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300 | 9,661 | Post-cannulation radial artery aneurysm--a rare complication.
The following case report describes an expanding aneurysmal dilatation of the radial artery which developed 17 days following cannulation.
Possible causes of this complication are: abnormal state of the vessel wall, multiple attempts at cannulation, and ha... | C01 |
301 | 2,173 | The hyperimmunoglobulinaemia E and recurrent infections syndrome in an adult [published erratum appears in Thorax 1990 Dec;45(12):984]
A 27 year old white woman with a history of chronic eczema and episodes of serious infection of the chest, skin, and bone presented with acute respiratory failure.
She was found to h... | C01 |
302 | 9,126 | A resurgence of acute rheumatic fever in a mid-South children's hospital.
A resurgence of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) has been reported in many areas of the United States in recent years.
We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of inpatients with a new diagnosis of ARF from 1982 through 1988 at a children's h... | C01 |
303 | 4,849 | Subarachnoid hemorrhage caused by a fungal aneurysm of the vertebral artery as a complication of intracranial aneurysm clipping. Case report.
Intracranial aneurysms are an uncommon manifestation of fungal infection.
A case is described in which the formation of an aneurysm followed an intracranial intraoperative Aspe... | C01 |
304 | 2,981 | Emergence of ciprofloxacin resistance in nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates. Resistance during ciprofloxacin plus rifampin therapy for methicillin-resistant S aureus colonization.
We initiated a randomized, single-blinded trial of ciprofloxacin plus rifampin vs sulfamethoxazole and trimeth... | C01 |
305 | 9,883 | Parents' vs physicians' utilities (values) for clinical outcomes in potentially bacteremic children.
Our previous analyses of decision strategies in children 3-24 months with acute-onset fever greater than or equal to 39 degrees C and no evident bacterial focus of infection indicated that the risks of routine blood cu... | C01 |
306 | 6,908 | Job's syndrome: a rare cause of recurrent lung abscess in childhood.
A clinical syndrome characterized by recurrent staphylococcal infection of the skin and respiratory tract from birth was described in 1966 and referred to as Job's syndrome.
Marked hyperimmunoglobulinemia E was later found to be associated with this... | C01 |
307 | 5,342 | Extrapulmonary pneumocystosis: clinical features in human immunodeficiency virus infection.
Pneumocystis carinii infection is reported with increasing frequency as a cause of disease outside of the respiratory tract in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
Extrapulmonary pneumocystosis is not li... | C01 |
308 | 995 | A case of unexpected pasteurella multocida bacteremia.
A case of Pasteurella multocida bacteremia in a previously healthy hospital employee is presented.
The patient had sustained a scratch from his dog four days prior to being seen in the emergency department with adequate healing and no evidence of localized infect... | C01 |
309 | 2,881 | SCH-39304 in prevention and treatment of disseminated candidiasis in persistently granulocytopenic rabbits.
To investigate the potential use of SCH-39304 for the prevention and treatment of disseminated candidiasis in granulocytopenic patients, we studied its in vivo antifungal activity as preventive, early, and late ... | C01 |
310 | 7,522 | Antifungal therapy and its use in surgical treatment.
Modern surgery continues to make significant therapeutic advances, and a major component in the adjunctive care allowing these improved procedures is the successful use of broad-spectrum antibacterials.
However, the widespread administration of potent antibacteria... | C01 |
311 | 7,537 | Brain abscess associated with congenital pulmonary arteriovenous fistula.
A case of brain abscess associated with congenital pulmonary arteriovenous fistula was presented and 52 reported cases were reviewed.
The brain abscess was successfully treated with repeated aspiration and drainage, and the pulmonary arterioven... | C01 |
312 | 879 | Itraconazole in the management of chronic dermatophytosis.
Fifty-five patients with griseofulvin-unresponsive dermatophytosis caused by Trichophyton rubrum were treated with itraconazole.
They had either tinea corporis or "dry type" infections of the palms, soles, or nails.
The following sites were affected: trunk (... | C01 |
313 | 9,421 | Cumulative AIDS incidence and altered mortality from bacterial infections.
To determine whether populations with high cumulative incidence of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) experienced increased deaths from sepsis, central nervous system abscess, or endocarditis, New Jersey AIDS patients were grouped accord... | C01 |
314 | 4,922 | Adult immunizations: are they worth the trouble?
There are good data to recommend routine use of vaccines against measles, rubella, tetanus, influenza, and pneumococcal infections in adults.
An adolescent or an adult born after 1956 is considered to be susceptible to measles unless he or she has received two doses of... | C01 |
315 | 2,240 | Renal abscess in children.
Three cases of renal abscesses in children are described to illustrate the variable presenting features.
An additional 23 pediatric cases, reported over the past ten years, were reviewed for clinical features and therapy.
Fever, loin pain, and leukocytosis were common presenting features, ... | C01 |
316 | 5,136 | Disseminated histoplasmosis with embolic endovascular complications: a case report.
A 57-year-old man had subacute embolic ischemia of his right foot and subsequent acute embolic ischemia of his left foot after angiography.
Thrombus removed at the time of the left femoral thromboembolectomy grew Histoplasma capsulatu... | C01 |
317 | 887 | Itraconazole therapy in aspergillosis: study in 49 patients.
Itraconazole, 200 to 400 mg once daily, was administered to 49 patients with different types of aspergillosis: pulmonary aspergilloma (14 patients), chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis (14), and invasive aspergillosis (21).
Itraconazole was prescrib... | C01 |
318 | 4,682 | Treatment evaluation of experimental staphylococcal infections: comparison of beta-lactam, lipopeptide, and glycopeptide antimicrobial therapy.
LY 146032, teicoplanin, vancomycin, oxacillin, cephalothin, cefamandole, ampicillin plus sulbactam, and cefoperazone plus sulbactam were studied against six isolates of staphy... | C01 |
319 | 9,791 | Widespread dermatophyte infections that mimic collagen vascular disease.
This article reports the cases of two patients in whom a widespread dermatophyte infection mimicked the cutaneous lesions of their underlying collagen vascular disease.
Griseofulvin may be associated with an increased incidence of adverse cutane... | C01 |
320 | 7,180 | Immunogenicity in animals of a polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccine against type III group B Streptococcus.
The native capsular polysaccharide of type III group B Streptococcus elicits a specific antibody response in only 60% of nonimmune human subjects.
To enhance the immunogenicity of this polysaccharide, we co... | C01 |
321 | 777 | Selection of antibiotic coverage in vascular patients undergoing cystoscopy.
Bacteremic seeding of prosthetic vascular grafts represents a cause for graft infection; transurethral procedures account for one source of bacteremia.
Therefore, a prospective study of 200 patients undergoing cystoscopy was conducted to ide... | C01 |
322 | 3,774 | Septic pulmonary emboli. A rare cause of bilateral pneumothorax in drug abusers.
An intravenous drug abuser presented with bilateral pneumothorax.
This is a previously unreported (to our knowledge) complication of septic pulmonary emboli secondary to right-sided endocarditis.
This possibility must be considered in t... | C01 |
323 | 8,306 | Chlamydial infections.
Chlamydia trachomatis is a unique intracellular parasite that causes a number of common sexually transmitted disease syndromes, including nongonococcal urethritis in both men and women, epididymitis in men, and pelvic inflammatory disease in women.
Infants exposed at delivery are at risk for th... | C01 |
324 | 4,340 | A clinical trial of topical terbinafine (a new allylamine antifungal) in the treatment of tinea pedis.
Twenty-three patients were enrolled in a randomized, double-blind trial of terbinafine 1% cream compared with placebo vehicle in the treatment of tinea pedis.
Of the 20 patients who were evaluated for efficacy, 10 r... | C01 |
325 | 2,592 | Lyme borreliosis in the severe combined immunodeficiency (scid) mouse manifests predominantly in the joints, heart, and liver.
The authors describe the histopathologic evolution of Lyme disease in severe combined immunodeficiency (scid) and normal C.B-17 and C57BL/6 mice inoculated with Borrelia burgdorferi.
Starting... | C01 |
326 | 2,555 | Intraamniotic infection in the very early phase of the second trimester.
A total of 157 consecutive patients were studied in an effort to examine prospectively the incidence of asymptomatic intraamniotic infection in the early phase of the second trimester.
All patients were referred for amniotic fluid karyotyping.
... | C01 |
327 | 5,925 | Endocarditis due to ampicillin-resistant nontyphoid Salmonella: cure with a third-generation cephalosporin.
A case of ampicillin-resistant salmonella bacteremia complicated by endocarditis in a 78-year-old man is presented.
Previous rheumatic valvular heart disease and the lack of response to initial treatment with c... | C01 |
328 | 3,412 | Effect of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor on neutropenia due to chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
The authors administered recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rhG-CSF) to 16 patients with advanced non-Hodgkin's lymphoma treated with combination chemotherapy.
Groups of three to five p... | C01 |
329 | 5,637 | Case-control study of Cryptosporidium parvum infection in Peruvian children hospitalized for diarrhea: possible association with malnutrition and nosocomial infection.
A retrospective, hospital-based case-control study was used to investigate whether there were any clinical characteristics that could distinguish Crypt... | C01 |
330 | 3,790 | Yersinia enterocolitica abscess of the transverse colon. Report of a case.
Yersinia enterocolitica abscess of the bowel is a rare entity.
Only five cases have previously been reported--none in the surgical literature.
A unique presentation for Yersinia infection, abscess of the transverse colon, is described, and th... | C01 |
331 | 6,855 | Air contamination in open heart surgery with disposable coveralls, gowns, and drapes.
The effect of a polypropylene coverall, replacing shirt and trousers, combined with sterile laminated gowns and drapes compared with an all-cotton system was studied in regard to the dispersion of bacteria and particles in a conventi... | C01 |
332 | 8,520 | Perirenal candidial abscess.
Perirenal candidial abscesses are rare, with few well-documented cases in the literature.
We describe a case of a perinephric abscess treated with amphotericin B and nephrectomy. | C01 |
333 | 2,382 | Clostridium difficile invasion and toxin circulation in fatal pediatric pseudomembranous colitis.
The direct involvement of Clostridium difficile in the lesional tissue of pseudomembranous colitis has not been demonstrated; the organism's effects have been assumed to be strictly toxin mediated.
Because C.
difficile ... | C01 |
334 | 3,622 | Total knee arthroplasty in diabetes mellitus.
A retrospective study was done of 59 total knee arthroplasties (TKAs) in 40 patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus.
The overall infection rate was 7%, with an overall revision rate of 10% and an average follow-up period of 4.3 years.
Wound complications were present i... | C01 |
335 | 838 | Effect of sample volume on yield of positive blood cultures from adult patients with haematological malignancy.
Six hundred and sixteen blood samples from patients with haematological malignancy were each distributed equally among three identical cells in a Malthus Microbiological Growth Analyser.
The mean (SD) volum... | C01 |
336 | 9,890 | Tampon absorbency, composition and oxygen content and risk of toxic shock syndrome.
Tampon use has been identified as a major risk factor for toxic shock syndrome, although the etiologic role of tampons is not clearly understood.
Two epidemiologic studies conducted to date have reported an association between tampon ... | C01 |
337 | 9,240 | Increased septic complications with three-drug sequential immunosuppression for cadaver renal transplants.
In 152 renal transplant recipients, the results of immunosuppression with three-drug sequential (Minnesota antilymphocyte globulin, prednisone, azathioprine, and cyclosporine) immunosuppression (n = 107) were com... | C01 |
338 | 3,043 | Reoperative surgery for the morbidly obese. A university experience.
Patients who undergo surgery for morbid obesity are often subjected to reoperation for a wide array of indications.
To evaluate outcome following revisional procedures, we reviewed the records of 32 such patients treated at UCLA between April 1986 a... | C01 |
339 | 2,813 | Toxic shock syndrome after inguinal hernia repair. Report of a case with patient survival.
A 40-year-old man developed fulminant multisystem failure several days after elective repair of an inguinal hernia.
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) was diagnosed.
There was, however, no evidence of wound infection at the time of mu... | C01 |
340 | 7,871 | Cardiac involvement in AIDS.
Cardiac involvement in AIDS may occur at any stage of HIV disease and may manifest as congestive cardiomyopathy, potentially lethal arrhythmia, or pericardial effusion and tamponade.
The heart may be affected by nearly all of the opportunistic infections and many of the malignancies assoc... | C01 |
341 | 5,910 | Bacterial tracheitis: report of eight new cases and review.
Bacterial tracheitis, previously referred to as nondiphtheritic laryngitis with marked exudate, was commonly discussed in pediatric textbooks before 1940.
It seemed to disappear as a clinical entity after that time, but it has been recorded with increasing f... | C01 |
342 | 8,239 | A comparison of rapid enzyme immunoassay tests for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis cervical infections.
Two rapid enzyme immunoassay test kits were compared with culture for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis endocervical infections.
Endocervical samples for C trachomatis culture and the two enzyme immunoa... | C01 |
343 | 5,632 | The use of prophylactic furazolidone to control a nosocomial epidemic of multiply resistant Salmonella typhimurium in pediatric wards.
The nosocomial spread of enteric pathogens is often difficult to control in overcrowded pediatric wards.
During 1983 and 1984, despite cohorting of patients and enforced hand washing,... | C01 |
344 | 5,917 | Spectrum of Cryptococcus neoformans infection in 68 patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus.
Sixty-eight patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Cryptococcus neoformans who presented to three major medical centers in New Orleans, Louisiana, were studied retrospectively.
In patients w... | C01 |
345 | 5,256 | Buruli ulcer in Benin
In a study of 28 patients with Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer) in Oinhi, Benin, it became clear that the disease can regress as well as progress, and that patients can have lesions of different stages simultaneously.
A system of disease staging was introduced (I = subcutaneous n... | C01 |
346 | 3,257 | Intraocular pressure changes and postural changes of intraocular pressure in experimentally induced Hansen's disease of rhesus, mangabey, and African green monkeys.
In our long term evaluation of patients with Hansen's disease we have frequently found reduction of their intraocular pressure.
Furthermore, we noted cha... | C01 |
347 | 5,670 | Health assessment of the early adolescent. Challenges and clinical issues.
Although early adolescence spans only 4 years, it is a critical time in the life of a young person in forming opinions and selecting options.
Specific attention to the growing and changing needs of this population is imperative if their health... | C01 |
348 | 6,739 | The inactivation of antithrombin III by serum elastase in patients with surgical infections.
The relationship between serum elastase and antithrombin III was determined in septic surgical patients as a possible mechanism for intravascular thrombosis and hypercoagulability during sepsis.
Eighteen patients with surgica... | C01 |
349 | 5,878 | Antibiotic therapy for common infections.
Several important points regarding the treatment of urinary tract infections should be made.
Single-dose and short-course antibiotic therapy is appropriate only for women with acute bacterial cystitis due to E.
coli.
Studies comparing single-dose to full-course therapy have... | C01 |
350 | 3,735 | Subpleural mononuclear cell infiltration. Significance in the differential diagnosis of pleuritis showing nonspecific histologic findings.
To determine if patients who had lymphocyte-rich pleural effusion and a pleural biopsy without any specific findings could be histopathologically differentiated between those with ... | C01 |
351 | 5,376 | A randomized, prospective field trial of a conjugate vaccine in the protection of infants and young children against invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease
BACKGROUND.
Haemophilus influenzae type b is the leading cause of invasive bacterial disease in young children.
The capsular polysaccharide vaccine does... | C01 |
352 | 8,145 | Lack of association between medication use and the presence or absence of bacteriuria in elderly women.
This study was undertaken to determine if there is an association between medication use and the presence or absence of bacteriuria in elderly ambulatory women.
Of 198 women who participated in three urine culture ... | C01 |
353 | 6,829 | Outcome after acute osteomyelitis in preterm infants.
Eight cases of skeletal infection in preterm infants were studied.
All the infants were systemically unwell, with polymorpholeucocytosis.
Diagnosis was by blood culture, and any radiographic changes were apparent at the time of presentation.
Infection was often ... | C01 |
354 | 335 | Superficial cultures in neonatal sepsis evaluations. Impact on antibiotic decision making.
The authors performed a retrospective analysis of neonatal superficial cultures and their effect on antimicrobial decision making during a nine-month period at Nashville General Hospital.
They obtained and reviewed charts of in... | C01 |
355 | 2,569 | Oral contraceptives and myocardial infarction.
The risk of myocardial infarction in contraceptive users is limited to women over 35 years of age who smoke.
The cause of myocardial infarction in oral contraceptive users is thrombotic and not atherosclerotic.
Minor lipid changes have no clinical relevance to myocardia... | C01 |
356 | 7,418 | Treating systemic fungal infections in AIDS patients. Prolonging life against the odds.
Fungal infections have become one of the major causes of death among immunocompromised patients, particularly patients with AIDS.
Accurate and quick diagnosis is difficult; therefore, empirical therapy is often necessary.
This sc... | C01 |
357 | 692 | Review of hepatic imaging and a problem-oriented approach to liver masses.
We believe that imaging of the liver is complicated.
The sporadic appearance of incidental benign lesions and variability in scanning techniques, equipment and artifacts add difficulties to the evaluation of liver masses.
Therefore we emphasi... | C01 |
358 | 4,634 | Restriction endonuclease analysis of total cellular DNA of Aspergillus fumigatus isolates of geographically and epidemiologically diverse origin.
No typing system exists for Aspergillus fumigatus, though isolates are distinguishable by phenotypic characteristics.
DNA was prepared by lysis of protoplasts, followed by ... | C01 |
359 | 685 | Norfloxacin prevents spontaneous bacterial peritonitis recurrence in cirrhosis: results of a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
Eighty cirrhotic patients who had recovered from an episode of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis were included in a multicenter, double-blind trial aimed at comparing long-term norfloxac... | C01 |
360 | 356 | Catheter-related sepsis: prospective, randomized study of three methods of long-term catheter maintenance.
We studied the infectious risk of different methods of managing vascular catheters during long-term use.
Consecutive surgical ICU patients requiring triple lumen catheters, pulmonary artery catheters, or arteria... | C01 |
361 | 4,718 | Another hazard of ear syringing: malignant external otitis.
A case of malignant external otitis is presented.
This occurred in a healthy 72-year-old non-diabetic, non-immuno-compromised man after ear syringing.
The infection was treated with oral ciprofloxacin for eight weeks with complete resolution. | C01 |
362 | 6,024 | Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm complicating mitral valve replacement in a 4-year-old child with acute bacterial endocarditis.
A 4-year-old child with acute bacterial endocarditis required mitral valve replacement.
A left ventricular pseudoaneurysm developed following surgery.
The etiology and diagnosis of this comp... | C01 |
363 | 3,718 | Ringer's acetate and dextran-70 with or without hypertonic saline in endotoxin-induced shock in pigs.
The effects of Ringer's acetate, 6% dextran-70, 7.5% NaCl, and the combination of 7.5% NaCl and dextran-70 were tested in resuscitation from endotoxin shock induced by continuous iv infusion of Escherichia coli endoto... | C01 |
364 | 306 | The value of indium 111 leukocyte scanning in the evaluation of painful or infected total knee arthroplasties.
Evaluation of painful total knee arthroplasties (TKAs) for infection can be difficult.
Indium 111 (111In) leukocyte bone scanning provides a minimally invasive technique for evaluation of possible infection.... | C01 |
365 | 4,350 | Leprotic involvement of peripheral nerves in the absence of skin lesions. Case report and literature review.
In the absence of clinically apparent cutaneous lesions, primarily neural leprosy is uncommon.
Primarily neural leprosy presents clinically as a peripheral neuropathy that most frequently affects motor nerves ... | C01 |
366 | 4,703 | A 'silent' intracranial complication of frontal sinusitis.
Intracranial complications of frontal sinusitis, although rare today, do still develop despite widespread use of antibiotics.
We report a case which demonstrates how silently a frontal lobe abscess may present with subtle changes in mood and behaviour, with n... | C01 |
367 | 5,923 | Enterobacter bacteremia in pediatric patients.
Enterobacter has emerged as an important human pathogen, particularly in sick, hospitalized patients.
Previous reports of nonepidemic enterobacter bacteremia have focused on adult patients.
In this report, the epidemiologic factors, clinical characteristics, treatment, ... | C01 |
368 | 4,729 | Adult immunization in a network of family practice residency programs.
A substantial proportion of morbidity and mortality associated with vaccine-preventable diseases occurs among adults.
Teaching residents about disease prevention is mandated in the curriculum guidelines for family practice programs.
A cooperative... | C01 |
369 | 5,962 | Protection of mice against the Lyme disease agent by immunizing with recombinant OspA.
Lyme borreliosis is a tick-borne illness caused by Borrelia burgdorferi.
The gene for outer surface protein A (OspA) from B.
burgdorferi strain N40 was cloned into an expression vector and expressed in Escherichia coli.
C3H/HeJ m... | C01 |
370 | 5,393 | Seizures and other neurologic sequelae of bacterial meningitis in children.
BACKGROUND.
Although the mortality rate among children with bacterial meningitis has decreased dramatically in recent decades, some patients are left with neurologic sequelae.
It has not been clearly established which features of the acute i... | C01 |
371 | 6,339 | "Spontaneous sump syndrome": Successful treatment by duodenoscopic sphincterotomy.
"Sump syndrome" is a rare complication of side-to-side choledochoenterostomy operations which develops in the distal, nonfunctioning limb of the common bile duct where lithogenic bile, gastrointestinal contents, and debris accumulate.
... | C01 |
372 | 8,319 | Sexually transmitted causes of gastrointestinal symptoms in homosexual men.
The possible etiologic agents that may cause gastrointestinal complaints in homosexually active men are multiple, and their diagnosis is complex.
This article presents a logical approach to the work-up and diagnosis of gastrointestinal compla... | C01 |
373 | 5,609 | Apical closure of mature molar roots with the use of calcium hydroxide.
Calcium hydroxide may induce apical root closure in affected mature teeth as well as in immature teeth.
Once an apical hard tissue barrier is formed, a permanent root canal filling can be safely condensed.
Two cases are described in which calciu... | C01 |
374 | 642 | Adjuvant antibiotic therapy in duodenal ulcers treated with colloidal bismuth subcitrate.
Persistence of Helicobacter pylori after duodenal ulcer healing is associated with high rates of ulcer relapse.
We compared colloidal bismuth subcitrate alone with CBS combined with one of four antibiotic regimens in the treatme... | C01 |
375 | 5,387 | The agent of bacillary angiomatosis. An approach to the identification of uncultured pathogens
BACKGROUND.
Bacillary angiomatosis is an infectious disease causing proliferation of small blood vessels in the skin and visceral organs of patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection and other immunocompromised h... | C01 |
376 | 4,633 | Prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infection with a silver oxide-coated urinary catheter: clinical and microbiologic correlates.
In a prospective clinical trial involving 482 acutely hospitalized patients, the overall incidence of catheter-associated urinary tract infection (UTI; 10%) was similar in recip... | C01 |
377 | 3,714 | Prevention of nosocomial lung infection in ventilated patients: use of an antimicrobial pharyngeal nonabsorbable paste.
A comparative, prospective study was made of the incidence of infection in the lower airway (purulent tracheobronchitis and pneumonia) in long-term patients who were mechanically ventilated due to re... | C01 |
378 | 6,911 | Empiric treatment of fungal infections in the neutropenic host. Review of the literature and guidelines for use.
Persistent fever that is refractory to broad-spectrum antibacterials is common in neutropenic patients undergoing induction chemotherapy of acute leukemia.
Clinical experience suggests that many of these p... | C01 |
379 | 7,747 | A study of immunoglobulin G in the cerebrospinal fluid of 1007 patients with suspected neurological disease using isoelectric focusing and the Log IgG-Index. A comparison and diagnostic applications.
Cerebrospinal fluid and serum immunoglobulin G from 1007 patients with suspected neurological disease were analysed by ... | C01 |
380 | 7,731 | Streptococcal endocarditis temporally related to transesophageal echocardiography.
A case of streptococcal sanguis endocarditis temporally related to a transesophageal echocardiogram is reported; and the literature on the incidence of bacteremia occurring during transesophageal echocardiography is reviewed.
On the ba... | C01 |
381 | 5,698 | Mycoplasmal pneumonia. Are you thinking of atypical presentations?
The presentations of mycoplasmal pneumonia can be varied and sometimes complicated.
The atypical nature of this illness, as opposed to the clear pattern of findings in classic bacterial pneumonias, leads the physician to the diagnosis.
Appropriate th... | C01 |
382 | 875 | Treatment of fungal skin infections: state of the art.
The number of cases of mycotic infections are increasing, presenting physicians today with an unprecedented challenge in handling the treatment and prophylactic control of these disorders.
The increase in mycotic disorders is due to many factors, such as longer l... | C01 |
383 | 2,440 | Hyperplastic gastric polyps associated with persistent Helicobacter pylori infection and active gastritis.
We report two cases of patients with 3-yr histories of upper gastrointestinal symptoms, hyperplastic gastric polyps, and active chronic gastritis.
Biopsies retrospectively stained with Giemsa revealed the persis... | C01 |
384 | 5,340 | Disseminated histoplasmosis in the acquired immune deficiency syndrome: clinical findings, diagnosis and treatment, and review of the literature.
Histoplasmosis is a serious opportunistic infection in patients with AIDS, often representing the first manifestation of the syndrome.
Most infections occurring within the ... | C01 |
385 | 7,677 | Toxic shock syndrome associated with use of latex nasal packing.
We treated a previously healthy young man who developed toxic shock syndrome 2 days after elective septoplasty with nonabsorbent latex packing.
This case emphasizes that non-menstrual wound-associated toxic shock syndrome can occur after surgery that do... | C01 |
386 | 2,385 | Cerebrospinal fluid changes after 48 hours of effective therapy for Hemophilus influenzae type B meningitis.
Interval cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis is often performed to assess efficacy of treatment for bacterial meningitis.
The authors reviewed 101 cases of pediatric bacterial meningitis resulting from Hemophil... | C01 |
387 | 21 | Augmentation mentoplasty using Mersilene mesh.
Many different materials are available for augmentation mentoplasty.
However, the optimal implant material for chin implantation has yet to be found.
During the past several years, a number of experienced surgeons have turned to the use of Mersilene mesh.
Mersilene mes... | C01 |
388 | 6,271 | Effects of common illnesses on infants' energy intakes from breast milk and other foods during longitudinal community-based studies in Huascar (Lima), Peru.
To assess the effects of common infections on dietary intake, 131 Peruvian infants were observed longitudinally.
Home surveillance for illness symptoms was compl... | C01 |
389 | 571 | Prevention of necrotizing enterocolitis in the rat with prenatal cortisone.
Cortisone acetate is known to accelerate maturation of the immature intestine.
The effect of prenatal administration of cortisone acetate on the morbidity and mortality of necrotizing enterocolitis was examined in a rat pup model.
Pregnant r... | C01 |
390 | 8,106 | Reduction of contamination at total hip replacement by special working clothes.
We assessed wound, air and operative field contamination at 50 total hip operations, performed in a zonal ventilation system.
Theatre staff wore either a specially designed polypropylene non-woven coverall or conventional cotton shirt and... | C01 |
391 | 4,625 | Monoclonal antibody to mouse lipopolysaccharide receptor protects mice against the lethal effects of endotoxin.
Specific endotoxic lipopolysaccharide (LPS) binding sites on the cell membranes of murine lymphocytes and macrophages that may serve as functional receptors for LPS have recently been identified using photoa... | C01 |
392 | 886 | Itraconazole in opportunistic mycoses: cryptococcosis and aspergillosis.
Striking results were obtained with oral itraconazole therapy in two opportunistic mycoses.
Of 28 patients with cryptococcal meningitis, 18 achieved complete responses, including 16 of 24 patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Other ... | C01 |
393 | 4,344 | Oral terbinafine versus griseofulvin in the treatment of moccasin-type tinea pedis.
The safety and effectiveness of oral terbinafine, 125 mg twice daily, and griseofulvin, 250 mg twice daily, in patients with moccasin-type tinea pedis were examined in a double-blind randomized trial.
At the end of the 6-week treatmen... | C01 |
394 | 6,095 | Giant basilar aneurysm in the course of subacute bacterial endocarditis.
We describe a man aged 42 years with mitral valve regurgitation who suffered from subacute bacterial endocarditis caused by Streptococcus morbillorum.
The clinical picture began with a toxic syndrome.
Five months later, the patient had an embol... | C01 |
395 | 3,449 | Unusual case of pacemaker lead migration.
Pulmonary artery migration of pacemaker lead is rare and may result in pulmonary emboli originating from the thrombus around the infected catheter and causing multiple pulmonary infarcts.
We report an unusual case of pacemaker lead migration to the right pulmonary artery with... | C01 |
396 | 5,019 | Clinical course and pharmacokinetics following a massive overdose of amphotericin B in a neonate.
Amphotericin is the drug of choice for the treatment of fungal infections in infants and children.
When used in the recommended doses, amphotericin therapy is associated with high rates of adverse effects, including neph... | C01 |
397 | 7,527 | Brain stem tuberculoma in adult patients: diagnosis and treatment.
A consecutive series of six adult patients ranging in age from 29 to 53 years is presented.
The clinical and radiological features in each patient are described.
Attention is drawn to the features demonstrated on computed axial tomography.
In only o... | C01 |
398 | 6,864 | Antimicrobial prophylaxis for open heart operations.
Between 1986 and 1988, 450 adults undergoing coronary artery bypass, cardiac valve replacement, or both were enrolled into a prospective, randomized, comparative trial of cephalothin versus cefamandole as perioperative prophylaxis.
They were assessed during their h... | C01 |
399 | 3,285 | Seven-day administration of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor to newborn rats: modulation of neonatal neutrophilia, myelopoiesis, and group B Streptococcus sepsis.
Single-pulse administration of rhG-colony-stimulating factor (CSF) to neonatal rats was previously demonstrated to induce peripheral ... | C01 |
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