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Microhaemorrhages in Leptospirosis on susceptibility weighted imaging
24 January 2012
Prashant S. Naphade, Abhijit A. Raut, Bhujang U. Pai
A 17year boy, diagnosed case of Leptospirosis (positive for leptospira by IgM ELISA), was admitted to out hospital for multiorgan failure and haematemesis. Platelet count was 34,000/microliter. He dev...
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Melioidosis breast abscesses
24 January 2012
Nardeen Mickail, Natalie C. Klein, Burke A. Cunha, Paul A. Schoch
Melioidosis is an infection with a myriad of clinical manifestations and is caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei. B. pseudomallei’s natural habitat is aquatic. Melioidosis is endemic in East Asia and n...
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Community onset healthcare-related urinary tract infections: comparison with community and hospital-acquired urinary tract infections
24 January 2012
Silvia Aguilar, Juan P. Horcajada, Luisa Sorlí, Milagro Montero, Margarita Salvadó, Santiago Grau, Julià Gómez, Hernando Knobel
Abstract: Objectives: To analyze the characteristics of infection, adequacy of empirical treatment and outcome of patients with community-onset healthcare associated (HCA) urinary tract infections (UT...
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Markers of bacterial infection in the critically ill: a comparison of procalcitonin, C reactive protein and the neutrophil band count
24 January 2012
P. Jeanrenaud, C. Hammell, J. Raine, A. Card, R.P.D. Cooke, K. Hayden, G.A. Dempsey
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Piperacillin–tazobactam as an initial empirical therapy of bacteremia caused by extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae
18 January 2012
Cheol-In Kang, So Yeon Park, Doo Ryeon Chung, Kyong Ran Peck, Jae-Hoon Song
We read with interest the recent paper by Chen YH et al., which discussed antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of aerobic and facultative Gram-negative bacilli isolated from patients with intra-abdom...
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