Postoperative cauda syndrome caused by Staphylococcus aureus.

abstract：:A rare case of spontaneous spondylodiscitis caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae in a 55-year-old man who presented with thoracolumbar pain is described. Increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein level were pertinent laboratory findings. Computed tomography revealed a paravertebral mass and destructio...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Kouroussis C,Georgoulias V,Souglakos J,Simvoulakis E,Karabekios S,Samonis G

更新日期：1999-11-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:Infections caused by bacteria are a foremost cause of morbidity and mortality in the world. The common strategy of treating bacterial infections is by local or systemic administration of antimicrobial agents. Currently, the increasing antibiotic resistance is a serious and global problem. Since the most impo...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Asadi A,Razavi S,Talebi M,Gholami M

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Sagnelli C,Macera M,Pisaturo M,Zampino R,Coppola N,Sagnelli E

更新日期：2020-08-01 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：: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：PURPOSE:Peripheral facial nerve palsy (FP) is the most common single nerve affection. Most cases are idiopathic, but a relevant fraction is caused by potentially treatable aetiologies including infections. Not all current diagnosis and treatment guidelines recommend routine cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis in the dia...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Henkel K,Lange P,Eiffert H,Nau R,Spreer A

更新日期：2017-04-01 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:Optimal antimicrobial treatment duration for Gram-negative bloodstream infection (BSI) remains unclear. This retrospective cohort study examined effectiveness of short (7-10 days) and long (>10 days) courses of antimicrobial therapy for uncomplicated Gram-negative BSI. METHODS:Hospitalized adults with uncompli...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Nelson AN,Justo JA,Bookstaver PB,Kohn J,Albrecht H,Al-Hasan MN

更新日期：2017-10-01 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：:Polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMNL) chemotaxis was evaluated in ten healthy volunteers who had received 600 mg of clindamycin intramuscularly. Serum obtained 3 hours after the administration of clindamycin significantly increased PMNL chemotaxis. Serum obtained at 12 and 24 hours after the administration of the drug di...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Skoutelis AT,Lianou PE,Bassaris HP

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eikenella corrodens is a facultatively anaerobic gram-negative rod that colonizes the oral cavity and very rarely produces central nervous system (CNS) infections. Frontal lobe abscesses are occasionally associated with a dental source of infection. We report a case of an adult man with overzealous dental cleaning hab...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Asensi V,Alvarez M,Carton JA,Lago M,Maradona JA,Asensi JM,Arribas JM

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 1998, an unexpected increase of group A streptococci (GAS) in blood cultures was observed at our institution. MATERIALS AND METHODS:To determine whether they were from unrelated sporadic cases or attributable to a common source, all isolates were analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and by...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Brunner S,Fleisch F,Ruef C,Altwegg M

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The minimal inhibitory concentrations of ceftizoxime, cefotaxime, moxalactam, cefoperazone, cefotiam and cefamandole were determined against various species of gram-negative bacteria and against Staphylococcus aureus. Ceftizoxime was more active against Enterobacteriaceae than cefamandole, cefotiam and cefoperazone an...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Husson MO,Courcol R,Izard D,Leclerc H

更新日期：1984-01-01 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：:A case of repeated episodes of Pseudomonas vesicularis bacteraemia, in a 54-year-old woman with a past history including systemic lupus erythematosus and chronic active autoimmune hepatitis is reported. She was treated with tobramycin and ceftazidime but bacteraemia persisted until surgical resection of the infected t...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Planes AM,Ramirez A,Fernandez F,Capdevila JA,Tolosa C

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the study was to assess the integrity of non-sterile latex gloves (Biogel Diagnostic (A), Biogel Dental (B), Gentle Skin (C) and Manufix (D)) in clinical dental practice. MATERIALS AND METHODS:After use, the gloves were collected and examined for perforations using the water inflation test accord...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Pitten FA,Herdemann G,Kramer A

更新日期：2000-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:Individuals with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are 10- to 25-fold more likely than immunocompetent people to develop active tuberculosis (TB) and are candidates for being treated for latent TB infection (LTBI). However, diagnosis using the tuberculin skin test (TST) is doubly difficult due to cutaneous aner...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Lee SS,Chou KJ,Su IJ,Chen YS,Fang HC,Huang TS,Tsai HC,Wann SR,Lin HH,Liu YC

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 208 patients underwent brain biopsy for presumptive herpes simplex encephalitis and were randomized to receive either vidarabine, vira-A, at 15 mg/kg/day, or acyclovir, at 30 mg/kg/day for ten days. 69 patients (33%) had biopsy-proven disease; 37 received vira-A and 32 acyclovir. With the exception of age, ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Whitley RJ,Alford CA,Hirsch MS,Schooley RT,Luby JP,Aoki FY,Hanley D,Nahmias AJ,Soong SJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During May and June 1996, an outbreak of rubella occurred offshore aboard a ship of the German Navy. The outbreak spread among 330 crew members over a period of 9 weeks, ending 2 days after the ship's return. This is the first detailed epidemiological investigation of a rubella outbreak on a ship, describing...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Ziebold C,Hassenpflug B,Wegner-Bröse H,Wegner K,Schmitt HJ

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The incidence of Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infection (SSTI) is high in sub-Saharan Africa. This is fueled by a high prevalence of Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL), which can be associated with necrotizing disease. The aim was to describe the clinical presentation and the treatment of SSTI in t...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Alabi A,Kazimoto T,Lebughe M,Vubil D,Phaku P,Mandomando I,Kern WV,Abdulla S,Mellmann A,Peitzmann L,Bischoff M,Peters G,Herrmann M,Grobusch MP,Schaumburg F,Rieg S

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria-specific antibody responses in expressed prostatic secretions (EPS) were investigated by use of an indirect immunoperoxidase method. Positive responses were observed in all 12 patients with acute bacterial prostatis due to gram-negative rods. However, in 41 patients with chromic prostatitis, antibody response...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Kumon H

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Satisfactory methods for the serodiagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis have been widely discussed in recent years. Until a decade ago, the complement-fixation test measuring group-specific antibody was the most widely applied technique. However, despite showing relatively high diagnostic sensitivity in systemic chlamydia...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Treharne JD

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 53-year-old Caucasian woman with a history of anorexia nervosa developed a bilateral lower extremity rash comprised of palpable red to violaceous, sub-centimeter papular lesions that increased in quantity rapidly. She also noted a 2-month history of non-productive cough. Imaging modalities revealed a thin-walled cav...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Walsh TL,Baca V,Stalling SS,Natalie AA,Veldkamp PJ

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) are thrombotic microangiopathies increasingly reported in patients with HIV infection. However, characteristic features of thrombotic microangiopathies associated with HIV disease have not been defined yet. The typical courses of HUS and T...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Sutor GC,Schmidt RE,Albrecht H

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

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：:Treatment of congenital cytomegalovirus infection is mandatory in cases with severe systemic and/or neurological involvement. However, some patients are paucisymptomatic, with very subtle systemic manifestations and/or minimal brain alterations. Current international guidelines do not clearly state whether these child...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Garrido-Barbero M,Arnaez J,Garcia-Alix A

更新日期：2020-06-01 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