Revista chilena de infectologia : organo oficial de la Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia, 30(1), 81-85 (2013-03-02)
Pyomyositis (PM) is an uncommon pyogenic infection of skeletal muscle and, when not properly treated, it can progress to a high-risk clinical situation with high mortality. Because it usually has a subacute presentation, diagnosis is often delayed. We present two
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 56(7), 3806-3811 (2012-05-16)
Despite the use of daptomycin alone at high doses (greater than 6 mg/kg of body weight/day) against difficult-to-treat infections, clinical failures and resistance appeared. Recently, the combination daptomycin-cloxacillin showed enhanced efficacy in clearing bacteremia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
Medecine et maladies infectieuses, 42(6), 241-246 (2012-05-01)
One of the issues of antibiotic treatment is to warrant its optimal effectiveness while minimizing the risk for emergence of resistance. The time above minimal inhibiting concentration (MIC) (T>MIC) is the best predictive pharmacological parameter of effectiveness for antibiotics with
Journal of microbiology, immunology, and infection = Wei mian yu gan ran za zhi, 45(3), 200-207 (2012-01-03)
A growing number of β-lactamases have been reported in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates. The aims of this study were to survey the types of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), to evaluate the reliability of phenotypic tests for ESBLs
The Medical journal of Malaysia, 67(3), 340-341 (2012-10-23)
Lemierre syndrome is an uncommon disease which commonly arise from acute bacterial oropharyngeal infection. This disease was first described in 1900 by Courmont and Cade Lemierre. It is commonly caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum. Lemierre syndrome has been reported to be
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