Infant tuberculosis in Austria--trend reversal since 1990?

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：BACKGROUND:It is routine practice to provide chemoprophylaxis for close contacts of a patient infected with meningococci. PATIENTS:When a 17-year-old boy living in a boys' home was admitted to the hospital with septic shock caused by Neisseria meningitidis, we immediately identified contact persons in the boys' home. ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Linde H,Glück T,Metz M,Reng C,Erlmeier S,Lehn N

更新日期：2000-05-01 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：:The case of an HIV-infected patient with low CD4+ cell count and localized pulmonary infection associated with Mycobacterium tilburgii, a recently recognized atypical mycobacterial species, is reported. Diagnosis was confirmed by repeated detection of mycobacterial DNA in lung biopsy specimens. After surgical removal ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Kolditz M,Halank M,Spornraft-Ragaller P,Schmidt H,Höffken G

更新日期：2005-08-01 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

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to describe the epidemiology of childhood group B streptococcus (GBS) disease including late late-onset disease (LLOD) and to clinically characterize recurrent cases and twin-sibling cases in Japan. METHODS:We collected information on infants (<1 year of age) with invasive GBS disease and inst...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Matsubara K,Hoshina K,Kondo M,Miyairi I,Yukitake Y,Ito Y,Minami K,Genkawa R

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an open, randomized study, the effect of pefloxacin (400 mg b.i.d.) was compared with that of cefotaxime (1 g t.i.d.) in the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections. In total 87 patients entered the study under the clinical diagnosis of complicated urinary tract infection, of whom 49 were eligible for eva...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Timmerman C,Hoepelman I,de Hond J,Boon T,Schreinemachers L,Mensink H,Verhoef J

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of an 11-month-old male infant who had been BCG vaccinated as a neonate. At the age of nine months, he developed a localized tumor above his right mamilla. The tumor destroyed the fourth rib and infiltrated the surrounding soft tissue. X-ray and CT scan suggested a malignant neoplasm. Histology, ho...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Hoppe JE,Orlikowsky T,Klingebiel T,Niethammer D

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most cases of respiratory tract infection, antibiotic therapy has to be initiated before the results of microbiological examination are available. The four most common pathogens of acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis are pneumococci, Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis and Staphylococcus aureus. Pne...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Vogel F

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Risk factors for nosocomial candidemia, severity of sepsis, treatment, and outcome were compared between patients admitted to medicine wards and those to surgical and intensive care units (ICUs). METHODS:Data were retrospectively collected from patients belonging to six referral hospitals in Italy between Janu...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Luzzati R,Merelli M,Ansaldi F,Rosin C,Azzini A,Cavinato S,Brugnaro P,Vedovelli C,Cattelan A,Marina B,Gatti G,Concia E,Bassetti M

更新日期：2016-12-01 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 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：PURPOSE:To assess the incidence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae in the pathogenesis of hospital-acquired respiratory tract infections (RTIs) in critically ill patients. METHODS:This is a retrospective cohort study of all ICU-patients ≥ 18 years with RTI who underwent conventional culture techniques a...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Hagel S,Schmitt S,Kesselmeier M,Baier M,Welte T,Ewig S,Pletz MW

更新日期：2019-06-01 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：OBJECTIVES:There is increasing evidence indicating an association between invasive non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) infection in pregnancy and early pregnancy loss. As the diagnosis relies on microbiological investigation of post-mortem placental and foetal samples, a significant proportion of NTHi-related pr...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Cevik M,Moncayo-Nieto OL,Evans MJ

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Although limited data exist on the efficacy and potential risk of synergistic aminoglycoside therapy for persistent Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and endocarditis, aminoglycosides are frequently used in clinical practice. METHODS:As our study population, we included subjects fulfilling the modified Duke cri...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Lemonovich TL,Haynes K,Lautenbach E,Amorosa VK

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Data on non-fermentative Gram-negative rods (NFGNR) bacteremia in children with malignancies are limited. The aim of this study was to present clinical picture, antimicrobial susceptibility pattern, risk factors for resistance and outcome in NFGNR bacteremia in children with cancer. METHODS:All episodes of NFG...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Averbuch D,Avaky C,Harit M,Stepensky P,Fried I,Ben-Ami T,Temper V,Peled Y,Troen H,Masarwa R,Abu Ahmad W,Weintraub M,Revel-Vilk S,Engelhard D

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim of this study was to evaluate whether risk factors which predict the development of candidemia may also predict death in ICU patients with candidemia. During an 8-year-period all ICU patients whose blood cultures yielded Candida species (n = 40) were retrospectively evaluated in a case-control fashion. The average...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Voss A,le Noble JL,Verduyn Lunel FM,Foudraine NA,Meis JF

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：:We examined patients attending an STD clinic (Department of Dermatology, Lasarettet, Lund). Chlamydia trachomatis was demonstrated in 26% of 2021 male patients by culture from the urethra (using cyclo-heximide-treated McCoy cells). The corresponding figure for Neisseria gonorrhoeae was 15%. Both organisms were found i...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Thelin I

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:"Choosing Wisely" is a growing international campaign aiming at practice changes to improve patient health and safety by both, conduct of essential and avoidance of unnecessary diagnostic, preventive and therapeutic procedures. The goal is to create an easily recognizable and distributable list ("Choosing Wis...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Lehmann C,Berner R,Bogner JR,Cornely OA,de With K,Herold S,Kern WV,Lemmen S,Pletz MW,Ruf B,Salzberger B,Stellbrink HJ,Suttorp N,Ullmann AJ,Fätkenheuer G,Jung N

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Q fever is an zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetti, the clinical features of which are often nonspecific and self-limited. Involvement of the central nervous system is rare and is usually seen as a complication of endocarditis caused by this rickettsial organism in the chronic disease. Specific neurological manifestat...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Shaked Y,Samra Y

更新日期：1989-11-01 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：:A 38-year-old Omani woman, seven months pregnant, developed extensive zygomycosis involving maxillary and temporal bones. No evidence of any underlying immune deficiency was detected except that which may be attributed to pregnancy. After delivery the patient was treated with repeated courses of amphotericin B, which ...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Buhl MR,Joseph TP,Snelling BE,Buhl L

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We compared standard antibiotic use with an antibiotic policy based on selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) for cost and microbiology. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A 2-year before-after observational study was performed in an 11-bed, mixed medical and surgical intensive care unit (ICU). We include...

journal_title：Infection

authors： van der Voort PH,van Roon EN,Kampinga GA,Boerma EC,Gerritsen RT,Egbers PH,Kuiper MA

更新日期：2004-10-01 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：:Ten patients about to undergo a colorectal operation lasting an average of three hours received 500 mg each of imipenem and cilastatin i.v. preoperatively. During the operation blood and tissue samples were taken in order to determine the serum kinetics of the substances as well as the levels of imipenem in the cutis,...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Erttmann M,Krausse R,Ullmann U

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Investigation of the injecting drug users (IDUs) population is becoming extremely critical and timely in light of the recent evidence that IDUs now act as the core of hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemics in developed countries. The purpose of this article, therefore, is not only to review the epidemiology of HCV i...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Ramia S,Melhem NM,Kreidieh K

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Influenza continues to be a considerable health problem in Europe. Vaccination is the only preventive measure, reducing mortality and morbidity of influenza in all age groups OBJECTIVES:The objective of this survey was to assess and compare the level of influenza vaccination coverage during three consecut...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Müller D,Szucs TD

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evaluation of the efficacy and possible intolerance of an antibacterial chemotherapy is based on the exact analysis of patient specific signs and symptoms, pathogenetic factors of the specific bacteria and parameters of the specific substance. One has to differentiate between usefulness of the antibiotics (effect)...

journal_title：Infection

authors： Lode H

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00