Diagnosis and treatment of chlamydial venereal disease.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years, the role of pro- and antiinflammatory cytokines in the development of Lyme arthritis (LA) has been widely discussed. The purpose of the present study was to determine the concentration of interleukin-18 (IL-18), interleukin-1beta (IL-beta) and its soluble receptor sIL-1RII in serum of patien...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Pietruczuk A,Swierzbińska R,Pancewicz S,Pietruczuk M,Hermanowska-Szpakowicz T

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effects of surgical site infections (SSI) after glioblastoma surgery on patient outcomes are understudied. The aim of this retrospective multicenter study was to evaluate the impact of SSI on the survival of glioblastoma patients. METHODS:Data from SSI cases after glioblastoma surgeries between 2009 and...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Salle H,Deluche E,Couvé-Deacon E,Beaujeux AC,Pallud J,Roux A,Dagain A,de Barros A,Voirin J,Seizeur R,Belmabrouk H,Lemnos L,Emery E,Fotso MJ,Engelhardt J,Jecko V,Zemmoura I,Le Van T,Berhouma M,Cebula H,Peyre M,Pr

更新日期：2020-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic enterococcal infections often lead to life-threatening disease. By analyzing the immune response of two patients with systemic enterococcal infections against enterococcal polysaccharide antigens, we found that both patients had antibodies against all four of the capsular serotypes identified to date. Antibod...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Hufnagel M,Huebner J

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT scan) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in diagnosing spondylodiscitis and its complications, such as epidural and paraspinal abscesses. METHODS:From Ja...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Smids C,Kouijzer IJ,Vos FJ,Sprong T,Hosman AJ,de Rooy JW,Aarntzen EH,de Geus-Oei LF,Oyen WJ,Bleeker-Rovers CP

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test a new assay based on an ex vivo cytokine release from whole blood for the monitoring of immune changes in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. METHODS:A pilot study of outpatients with HIV infection (n = 9) at a large academic hospital who were divided into three groups: HIV-infected p...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Kaufmann I,Draenert R,Gruber M,Feuerecker M,Roider J,Choukèr A

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

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：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：:Although Enterococcus faecalis is a relatively common cause of infective endocarditis, it rarely causes meningitis. A case of Enterococcus faecalis endocarditis presenting as meningitis in a 74-year-old diabetic man on chronic hemodialysis is reported. A review of the literature showed that the association of enteroco...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Lin DP,Wada S,Jimenez-Lucho VE

更新日期：1998-09-01 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：:The MICs and MBCs of mecillinam, ticarcillin, mezlocillin, azlocillin and piperacillin were determined by the microdilution method in liquid medium using 700 strains of gram-negative bacilli and enterococci isolated from pathological sources and classified as a function of their sensitivity to ampicillin and carbenici...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Thabaut A,Durosoir JL,Saliou P

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical lymphadenopathy is a condition with a broad differential diagnosis. Malignant tumors, allergic reactions, autoimmune diseases as well as various infectious agents can be the cause. We report the case of a 75-year-old man who had a cervical lymphadenopathy without symptoms of infection. The draining lymph node...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Rosenthal R,Vogelbach P,Gasser M,Zimmerli W

更新日期：2001-05-01 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：: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：:Clinical trials using interleukin 2 as a therapeutic immunomodulating agent in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome have recently begun. In this article we present data from studies which indicate the ability of interleukin 2 in vitro to augment clinically important cytotoxic immune responses in lymphocyte...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Siegel JP,Rook AH,Djeu JY,Quinnan GV Jr

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative functional and histological tests were performed in eight groups of ten quinea pigs each, which were administered 50, 75, 100 and 150 mg of netilmicin respecitvely b.i.d. for 29 days, 15 and 25 mg of gentamicin and 50 and 100 mg of amikacin per kg body weight respecitvely b.i.d. and in one control group of...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Federspil P

更新日期：1976-01-01 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：PURPOSE:To evaluate the impact of country socioeconomic status and hospital type on device-associated healthcare-associated infections (DA-HAIs) in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). METHODS:Data were collected on DA-HAIs from September 2003 to February 2010 on 13,251 patients in 30 NICUs in 15 countries. DA-HAIs ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Rosenthal VD,Lynch P,Jarvis WR,Khader IA,Richtmann R,Jaballah NB,Aygun C,Villamil-Gómez W,Dueñas L,Atencio-Espinoza T,Navoa-Ng JA,Pawar M,Sobreyra-Oropeza M,Barkat A,Mejía N,Yuet-Meng C,Apisarnthanarak A,International N

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To reduce intensive care unit overcrowding and optimize resources, elderly patients affected by suspected infection with declining clinical conditions could be managed in internal medicine departments with stepdown beds. However, commonly used prognostic scores, as Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) or ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Falsetti L,Martino M,Zaccone V,Viticchi G,Raponi A,Moroncini G,Fioranelli A,di Pentima C,Martini A,Nitti C,Salvi A,Burattini M,Tarquinio N

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 100 male patients aged from 20 to 45 years were treated for chronic brucellosis. Sixty-eight complained of impaired sexual potency. The percentage of patients with sexual disorders increased parallel to the duration of the disease. Andrologic investigations comprised a study sexual history, physical examination of t...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Kassur B,Dziubek Z

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Out of 2,560 participants in an epidemiological survey of alveolar echinococcosis (AE) performed in 1996 in southwestern Germany, 47 participants had tested seropositive in one of two crude antigen screening ELISAs and were inconspicuous on hepatic ultrasound. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Out of these 47 seroreacto...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Jensen B,Reuter S,Kratzer W,Naser K,Kächele V,Kimmig P,Kern P

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After briefly reviewing the earlier methods used to monitor the microbial load of returned lunar material, the author reports the more accurate research on the ability of terrestrial organisms to grow under simulated Martian environments. The possible importance of anaerobic microbiology can readily be seen because of...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Brewer JH

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Turicella otitidis and Corynebacterium auris, described as new species 20 years ago, have been isolated mainly from the external ear canal and middle ear fluid. While their taxonomic position has been clearly established, their diagnosis in the routine laboratory is difficult. The question of their pathogenic potentia...

journal_title：Infection

authors： von Graevenitz A,Funke G

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of fulminant hepatitis in Taiwan was studied in a series of consecutive 523 patients with acute viral hepatitis including 11 with acute hepatitis A, 67 with acute hepatitis B, 124 with acute hepatitis NANB and 321 acute hepatitis in HBsAg carriers (patients who were HBsAg positive but anti-HBc IgM negati...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Chu CM,Liaw YF

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial meningitis of infants and children exact a major toll worldwide. Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Neisseria meningitidis continue to be the major causes, and efforts to reduce the incidence of this disease have had limited success. Major advances in rapid diagnosis, such as antigen detect...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Marks MI

更新日期：1984-01-01 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: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：: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：:The epidemiological survey was carried out in a Calabrian population in order to ascertain the incidence of antibodies to Mycoplasma pneumoniae. In the past it has been felt that this infection does not occur in Southern Italy. We have found an incidence in our survey equal to that of the other countries. It was impos...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Calisto ML,Farina W,Picerno I,Ceccarelli G

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of appendicitis followed by reactive arthritis in an HLA B27-positive, 29-year-old man after infection with Yersinia enterocolitica is reported. Infection with Y. enterocolitica was diagnosed by determination of serotype specific antibodies and antibodies to Yersinia outer membrane proteins. Bacteriological cul...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Ström H,Johansson C

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:13 cases of osteomyelitis caused by Aspergillus nidulans have been previously reported in patients with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD). All of them have been associated with simultaneous pulmonary infection and have had an extremely poor outcome. We report an unusual case of femoral osteomyelitis due to A. nidula...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Dotis J,Panagopoulou P,Filioti J,Winn R,Toptsis C,Panteliadis C,Roilides E

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00