Correction to: Antiretroviral treatment indications and adherence to the German-Austrian treatment initiation guidelines in the German ClinSurv HIV Cohort between 1999 and 2016.

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：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：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：:Since 1990, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) was diagnosed in 15 adult HIV-negative haematologic patients in our hospital. None of them had received PCP prophylaxis. All except one had been treated with prednisone. Symptoms usually started after stopping or tapering. In six patients the diagnosis of PCP was delaye...

journal_title：Infection

authors： van der Lelie J,Venema D,Kuijper EJ,van Steenwijk RP,van Oers MH,Thomas LL,von dem Borne AE

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The minimal inhibitory concentrations of ceftizoxime, cefotaxime, moxalactam, cefoperazone, cefotiam and cefamandole were determined against various species of gram-negative bacteria and against Staphylococcus aureus. Ceftizoxime was more active against Enterobacteriaceae than cefamandole, cefotiam and cefoperazone an...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Husson MO,Courcol R,Izard D,Leclerc H

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the in vitro activity of cefpodoxime against anaerobic respiratory tract and oropharyngeal pathogens 77 strains belonging to 18 gram-negative and 7 gram-positive species were studied by means of agar dilution tests. For comparison cefuroxime, amoxicillin, amoxicillin + clavulanic acid and clindamycin were al...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Werner H,Heizmann WR,Höflsauer M

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the diagnostic value of a direct immunofluorescence test (DIF-test), urethral samples and first catch urine (FCU) from 153 male patients attending an outpatient clinic for sexually transmitted diseases (STD) were studied. Of the male patients, 40 (26.1%) had a positive urethral culture, 39 (25.5%) had a...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Stary A,Genç M,Heller-Vitouch C,Mårdh PA

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of documented HIV-1 transmission by needle stick and one case of probable transmission by eczematous lesion in three nurses in Germany are reported in the period 1988 to 1991. In two of the cases the nurse knew of the AIDS status of the index patient. A review of the three cases reiterates the importance of ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Gürtler LG,Eberle J,Bader L

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:40 patients were given a single, short intravenous infusion of 4 g fosfomycin over a period of five to ten minutes. In 23 patients, the contents of the gall bladder were removed intra-operatively 30-105 minutes after the fosfomycin infusion. In 17 patients who had undergone cholecystectomy eight to ten days earlier, b...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Müller O,Rückert U,Walter W,Haag R,Sauer W

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computer-assisted diagnostic systems may accelerate transmission of microbiological reports and facilitate evaluation of the epidemiological situation and thus improve the collaboration between microbiologists and clinicians. This possible benefit is demonstrated by four examples. It became evident that incidences of ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Manncke K,Heizmann W

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：:Schistosomiasis is a widespread helminthic infection which sometimes may affect travelers to endemic areas. We report on a case of urogenital and placental schistosomiasis in a 28-year-old German woman who had been exposed to schistosomiasis in Lake Malawi one year earlier. She experienced painless macrohaematuria in ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Schleenvoigt BT,Gajda M,Baier M,Groten T,Oppel-Heuchel H,Grimm MO,Pfister W,Richter J,Pletz MW

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of thyroiditis due to Brucella melitensis are reported. Both occurred in foreigners working in Switzerland and presented with characteristic symptoms of thyroiditis which masked those of brucellosis. Cultures were diagnostic. One patient had concomitant thyroid malignancy. Both showed normal thyroid function...

journal_title：Infection

authors： von Graevenitz A,Colla F

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the impact of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) multidimensional approach on the reduction of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in adult patients hospitalized in 11 intensive care units (ICUs), from 10 hospitals, members of the INICC, in 10 cities of Turkey. METH...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Leblebicioglu H,Yalcin AN,Rosenthal VD,Koksal I,Sirmatel F,Unal S,Turgut H,Ozdemir D,Ersoz G,Uzun C,Ulusoy S,Esen S,Ulger F,Dilek A,Yilmaz H,Turhan O,Gunay N,Gumus E,Dursun O,Yýlmaz G,Kaya S,Ulusoy H,Cengiz M

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:313 anaerobic gram-negative rods of the Bacteroides genus isolated from 295 clinical specimens were tested for their sensitivity to azlocillin and mezlocillin using the dilution method with agar plates. 25 mg/l of azlocillin inhibited 80.2% of the strains and the same concentration of mezlocillin inhibited 86.9%. The ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Höhne C

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diagnostic value of admission serum levels of procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) as indicators of the etiology and prognosis was prospectively investigated. PATIENTS:96 patients, 50-85 years of age, treated in the hospital for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). RESULTS:On admission, all ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Hedlund J,Hansson LO

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of repeated episodes of Pseudomonas vesicularis bacteraemia, in a 54-year-old woman with a past history including systemic lupus erythematosus and chronic active autoimmune hepatitis is reported. She was treated with tobramycin and ceftazidime but bacteraemia persisted until surgical resection of the infected t...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Planes AM,Ramirez A,Fernandez F,Capdevila JA,Tolosa C

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) causes a variety of clinical conditions, the most important being hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome. A curative therapy of EHEC diseases is not yet feasible. This study investigates the antibody reactivity of Lactobin, a standardized immunoglobulin (Ig) prepara...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Lissner R,Schmidit H,Karch H

更新日期：1996-09-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Current guidelines provide limited evidence as to which patients with urinary tract infection (UTI) require hospitalisation. We evaluated the currently used triage routine and tested whether a set of criteria including biomarkers like proadrenomedullin (proADM) and urea have the potential to improve triage d...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Litke A,Bossart R,Regez K,Schild U,Guglielmetti M,Conca A,Schäfer P,Reutlinger B,Mueller B,Albrich WC

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC) of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim against 144 strains of obligately anaerobic bacteria were determined on supplemented Diagnostic Sensitivity Test (Oxoid) agar or broth. 58% of the strains were susceptible to sulfamethoxazole alone (MIC less than or equal to 16 micrograms...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Wüst J

更新日期：1980-01-01 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：: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：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：:The recent literature on clostridial infections of animals and infections due to gram-negative anaerobic rods is reviewed. It is stressed that quite recently the literature is concerned with animal models for the evaluation and study of the chemotherapy, immunity mechanisms and pathogenesis of Fusobacterium and Bacter...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Goldberg HS

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Screening for staphylococci among various patient populations has become important for appropriate therapeutic management and for control of nosocomial infections. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the in vitro sensitivity and specificity of a chromogenic agar medium, S. aureus ID (bioMérieux, France)...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Diederen BM,van Leest CM,van Duijn I,Willemse P,van Keulen PH,Kluytmans JA

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a well-defined clinical syndrome attributed to certain exotoxins produced by Staphylococcus aureus. The acute episode is often characterized by a toxic encephalopathy, possibly caused by direct neurotoxicity of these exotoxins, although this mechanism has never been proven. We describe a ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Arend SM,Steenmeyer AV,Mosmans PC,Bijlmer HA,van't Wout JW

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ciprofloxacin is a highly potent antibacterial agent that is used extensively in bone and joint infections. Because of reports of potential chondro-toxicity in animals, the effects of this drug on cells derived from human cartilage were tested in liquid micromass and agarose gel cultures. An inhibition of cell prolife...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Mont MA,Mathur SK,Frondoza CG,Hungerford DS

更新日期：1996-03-01 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：:A simple, sensitive and rapid ELISA method for the quantification and characterization of antibodies to lipid A has been developed, which can also be applied to other hydrophobic antigens. For coating, antigens were applied to the wells of ELISA plates as solutions in a mixture of chloroform and ethanol 1:9 (v/v), and...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Freudenberg MA,Fomsgaard A,Mitov I,Galanos C

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00