Alpha-hemolytic streptococci: a major pathogen of iatrogenic meningitis following lumbar puncture. Case reports and a review of the literature.

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：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：:Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) causes a variety of clinical conditions, the most important being hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome. A curative therapy of EHEC diseases is not yet feasible. This study investigates the antibody reactivity of Lactobin, a standardized immunoglobulin (Ig) prepara...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Lissner R,Schmidit H,Karch H

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Raoultella ornithinolytica is not well known as a clinical pathogen. We performed a retrospective review of R. ornithinolytica bacteremia to investigate its clinical features, antimicrobial susceptibility, and overall patient outcomes. METHODS:R. ornithinolytica bacteremia cases were collected from an electron...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Chun S,Yun JW,Huh HJ,Lee NY

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：:In a randomized study, 42 patients undergoing extensive maxillo-facial surgery (correction of the position of the mandible or maxilla by using autologous bone transplants) received prophylactically ten-day courses of either flucloxacillin or amoxicillin with clavulanic acid. Patients were comparable with regard to age...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Vlaspolder F,de Zeeuw G,Rozenberg-Arska M,Egyedi P,Verhoef J

更新日期：1987-07-01 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：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：:Pefloxacin was applied to a newborn suffering from ventriculitis caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae after failure of routine antibiotics. Treatment was successful. Blood and CSF levels were high, thus documenting good CSF penetration. In addition to this case report, a review of the literature regarding seven neonates wi...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Linder N,Dagan R,Kuint J,Keler N,Keren G,Reichman B

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro sensitivities of 47 multi-resistant gram-negative bacilli against six third generation cephalosporins were investigated. Overall, moxalactam was the most active compound and cefoperazone the least active. Ceftizoxime and ceftazidime were very active against Enterobacteriaceae. Ceftriaxone and ceftizoxime ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Fainstein V,Le Blanc B,Bodey GP

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diagnostic value of admission serum levels of procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) as indicators of the etiology and prognosis was prospectively investigated. PATIENTS:96 patients, 50-85 years of age, treated in the hospital for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). RESULTS:On admission, all ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Hedlund J,Hansson LO

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:High antibiotic and antifungal concentrations in wastewater from anti-infective drug production may exert selection pressure for multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens. We investigated the environmental presence of active pharmaceutical ingredients and their association with MDR Gram-negative bacteria in Hyderabad...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Lübbert C,Baars C,Dayakar A,Lippmann N,Rodloff AC,Kinzig M,Sörgel F

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a patient who presented with a thrombus of the aortic arch complicated with splenic, renal and peroneal artery embolisms, associated with transient lupus anticoagulant, during a Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. The outcome was good under antibiotic and anticoagulant treatment. We also review the ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Flateau C,Asfalou I,Deman AL,Ficko C,Andriamanantena D,Fontan E,Viant E,Bonnevie L,Rapp C

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:To assess easily monitored predictors for tuberculosis mortality. DESIGN:Risk factors for tuberculosis mortality were assessed during the 8-month treatment in 440 men and 269 women diagnosed with confirmed or presumed intrathoracic tuberculosis included prospectively in Guinea-Bissau from May 1996 to April 2001...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Gustafson P,Gomes VF,Vieira CS,Samb B,Nauclér A,Aaby P,Lisse I

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:As the number of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in German intensive care units increases, the problem of MRSA infection as such is becoming ever more serious. The aim of this study was to investigate whether mortality rates from nosocomial MRSA pneumonia and primar...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Gastmeier P,Sohr D,Geffers C,Behnke M,Daschner F,Rüden H

更新日期：2005-04-01 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：:A 12-year-old girl with a 2-month history of fever and abdominal pain was admitted to our hospital. Ultrasound and CT scans of the abdomen showed multiple hypoechoic lesions of liver and spleen. Screening for zoonosis revealed high positive titers to Bartonella henselae. T-cell deficiency was demonstrated and remained...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Kahr A,Kerbl R,Gschwandtner K,Heinzl B,Lackner H,Schwinger W,Stünzner D,Lindbichler F,Urban EC

更新日期：2000-03-01 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：:Since 1990 a relatively high number of cases of childhood tuberculosis has been observed in Austria, mainly occurring in the age-group of 0-4 years. Within this group most cases were registered in 1995. Since the beginning of 1995 the establishment of a lab-supported nationwide data collection system enables a more de...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Makristathis A,Stauffer F,Klein JP,Rotter ML,Wewalka G,Hirschl AM

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Based on previous studies, enterococcal infective endocarditis (IE) is considered a unimicrobial, community-acquired disease of older Caucasian men. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We evaluated the relationship between enterococcal bacteremia and IE by comparing clinical and demographic characteristics of all cases of...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Anderson DJ,Murdoch DR,Sexton DJ,Reller LB,Stout JE,Cabell CH,Corey GR

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficacy of Oral Ofloxacin and Ciprofloxacin. Cross-over Study. The efficacy of the 4-quinolones ciprofloxacin (CPX) and ofloxacin (OFX) was studied in a cross-over study. Twenty out-patients with cystic fibrosis and chronic colonization of the respiratory tract with Pseudomonas aeruginosa were treated for ten days wi...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Kurz CC,Marget W,Harms K,Bertele RM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current data on the risk of transmission of 2009 H1N1 Influenza in public transportation systems (e.g., public trains, busses, airplanes) are conflicting. The main transmission route of this virus is thought to be via droplets, but airborne transmission has not been completely ruled out. METHODS:This is a c...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Piso RJ,Albrecht Y,Handschin P,Bassetti S

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：:The antiviral effects of interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) are well documented for the treatment of hepatitis B or C infections, whereas antiretroviral effects for treatment of HIV-1 infection have been investigated up to now only in small-sized preclinical studies. New preclinical and clinical data on IFN-alpha for HIV, H...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Jablonowski H

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Loxoscelism is an envenomation due to a bite by spiders of the genus Loxosceles, very well known on the American continent but unrecognized in Europe. CASE REPORT:We report the case of a 36-year-old woman, without any medical history or treatment, who went to a University Hospital in the South of France, fo...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Rubenstein E,Stoebner PE,Herlin C,Lechiche C,Rollard C,Laureillard D,Sotto A

更新日期：2016-06-01 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：: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: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：:Serum and sputum concentrations of ampicillin or amoxycillin were measured in patients admitted to hospital for acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis with purulent sputum. Mean peak serum levels of nearly 12 mg/l were found after 1600 mg bacampicillin (mean peak level in sputum 0.85 mg/l). The serum and sputum con...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Davies B,Maesen F

更新日期：1979-01-01 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