Isolation of mycoplasma species from infertile patients: an epidemiological contribution.

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the demographic, clinical, and microbiological profile of native vertebral osteomyelitis (NVO) in aged patients as compared to that of younger patients, to identify differences that could motivate changes in clinical management. METHODS:Retrospective, observational cohort study (1990-2015) includin...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Aguilar-Company J,Pigrau C,Fernández-Hidalgo N,Rodríguez-Pardo D,Falcó V,Lung M,Pellisé F,Almirante B

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The PROGRESS Registry (Promoting Global Research Excellence in Severe Sepsis) was designed to provide comparative data reflecting everyday clinical practice, thereby allowing participating institutions to explore and benchmark medical interventions in severe sepsis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:PROGRESS was an int...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Beale R,Reinhart K,Brunkhorst FM,Dobb G,Levy M,Martin G,Martin C,Ramsey G,Silva E,Vallet B,Vincent JL,Janes JM,Sarwat S,Williams MD,PROGRESS Advisory Board.

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In January 2015, we noticed by rectal swab analyses that seven of 23 patients at an early rehabilitation ward had been colonized with carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CKP). Here, we describe risk factors for CKP acquisition. METHODS:In the present study, the outbreak is described and risk factors fo...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Borgmann S,Pfeifer Y,Becker L,Rieß B,Siegmund R,Sagel U

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As the number of AIDS cases increases in India, information available among clinicians about the prevalence of opportunistic infections (OIs) is scarce. The aim of the present study was to document the characteristic OIs of HIV-infected North Indian patients along with their CD4+ counts. PATIENTS AND METHOD...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Vajpayee M,Kanswal S,Seth P,Wig N

更新日期：2003-10-01 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：: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: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：:As highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) prolongs the life of HIV-infected individuals and reduces mortality associated with opportunistic infections, liver diseases have become a major challenge in the management of these patients. up to 45% of deaths of persons with HIV are related to endstage liver disease...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Horster S,Goebel FD

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neglected tropical diseases are becoming more and more frequent in Europe due to the increasing immigration from endemic areas. Nonetheless specific treatments are scarcely available in many European countries, since they are neither officially licensed nor marketed. Only a few referral health centres can afford to ac...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Calleri G,Angheben A,Albonico M

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinetobacter is one of the organisms responsible for nosocomial infections in intensive care, neurosurgery, burn and hemodialysis units. There are only a few reports on Acinetobacter infections in neonatal intensive care units. Over a 31 month period, nine cases of Acinetobacter sepsis occurred in our unit, with four...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Regev R,Dolfin T,Zelig I,Givoni S,Wolach B

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-six consecutive patients with pneumococcal meningitis were treated with cefotaxime (CTX). Ages ranged from 1-79 years: 29 adults, six adolescents, six children and five infants. Underlying diseases were found in 38 patients (82.6%). Twenty-six patients (56.5%) were admitted in coma. All isolates were sensitive t...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Lecour H,Seara A,Miranda AM,Cordeiro J

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most efficient route of transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is through contaminated blood. Sexual transmission or other close human contact could play a role in sporadic infections. We describe a case of acute hepatitis C progressing to chronic hepatitis over a follow-up of 4 years in a 44-year-old w...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Orlando R,Lirussi F

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulatory secretory non-pancreatic phospholipase A2 (snp-PLA2) was measured prospectively at the onset (day 0) of severe sepsis in 52 patients as well as on day 1 and 2 in 25 patients, in order to answer two questions: 1) does the snp-PLA2 plasma concentration differ according to the type and severity of infection? ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Guidet B,Piot O,Masliah J,Barakett V,Maury E,Bereziat G,Offenstadt G

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) and parapneumonic effusion (PPE) are usually distinguished by cellular predominance and pleural fluid adenosine deaminase (ADA) levels. However, both diseases may occasionally show similar neutrophilic predominance and high ADA levels. In such cases, the differential diagnosis...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Lee J,Yoo SS,Lee SY,Cha SI,Park JY,Kim CH

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The minimum duration of continuous amphotericin B irrigation (50 mg/liter/day) required to clear the candida colonizing the urinary bladder was investigated. Eleven in vitro experiments revealed a consistent candidicidal effect within 48 hours with 25 and 5 mg/l of amphotericin B concentrations attainable in the bladd...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Hsu CC,Ukleja B

更新日期：1990-09-01 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：: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：:A 67-year-old patient died of Legionella bozemanii pneumonia with negative urinary antigen and negative serology. Cystic lesions in pneumonia of unknown origin should lead to the differential diagnosis of L. bozemanii infections. ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Widmer A,Hohl P,Dirnhofer S,Bassetti S,Marsch S,Frei R

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：BACKGROUND:Reports on antibiotic use often lack complete definitions of the units of measurement, hampering the comparison of data between hospitals or hospital units. PATIENTS AND METHODS:To compare methods of measures of in-hospital antimicrobial use, we determined aggregate in-hospital consumption data at a tertiar...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Kuster SP,Ruef C,Ledergerber B,Hintermann A,Deplazes C,Neuber L,Weber R

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of ciprofloxacin produced in bone, cartilage and menisci after a single administration of 200 mg were determined at different intervals in a group of patients with an average age of 80 years. Concentrations of 0.11 to 0.94 mg/kg bone tissue were measured after 0.5 to 5 hours. In the cartilage a conc...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Wacha H,Wagner D,Schäfer V,Knothe H

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae, the most important community respiratory pathogen, to beta-lactams and other first-line antimicrobial agents usually employed for the empirical treatment of lower respiratory tract infections has led to the inclusion, in several current guidelines, of a fluoroquin...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Ferrara AM

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：:The outer membrane proteins, F, H2 and I, from PA12 strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, were purified and used successfully for immunization of Balb/c mice. The immunized mice were protected against challenge with a 2-26 fold LD50 of all known 19 serogroups of P. aeruginosa. ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： von Specht BU,Strigl G,Ehret W,Brendel W

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of cefodizime (CDZ) on CD4 and CD8 lymphocytes was investigated in patients with lower respiratory tract infection and underlying respiratory diseases. Ten men and one woman were treated with CDZ 1 g i.m. b.i.d. for ten days. The infecting organisms were Haemophilus influenzae (5), Streptococcus pneumoni...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Valcke Y,Van der Straeten M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The Choosing Wisely® initiative is an international campaign addressing over- and underuse of diagnostic and therapeutic measures in infectious diseases among others. Since 2016, the German Society for Infectious Diseases (DGI) has constantly designed new items in this regard. Here we report the most recent rec...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Draenert R,Jung N,Choosing Wisely (Klug entscheiden) DGI Working Group.

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four homosexual adult patients suffering from LAS or AIDS were investigated for immunoglobulin class- and IgG subclass-specific antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by the indirect ELISA and Western blot using monoclonal tracer antibodies. All patients revealed HIV-specific serum antibodies of IgG s...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Mergener K,Enzensberger W,Rübsamen-Waigmann H,von Briesen H,Doerr HW

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Human herpes virus 6 (HHV6) infection is a self-limiting illness occurring in early childhood. As with other herpes viruses, the encephalopathy associated with HHV6 is often attributable to the reactivation of a virus previously latent in human brain tissue. Previous reports on HHV6 encephalopathy dealt ma...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Bozzola E,Krzysztofiak A,Bozzola M,Calcaterra V,Quondamcarlo A,Lancella L,Villani A

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aminoglycosides play a central role in the treatment of infectious diseases caused by gram-negative bacteria. During the period of January to June 1984, 45 clinical specimens collected in our neonatal intensive care unit grew Enterobacter cloacae; 41 of them were gentamicin resistant. One neonate developed septice...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Raz R,Sharir R,Shmilowitz L,Kenes I,Ephros M

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of clavulanic acid to inactivate beta-lactamase was investigated using 47 amoxicillin-resistant bacteria. In the presence of 10 mg/l clavulanic acid most strains of staphylococci, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella and Proteus mirabilis became fully amoxicillin-sensitive. This effect of clavulanic acid was in mo...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Peters G,Pulverer G,Neugebauer M

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00