Potential nosocomial acquisition of epidemic Listeria monocytogenes presenting as multiple brain abscesses resembling nocardiosis [0.03%]
医院感染暴发性李斯特菌病并误诊为诺卡菌病所致多发脑脓肿的病例报告
Aleksandra Stefanovic,James Reid,A Celine Nadon et al.
Aleksandra Stefanovic et al.
Listerial brain abscesses are rare, and are found mostly in patients with underlying hematological malignancies or solid-organ transplants. A case of a patient with Crohn's disease and multiple brain abscesses involving the left cerebellum ...
Blastomycosis presenting as multiple splenic abscesses: Case report and review of the literature [0.03%]
以脾脏多发脓肿为表现的芽生菌病一例并文献复习
Sami Al-Nassar,Tracy Macnair,Jeremy Lipschitz et al.
Sami Al-Nassar et al.
A 31-year-old Canadian Aboriginal man from northwestern Ontario presented with left upper quadrant pain and a tender left upper quadrant mass. Evaluation with a computed tomography scan showed multiple lesions within the spleen, a collectio...
Guy Boivin,Roman Jovey,Catherine T Elliott et al.
Guy Boivin et al.
Varicella-zoster virus reactivation leads to herpes zoster - the main complication of which is postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). Rapid antiviral therapy initiated within 72 h of rash onset has been shown to accelerate rash healing, reduce the d...
Decolonization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus during routine hospital care: Efficacy and long-term follow-up [0.03%]
医院常规护理过程中耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌的去定植及其长期随访效果研究
Gordon Dow,Deanna Field,Michelina Mancuso et al.
Gordon Dow et al.
Background/objective: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization is associated with a significant risk of subsequent MRSA infection in the hospital setting. The use of decolonization as an infection c...
Anthony W Chow,Gerald A Evans,Avery B Nathens et al.
Anthony W Chow et al.
David N Fisman,Kevin Laupland
David N Fisman
A case of Pott's disease with epidural abscess and probable cerebral tuberculoma following Bacillus Calmette-Guérin therapy for superficial bladder cancer [0.03%]
卡介苗治疗浅表性膀胱癌后并发Pott病、硬膜外脓肿和可疑结核瘤一例
Colin B Josephson,Saleh Al-Azri,Daniel J Smyth et al.
Colin B Josephson et al.
Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunotherapy is an accepted treatment for transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. Carcinoma in situ of the bladder progresses to invasive muscular disease in approximately 54% of untreated p...
Catherine Hy Yu,Brian J Minnema,Wayne L Gold
Catherine Hy Yu
Tongue piercing has become an increasingly popular form of body art. However, this procedure can occasionally be complicated by serious bacterial infections. The present article reports a case of prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by a Ge...
Will universal access to antiretroviral therapy ever be possible? The health care worker challenge [0.03%]
全民接受抗逆转录病毒治疗的可能性何在？医疗工作者的挑战
André R Maddison,Walter F Schlech
André R Maddison
The United Nations millennium development goal of providing universal access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) for patients living with HIV/AIDS by 2010 is unachievable. Currently, four million people are receiving ART, of an estimated 13.7 m...
Canadian hepatitis C look-back investigation to detect transmission from an infected general surgeon [0.03%]
加拿大肝炎C回顾性调查以检测一名感染外科医生导致的病毒传播事件
Meenakshi Dawar,Tammy L Stuart,Lamont E Sweet et al.
Meenakshi Dawar et al.
Background: In February 2007, a general surgeon in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, tested positive for hepatitis C virus (HCV). The surgeon's infection onset date could not be determined; however, episodic hepatic en...