Abstract:
:Eighteen episodes of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia were diagnosed in 13 patients among 336 with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cared for at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center since 1979. Bacterial pathogens isolated in 16 of 18 episodes were Haemophilus influenzae in 8, Streptococcus pneumoniae in 6, group B streptococcus in 1, and Branhamella catarrhalis in 1. Eight episodes were presumed Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia until cultures obtained at bronchoscopy confirmed a bacterial cause. Specific antibacterial therapy was curative in 16 of 18 episodes; 2 patients died. Given an estimated yearly incidence of pneumococcal pneumonia in the general population of 2.6/1000, 1.09 cases were expected in our patients with AIDS; we saw 6 (p = 0.001), for an attack rate of 17.9/1000. Bacteria associated with B-cell defects should be anticipated when formulating empiric antibiotic therapy, pending a definitive diagnosis, for pulmonary infiltrates in patients with AIDS.
journal_name
Ann Intern Medjournal_title
Annals of internal medicineauthors
Polsky B,Gold JW,Whimbey E,Dryjanski J,Brown AE,Schiffman G,Armstrong Ddoi
10.7326/0003-4819-104-1-38subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1986-01-01 00:00:00pages
38-41issue
1eissn
0003-4819issn
1539-3704journal_volume
104pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Rising health care expenditures have led to numerous cost-control proposals. An examination of the ethical questions surrounding the role that physicians play in the control of health care costs suggests that unilateral rationing decisions by individual physicians at the bedside are morally unacceptable. Such decision...
journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-116-11-920
更新日期:1992-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To determine whether self-assessment of purified protein derivative of tuberculin (PPD) skin test reactions, done using a simple two-choice approach, is an effective screening method for tuberculosis. DESIGN:Double-blind comparison between self-assessments and trained professional readings of PPD skin test r...
journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-4-199608150-00004
更新日期:1996-08-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-94-2-256
更新日期:1981-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-86-5-534
更新日期:1977-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Position statements opposing legalization of physician-assisted suicide by organizations such as the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine rightly emphasize that palliative care should be the standard of care for the dying, and that the inadequacies that exist in its delivery should be r...
journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-3-200302040-00013
更新日期:2003-02-04 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-119-9-199311010-00009
更新日期:1993-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Five patients with chronic renal failure who were undergoing maintenance hemodialysis developed a self-limited bullous dermatosis restricted to light exposed areas, primarily involving the dorsa of the hands. Porphyrin levels and phototesting were normal, but histologic sections of the bullae showed thickening of venu...
journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-83-4-480
更新日期:1975-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00005
更新日期:1998-02-15 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Nearly 25% of patients hospitalized with heart failure (HF) are readmitted within 30 days. PURPOSE:To assess the efficacy, comparative effectiveness, and harms of transitional care interventions to reduce readmission and mortality rates for adults hospitalized with HF. DATA SOURCES:MEDLINE, Cochrane Librar...
journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi:10.7326/M14-0083
更新日期:2014-06-03 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-157-2-201207170-00004
更新日期:2012-07-17 00:00:00
abstract::Four hemodialysis patients receiving deferoxamine for metal overload had fatal rhinocerebral rhizopus infections. Serious fungal infections are not commonly seen in patients on dialysis, and none of these patients had the usual risk factors for rhizopus infection. Deferoxamine is being used with increased frequency in...
journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-107-5-678
更新日期:1987-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 90-90-90 global treatment target aims to achieve 73% virologic suppression among HIV-infected persons worldwide by 2020. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the clinical and economic value of reaching this ambitious goal in South Africa, by using a microsimulation m...
journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/M16-0799
更新日期:2016-09-06 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-11-200606060-00004
更新日期:2006-06-06 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-107-1-71
更新日期:1987-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Nurse care management programs for patients with chronic illness have been shown to be safe and effective. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether a telephone-mediated nurse care management program for heart failure reduced the rate of rehospitalization for heart failure and for all causes over a 1-year period. DES...
journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00008
更新日期:2004-10-19 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-87-5-535
更新日期:1977-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-142-1-200501040-00013
更新日期:2005-01-04 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-102-3-308
更新日期:1985-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-6-199803150-00007
更新日期:1998-03-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-103-6-1034
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-92-3-357
更新日期:1980-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/M13-0480
更新日期:2014-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-82-6-806
更新日期:1975-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2020-03-03 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-116-8-615
更新日期:1992-04-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-139-4-200308190-00007
更新日期:2003-08-19 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-4-266
更新日期:1991-08-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 指南,杂志文章,实务指引
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-9-200305060-00012
更新日期:2003-05-06 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-108-3-350
更新日期:1988-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-10-200605160-00125
更新日期:2006-05-16 00:00:00