Clinical experience of cefotaxime in infections caused by gram-positive pathogens.

abstract：:A microbiological analysis of 102 patients suffering from cystic fibrosis was conducted over a 22 month period. 20 microbial species with the following incidence were identified: Pseudomonas aeruginosa: 83.4%; Candida albicans: 29.4%; Staphylococcus aureus: 24.5%; Staphylococcus epidermidis: 11.8%; Haemophilus influen...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Bauernfeind A,Bertele RM,Harms K,Hörl G,Jungwirth R,Petermüller C,Przyklenk B,Weisslein-Pfister C

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-eight patients who underwent open-heart surgery were divided into three groups, each of which received a different antibiotic from the cephalosporin series (cephalotin, cefazolin or cefamandole) in order to prevent infection. All antibiotics were given via intravenous infusion in a dosage of 2 g prior to surger...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Eigel P,Tschirkov A,Satter P,Knothe H

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are presenting a new case of meningitis due to the Micrococcus luteus species. This germ was isolated twice in eight days from the CSF of a 57-year old woman. The patient had a ventriculoperitoneal shunt implanted for hydrocephalus following a meningeal haemorrhage. Antibiotic therapy was efficient but the patient ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Fosse T,Peloux Y,Granthil C,Toga B,Bertrando J,Sethian M

更新日期：1985-11-01 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

abstract：PURPOSE:Data on the systemic dissemination in Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (SAB) remain sparse. We investigated the timing and the sequence of clinical symptoms, diagnostic confirmation, and occurrence of multiple infective foci in relation to three major infective foci. METHODS:From 2006 to 2011, all a...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Smit J,Rieg SR,Wendel AF,Kern WV,Seifert H,Schønheyder HC,Kaasch AJ

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We report on an unusual familial outbreak of a coxsackie virus infection in Switzerland in which five family members were affected. Most of the patients presented with signs of meningitis, and four were hospitalized. METHODS:In three individuals, the virus was detected in the cerebrospinal fluid, pharynx, and ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Butsch R,Tapparel C,Keller P,Herzog K,Krause M,Wunderli W,Kaiser L,Bossart W

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Bloodstream infections (BSIs) due to Candida spp. constitute the predominant group of hospital-based fungal infections worldwide. A retrospective study evaluated the performance of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) for the identification of BSI Cand...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Taj-Aldeen SJ,Kolecka A,Boesten R,Alolaqi A,Almaslamani M,Chandra P,Meis JF,Boekhout T

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serum half-life of cephacetrile and its penetration from the serum into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was determined in 33 premature and full-term neonates. On an average the serum half-life was 3.6 hours in children with a birth weight above 1,500 g; in children with a birth weight below 1,500 g it was 5.1 hours....

journal_title：Infection

authors： Windorfer A,Gasteiger U

更新日期：1977-01-01 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：:In this report, we present a case of a 50-year-old immunocompetent man with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) associated with an autochthonous hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection. The patient presented with tetraparesis and elevated liver enzymes. HEV infection was confirmed serologically and by polymerase chain reaction (P...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Scharn N,Ganzenmueller T,Wenzel JJ,Dengler R,Heim A,Wegner F

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pasteurella multocida is a Gram-negative bacterium recovered from a wide variety of wild and domestic animals and has mostly been associated with infection following animal bites. We present the first reported case of a patient who developed a postoperative sternal wound infection due to P. multocida complicated by bl...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Baillot R,Voisine P,Côté LM,Longtin Y

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The spread of multidrug-resistant bacteria is a worrisome problem worldwide. This study investigated the correlation between antibiotic consumption and antimicrobial resistance trends of the most important bacteria causing bacteremia at the University hospital of Trieste, Italy, from 2008 to 2014. METHODS:Anti...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Mascarello M,Simonetti O,Knezevich A,Carniel LI,Monticelli J,Busetti M,Schincariol P,Torelli L,Luzzati R

更新日期：2017-08-01 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：: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：:A Haemophilus influenzae multicenter antimicrobial susceptibility surveillance was carried out. An overall beta-lactamase production rate of 25.7% was found, with significant differences between hospitals ranging between 7.9 and 47.9%. Presumable intrinsic resistance was found in 4.6% of strains. No differences in sus...

journal_title：Infection

authors： García-Rodríguez JA,Baquero F,García de Lomas J,Aguilar L

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：INTRODUCTION:In the time of increasing resistance and paucity of new drug development there is a growing need for strategies to enhance rational use of antibiotics in German and Austrian hospitals. An evidence-based guideline on recommendations for implementation of antibiotic stewardship (ABS) programmes was developed...

journal_title：Infection

authors： de With K,Allerberger F,Amann S,Apfalter P,Brodt HR,Eckmanns T,Fellhauer M,Geiss HK,Janata O,Krause R,Lemmen S,Meyer E,Mittermayer H,Porsche U,Presterl E,Reuter S,Sinha B,Strauß R,Wechsler-Fördös A,Wenisch C,Kern

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary hepatocellular carcinoma (PHC) has been linked etiologically to chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection by epidemiologic and molecular lines of evidence. Serologic evidence of HBV and hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infection was assessed in sera from 47 Greek patients with PHC. Radioimmunoassays for the detecti...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Tassopoulos NC,Theodoropoulos G,Sjogren MH,Engle R,Purcell RH

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of antibody assays for viruses of the herpes group (HSV, EBV, VZV and CMV) and for hepatitis B virus (HBV) were retrospectively evaluated in 439 HIV-seropositive patients classified into different stages of HIV infection. The prevalence of specific IgG, IgM and IgA antibodies in these groups was compared w...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Enzensberger R,Braun W,July C,Helm EB,Doerr HW

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combinations of amoxicillin and clavulanic acid were tested against 11 Escherichia coli strains and five Klebsiella aerogenes strains. Apart from one E. coli, the strains were highly resistant to amoxicillin due to beta-lactamase production. Synergy was demonstrated in all strains by agar dilution. Synergy was detecte...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Fuglesang JE,Bergan T

更新日期：1983-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:Blood cultures detect bacteremia in individual patients and help define local pathogen and resistance spectra. At the same time, the benefits of blood culture results in the management of individual patients -- and therefore their cost-effectiveness -- are disputed. PATIENTS AND METHODS:During 1 calendar ye...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Ehrenstein BP,Jarry T,Linde HJ,Schölmerich J,Glück T

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Cryptococcal meningitis is a potentially fatal fungal infection associated with a significant attributable morbidity and mortality, especially among HIV/AIDS patients. The first-line therapy for the treatment of this clinical entity is the combinatory therapy of amphotericin B plus flucytosine. However, the hig...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Villanueva-Lozano H,Treviño-Rangel RJ,González GM,Hernández-Rodríguez PA,Camacho-Ortiz A,Castillo-Reyna L,Galindo-Alvarado SG,Martínez-Reséndez MF

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：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:Infective endocarditis (IE) is a serious complication of bacteremia and is most often caused by Gram positive cocci. We investigated the prevalence of IE in patients where echocardiography was encouraged when bacteremia with Gram positive cocci was present. METHODS:The study included patients with Gram positiv...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Andersen MH,Holle SLK,Klein CF,Bruun NE,Arpi M,Bundgaard H,Tønder N,Iversen KK

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop recommendations for the management of acute hepatitis B by the Italian Society for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases. METHODS:Development of the recommendations divided into three levels of evidence according to the GRADE system: A (high), B (medium) and C (low experts opinion), together...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Bruno R,Carosi G,Coppola N,Gaeta GB,Puoti M,Santantonio T,Taliani G,Armignacco O,Sagnelli E,Andreoni M,Angarano G,Di Perri G,D'Offizi G,Galli M,Rizzardini G,Italian Society for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases.

更新日期：2014-10-01 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

abstract：:Fourteen adult patients with uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTI) caused by gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria were treated with 2 g mezlocillin daily by i. m. injection for an average of eight days. Clinical examinations were performed daily; bacteriological and laboratory controls (blood and urine) wer...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Coimbra F

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00