurred recently in the former USSR. Between 1989 and 1994, a total of about 600,000 Soviet immigrants arrived in Israel. The immune status against diphtheria in a sample of 992 men aged 17-49 and 195 women aged 17-19, who arrived in Israel during 1990-91, was studied in order to evaluat...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Low M,Almog R,Green MS,Ashkenazi S,Bercovier H,Katzenelson E,Ashkenazi I,Shemer J,Cohen D

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Influenza continues to be a considerable health problem in Europe. Vaccination is the only preventive measure, reducing mortality and morbidity of influenza in all age groups OBJECTIVES:The objective of this survey was to assess and compare the level of influenza vaccination coverage during three consecut...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Müller D,Szucs TD

更新日期：2007-10-01 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：:We present the case of an 11-month-old male infant who had been BCG vaccinated as a neonate. At the age of nine months, he developed a localized tumor above his right mamilla. The tumor destroyed the fourth rib and infiltrated the surrounding soft tissue. X-ray and CT scan suggested a malignant neoplasm. Histology, ho...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Hoppe JE,Orlikowsky T,Klingebiel T,Niethammer D

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusobacterium nucleatum is an anaerobic Gram-negative bacillus commensal to the human oropharynx and gastrointestinal tract which causes an array of human infection, yet it has never been associated with infection of prosthetic joints. We report the first case of prosthetic hip infection caused by F. nucleatum in a ma...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Verma K,McNabb PC,Kurtz W,Green J,Trabue CH

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00