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200 | 8,630 | Central retinal artery obstruction in herpes zoster ophthalmicus and cerebral vasculopathy.
We present a case of acute central retinal artery obstruction in association with Herpes zoster ophthalmicus and delayed cerebral vasculopathy.
Retinal vascular obstruction is rare in zoster, and its occurrence during postherp... | C02 |
201 | 3,191 | Antibody-enhanced infection of monocytes as the pathogenetic mechanism for severe dengue illness.
Antibody-dependent enhancement of certain virus infections can occur in cells expressing Fc receptors.
This mechanism plays an important pathogenetic role in the development of complications associated with dengue virus ... | C02 |
202 | 9,973 | Rectourethral fistula caused by Kaposi's sarcoma.
A 35-year-old man with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related complex was evaluated for a persistent urethral discharge, pneumaturia and watery diarrhea.
Radiographic and endoscopic procedures established the diagnosis of a rectourethral fistula.
Perineal exp... | C02 |
203 | 7,904 | Tracheal stenosis and failure to wean from mechanical ventilation due to herpetic tracheitis.
A 64-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presented with pneumococcal pneumonia that progressed to respiratory failure within one week, requiring mechanical ventilation.
Despite a low minute ventilation an... | C02 |
204 | 4,636 | Coccidioidomycosis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients.
Coccidioidomycosis is at best a complicated fungal infection; often it is life-threatening.
Coccidioidomycosis is confined epidemiologically to the southwestern region of the USA, and most cases have occurred in that area, particularly in Arizona.
... | C02 |
205 | 9,522 | Complications of Tenckhoff catheters post removal.
Complications due to Tenckhoff catheters can occur at prolonged intervals after their removal.
From January 1979 to October 1989, 431 patients at our center began continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), 278 of whom subsequently transferred to another form o... | C02 |
206 | 8,548 | The incidence of myocarditis in endomyocardial biopsy samples from patients with congestive heart failure.
We present the combined experience of three Yugoslavian cardiovascular centers in the application of endomyocardial biopsy for the diagnosis of myocarditis in patients who present clinically with congestive heart... | C02 |
207 | 4,621 | Measles antibody: reevaluation of protective titers.
A school blood drive before a measles outbreak permitted correlation of preexposure measles antibody titers with clinical protection using the plaque reduction neutralization (PRN) test and an EIA.
Of 9 donors with detectable preexposure PRN titer less than or equa... | C02 |
208 | 8,659 | Central nervous system vasculitis after chickenpox--cause or coincidence?
A 7.5 year old boy, known to have a seizure disorder, presented with an infarct in the left middle cerebral artery territory, 10 weeks after severe chickenpox.
Immunofluorescent antibody titre to the varicella zoster virus in the cerebrospinal ... | C02 |
209 | 7,856 | Does prematurity alter the course of respiratory syncytial virus infection?
We compared previously healthy prematurely born infants with full-term infants hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection to evaluate the role of prematurity on the clinical course of the illness.
During a 5-yr period (1984... | C02 |
210 | 8,372 | Primary care of women infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.
AIDS is the leading cause of death among women aged 25 to 34 years in New York City.
Gynecologic care should be directed toward early identification and aggressive treatment of infectious and neoplastic processes that may take a more fulminant cour... | C02 |
211 | 4,121 | Chronic encephalitis caused by leukoencephalopathy.
As mentioned previously, both MS and PML are demyelinating conditions of the CNS and pose diagnostic difficulties in their differentiation because of similarities in their clinical findings.
However, certain features unique to each of these diseases are helpful in c... | C02 |
212 | 3,186 | Role of the monocyte-macrophage in influenza virus infection of lymphocytes: implications for HIV infection.
Knowledge of the pathogenesis of viruses which are less virulent than human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may provide valuable insights into the pathogenesis of HIV infection.
Influenza virus, an enveloped RNA ... | C02 |
213 | 5,050 | Urinary retention due to sacral myeloradiculitis: a clinical and neurophysiological study.
We report 5 cases of sacral myeloradiculitis presenting with transient urinary retention.
Neurophysiological testing, including bulbocavernosus reflex, pudendal evoked response and external anal sphincter electromyography, was ... | C02 |
214 | 3,724 | Pulmonary manifestations of disseminated cryptococcosis in patients with AIDS.
Forty-eight patients with disseminated cryptococcosis and AIDS were retrospectively studied to define the pulmonary manifestations.
Cryptococcus neoformans (CN) was first isolated from a pulmonary site in 12 patients.
Disseminated disease... | C02 |
215 | 7,581 | Primary lymphoma of the central nervous system in two children with acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
Postmortem examination disclosed central nervous system non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in two children who died of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) at 6 and 14 months of age, respectively.
Systemic signs of lymp... | C02 |
216 | 7,270 | Predominance of polymorphonuclear leukocytes in cerebrospinal fluid of AIDS patients with cytomegalovirus polyradiculomyelitis.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) polyradiculomyelitis was diagnosed in 4 of 241 consecutive neurologically assessed human immunodeficiency virus type (HIV-1) seropositive patients.
CMV-related neurolog... | C02 |
217 | 9,900 | CD4+ monocyte counts in persons with HIV-1 infection: an early increase is followed by a progressive decline.
In this study, we asked whether there is a difference in the number of CD4+ and CD4- peripheral blood monocytes as CD4+ T cells decrease during HIV-mediated immunodeficiency.
Monocytes and T cells from 90 HIV... | C02 |
218 | 8,308 | Chancroid and the role of genital ulcer disease in the spread of human retroviruses.
Chancroid is the most prevalent form of genital ulcer disease in developing countries and is undergoing a resurgence in industrialized countries.
As a result of a nonspecificity of the clinical findings, the etiologic diagnosis of ge... | C02 |
219 | 4,355 | Cutaneous horn of the penis: its association with squamous cell carcinoma and HPV-16 infection.
Cutaneous horns of the penis are rare.
Including this case, only 19 cases have been reported in the English-language literature.
In 37% of the reported cases a malignant tumor was found beneath the cutaneous horn.
Our ca... | C02 |
220 | 3,181 | Characterization of a macrophage-tropic HIV strain that does not alter macrophage cytokine production yet protects macrophages from superinfection by vesicular stomatitis virus.
Macrophages, unlike CD4+ T cells, can be productively infected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) without prior cellular activation.
Cyto... | C02 |
221 | 8,451 | Immunological studies of the basis for the apathogenicity of simian immunodeficiency virus from African green monkeys.
Potential reasons for the lack of pathogenicity of the simian immunodeficiency virus SIVagm in its natural host, the African green monkey (AGM, Cercopithecus aethiops), were investigated with respect ... | C02 |
222 | 4,620 | Use of polymerase chain reaction for successful identification of asymptomatic genital infection with herpes simplex virus in pregnant women at delivery.
The polymerase chain reaction was adapted to the amplification of a herpes simplex virus (HSV) DNA sequence, common to HSV types 1 and 2 (HSV-1, HSV-2).
The amplifi... | C02 |
223 | 4,667 | Confocal microscopic detection of human immunodeficiency virus RNA-producing cells.
A central anomaly in the pathogenesis of AIDS is that few actively infected CD4+ cells (1 in 10(4)-10(5) have been detected in the peripheral blood, even though dramatic depletion (often greater than 90%) of CD4+ cells is the hallmark ... | C02 |
224 | 4,666 | Seroprevalence of human T cell leukemia viruses in selected populations of homosexual men.
This study sought to define the seroprevalence of human T cell leukemia virus (HTLV) types I and II in selected populations of homosexual men.
Serum specimens were screened for antibodies to HTLV and to human immunodeficiency v... | C02 |
225 | 475 | Influenza infection and diabetes mellitus. Case for annual vaccination.
Herein, epidemiological data on influenza pneumonia and mortality, results of clinical studies, and the outcome of influenza vaccination trials are reviewed.
All excess mortality studies that specify for underlying disease list diabetes as one of... | C02 |
226 | 5,997 | Syphilis, human immunodeficiency virus infection, and targeting prevention.
To examine the interaction between syphilis and human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1) infection in Oklahoma, we conducted an unlinked HIV seroprevalence survey using serum specimens submitted to the Oklahoma State Department of Health fo... | C02 |
227 | 3,319 | Wegener's granulomatosis presenting during first trimester of pregnancy.
We describe a case of Wegener's granulomatosis in a lady who presented acutely with pulmonary haemorrhage, fever and breathlessness during her early pregnancy.
She responded well to aggressive medical treatment. | C02 |
228 | 8,549 | Effect of delayed captopril therapy on left ventricular mass and myonecrosis during acute coxsackievirus murine myocarditis.
The effect of captopril on coxsackievirus B3 murine myocarditis was investigated.
Thirty-two, 3-week-old mice were infected with coxsackievirus B3 on day 0 of the study, then randomized into a ... | C02 |
229 | 6,057 | Ocular disease associated with Epstein-Barr virus infection.
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous DNA virus of the herpesvirus genus with a high prevalence rate for antibody (about 90%) in the adult population.
It is the most common causative agent of infectious mononucleosis syndrome.
During recent years an inc... | C02 |
230 | 9,210 | A routine tool for detection and assessment of epidemics of influenza-like syndromes in France.
A regression model for the nonepidemic level of influenza-like syndrome has been estimated from the 55,200 cases collected between October 1984 and August 1988 using the French Communicable Diseases Computer Network.
The s... | C02 |
231 | 4,455 | The role of antihistamines in otitis.
Chronic and recurrent otitis media can manifest as otitis media with effusion.
Both infection and eustachian tube obstruction (ETO) have been found to play an important role in its pathogenesis.
ETO can be demonstrated during both early- and late-phase reactions in patients with... | C02 |
232 | 4,309 | Immunocytochemical analysis of lymph node aspirates in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.
Thirty four patients positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who had lymphadenopathy were investigated using fine needle aspiration.
Cytological analysis included immunocytochemical investigation with ... | C02 |
233 | 2,972 | Treatment of adult chickenpox with oral acyclovir.
Thirty-one late adolescents and adults with varicella were studied.
Patients identified within 72 hours of varicella exanthem were offered open treatment with acyclovir (4 g/d), and those patients identified after 72 hours of exanthem were followed up but not treated... | C02 |
234 | 9,404 | Response of mononuclear cells from HIV-infected patients to B-cell mitogens: correlation with immunological and clinical features of disease progression.
Proliferation of mononuclear cells from HIV-seropositive patients to B-cell mitogens was studied in the absence and presence of mixed lymphocyte culture supernatants... | C02 |
235 | 2,394 | Isolation of measles virus in primary rhesus monkey cells from a child with acute interstitial pneumonia who cytologically had giant-cell pneumonia without a rash.
The isolation of measles virus in primary Rhesus monkey kidney cells (PRMK) in patients with documented giant-cell pneumonia who have presented without a r... | C02 |
236 | 6,165 | Measles update.
The incidence of measles in the United States dramatically increased in the 1980s, from a low of 1,497 cases in 1983 to over 17,000 cases in 1989.
Family physicians can help reverse this trend by following the revised immunization schedule, which includes a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) booster for pres... | C02 |
237 | 5,933 | Tropical neuromyelopathies and retroviruses: a review.
Debilitating disorders of the nervous system have a relatively high prevalence in the tropics, a geographic region that is often deficient in specialists in the fields of neurology and epidemiology.
During World War II, attention was called to a possible nutritio... | C02 |
238 | 2,811 | Spontaneous splenic rupture following infectious mononucleosis.
Four cases of spontaneous splenic rupture after infectious mononucleosis (IM) have been treated at this institution since 1978.
The condition is rare, occurring in 0.1-0.5 per cent of patients with proven infectious mononucleosis.
Splenectomy is conside... | C02 |
239 | 789 | Disseminated cutaneous herpes zoster following cardiac surgery.
Our case report describes disseminated cutaneous Herpes Zoster in the early post-operative period following cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass.
This has not been reported previously in the absence of immunosuppressive therapy.
Despite associate... | C02 |
240 | 9,419 | A semiquantitative microassay for measurement of relative number of blood mononuclear cells infected with human immunodeficiency virus.
A simple semiquantitative microassay was developed for the measurement of relative number of infected peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from individuals infected with human im... | C02 |
241 | 4,669 | Rotavirus-specific antibody response in saliva of infants with rotavirus diarrhea.
The reliability of saliva as an indicator of rotavirus infection was assessed among 15 infants (3-12 months) with rotaviral and 15 with nonrotaviral diarrhea.
Paired salivary samples collected during acute and convalescent phases were ... | C02 |
242 | 6,551 | Human T cell lymphotropic virus infection in Guaymi Indians from Panama.
Preliminary studies found that 9% of Guaymi Indians from Bocas del Toro province have antibody to human T cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV-I/II).
The present study enrolled 317 (21% of the population) Guaymi Indians from Changuinola, the capital of... | C02 |
243 | 6,783 | Delayed endolymphatic hydrops and its relationship to Meniere's disease.
Delayed endolymphatic hydrops (EH) can be characterized as having ipsilateral and contralateral types.
They are similar in that both have early and late phases of otologic symptoms and that the early phase is a profound hearing loss in one ear.
... | C02 |
244 | 23 | Abnormal differentiation of human papillomavirus-induced laryngeal papillomas.
We studied the proliferation and differentiation of human laryngeal papillomas, which are benign tumors induced by human papillomaviruses.
Immunofluorescent stains of tissues for a number of differentiation-specific proteins showed abnorma... | C02 |
245 | 4,302 | Use of immunoelectron microscopy to show Ebola virus during the 1989 United States epizootic.
A filovirus, serologically related to Ebola virus, was detected by "post-embedment" immunoelectron microscopical examination of MA-104 cells.
These had been infected by inoculation with serum samples obtained during the 1989... | C02 |
246 | 6,815 | Characterization of the dermal infiltrate in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with psoriasis.
We investigated the dermal inflammatory cell infiltrates of psoriatic lesions from nine human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients and nine age-, sex-, and site-matched control specimens.
The study was retr... | C02 |
247 | 6,491 | Modeling the impact of breast-feeding by HIV-infected women on child survival [published erratum appears in Am J Public Health 1991 May;81(5):658-9]
This study models the survival outcomes of children born to HIV-infected (human immunodeficiency virus) women who are breast-fed, bottle-fed, and wet-nursed.
It is estim... | C02 |
248 | 5,596 | The myelodysplastic syndromes. Case report and review.
The myelodysplastic syndromes are a heterogenous group of hematologic disorders of myeloid progenitor cells.
Oral manifestations may be among the first signs and often reflect degrees of neutropenia or neutrophil dysfunction.
A patient with persistent herpes lab... | C02 |
249 | 4,089 | Transfusion risks.
Hepatitis remains the most serious transfusion risk, in terms of incidence and severity.
Transfusion-associated AIDS, hemolytic reactions, TRALI, and anaphylaxis are severe problems that occur relatively rarely, while febrile reactions and mild allergic reactions are common but not serious.
The ke... | C02 |
250 | 7,021 | Outbreak of spontaneous staphylococcal arthritis and osteitis in mice.
Staphylococcus aureus is the most common bacterial species found in association with nongonococcal bacterial arthritis in humans.
We present here the first description of spontaneous bacterial arthritis and osteitis in mice.
Clinically, the most ... | C01 |
251 | 5,918 | Comparison of species distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility of aerobic actinomycetes from clinical specimens.
To compare the species distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility of aerobic actinomycetes, we evaluated 366 isolates referred to the Centers for Disease Control from October 1985 through February 1... | C01 |
252 | 6,703 | The role of mucous glycoproteins in the rheologic properties of cystic fibrosis sputum.
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is characterized by excessive amounts of thick and tenacious mucous secretions that obstruct organ ducts and passages.
In the respiratory tract this is associated with chronic infection resulting in the hypers... | C01 |
253 | 8,845 | Causes, diagnosis, and treatment of pharyngitis.
Pharyngitis is a common disease of the respiratory tract that can be caused by several different viruses and bacterial organisms.
Clinically speaking, the most important causative agent is group A streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes).
Although rare, postpharyngitis ... | C01 |
254 | 2,060 | Assessing the risk of occupational acquisition of the human immunodeficiency virus: implications for hospital policy.
In determining infection control policy, it is essential to quantitatively assess the risk of transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to health care workers and their families.
The risk sho... | C01 |
255 | 2,110 | Broad spectrum penicillin as an adequate therapy for acute cholangitis.
In a previous study of patients with acute cholecystitis, we demonstrated equal efficacy with a broad spectrum penicillin (piperacillin) and a penicillin plus amino-glycoside combination.
Whether a single agent broad spectrum penicillin is adequa... | C01 |
256 | 7,673 | Spectrum of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in adults.
A prospective nationwide surveillance of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease among adults (greater than or equal to 16 years old) was conducted in Finland during 1985 through 1988.
Thirty-one cases were identified (annual incidence, 0.22... | C01 |
257 | 4,672 | Occurrence of secondary attenuating mutations in avirulent Salmonella typhimurium vaccine strains.
The attenuating delta aroA554 mutation in Salmonella typhimurium strain SL3261 was complemented in vitro by selecting for AroA+ recombinant DNA clones.
SL3261 containing cloned aroA+ genes did not require exogenous phen... | C01 |
258 | 8,594 | Antibiotic therapy for Bacillus species infections.
We reviewed 36 cases of culture-proven Bacillus species ocular infections occurring between September 1974 and December 1989.
Kirby-Bauer disk sensitivities were available in 34 of the 36 cases (95%).
All Bacillus species isolates were sensitive to the aminoglycosi... | C01 |
259 | 2,887 | Activity of compound G2 isolated from alfalfa roots in experimental dermatophyte infection.
Compound G2 isolated from alfalfa roots was applied topically to skin lesions of guinea pigs experimentally infected with the dermatophyte Trichophyton mentagrophytes var.
granulare.
After 12 to 15 applications, 80% of the in... | C01 |
260 | 5,919 | A case of group B streptococcal pyomyositis
The group B streptococcus is an opportunistic pathogen that causes a variety of serious infections including bacteremias, puerperal sepsis, and neonatal meningitis.
Group B streptococcal infections of muscle are rare.
We report here an unusual case of group B streptococca... | C01 |
261 | 3,522 | Splenic septic emboli in endocarditis.
The significance of septic emboli to the spleen is inferred by the frequency of septic emboli in general seen in patients with left-sided infective endocarditis who are referred for valve replacement.
To determine the proper management of splenic infarcts and abscess due to sept... | C01 |
262 | 6,518 | Day care characteristics associated with Haemophilus influenzae disease. Haemophilus influenzae Study Group.
To identify characteristics of day care facilities associated with H.
influenzae disease, we compared 92 licensed facilities in which a case of H.
influenzae disease had occurred with randomly selected facili... | C01 |
263 | 2,073 | Duplex Doppler examination of a perinephric abscess in a renal transplant.
Perinephric abscess has no characteristic ultrasonic appearance or location.
Differentiation from urinoma, lymphocele, or hematoma depends on clinical and laboratory findings.
Therapy consists of percutaneous catheter drainage, surgical drain... | C01 |
264 | 5,253 | Effect of short-term intermittent antibiotic treatment on growth of Burmese (Myanmar) village children.
To test the hypothesis that subclinical enteric infection (such as bacterial overgrowth), rice malabsorption, and growth faltering are causally linked, a field trial of low-dose, short-term, intermittent antibiotic ... | C01 |
265 | 4,664 | Bacterial infections in patients with visceral leishmaniasis.
Bacterial infections are often seen in patients with visceral leishmaniasis.
To determine the incidence of such infection and the more common infectious agents, 30 consecutive patients with visceral leishmaniasis were followed throughout hospitalization.
... | C01 |
266 | 2,971 | The prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in nonulcer dyspepsia. Importance of stratification according to age
Helicobacter pylori (formerly Campylobacter pylori) is causally related to active antral gastritis and is highly associated with duodenal and gastric ulcers.
However, the relationship of H pylori to nonulcer dy... | C01 |
267 | 6,444 | Perinatal mortality in Victoria, Australia: role of group B Streptococcus.
Group B beta-hemolytic streptococcus is the most common infective cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality.
It is therefore surprising that no agreement exists for an approach to its prevention.
There is also increasing evidence that occult ... | C01 |
268 | 839 | The many faces and phases of borreliosis. I. Lyme disease [published erratum appears in J Am Acad Dermatol 1991 Apr;24(4):663]
Lyme disease is increasingly being reported throughout the United States and many parts of the world.
Borrelia burgdorferi, the etiologic agent of Lyme disease, is a spirochete that, not unl... | C01 |
269 | 5,073 | Fatal disseminated mycobacterial infection following intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin.
We describe a fatal case of disseminated mycobacteriosis after intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin immunotherapy.
We summarize the prior safety record of this therapeutic modality, discuss local and systemic pathophysiologic... | C01 |
270 | 7,557 | Controversies in the treatment of streptococcal pharyngitis
An increasing number of cases of sore throat caused by group A beta-hemolytic streptococci occur with concomitant colonization by organisms that may "protect" the streptococci through beta-lactamase inactivation of penicillin at the site of infection.
The f... | C01 |
271 | 8,769 | Antibiotic compared with antiseptic prophylaxis for prostatic surgery.
Two different regimens of cephalosporin antibiotic prophylaxis were compared with antiseptic lubricating jelly to try to prevent infection and complications in 196 men after prostatic surgery.
Pre-operative urine was cultured and prostatic chips (... | C01 |
272 | 7,381 | Acute syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinitis.
Six patients with evidence of secondary syphilis presented with visual loss in both eyes caused by large, placoid, yellowish lesions with faded centers at the level of the pigment epithelium in the macula and juxtapapillary areas.
All eyes had vitreitis.
All of the... | C01 |
273 | 5,265 | Value of antigen detection in predicting invasive pulmonary aspergillosis
Two ELISAs were used to detect serum and urinary aspergillus antigen in 121 patients who were profoundly neutropenic after leukaemia therapy or bone marrow transplantation.
The presence of antigen correctly predicted development of invasive pu... | C01 |
274 | 9,166 | Drug therapy for Helicobacter pylori infection: problems and pitfalls.
Antibacterial chemotherapy against Helicobacter pylori is currently being assessed by open or randomized controlled clinical studies for its efficacy in eradicating this bacterium from the stomach of patients with gastritis or gastroduodenal ulcer.... | C01 |
275 | 2,929 | The process of microbial translocation.
The process of microbial translocation was studied using Candida albicans, Escherichia coli, or endotoxin instilled into Thiry-Vella loops of thermally injured guinea pigs and rats.
Translocation of C.
albicans occurred by direct penetration of enterocytes by a unique process ... | C01 |
276 | 6,058 | Antibodies in human tears during and after infection.
The tear content of antibodies specific for various infectious agents has recently begun to be investigated.
Important parameters of tear analysis with respect to antibody content are the method of tear collection and the laboratory techniques used to detect speci... | C01 |
277 | 2,836 | Congenital insensitivity to pain with neuroparalytic keratitis.
Congenital insensitivity to pain is a well-defined entity in the group of sensory deficiency syndromes.
To the best of our knowledge, unilateral neuroparalytic keratitis associated with congenital insensitivity to pain has not been reported.
We report s... | C01 |
278 | 8,665 | Continued need for pneumococcal prophylaxis after splenectomy
Two children died from pneumococcal infection five and eight years after splenectomy.
Pneumococcal vaccination had not been given to either child.
When the infection developed both children were not taking prophylactic penicillin.
Vaccination and daily ... | C01 |
279 | 9,940 | Development and potential use of antibody directed against lipopolysaccharide for the treatment of gram-negative bacterial sepsis.
Gram-negative bacterial sepsis remains a major cause of lethality in hospitalized patients, despite routine therapy consisting of antimicrobial agents, hemodynamic monitoring and fluid res... | C01 |
280 | 860 | Cutaneous lesions of disseminated histoplasmosis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients.
Disseminated histoplasmosis is being diagnosed more frequently in persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus and is often the initial manifestation of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
Disease-... | C01 |
281 | 8,327 | A randomized, double-blind trial of nystatin therapy for the candidiasis hypersensitivity syndrome
BACKGROUND.
Candida albicans infection has been proposed to cause a chronic hypersensitivity syndrome characterized by fatigue, premenstrual tension, gastrointestinal symptoms, and depression.
Long-term antifungal the... | C01 |
282 | 2,865 | In vitro evaluation of nicotinamide riboside analogs against Haemophilus influenzae.
Exogenous NAD, nicotinamide mononucleotide, or nicotinamide riboside is required for the growth of Haemophilus influenzae.
These compounds have been defined as the V-factor growth requirement.
We have previously shown that the inter... | C01 |
283 | 5,443 | Whither short-course chemotherapy for tuberculous meningitis?
Short-course chemotherapy is well established for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis but not for extrapulmonary disease.
We present a series of 35 cases in which chemotherapy for tuberculous meningitis was given for a period of less than 2 years.
Sho... | C01 |
284 | 8,318 | Sexually transmitted arthritis syndromes.
Sexually transmitted infections may provoke a wide variety of rheumatic lesions.
Disseminated N.
gonorrhoeae infection leads to septic arthritis, which may be rapidly destructive but which responds promptly to appropriate antibiotic therapy.
In contrast, both gonococcal and... | C01 |
285 | 8,349 | Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist reduces mortality from endotoxin shock.
About five out of 1,000 patients admitted to hospital develop bacterial sepsis leading to shock, the mortality rate for which is high despite antibiotic therapy.
The infection results in hypotension and poor tissue perfusion, and eventually lea... | C01 |
286 | 8,114 | The efficacy of pediatric blood culture sets in the determination of burn bacteremia.
A blood culture is an essential laboratory procedure necessary to confirm a septic episode.
However, it is important to collect the blood sample at the appropriate time with an acceptable technique.
The standard method is to collec... | C01 |
287 | 7,156 | Acute and chronic bacterial prostatitis: a review of treatment approaches.
Some authors describe acute bacterial prostatitis as a self-limiting disease, and as with any other acute septic condition, parenteral broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy is indicated.
Chronic bacterial prostatitis, however, is associated with a... | C01 |
288 | 7,380 | Ocular syphilis.
The ability of syphilis to mimic different ocular disorders can lead to misdiagnosis and delay in appropriate antimicrobial therapy.
The authors describe their experience over the past 5 years with the ocular manifestations of syphilis in 25 patients who comprised 2.45% of 1020 new patients.
Uveitis... | C01 |
289 | 9,371 | Tuberculous meningitis. Short course of chemotherapy.
In March 1986, we began a 6-month short course trial of therapy for tuberculous meningitis, in which 28 patients were analyzed.
The diagnosis was based on the following cerebrospinal fluid test results: in 53.5% of the cases, Mycobacterium tuberculosis was identif... | C01 |
290 | 2,863 | Relapse of infant botulism.
We report on 3 infants who had relapse of infant botulism after apparent resolution of clinical symptoms.
This group represented 5% of the infants with confirmed infant botulism who were treated at our institution since 1976.
The exact cause for these relapses was unclear, but three poten... | C01 |
291 | 6,401 | Use of intrapleural streptokinase in the treatment of thoracic empyema.
The incidence of pleural effusions in bacterial pneumonia may exceed 40%, a factor that may be related to increased morbidity and mortality.
Options in the treatment of complicated pleural effusions or empyema, when unresponsive to closed tube dr... | C01 |
292 | 877 | Itraconazole in common dermatophyte infections of the skin: fixed treatment schedules.
Itraconazole is an effective medication against the most common dermatophytoses.
It has been shown to be more active than griseofulvin and ketoconazole.
Ease of use, affinity for keratinized tissues, lack of toxicity, continued ac... | C01 |
293 | 5,388 | Clinical and pathological features of bacillary peliosis hepatis in association with human immunodeficiency virus infection
BACKGROUND.
Peliosis hepatis is characterized by cystic, blood-filled spaces in the liver and is seen in patients with chronic infections or advanced cancer and as a consequence of therapy with... | C01 |
294 | 6,549 | Recombinant capsular antigen (fraction 1) from Yersinia pestis induces a protective antibody response in BALB/c mice.
Yersinia pestis produces a glycoprotein capsule, the biosynthesis of which appears to be temperature dependent.
The fraction I (F1) component of this capsule is specific to Y.
pestis and the detectio... | C01 |
295 | 885 | Itraconazole therapy for nonmeningeal coccidioidomycosis: clinical and laboratory observations.
Itraconazole, a new oral triazole antifungal agent, was administered in 75 courses to patients with chronic coccidioidomycosis at dosages of 50 to 400 mg/day for a median duration of 10 months.
Assessment of efficacy was m... | C01 |
296 | 7,853 | Accuracy in early prediction of prognosis of patients with septic shock by analysis of simple indices: prospective study.
In 26 consecutive septic shock patients, we analyzed the clinical, hemodynamic, and metabolic data before and during volume infusion to test their circulatory reserve in response to fluid repletion... | C01 |
297 | 6,161 | Diagnosis and treatment of prostatic infections.
The diagnosis and management of prostatitis and pelviperineal pain is a challenge to the clinician.
Careful examination of the prostatic fluid and bacteriologic cultures to differentiate bacterial from nonbacterial prostatitis are essential.
Antimicrobial therapy is e... | C01 |
298 | 6,583 | Blood contamination of anaesthetic and related staff
The incidence of skin contamination of anaesthetic and related staff by patient's blood and saliva was studied during 270 anaesthetics in Cardiff hospitals over seven continuous days in October 1989.
A survey was also made of current Hepatitis B immunisation statu... | C01 |
299 | 988 | Evidence for gastric mucosal cell invasion by C. pylori: an ultrastructural study.
It is now generally accepted that Campylobacter pylori is closely associated with peptic ulcer disease and chronic type B gastritis.
Whether C.
pylori is the direct etiologic cause of either or both of these illnesses remains unclear.... | C01 |
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