The Diagnostic Accuracy of Serum Procalcitonin for Bacteremia in Critically Ill Children [0.03%]
危重病儿脓毒症患者血清前降钙素诊断菌血症的准确性
Marianne E Nellis,Steven Pon,Ashley E Giambrone et al.
Marianne E Nellis et al.
Background: Bacterial sepsis is frequently encountered in children admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and requires early recognition and treatment. Procalcitonin (PCT) is a serum biomarker with a high se...
Early cerebritis resulting in a first-time seizure in an otherwise healthy young man [0.03%]
青年男性首次发作癫痫伴脑实质炎的病例报告
Jeffrey D Jenks,Constance A Benson
Jeffrey D Jenks
We report the case of an otherwise healthy 28-year-old-man who presented with a first-time seizure. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a circumscribed left frontal lobe heterogeneous mass most consistent ...
Diagnosis of Concurrent Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Tuberculous Otitis Media Confirmed by Xpert MTB/RIF in the United States [0.03%]
美国Xpert MTB / RIF确诊的并发性肺结核和耳结核的诊断
Kathleen M Tompkins,Melissa A Reimers,Becky L White et al.
Kathleen M Tompkins et al.
Tuberculosis (TB) remains an important cause of infectious morbidity in the United States (US), necessitating timely and accurate diagnosis. We report a case of concurrent pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB presenting as tuberculous otitis med...
Marvelous but Morbid: Infective endocarditis due to Serratia marcescens [0.03%]
令人惊叹却又令人不安的病例：产红头孢菌所致感染性心内膜炎
Varun K Phadke,Jesse T Jacob
Varun K Phadke
A 46-year-old man with HIV infection and active intravenous drug use presented with approximately two weeks of fevers and body aches. On physical examination he was somnolent, had a new systolic murmur, bilateral conjunctival hemorrhages, d...
Yun Xia,Anthony Cutrona,Timothy J Barreiro
Yun Xia
Tetanus is a rare disease in the United States. Fewer than 40 cases are reported annually because of the high incidence of vaccination. Recognition of the clinical presentations is important because laboratory recovery of pathogen is only 3...
Visual Indicators on Vaccine Boxes as Early Warning Tools to Identify Potential Freeze Damage [0.03%]
作为早期预警工具的疫苗盒视觉指标，用于识别潜在的冷冻损害
Ronald Angoff,Jillian Wood,Maria C Chernock et al.
Ronald Angoff et al.
Background: The aim of this study was to determine whether the use of visual freeze indicators on vaccines would assist health care providers in identifying vaccines that may have been exposed to potentially damaging temp...
Postneurosurgical Central Nervous System Infection Due to Enterococcus faecalis Successfully Treated With Intraventricular Vancomycin [0.03%]
手术后的中枢神经系统感染的肠球菌感染的伏万星脑室内给药治疗效果良好
Trisha Patel,Mark E Lewis,Michelle L Niesley et al.
Trisha Patel et al.
Infections from Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium are uncommon in the post-neurosurgical intervention setting., [1, 2, 3, 4] Intraventricular antibiotics are recommended when standard intravenous therapy fails. [5] Here we pres...
A challenging case of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis after near-drowning: a case report and literature review [0.03%]
溺水后侵袭性肺曲霉病一例报告及文献复习
Jeffrey D Jenks,Michael Preziosi
Jeffrey D Jenks
Near-drowning, a relatively common event, is often complicated by subsequent pneumonia. While endogenous and exogenous bacteria are typical pathogens, rarely fungi are as well. We report a complicated case of invasive pulmonary aspergillosi...
The Incidence of Central Line-Associated Bacteremia After the Introduction of Midline Catheters in a Ventilator Unit Population [0.03%]
中心静脉导管置入后呼吸机治疗患者相关菌血症的发生率
Rahul Pathak,Anish Patel,Hilary Enuh et al.
Rahul Pathak et al.
Hypothesis: Our objective was to evaluate whether the use of midline venous catheters in place of central line venous catheters, when appropriate, decreased the overall incidence of central line-associated bacteremia in a...
An Incidental Abscess in a Patient with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome [0.03%]
获得性免疫缺陷综合征患者中的一个偶然发现的脓肿
Sanjiv M Baxi,Monica Gandhi
Sanjiv M Baxi