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Risk factors and outcomes associated with persistent vancomycin resistant Enterococcal Bacteremia

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Prior studies have identified that vancomycin resistant enterococcus (VRE) bacteremia that persists for four days or more is an independent predictor of mortality.
Emily Fox, David Ha, Mark Bounthavong, Lina Meng, Emily Mui, Marisa Holubar, Stanley Deresinski, William Alegria   +7 more
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteremia in a cohort of hiv-infected patients hospitalized with severe sepsis in uganda–high frequency, low clinical suspicion [corrected] and derivation of a clinical prediction score. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
When manifested as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteremia, disseminated MTB infection clinically mimics other serious blood stream infections often hindering early diagnosis and initiation of potentially life-saving anti-tuberculosis therapy.
Shevin T Jacob, Patricia B Pavlinac, Lydia Nakiyingi, Patrick Banura, Jared M Baeten, Karen Morgan, Amalia Magaret, Yuka Manabe, Steven J Reynolds, W Conrad Liles, Anna Wald, Moses L Joloba, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, W Michael Scheld   +13 more
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Determinants of Mortality in Patients with Nosocomial Acinetobacter baumannii Bacteremia in Southwest China: A Five-Year Case-Control Study

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2018
Purpose. This study was aimed to identify the determinants of in-hospital mortality in Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) bacteremia and to assess impact of carbapenem resistance on mortality. Methods.
Shuangshuang Yang, Jide Sun, Xianan Wu, Liping Zhang   +3 more
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Urinary Predictors of Bacteremia in Febrile Infants with Urinary Tract Infection

Journal of Scientific Innovation in Medicine, 2022
Background: Predicting the risk of bacteremia in febrile infants with urinary tract infection (UTI) remains a diagnostic challenge. Prior studies have focused on the utility of blood biomarkers in predicting the risk of bacteremia in febrile infants, the
Matthias Manuel, Vatsal Patel, Laura M. Filkins, Jason Y. Park, Shahid Nadeem   +4 more
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Relapsing cellulitis associated with Campylobacter coli bacteremia in a Good’s syndrome patient: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Good’s syndrome (GS) is characterized by immunodeficiency, and patients diagnosed with GS are susceptible to infection or even bacteremia, which is the most evident complication. Campylobacter coli (C.
Lei Jiang, Jia Gao, Pu Wang, Yuliang Liu
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Serum procalcitonin elevation in critically ill patients at the onset of bacteremia caused by either gram negative or gram positive bacteria

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2008
Background In the ICU, bacteremia is a life-threatening infection whose prognosis is highly dependent on early recognition and treatment with appropriate antibiotics.
Prin Sébastien, Doise Jean-Marc, Quenot Jean-Pierre, Aho Serge, Ladoire Sylvain, Charles Pierre, Olsson Niels-Olivier, Blettery Bernard   +7 more
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Prevalence and Predictors of Urinary Tract Infection and Severe Malaria Among Febrile Children Attending Makongoro Health Centre in Mwanza City, North-Western Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2012
In malaria endemic areas, fever has been used as an entry point for presumptive treatment of malaria. At present, the decrease in malaria transmission in Africa implies an increase in febrile illnesses related to other causes among underfives.
Mazigo, Humphrey D, Bahati P Msaki, Msaki, Bahati P, Morona, Domenica, Stephen E Mshana, Adolfina Hokororo, Hokororo, Adolfina, Domenica Morona, Mshana, Stephen E, Humphrey D Mazigo   +9 more
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Bacteremia [PDF]

, 2023
Background Ceftobiprole is a cephalosporin that may be effective for treating complicated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, including methicillin-resistant S.
Smart, Jennifer, Marc Engelhardt, Oleksander Pavlov, Luzzati, Roberto, Mark Jones, Harald Seifert, Assadi Gehr, Maziar, Helen W. Boucher, Martin E. Stryjewski, Vance G. Fowler, Engelhardt, Marc, Sara E. Cosgrove, Timothy C. Jenkins, Seifert, Harald, Sarah B. Doernberg, Stryjewski, Martin E, Ivan Poromanski, Daniel Ionescu, Boyko Atanasov, Nicholas A. Turner, Anastasia Anderzhanova, Maziar Assadi Gehr, Mikael Saulay, Manana Makhviladze, Turner, Nicholas A, Jones, Mark, Boucher, Helen W, Thomas L. Holland, Jennifer Smart, Pavlov, Oleksander, Ivan Titov, Saulay, Mikael, Doernberg, Sarah B, Poromanski, Ivan, Atanasov, Boyko, Ionescu, Daniel, Hamed, Kamal, Jenkins, Timothy C, Holland, Thomas L, Cosgrove, Sara E, Anderzhanova, Anastasia, ERADICATE Study Group, Fowler, Vance G, Serhii Kosulnykov, Kamal Hamed, Titov, Ivan, Makhviladze, Manana, Kosulnykov, Serhii   +47 more
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Cost Attributable to Nosocomial Bacteremia. Analysis According to Microorganism and Antimicrobial Sensitivity in a University Hospital in Barcelona. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
AIM:To calculate the incremental cost of nosocomial bacteremia caused by the most common organisms, classified by their antimicrobial susceptibility.
Marta Riu, Pietro Chiarello, Roser Terradas, Maria Sala, Enric Garcia-Alzorriz, Xavier Castells, Santiago Grau, Francesc Cots   +7 more
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Kocuria rosea Bacteremia in Chronic Kidney Disease Patient: A Rare Case Report

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2021
Kocuria sp. may cause bacteremia, peritonitis, brain abscesses, meningitis, endocarditis, and acute cholecystitis in immunocompromised individuals.
Rosy Bala, Narinder Kaur, Nitin Gupta, Udit Narang   +3 more
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