invasive fungal infections in immunocompromised patients
Báo cáo y học: "Impact of invasive fungal infection on outcomes of severe sepsis: a multicenter matched cohort study in critically ill surgical patients" pot
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13/08/2014, 08:21
... patients) is presented in Table Characteristics of fungal infection In all 90 patients with IFI, 100 episodes of invasive fungal infection were identified, including 58 involving Candida albicans ... Infectious Diseases: Defining opportunistic invasive fungal infections in immunocompromised patients with cancer and hematopoietic stem cell transplants: an international consensus Clin Infect Dis 2002, ... Assessment patients with IFI, whereas itraconazole was administered to 22 patients and amphotericin B to two patients Also, 75 patients received intravenous antifungal agents Predictors of invasive fungal...
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Báo cáo y học: "Infection control in burn patients: are fungal infections underestimated?" ppsx
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13/08/2014, 23:20
... therapy and early wound closure gain a key function in limiting the risk of fungal infection in burn patients [2,3,5] Fungal infections should not be underestimated in modern burn care Abbreviations ... proteases (SAPs) inhibitors and calcineurin signaling pathway blockers [6] However, despite the introduction of new antimycotic substances, some fungal organisms preserving angioinvasive and proteolytic ... CE, Wolf SE: Incidence of systemic fungal infection and related mortlity following severe burns Burns 2008, 34:1108-1112 Mathew BP, Nath M: Recent approaches to antifungal therapy for invasive mycoses...
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Báo cáo y học: " Re: Infection control in burn patients: are fungal infections underestimated?" pps
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13/08/2014, 23:21
... burn patients: are fungal infections underestimated? Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 2009 in press Ballard J, Edelman L, Saffle J, et al.: Positive fungal cultures in burn patients: A multicenter ... significance in critically ill trauma patients Intensive Care Med 2006, 32:599-603 Vardakas KZ, Samonis G, Michalopoulos A, et al.: Antifungal prophylaxis with azoles in high-risk, surgical intensive ... patients in the intensive care unit: A cost-effectiveness analysis Ann Intern Med 2005, 143:857-869 Wood GC, Mueller EW, Croce MA, et al.: Candida sp isolated from bronchoalveolar lavage: Clinical...
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Chapter 082. Infections in Patients with Cancer (Part 2) doc
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07/07/2014, 01:20
... patients living in patients living in patients living in endemic including areas, endemic areas, endemic areas, college including college including college students in students dormitories Influenza ... meningococcal administered conjugated splenectomized patients be Should be to administered to administered splenectomized and patients Should be to splenectomized and patients and patients living ... bacterial infection A few amoxicillin/clavulanic acid tablets are a reasonable choice for this purpose Table 82-2 Vaccination of Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy Use in Indicated Patients Vaccine...
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Chapter 082. Infections in Patients with Cancer (Part 3) pdf
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07/07/2014, 01:20
... addition to exhibiting susceptibility to certain infectious organisms, patients with cancer are likely to manifest their infections in characteristic ways Table 82-3 Infections Associated ... Underlying Immune Abnormality Multiple Hypogammaglobulinemia myeloma Organisms Causing Infection Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria meningitidis Chronic Hypogammaglobulinemia ... neutropenic patients i.e., those with
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Chapter 082. Infections in Patients with Cancer (Part 4) pdf
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07/07/2014, 01:20
... found on the skin (Chap 119) Although cellulitis tends to be circumscribed in normal hosts, it may spread rapidly in neutropenic patients A tiny break in the skin may lead to spreading cellulitis, ... pain and erythema; in the affected patients, signs of infection (e.g., purulence) are often lacking What might be a furuncle in a normal host may require amputation because of uncontrolled infection ... maculopapular rash Punch biopsy of the skin may be the best method for diagnosis Cellulitis, an acute spreading inflammation of the skin, is most often caused by infection with group A Streptococcus...
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Chapter 082. Infections in Patients with Cancer (Part 5) ppsx
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07/07/2014, 01:20
... start If there are vancomycin no if (Linezolid, contraindications patient is clinically quinupristin/dalfopristi to line removal, stable and responds n, and daptomycin are this to antibiotics ... based on infections aureus, the clinical setting following S Enterococcus); aureus gram-positive and the difficulty rods of (Bacillus, infection treating Corynebacterium enterococcal spp.) infection ... necrosis Table 82-5 Approach to Catheter Infections in Immunocompromised Patients Clinical Presentation Catheter Antibiotics Comments Removal Evidence of Infection, Negative Blood Cultures Exit-site...
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Chapter 082. Infections in Patients with Cancer (Part 6) pot
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07/07/2014, 01:20
... Gastrointestinal Tract Disease Hepatic candidiasis (Chap 196) results from seeding of the liver (usually from a gastrointestinal source) in neutropenic patients It is most common in patients being ... Gastrointestinal Tract–Specific Syndromes Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Disease Infections of the Mouth The oral cavity is rich in aerobic and anaerobic bacteria (Chap 157) that normally live in ... therapeutically, is of value Esophageal Infections The differential diagnosis of esophagitis (usually presenting as substernal chest pain upon swallowing) includes herpes simplex and candidiasis,...
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Chapter 082. Infections in Patients with Cancer (Part 7) ppt
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07/07/2014, 01:20
... diarrhea in cancer patients who have received antibiotics Central Nervous System–Specific Syndromes Meningitis The presentation of meningitis in patients with lymphoma or CLL, patients receiving chemotherapy ... to rapid, overwhelming infection with encapsulated bacteria (including S pneumoniae, H influenzae, and N meningitidis) Similarly, patients who are antibody-deficient (such as patients with CLL, ... Central Nervous System Infections in Patients with Cancer Underlying Predisposition Findings on CT or MRI Mass lesions Prolonged Defects Immunitya Neutropenia Aspergillus brain Toxoplasmosis abscess...
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Chapter 082. Infections in Patients with Cancer (Part 8) pdf
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07/07/2014, 01:20
... procedures Table 82-7 Differential Diagnosis of Chest Infiltrates in Immunocompromised Patients Cause of Pneumonia Infiltrate Infectious Noninfectious Localized Bacteria, Legionella, Local mycobacteria ... chest CT scan, in which the mass progresses to central cavitation, is characteristic of invasive Aspergillus infection but may develop as the lesions are resolving In addition to causing pulmonary ... this genus in neutropenic patients is invasive disease due to A fumigatus or A flavus The organisms enter the host following colonization of the respiratory tract, with subsequent invasion of...
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Chapter 082. Infections in Patients with Cancer (Part 9) pot
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07/07/2014, 01:20
... resulting adrenal insufficiency The presentation of a sudden endocrine anomaly in an immunocompromised patient may be a sign of infection in the involved end organ Musculoskeletal Infections Infection ... following caveats: In terms of diagnosis, a lack of physical findings resulting from a lack of granulocytes in the granulocytopenic patient should make the clinician more aggressive in obtaining ... cultures are negative in this disease of unknown pathogenesis Endocrine Syndromes Infections of the endocrine system have been described in immunocompromised patients Candida infection of the thyroid...
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Chapter 082. Infections in Patients with Cancer (Part 10) doc
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07/07/2014, 01:20
... mandatory for patients with ALL and for all cancer patients receiving glucocorticoid-containing chemotherapy regimens Vaccination of Cancer Patients In general, patients undergoing chemotherapy ... efficacious in preventing infections in most CLL patients with hypogammaglobulinemia Routine use of IVIg replacement is not recommended Sexual Practices The use of condoms is recommended for severely immunocompromised ... vaccines should not be given to patients during intensive chemotherapy because of the risk of disseminated infection Recommendations on vaccination are summarized in Table 82-2 Further Readings...
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Báo cáo y học: "Deficiency of functional mannose-binding lectin is not associated with infections in patients with systemic lupus erythematosu" pptx
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09/08/2014, 08:23
... first major infection in our patients in the best multiple logistic regression model This finding is in line with a previous study on major infections in SLE patients in the Hopkins Lupus Cohort ... or more major infections versus SLE patients without major infections, SLE patients with one or more major infections versus patients who experienced minor infections only, and SLE patients with ... pathway activity in three subgroups of patients: SLE patients with one or more major infections, patients with SLE who experienced minor infections only, and SLE patients without any infections (Figure...
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báo cáo khoa học: "Plasma protein C levels in immunocompromised septic patients are significantly lower than immunocompetent septic patients: a prospective cohort study" pdf
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10/08/2014, 22:20
... c) Patients on Warfarin (Protein C is a vitamin K dependent protein) d) Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) e) Patients already on activated protein C infusion f) Failure to obtain consent ... increased plasma concentrations in septic patients [25] This interaction is a critical step in the host defence against sepsis since inhibition of protein C binding to EPCR (in baboon model) is shown ... Discussion The principal finding of this study was that the plasma protein C concentrations in the immunocompromised septic patients were lower than those seen in the immunocompetent septic patients...
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Báo cáo y học: "Attributable mortality of Acinetobacter baumannii infections in critically ill patients: a systematic review of matched cohort and case-control studies" doc
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12/08/2014, 23:23
... purposes) Some of the investigators studying patients with A baumannii infections concluded that mortality in these patients was not independently associated with these infections In two studies by ... studies examining this outcome The increase in mortality of patients with infection or acquisition of Acinetobacter in comparison with matched controls without colonization or infection, noted in the ... mortality in patients infected with A baumannii, in comparison with controls not infected with the microorganism (Table 1) [11,14,15,18,20,21] In all four studies there was increased mortality in patients...
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Báo cáo khoa học: "Pro/con debate: Antifungal prophylaxis is important to prevent fungal infection in patients with acute necrotizing pancreatitis receiving broad-spectrum antibiotics" docx
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13/08/2014, 03:20
... was no increased preponderance of fungal infection in patients in the treatment arms compared to placebo, this finding is not necessarily at odds with evidence of increased prevalence of fungal ... Rules for identifying patients at increased risk for candidal infections in the surgical intensive care unit: approach to developing practical criteria for systematic use in antifungal prophylaxis ... specific antifungal treatment: patients with severe acute pancreatitis undergoing radiological or surgical intervention Competing interests PE has collaborated on several industry-sponsored clinical...
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opportunistic infections in patients with inflammatory bowel disease - prvention and diagnosis 2008
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13/08/2014, 09:45
... reduce the incidence of emerging opportunistic infections. 51 52 Vaccinations (Table 2) Vaccines are certainly underutilised in patients with IBD In the USA, in 2005, only 76 out of 169 patients ... immunosuppressant therapy in inflammatory bowel disease Factors that may predispose to infectious complications in IBD Viral infections Bacterial infections Parasite and fungal infections IBD (disease ... endemic infections c History of bacterial infections, c History of fungal infections: oral and vaginal candidosis, intertrigo c Risk of latent or active tuberculosis: – date of the last BCG vaccination...
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Báo cáo y học: "Noninvasive mechanical ventilation may be useful in treating patients who fail weaning from invasive mechanical ventilation: a randomized clinical trial" pps
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13/08/2014, 10:20
... dyspnea during invasive and noninvasive pressure support ventilation They found that, in patients with COPD who were not ready to sustain spontaneous breathing, the use of invasive or noninvasive ... Studies assessing NPPV in weaning are still insufficient and generally include a small number of patients Therefore, questions remain about NPPV benefits in weaning, particularly in heterogeneous ... or at 30 minutes;
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Báo cáo y học: " Infections of respiratory or abdominal origin in ICU patients: what are the differences" docx
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13/08/2014, 20:21
... than in those with respiratory infections Secondary infections were more common in patients with abdominal infections (70 patients, 43%), than in those with respiratory infections (119 patients, ... patients (22%) with abdominal infections developed respiratory infections later during the ICU stay and 15 patients (4%) with respiratory infections developed abdominal infections (Table 3) Patients ... with abdominal infections Mortality rates in studies of infection and sepsis in the ICU are quite variable In studies in surgical ICUs, ICU mortality rates in patients with abdominal infections varied...
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