Controversies in the therapeutic approach to congenital cytomegalovirus infection.

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess whether diabetes is a risk factor for herpes zoster (HZ). METHODS:We conducted a retrospective cohort study using the Integrated Health Care Information Services database, during the period 1997-2006. A type I diabetes cohort, a type II diabetes cohort and two non-diabetic cohorts matched for date of...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Guignard AP,Greenberg M,Lu C,Rosillon D,Vannappagari V

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of combined treatment with natural leukocyte interferon alpha (Alfaferone) plus ribavirin in patients with HCV-related cirrhosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Twenty-three patients (15 women, 8 men) aged 17-68 years hospitalized in 2005-2008 were included...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Kozielewicz D,Dybowska D,Halota W,Dróżdż W

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:For simultaneous detection of Borrelia miyamotoi (relapsing fever spirochete) and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, we have developed a duplex real-time PCR targeting the flagellin gene (flaB; p41), a locus frequently used in routine diagnostic PCR for B. burgdorferi s.l. detection. METHODS:Primers and probes w...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Venczel R,Knoke L,Pavlovic M,Dzaferovic E,Vaculova T,Silaghi C,Overzier E,Konrad R,Kolenčík S,Derdakova M,Sing A,Schaub GA,Margos G,Fingerle V

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Q fever is an zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetti, the clinical features of which are often nonspecific and self-limited. Involvement of the central nervous system is rare and is usually seen as a complication of endocarditis caused by this rickettsial organism in the chronic disease. Specific neurological manifestat...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Shaked Y,Samra Y

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of 17 beta-estradiol on in vitro adherence of six strains of uropathic Escherichia coli to human endometrial stromal cells was examined. In contrast to the findings of earlier investigations using murine urogenital cells and malignant human urogenital cell lines, our studies showed no significant effect of ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Mackowiak PA,Goggans ML

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal infections in patients with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) are a poor prognostic factor. We describe the first case of CGD with femoral osteomyelitis due to Cladophialophora arxii, which is a member of the dematiaceous group. The causative fungus was identified on the basis of its morphological characteris...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Shigemura T,Agematsu K,Yamazaki T,Eriko K,Yasuda G,Nishimura K,Koike K

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma hominis is a commensal of the genitourinary tract, which is infrequently associated with urogenital infections. Extra-urogenital infections due to M. hominis are rare. Here, we report an unusual case of M. hominis subdural empyema in a woman occurring shortly after delivery. The patient presented with sympt...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Hos NJ,Bauer C,Liebig T,Plum G,Seifert H,Hampl J

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a randomized clinical study, 61 hospitalized men were examined to test the local tolerability and antimicrobial efficacy of antiseptic treatment of the genitals with povidone iodine versus octenidine hydrochloride solution. Antibacterial efficacy was established by comparing the total aerobic bacterial colony count...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Rudolph P,Fritze F,Reimer K,Klebingat KJ,Kramer A

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) glucose levels have been associated with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) in bacterial meningitis but systematic investigations are lacking. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A retrospective case control study was conducted comparing CSF glucose levels in 47 cases with and 145 controls wit...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Eisenhut M,Meehan T,Batchelor L

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to evaluate the mortality of and risk factors for bacteriuria due to carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKp) versus carbapenem-susceptible K. pneumoniae (CSKp) producing extended spectrum β lactamase (ESBL). METHODS:This was a retrospective case-control study in whi...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Shilo S,Assous MV,Lachish T,Kopuit P,Bdolah-Abram T,Yinnon AM,Wiener-Well Y

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：: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：:In this article the cooperating partners of the ClinSurv HIV cohort were not listed in the acknowledgements. The correct paragraph appears below. ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Stecher M,Schommers P,Schmidt D,Kollan C,Gunsenheimer-Bartmeyer B,Lehmann C,Platten M,Fätkenheuer G,Vehreschild JJ,ClinSurv Study Group.

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review the pharmacokinetic properties of trimethoprim (TMP) and TMP/sulphonamide combinations are discussed. The concentration of both substances in the various body fluids and tissues differ considerably from the concentrations in blood due to the different distribution of TMP and sulphonamides in the body. A...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Reeves DS,Wilkinson PJ

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of six quinolone derivatives were investigated in the human and dog prostate. The possible therapeutic applications of these findings are discussed. ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Madsen PO,Aagaard J

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study was designed to evaluate the efficacy and effects on pulmonary function tests of weekly 600 mg aerosolised pentamidine as prophylaxis against Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) amongst two groups of patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. Group 1 (primary prophylaxis) consisted o...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Ong EL,Dunbar EM,Mandal BK

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We examined lymphocyte apoptosis, activity of caspases-1, -3, -8 and -9 and the relationship between those two events and inflammation response in septic shock. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Blood samples were obtained within 24 h after diagnosis of septic shock from 16 patients to measure apoptosis, caspases-3, -8...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Delogu G,Famularo G,Tellan G,Marandola M,Antonucci A,Signore M,Marcellini S,Moretti S

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：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：: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：:We describe two splenectomized patients admitted with pneumonia. The course in one was complicated by overwhelming multiorgan failure when the only indicative laboratory result was seropositivity for Legionella hackeliae and Legionella longbeachae. He was initially treated with ceftriaxone and roxithromycin, followed ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Gorelik O,Lazarovich Z,Boldur I,Almoznino-Sarafian D,Alon I,Modai D,Cohen N

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first case of Actinobacillus actinomycetem-comitans endocarditis in a child with a prosthetic cardiac valve is reported. Endocarditis was possibly caused by dental work done without antibiotic prophylaxis four weeks prior to admission. ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Felius A,Fleer A,Moulaert A

更新日期：1984-07-01 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：: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：: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：: ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Bogner JR

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A retrospective study was conducted to provide epidemiological data on hospitalization for complicated and uncomplicated chickenpox in a pediatric population. METHODS:The study analyzed hospitalization cases for chickenpox, among all the 31 Tuscan hospitals, during the period 1997-2003. RESULTS:Globally, 6...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Bonsignori F,Chiappini E,Frenos S,Peraldo M,Galli L,de Martino M

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate the role played by zidovudine (ZDV) as immune modulator, particularly on B-cell response, the anti-V3 loop spectrotype in 115 sera from 26 HIV-infected individuals was evaluated, prior to and during treatment with ZDV, by isoelectric focusing and reverse blotting (IEF-RB), a technique useful fo...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Biselli R,Del Bono V,Anselmo M,Canessa A,Mazzarello G,D'Amelio R,Bassetti D

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the activity of cefotaxime both microbiologically and clinically. 138 blood cultures positive for gram-positive cocci were evaluated (90 strains of Staphylococcus aureus, 25 of Streptococcus faecalis, 13 of Streptococcus alpha and ten of Streptococcus mutans). Cefotaxime showed good activity against all str...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Bassetti D,Solbiati M,Fraizzoli G

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preliminary data from the U.S. regarding the safety and efficacy of ofloxacin in the treatment of urinary tract infections are presented. Treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections with either 200 mg or 300 mg ofloxacin b.i.d. was as effective as treatment with a standard therapy, co-trimoxazole. In another s...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Cox CE,Callery SV,Tack KJ

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00