CMV retinopathy in the antiretroviral therapy era: prevention, diagnosis, and management [0.03%]
抗逆转录病毒治疗时代的CMV视网膜炎防治对策
Lisa Barrett,Sharon Walmsley
Lisa Barrett
Before the advent of antiretroviral therapy (ART), CMV retinitis was a common, debilitating opportunistic infection in the HIV-infected population. ART has had such a favorable impact on the prevention and management of CMV retinitis that i...
Maria N Gamaletsou,Nikolaos V Sipsas,Emmanuel Roilides et al.
Maria N Gamaletsou et al.
This review focuses on sinus, sino-orbital, and rhinocerebral infection caused by the Mucorales. As the traditional term of "rhinocerebral" mucormycosis omits the critical involvement of the eye, the more comprehensive term as rhino-orbital...
Use of corticosteroids and other adjunct therapies for acute bacterial meningitis in adults [0.03%]
成人细菌性脑膜炎皮质类固醇及其他辅助治疗的使用
Kameshwar Prasad,Nirendra Kumar Rai,Amit Kumar
Kameshwar Prasad
Acute bacterial meningitis is associated with high morbidity and mortality despite the availability of effective antibiotics. The inflammatory response induced by bacterial products in the subarachnoid space is responsible for neuronal inju...
Jose M Munita,Cesar A Arias,Barbara E Murray
Jose M Munita
Treatment of enterococcal infections has long been recognized as an important clinical challenge, particularly in the setting of infective endocarditis (IE). Furthermore, the increase prevalence of isolates exhibiting multidrug resistance (...
The Pathogenesis and Prevention of Encephalitis due to Human Enterovirus 71 [0.03%]
人肠道病毒71型脑炎的发生机制及预防措施研究进展
Emily Jane Bek,Peter Charles McMinn
Emily Jane Bek
Human enterovirus 71 (HEV71) has emerged as a major cause of viral encephalitis in Southeast Asia, with increased epidemic activity observed since 1997. This is reflected in a large increase in scientific publications relating directly to H...
Arístides de Alarcón
Arístides de Alarcón
Q fever is an ubiquitous zoonosis caused by Coxiella burneti, an intracellular bacterium that can produce acute or chronic infections in humans. These forms are characterized by different evolution, serological profile and treatment that mu...
Haur Sen Yew,David R Murdoch
Haur Sen Yew
The global epidemiology of infective endocarditis is becoming better understood with the initiation of multi-center collaborative studies and with an increasing number of case series being reported from countries outside North America and E...
Denis Spelman,Donald Esmore
Denis Spelman
Ventricular Assist Devices(VAD) are the commonest form of cardiac mechanical support, used as bridge to transplantation but also as destination therapy in non-transplant-eligible patients in whom transplantation is considered unsuitable bas...
Update on echocardiography in the management of infective endocarditis [0.03%]
超声心动图在感染性心内膜炎治疗中的应用进展
John Francis Sedgwick,Darryl John Burstow
John Francis Sedgwick
Echocardiography is the major imaging modality used for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE). It is also useful in detecting the complications of IE which often necessitate surgical intervention and strongly influence patient outcom...
Sadao Jinno,Michael R Jacobs
Sadao Jinno
Pneumonia is a major infectious disease associated with significant morbidity and mortality, with Streptococcus pneumoniae the predominant pathogen in community-acquired cases, accounting for 20% to 50% of bacterial cases. Although pneumoco...