Management of a Mycobacterium immunogenum infection of a peritoneal dialysis catheter site.

abstract：PURPOSE:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is defined as S. aureus genetically having the mecA or mecC genes or phenotypically showing minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of oxacillin higher than 2 mg/L. However, recently, cefoxitin/oxacillin-susceptible mecA-positive S. aureus (OS-MRSA) has been rep...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Saeed K,Ahmad N,Dryden M,Cortes N,Marsh P,Sitjar A,Wyllie S,Bourne S,Hemming J,Jeppesen C,Green S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main objective was to develop a scoring system for easy use by the physician in daily clinical practice in deciding the appropriate treatment for his herpes zoster patient. Data from 635 patients who did not receive antiviral therapy were included in this analysis. Of these, 131 developed postherpetic neuralgia (P...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Meister W,Neiss A,Gross G,Doerr HW,Höbel W,Malin JP,von Essen J,Reimann BY,Witke C,Wutzler P

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a coagulase-negative Staphylococcus that causes skin and soft tissue infections and occasionally life threatening endocarditis of native valves. Prosthetic valve infection due to this pathogen is very rare and has not been described in HIV infected individuals. We report on the first case...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Kourbeti IS,Alegakis DE,Roditakis GE,Samonis G

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since the optimal duration of antibiotic therapy in febrile neutropenic patients is not clear, we evaluated the safety and efficacy of short courses of intravenous antibiotic treatment in selected pediatric cancer patients admitted for fever and neutropenia. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Lehrnbecher T,Stanescu A,Kühl J

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Differential diagnosis between acute viral and bacterial infection is an emerging common challenge for a physician in the emergency department. Serum C-reactive protein (CRP) is used to support diagnosis of bacterial infection, but in patients admitted with low CRP, its ability to discriminate between viral and...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Coster D,Wasserman A,Fisher E,Rogowski O,Zeltser D,Shapira I,Bernstein D,Meilik A,Raykhshtat E,Halpern P,Berliner S,Shenhar-Tsarfaty S,Shamir R

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cefoperazone, an antibiotic commonly used for prophylaxis of infection, has been associated with hypoprothrombinemia and bleeding. To reduce the risk of bleeding, co-administration of vitamin K has been advised. We reassessed the need for vitamin K use in a retrospective analysis of 50 patients undergoing urologic pro...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Rockoff SD,Blumenfrucht MJ,Irwin RJ Jr,Eng RH

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Based on previous studies, enterococcal infective endocarditis (IE) is considered a unimicrobial, community-acquired disease of older Caucasian men. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We evaluated the relationship between enterococcal bacteremia and IE by comparing clinical and demographic characteristics of all cases of...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Anderson DJ,Murdoch DR,Sexton DJ,Reller LB,Stout JE,Cabell CH,Corey GR

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is routine practice to provide chemoprophylaxis for close contacts of a patient infected with meningococci. PATIENTS:When a 17-year-old boy living in a boys' home was admitted to the hospital with septic shock caused by Neisseria meningitidis, we immediately identified contact persons in the boys' home. ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Linde H,Glück T,Metz M,Reng C,Erlmeier S,Lehn N

更新日期：2000-05-01 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：PURPOSE:To describe the influence of cardiac conduction tissue infection by Influenza A virus. METHODS AND RESULTS:A 54-year-old man with non-sustained ventricular tachycardia underwent noninvasive and invasive cardiac studies including left ventricular endomyocardial biopsy (LVEMB). Non-invasive studies showed normal...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Frustaci A,Petrosillo N,Ippolito G,Chimenti C

更新日期：2016-06-01 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：:Chlamydia trachomatis was isolated from three of 100 prostatic tissue specimens obtained from patients undergoing transurethral resection of the prostate. All examined patients were free from symptoms of urethral or prostatic inflammation. Our findings are in accordance with the high incidence of asymptomatic chlamydi...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Dan M,Samra Z,Siegel YI,Korczak D,Lindner A

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal resistance is caused by an acquisition of intrinsically resistant species, by selection of resistant strains from a population or by mutation of an initially susceptible strain. According to different classes of antimycotics there are different resistance mechanisms: differences in the uptake mechanisms, drug t...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Bernhardt H,Zimmermann K,Knoke M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cephalosporins differ in the substituents attached at the 3 and/or 7 positions of the molecule. Very schematically, substitution at C3 mainly modifies the overall pharmacokinetic properties whereas substitution at position 7 influences the antibacterial characteristics. When using the more common "generation" syst...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Christ W

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:Drug-induced anaphylaxis is an unpredictable adverse reaction. Although it may occur with any medication, antibiotics induce more cases of anaphylaxis than any other medication class with most cases being induced by β-lactam antibiotics. Clindamycin is an antibiotic with good gram-positive and anaerobe coverage which ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Bulloch MN,Baccas JT,Arnold S

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mediterranean spotted fever, caused by Rickettsia conorii, is a tick-borne infection. Serum samples for screening R. conorii antibodies of professionally exposed persons in the Antalya region, on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, were analyzed. R. conorii IgG antibodies were detected in 13 of 98 (13.3%) serum samples...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Vural T,Ergin C,Sayin F

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, important advances have been made in the immunodiagnosis of tuberculosis. New T cell interferon-gamma release assays (TIGRA) are more specific and more sensitive than the tuberculin skin test (TST) for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection. However, like the TST, TIGRA are unable to dis...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Jafari C,Lange C

更新日期：2008-12-01 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:This retrospective study was performed in order to investigate the clinical characteristics and antibiotic susceptibility of viridans streptococcal bacteremia (VSB) in febrile neutropenic children in the context of the increase in incidence and antibiotic resistance of VSB. METHODS:We conducted this study amon...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Han SB,Bae EY,Lee JW,Lee DG,Chung NG,Jeong DC,Cho B,Kang JH,Kim HK

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pefloxacin was applied to a newborn suffering from ventriculitis caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae after failure of routine antibiotics. Treatment was successful. Blood and CSF levels were high, thus documenting good CSF penetration. In addition to this case report, a review of the literature regarding seven neonates wi...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Linder N,Dagan R,Kuint J,Keler N,Keren G,Reichman B

更新日期：1994-05-01 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：:In an open randomised crossover study the antibacterial activity of pefloxacin and norfloxacin was assessed in the urine after a single 800-mg oral dose in 14 healthy female volunteers. Pefloxacin demonstrated lower peak concentrations in the urine than norfloxacin (mean, 217.2 mg/l versus 492.9 mg/l as determined by ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Hofbauer H,Naber KG,Kinzig-Schippers M,Sörgel F,Rustige-Wiedemann C,Wiedemann B,Reiz A,Kresken M

更新日期：1997-03-01 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：:Material from 50 patients with purulent otitis media was investigated. All patients had undergone surgical operation. The results indicate that anaerobic non spore-forming bacteria, especially gram-negative rods of the family Bacteroidaceae, may play an important role in the aetiology of purulent otitis media. In a fu...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Hudác A

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 38-year-old Omani woman, seven months pregnant, developed extensive zygomycosis involving maxillary and temporal bones. No evidence of any underlying immune deficiency was detected except that which may be attributed to pregnancy. After delivery the patient was treated with repeated courses of amphotericin B, which ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Buhl MR,Joseph TP,Snelling BE,Buhl L

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A guinea pig model of experimental Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia was used to evaluate factors affecting the efficacy of passive immune therapy with Psomaglobin N, a hyperimmune P. aeruginosa globulin. Animals treated 2 h after infection with a single intravenous infusion of Psomaglobin N, 500 mg/kg, demonstrated 33...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Pennington JE,Pier GB

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Chlamydophila pneumoniae has been implicated in atherosclerosis/restenosis; however, clear evidence is missing. Therefore, the aim of our study was to examine the influence of intimal infection and systemic inflammation on cardiovascular complications after coronary intervention. METHODS:45 atheroma specimens ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Tuleta I,Reek D,Braun P,Bauriedel G,Nickenig G,Skowasch D,Andrié R

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Staphylococcus aureus frequently causes infections in outpatient and hospital settings and can present as a highly variable entity. Typical manifestations are endocarditis, osteoarticular infections or infection of implanted prostheses, intravascular devices or foreign bodies. A thorough diagnostic evaluat...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Koehler P,Jung N,Kochanek M,Lohneis P,Shimabukuro-Vornhagen A,Böll B

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00