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Transfusion and blood stream infections after coronary surgery [PDF]

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, 2017
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of blood transfusion on bloodstream infections. This study included 2764 patients who underwent isolated coronary artery bypass grafting. Blood cultures were drawn in 27.9% of patients and were positive in 3.5% of them. Blood transfusion before blood cultures were drawn (4.7% vs 1.2%, odds ratio 3.75, 95%
Tauriainen, T. (Tuomas), Kinnunen, E.-M. (Eeva-Maija), Laitinen, I. (Idamaria), Anttila, V. (Vesa), Kiviniemi, T. (Tuomas), Airaksinen, J. K. (Juhani K.E.), Biancari, F. (Fausto)   +6 more
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Enrichment of bacterial DNA for the diagnosis of blood stream infections [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2016
Blood cultures are commonly employed to identify bacterial pathogens causing sepsis. PCR assays to diagnose septicemia require extraction of bacterial DNA from blood samples and thus, delay the initiation of appropriate antimicrobial treatment. The presence of abundant human DNA may hamper the sensitivity of PCR in the detection of bacteria.We used ...
Trung, Ngo Tat, Hien, Tran Thi Thu, Huyen, Tran Thi Thanh, Quyen, Dao Thanh, Van Son, Trinh, Hoan, Phan Quoc, Phuong, Nguyen Thi Kim, Lien, Tran Thi, Binh, Mai Thanh, Van Tong, Hoang, Meyer, Christian G., Velavan, Thirumalaisamy P., Song, Le Huu   +12 more
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Assessment of Bacterial Profile and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Blood Culture Isolates

Journal of Islamic International Medical College, 2022
Objective : To determine the pattern of bacterial isolates in bloodstream infections and their antimicrobial susceptibility in a tertiary care hospital, Lahore. Study Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study.
Kanwal Hassan Cheema, Muhammad Saeed Anwar, Fatima Hameed, Majid Rauf Ahmad, Qanita Fahim, Ayesha Bashir
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Role of the T2Dx magnetic resonance assay in patients with suspected bloodstream infection: a single-centre real-world experience

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background T2Dx was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the rapid detection of a modified panel of ESKAPE bacterial species or Candida spp. causing bloodstream infection (BSI).
Angela Quirino, Vincenzo Scaglione, Nadia Marascio, Maria Mazzitelli, Eugenio Garofalo, Francesca Divenuto, Francesca Serapide, Andrea Bruni, Rosaria Lionello, Grazia Pavia, Chiara Costa, Aida Giancotti, Cinzia Peronace, Federico Longhini, Alessandro Russo, Maria Carla Liberto, Giovanni Matera, Carlo Torti, Enrico Maria Trecarichi   +18 more
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Stenotrophomonas Maltophilia in Blood Stream Infections – An Overview

European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, 2023
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (S. maltophilia) is an emerging, multidrug resistant, pathogenic non-fermenting gram-negative bacillus in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent individuals. As this organism is ubiquitous in nature, it is reported to cause hospital acquired as well as community acquired infections. It has been linked to a wide range of
Bibin Scaria, Pavan Chand Kumar, Beena Antony, Sashidhar Kotian   +3 more
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Catheter Related Leuconostoc Mesenteroides Bacteremia: A Rare Case and Review of the Literature

Journal of Pediatric Research, 2017
Herein we report the successful treatment of catheter related blood stream infections due to Leuconostoc mesenteroides with antibiotic lock therapy in addition to systemic treatment.
Adem Karbuz, Bilge Aldemir Kocabaş, Aytaç Yalman, Zarife Kuloğlu, Ahmet Derya Aysev, Ergin Çiftçi, Erdal İnce   +6 more
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The Aetiology of the Bloodstream Infections in the Patients Who Presented to a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2013
Background: Bloodstream infections are associated with a significant patient morbidity and mortality. The detection of microorganisms in the patients’ blood has a great diagnostic and prognostic significance.
Santwana Pandey, Shahid Raza, Chandra Prakash Bhatta   +2 more
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The incidence and differential seasonal patterns of Plasmodium vivax primary infections and relapses in a cohort of children in Papua New Guinea [PDF]

, 2016
Plasmodium vivax has the ability to relapse from dormant parasites in the liver weeks or months after inoculation, causing further blood-stage infection and potential onward transmission.
Ingrid Felger (92160), Schoepflin, S, Amanda Ross, Ross, A, Amanda Ross (187821), Ross, Amanda, Timinao, Lincoln, Koepfli, Cristian, Peter Siba (112258), Koepfli, C, Cristian Koepfli, Felger, Ingrid, Sonja Schoepflin, Marcel Tanner (33894), Marcel Tanner, Ingrid Felger, Ivo Mueller (46609), Timinao, L, Smith, T, Felger, I, Schoepflin, Sonja, Tanner, Marcel, Mueller, Ivo, Thomas Smith (74383), Siba, P, Lincoln Timinao (423264), Ivo Mueller, Peter Siba, Thomas Smith, Siba, Peter, Mueller, I, Tanner, M, Smith, Thomas, Sonja Schoepflin (92156), Lincoln Timinao, Cristian Koepfli (191306)   +35 more
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Blood stream infection by an emerging pathogen Oligella ureolytica in a cancer patient: Case report and review of literature

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2014
Oligella ureolytica is an emerging bacteria rarely implicated as a human pathogen. It is infrequently recovered from clinical specimens probably because of inadequate processing of non-fermenting oxidase positive Gram negative bacilli.
Frincy K Baruah, Monica Jain, Mamta Lodha, Rajesh K Grover   +3 more
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Prion diseases are efficiently transmitted by blood transfusion in sheep [PDF]

, 2008
The emergence of variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease, following on from the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) epidemic, led to concerns about the potential risk of iatrogenic transmission of disease by blood transfusion and the introduction of costly ...
Foster, J., Hunter, N., Goldmann, W., Chong, A., Gonzalez, L., Siso, S., Houston, F., McCutcheon, S., Jeffrey, M.   +8 more
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