Staphylococcus epidermidis endocarditis: a community-acquired methicillin-resistant isolate.

abstract：:Diabetic ketoacidosis can be effectively and economically treated by using low-dose intravenous insulin and 2 to 3 liters of isotonic saline at 500 ml/hr to replace extracellular fluids, followed by 2 to 4 L of 5% glucose in 0.45% saline with potassium chloride and/or potassium phosphate to replace intracellular fluid...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Moss JM

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because household surveys are expensive and time consuming, determination of state or local family planning needs is based on national household survey estimates of contraceptive use rather than state-specific estimates. In June 1982, the University of Georgia Survey Research Center invited the Georgia Department of H...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Spitz AM,Schuster E,Oberle MW,Zaro SM,Morris L

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 30-year-old man had endocarditis and hip arthritis associated with the recently recognized fungus, Scedosporium inflatum. Inhibition, and possibly cure, of endocarditis occurred with medical therapy alone. Data from in vitro susceptibility testing did not predict clinical response. This case also illustrates the nee...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Toy EC,Rinaldi MG,Savitch CB,Leibovitch ER

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gabapentin, an antiepileptic agent, is a safe and versatile medication also used in the adjunctive treatment of painful disorders. These include neuropathic pain, such as postherpetic neuralgia, diabetic neuropathy, and the pain of reflex sympathetic dystrophy. Interstitial cystitis, a painful disease entity, shares m...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hansen HC

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most regions of the United States are served by poison control centers that provide 24-hour toxicologic guidance resulting in the home management of most poison exposures. It has been suggested that without public access to a poison control hotline the majority of poison-exposed patients would seek medical care in eme...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： King WD,Palmisano PA

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinicians should be on the alert for the possibility of underlying thyrotoxicosis in patients having an affective disturbance. An initial detailed medical history and complete physical examination is essential even in severely agitated, threatening patients. The danger of inappropriate diagnosis and treatment of thes...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Regan WM

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solitary abscesses of the spleen may occur as a consequence of septicemia from various septic foci, particularly intra-abdominal sites. A variety of causative organisms, including the clostridia, have been isolated. We have described a patient with multiple myeloma who had a solitary splenic abscess due to Clostridium...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kinnaird DW,Melo JC,McKeown JM

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of postoperative death due to unsuspected pheochromocytoma are presented. Both patients exhibited signs and symptoms preoperatively which might have been attributable to a pheochromocytoma. These reports serve as a reminder of the potentially fatal consequences of inadequate evaluation of hypertensive patien...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Cross DA,Meyer JS

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma cell granuloma of the thyroid is a rare tumor-like lesion formed by a localized proliferation of inflammatory cells, supported by a stroma of fibrous tissue. Few cases have been previously reported in the medical literature. We report a new case of a 41-year-old man presenting a goiter with primary hypothyroidi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ferrer-García JC,Costa-Talens P,Merino-Torres JF,Prieto-Rodríguez M,Vera-Sempere JF,Piñón-Sellés F

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Any terrorist attack using weapons of mass destruction will result in substantial psychological trauma and stress. Primary care and emergency clinics will likely see patients who have stress-related emotional or physical symptoms, or exacerbations of preexisting health concerns. Significant psychological and behaviora...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lacy TJ,Benedek DM

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent investigations of outbreaks of Salmonella enteritidis gastroenteritis among humans, especially in the northeastern United States, implicate grade A shell chicken eggs as the likely vehicle of transmission. In April 1991 we investigated an outbreak of S enteritidis infections after a wedding anniversary celebrat...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Luby S,Jones J

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amniotic fluid embolism is an almost universally fatal complication of pregnancy. We have presented a case and reviewed the literature concerning this rare but catastrophic problem. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hardin L,Fox LS,O'Quinn AG

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a common complication in patients with cirrhosis of the liver. The organisms most commonly involved in this infection are gram-negative bacteria like Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae, and gram-positive bacteria like Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Jammula P,Gupta R

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Keloid management remains controversial, and recurrence and untoward side effects limit the use of many techniques. During a seven-year period, I surgically treated 19 children, aged 3 to 17 (mean 10.5 years), with a total of 28 keloids. After aseptic skin preparation, the interface between the keloid and normal skin ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Golladay ES

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psychiatric emergency room (ER) patients are thought to be at increased risk of suicide. The prevalence and characteristics of suicidal behavior in a recent sample of patients who came to the ER for psychiatric evaluation were examined. METHODS:Charts of 311 consecutive psychiatric ER patients were reviewed...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Dhossche DM

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the epidemic of cholera in South and Central America and reports of cholera in the Northern Hemisphere in Mexico, increasing concern focuses on sanitation problems along the border between the United States and Mexico. It is feared that binationally shared water supplies are threatened or contaminated by sewage a...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Cech I,Essman A

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 86-year-old diabetic man had a late, gas-forming infection about Knowles pins. Although blood cultures were negative, a urinary tract infection followed by infection with the same organism in bone, muscle, and lung strongly supports hematogenous spread of E coli from the genitourinary system in this patient. The ge...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Mabie KN,Kulund DN,Whitehill R

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a case of peripelvic extravasation of urine caused by lower ureteral obstruction from a breech presentation in a 20-year-old primigravida. The patient was successfully treated with cesarean section to relieve the obstruction, and systemic antibiotics. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Noe HN,Raghavaiah NV

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A woman with diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease developed pneumonia and bacteremia from Branhamella catarrhalis. This is only the fifth reported case of pneumonia with bacteremia due to this organism, which was previously considered normal upper airway flora. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Choo PW,Gantz NM

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Topotecan HCl is an antitumor drug exhibiting topoisomerase 1-inhibitory activity. Topotecan is used in the treatment of metastatic carcinoma of the ovary and as second-line treatment of small-cell lung cancer. Reported dose-limiting adverse reactions to topotecan are primarily hematologic in nature. To date, only one...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Edgerton CC,Gilman M,Roth BJ

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a rare disease involving the pulmonary vascular circuit, is defined as an elevation in pulmonary arterial pressures and is characterized by symptoms of dyspnea, chest pain, and syncope. If left untreated, the disease carries a high mortality rate, with the most common cause of de...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： LaRaia AV,Waxman AB

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many health care providers practicing near the border between the United States and Mexico have serious concerns about their patients' using medications obtained in Mexico. Despite these concerns, the extent of this problem is not known. A survey administered in a publicly funded rural clinic and an urban private prac...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Tabet SR,Wiese WH

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of myocarditis, hepatic necrosis, and acute anuria associated with acute tonsillitis was described. The previously reported relation between myocarditis and tonsillitis not of diphtheritic or beta-hemolytic streptococcal origin was discussed, as well as the implications for management. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Bender BL,Madge GE

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endobronchial tuberculosis (EBTB) is an infection of the tracheobronchial tree. A 17-year-old male patient with tuberculosis who developed middle lobe syndrome on antituberculous treatment is presented. The patient was admitted with complaints of fever, cough and weight loss. Right paracardiac and perihilar heterogene...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Erelel M,Yakar F,Yakar A

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A retrospective cross-sectional study was performed to assess the prevalence of elevated alkaline phosphatase (ALP) in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and to determine the relation between ALP and specific antiretroviral therapy (ART). METHODS:A total of 2990 patients were included...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Alemu BT,Troy SB,Beydoun HA,Akpinar-Elci M,Cunningham TD

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C is a leading cause of liver failure and transplantation in the United States and a major public health issue. Studies have shown that patients with hepatitis C are at an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, which make statins of particular benefit in this patient population. However, the National Chol...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Andrus MR,East J

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraorbital hydatid disease (IHD) is quite rare and represents < 1% of the Echinococcus cases. In our current communication, we report two children with solitary, primary intraorbital hydatid cysts. Both children presented with nontender, nonpulsatile proptosis. Imaging workup, including CT and MRI scans of the head ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ciurea AV,Giuseppe G,Machinis TG,Coman TC,Fountas KN

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Few tests of functional motor behavior are useful for rapidly screening people for lower extremity peripheral neuropathy. The goal of this study was to improve the widely used tandem walking (TW) test. METHODS:We tested "normal" (control) adult and ambulatory patients with peripheral neuropathy (PN) with the...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Cohen HS,Mulavara AP,Peters BT,Sangi-Haghpeykar H,Kung DH,Mosier DR,Bloomberg JJ

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is reported of megaloblastic anemia resulting from folate deficiency in a vegetarian who had been taking oral contraceptives for eight years. A brief report of the pertinent literature is included, ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Green JD

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid, extreme expansion of the extracellular fluid with solutions devoid of acid or alkali theoretically can produce a metabolic acidosis, due to buffer dilution. This phenomenon has previously been demonstrated only in experimental animal studies. We have reported what we believe to be the first documented case of h...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Goodkin DA,Raja RM,Saven A

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00