Am J Case Rep
An Unusual Case of Modified Lemierre's Syndrome Caused by Staphylococcus aureus Cellulitis.
Elhakeem IA, Al Shokri SD, Elzouki AY, Danjuma MI
BACKGROUND Lemierre's syndrome is a potential life-threatening disease commonly occurring in young, healthy individuals. It is often preceded by an or ...
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Anaerobe
A rare case of bacteremia caused by Propionibacterium (Propionimicrobium) lymphophilum.
Cobo F, Gómez E, Rodríguez-Granger J, Sampedro A, García-Salcedo JA, Navarro-Marí JM
Propionibacterium (Propionimicrobium) lymphophilum is a Gram-positive anaerobic rod involved in few human diseases. We report a rare case of bacteremi ...
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Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 2020 Jan 29
Follow-up blood cultures are associated with improved outcome of patients with gram-negative bloodstream infections: retrospective observational cohort study.
Giannella M, Pascale R, Pancaldi L, Monari C, Ianniruberto S, Malosso P, Bussini L, Bartoletti M, Tedeschi S, Ambretti S, Lewis R, Viale P
We examined factors associated with follow-up blood cultures (FU-BCs) in patients with monomicrobial gram-negative bloodstream infection (GN-BSI), and ...
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Infect Dis Health 2020 Jan 28
Evaluation of quick sequential organ failure assessment and systemic inflammatory response syndrome in patients with gram negative bloodstream infection.
McNamara JF, Avent M, Stewart A, Kwan C, Paterson DL
The quick sequential organ failure assessment (qSOFA) score predicts mortality in patients with suspected infection. We sought to understand how well ...
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Antimicrob Resist Infect Control
Does vancomycin resistance increase mortality in Enterococcus faecium bacteraemia after orthotopic liver transplantation? A retrospective study.
Dubler S, Lenz M, Zimmermann S, Richter DC, Weiss KH, Mehrabi A, Mieth M, Bruckner T, Weigand MA, Brenner T, Heininger A
The relevance of vancomycin resistance in enterococcal blood stream infections (BSI) is still controversial. Aim of this study was to outline the effe ...
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