Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and endocarditis.

abstract：:An overview of the mechanism of action, dosing, clinical indications, and toxicities of the glycopeptide vancomycin is provided. Emerging gram-positive bacterial resistance to antimicrobials and its mechanisms are reviewed. Strategies to control emergence of resistance are proposed. Newer antimicrobial agents with act...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Lundstrom TS,Sobel JD

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccine recommendations continue to evolve as a result of new vaccines, safety considerations, changing disease incidence (e.g., polio), and public health priorities. The pace of discovery is accelerating and advisory committees will need to respond accordingly. Each vaccine, new or old, will be required to earn its p...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Gardner P,Peter G

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the heart of imminent healthcare reform are the future physicians of this decade. Medical educators will want to stimulate a desire within students to practice humanitarian, cost-effective, community-oriented primary care. Further studies to examine the effects of medical student experiences in international electi...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Chiller TM,De Mieri P,Cohen I

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most frequent and best-studied agent of urinary tract infection (UTI) is Escherichia coli, which serves as a useful model pathogen for understanding microbial virulence in relation to UTI pathogenesis. The E. coli strains that cause most UTIs and other extraintestinal E. coli infections represent a highly speciali...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Johnson JR

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent decades have witnessed the emergence and spread of parasites resistant to standard drug therapies, particularly malaria. Chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum has now spread to most malarial areas, and resistance to other antimalarial drugs, including mefloquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, have become ...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Barat LM,Bloland PB

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although infective endocarditis is certainly not the most common infection seen in injecting drug users, it is the infection that clinicians most commonly think of when they consider infectious complications of injected drug use. The microbiology of infective endocarditis in injection drug users has remained relativel...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Brown PD,Levine DP

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common, especially in women. Low-dose daily or postcoital antimicrobial prophylaxis is effective for prevention of recurrent UTIs and women can self-diagnose and self-treat a new UTI with antibiotics. The increasing resistance rates of Escherichia coli to antimicrobial age...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Geerlings SE,Beerepoot MA,Prins JM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article discusses two tick-borne illnesses: Powassan encephalitis, a rare cause of central nervous system infection caused by the Powassan virus, and Colorado tick fever, an acute febrile illness caused by the Colorado tick fever virus common to the Rocky Mountain region of North America. ...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Romero JR,Simonsen KA

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vancomycin and daptomycin are options for the initial treatment of patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia. Treatment options for persistent MRSA bacteremia or bacteremia due to vancomycin-intermediate or vancomycin-resistant strains include daptomycin, ceftaroline, and combination ...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Holubar M,Meng L,Alegria W,Deresinski S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the ICU, fever can be expected to accompany an extensive number of conditions of both infectious and noninfectious etiologies. It is crucial to identify the precise cause of fever, because certain conditions in either category may be life-threatening, whereas others require no treatment at all. It is important to r...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Cunha BA,Shea KW

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Global eradication of smallpox, elimination of poliomyelitis in the Western Hemisphere, and a 90% decrease in Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in the Western Hemisphere mark some of the achievements of immunization programs around the world. Yet many serious problems continue to exist, particularly in the developing ...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Grossman M

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter is now known to be a major cause of gastrointestinal illness throughout the world. There are seven species known to be associated with enteritis, and it is likely that more will be described. Campylobacter jejuni is responsible for more than 95 per cent of the cases of diarrhea due to Campylobacter. Cont...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Cornick NA,Gorbach SL

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unknowns persisting in the understanding of the mode of action of anti-core lipopolysaccharide antibodies are discussed, and a study of two anti-lipid A monoclonal antibodies is reviewed. This article also critically analyzes the results of the recent clinical trials with monoclonal antibodies. ...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Baumgartner JD

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of death from infectious diseases in the United States. It accounts for 500,000 hospitalizations and 45,000 deaths each year, and it represents one of the most common causes of ICU admission. The mortality rate due to severe CAP has shown little improvement over ...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Restrepo MI,Anzueto A

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus is an important pathogen in the hospital and in the community, and it is increasingly resistant to multiple antibiotics. A nonantimicrobial approach to controlling S aureus is needed. The most extensively tested vaccine against S aureus, which is a capsular polysaccharide-based vaccine known as S...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Schaffer AC,Lee JC

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The desideratum of "appropriate" antibiotic therapy include efficacy, safety, and low cost. Strategies for achieving these goals include education, control of the hospital formulary, written justification forms and automatic stop orders, ongoing utilization review, restriction, required consultation, control of labora...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Bryan CS

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article establishes the pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic parameters that are important when considering the intracellular activity of antibiotics. Generally speaking, the main classes of antibiotics seem to share globally the same properties against extracellular and intracellular organisms. The specific cellular ...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Carryn S,Chanteux H,Seral C,Mingeot-Leclercq MP,Van Bambeke F,Tulkens PM

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the beginning of the epidemic, extensive research has been conducted in the field of HIV infection. Original research and subsequent meta-analyses have contributed to a better understanding of the disease. Epidemiologic research has shown, for example, that male circumcision reduces the risk of female-to-male tr...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Vergidis PI,Falagas ME,Hamer DH

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HTLV-1 infection is endemic in several Latin American countries. HTLV-1-associated myelophathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) and adult T-cell leukemia lymphoma (ATLL) are emerging diseases in the region. Documented risk factors for acquiring the virus include breast-feeding, contaminated blood transfusion, an...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Gotuzzo E,Arango C,de Queiroz-Campos A,Istúriz RE

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AIDS is characteristically associated with several intracellular enteric protozoan infections that often cause chronic and sometimes fatal intractable large-volume diarrhea. Until the AIDS epidemic, several of these parasitic infections were almost unknown as causes of human disease. This article reviews the diseases ...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Wittner M,Tanowitz HB,Weiss LM

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increasing number of HIV-infected patients will require surgical therapy. The methods of diagnosis and therapeutic planning for HIV-infected patients are the same as for all other patients. Surgery should be advised if an operation is likely to have a positive effect on the patient's life. Most patients with AIDS w...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Macho JR,Schecter WP

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious complications remain a major source of morbidity and mortality for patients with end-stage renal disease on dialysis. The majority of these complications are related to dialysis access devices, and as such represent a potentially modifiable risk factor. This article reviews the important infectious complica...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Bagdasarian N,Heung M,Malani PN

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of a host to sense invasion by a pathogenic organism, and to respond appropriately to control infection, is paramount to survival. To that end, an array of receptors and binding proteins has evolved as part of the innate immune system to detect Gram-negative bacteria. This article reviews the role of CD14,...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Ingalls RR,Heine H,Lien E,Yoshimura A,Golenbock D

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HA-1A is a human monoclonal IgM antibody that binds to endotoxin. The results of the clinical trials of HA-1A demonstrate that HA-1A reduces mortality among patients with sepsis and gram-negative bacteremia. Secondary endpoints, including resolution of organ failure, discharge from intensive care unit, and discharge f...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Smith CR,Straube RC,Ziegler EJ

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improvements in donor selection, testing of donors for markers of infection, and viral inactivation of plasma-derived products have helped reduce the risk of transfusion-associated infections, including hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV), and human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV). The potential for transmission of em...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Chamberland M,Khabbaz RF

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Latin America, acute gastroenteritis remains to be an important cause of morbidity in adults and a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children. A child under 5 years of age belonging to a low income segment of the Latin American population will develop 5 to 10 bouts of diarrhea every year. The bacterial and ...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Prado V,O'Ryan ML

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral hepatitis is a major global public health problem affecting hundreds of millions of people and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Five major biologically unrelated hepatotropic viruses cause most of the global burden of viral hepatitis. Hepatitis B and hepatitis C are associated with a signi...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Lanini S,Ustianowski A,Pisapia R,Zumla A,Ippolito G

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum protein binding of antimicrobials can reduce antimicrobial activity, restrict tissue distribution, and delay drug elimination. Binding percentages of 80 per cent or more have the potential to significantly reduce free drug levels and affect therapeutic efficacy in patients. However, binding-induced alterations i...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Craig WA,Ebert SC

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioterrorism preparedness is clearly a goal for the health care community, working in concert with city, county, state, and federal public health and emergency authorities and in collaboration with law enforcement at the local and federal levels. Opening the channels of communication between all groups involved, obtai...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Miller JM

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emerging tick-borne infections continue to be observed in the United States and elsewhere. Current information on the epidemiology, clinical and laboratory features, and treatment of infections due to Ehrlichia muris-like agent, deer tick virus, Borrelia miyamotoi sensu lato, and Heartland virus was provided and criti...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Wormser GP,Pritt B

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00