Passive immunization against cytomegalovirus in allograft recipients. The Rotterdam Heart Transplant Program experience.

abstract：:In order to determine the infection rate of Chlamydia trachomatis in young males in Austria an epidemiological study was performed on 335 male Austrian soldiers attending the military hospital for a health check-up procedure. Three hundred twenty-nine (98.2%) of the screened males were clinically asymptomatic. Chlamyd...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Stary A,Steyrer K,Heller-Vitouch C,Müller I,Mårdh PA

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Sporopachydermia cereana species lives in decaying stems of cactus and is exceptionally rare as a human pathogen. A 57-year-old man with therapy-refractory acute promyelocytic leukaemia developed severe neutropaenia. After about 3 weeks of micafungin used as prophylaxis, he developed high fever, multiple pulmonary...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Chan TS,Hwang YY,To KK,Kwong YL

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：: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：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：BACKGROUND:Influenza infections are frequently implicated in the exacerbation of asthma. The aim of this study was to assess vaccination coverage among Spanish children and adults with asthma and to describe the factors associated(predictors) with vaccination, using data from the 2006 Spanish National Health Survey. P...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Jiménez-García R,Hernández-Barrera V,Carrasco-Garrido P,de Andrés AL,de Miguel Diez J,de Miguel AG

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：:An unusual case of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis septicemia is reported. Diabetes mellitus was the sole underlying disease; liver enzyme elevations were only transitory. The strain did not show motility until after 50 days at room temperature; it showed temperature and media-dependent fermentation of arabinose, melibios...

journal_title：Infection

authors： von Graevenitz A,Hany A,Wertheimer Y,Wüst J,Zwicky P

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This retrospective study was performed in order to investigate the clinical characteristics and antibiotic susceptibility of viridans streptococcal bacteremia (VSB) in febrile neutropenic children in the context of the increase in incidence and antibiotic resistance of VSB. METHODS:We conducted this study amon...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Han SB,Bae EY,Lee JW,Lee DG,Chung NG,Jeong DC,Cho B,Kang JH,Kim HK

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred seventy-five clinical isolates of Haemophilus influenzae (including 74 beta-lactamase-producing strains) were examined for susceptibility to ampicillin, cefonicid, cefamandole, cefuroxime and cefotaxime. Cefonicid and cefamandole exhibited similar activity against ampicillin-susceptible strains (MIC90 = 0....

journal_title：Infection

authors： Burns JL,Wong K,Smith AL

更新日期：1988-09-01 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：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：: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：:We report a unique case of sacral Capnocytophaga canimorsus abscess successfully treated with surgery and antibiotics. Close contact to a dog was assumed to be the most likely source of infection. Established risk factors for invasive C. canimorsus infection such as splenectomy, alcoholism or overt immunosuppression c...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Joswig H,Gers B,Dollenmaier G,Heilbronner R,Strahm C

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years, several reports have suggested, but never definitely demonstrated that dental units (DU) could be potential sources of viral cross-infections sustained by viral agents including HBV, HCV and HIV. This work aims at assessing the risk of HCV cross-infection by dental unit water lines (DUWLs). ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Artini M,Scoarughi GL,Papa R,Dolci G,De Luca M,Orsini G,Pappalardo S,Costerton JW,Selan L

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. In the author list, the first and last names were tagged incorrectly. The corrected author list is given above. ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Knirsch W,Schuler SK,Christmann M,Weber R

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：:High serum levels of procalcitonin (PCT) are observed in patients with sepsis or severe infection. In a prospective study of 122 hospitalised adult medical patients with sepsis, serum PCT was determined on admission and for 9 days thereafter. Patients with no alteration in their immune system showed high PCT values up...

journal_title：Infection

authors： al-Nawas B,Shah PM

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, there is no definitive antiviral treatment for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We describe our early experience with remdesivir in four critically ill COVID-19 patients. Patients received a 200 mg loading dose, followed by 100 mg daily intravenously for up to 10 days. All patients had been previously ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Durante-Mangoni E,Andini R,Bertolino L,Mele F,Florio LL,Murino P,Corcione A,Zampino R

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:124 consecutive patients (mean age: 41.1 years; range: 20-63 years) attending an outpatient alcoholic clinic were tested for the presence of markers of HBV infection. HBsAg was found in 26 (21%), anti-HBs and/or anti-HBc in the absence of HBsAg in 35 (28%). Altogether, at least one marker was present in 61 (49%), thes...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Laskus T,Lupa E,Szczutowska E,Babiuch L

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of meningitis due to an unusual organism, Haemophilus aphrophilus in an adult is described. In spite of rapid clearance of the organism from the cerebrospinal fluid with intravenous cefotaxime, fever persisted over 8 days of therapy and infection was complicated by hydrocephalus. H. aphrophilus meningitis is un...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Adeyemi-Doro FA,Hui AC,Ho FN,Ip M

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Since May 2016, WHO recommended a 9-12 month short-treatment regimen for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment known as the 'Bangladesh Regimen'. However, limited data exist on the appropriateness thereof, and its implementation in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). We report here on the pil...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Ateba-Ngoa U,Edoa JR,Adegbite BR,Rossatanga EG,Madiou D,Mfoumbi A,Mevyann C,Achimi Agbo P,Mahoumbou J,Gould S,Lell B,Adegnika AA,Köhler C,Kremsner PG,Massinga-Loembe M,Alabi A,Grobusch MP

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In endemic countries with a high level of chloroquine resistance, Plasmodium vivax malaria is associated with high morbidity and mortality. In these areas, the dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine combination resulted in clinical response, a more rapid clearance of parasitaemia, compared to chloroquine therapies, ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Corpolongo A,Pisapia R,Oliva A,Giancola ML,Mencarini P,Bevilacqua N,Ghirga P,Mariano A,Vulcano A,Paglia MG,Nicastri E

更新日期：2019-08-01 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：PURPOSE:There is currently a paucity of published literature focused on the treatment of infections caused by NDM-producing organisms. METHODS:We describe a case of a bacteraemia caused by an extensively drug-resistant (XDR) New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM)-producing Serratia marcescens and review the treatment opt...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Chibabhai V,Nana T,Bosman N,Thomas T,Lowman W

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six hundred and fifteen Swedish soldiers (X = 24.9 years) serving with the UN forces in Cyprus were tested for antibody against hepatitis A (anti-HAV) before and after six months' service. Before the service, a high susceptibility to hepatitis A was found, as only 2.3% (14/615) had anti-HAV. In comparison, the prevale...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Weiland O,Berg JV,Bäck E,Lundbergh P

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD), a primary immunodeficiency caused by impaired phagocyte killing of intracellular pathogens, is characterized by recurrent, life-threatening, bacterial and fungal infections. As a result of improvements in microbiologic culture and identification techniques, a number of unique filam...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Shigemura T,Nakazawa Y,Amano Y,Sudo A,Watanabe M,Kobayashi M,Kobayashi N,Koike K,Agematsu K,Nishimura K

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emerging cause of autochthonous-acute-hepatitis and acute-on-chronic-liver-failure in western countries. Treatment is not routinely used, despite ribavirin has a good antiviral effect. In vitro sofosbuvir inhibits HEV replication, but clinical data are lacking. CASE REPORT:We...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Biliotti E,Franchi C,Spaziante M,Garbuglia AR,Volpicelli L,Palazzo D,De Angelis M,Esvan R,Taliani G

更新日期：2018-10-01 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：: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