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Sepsis patients with first and second-hit infections show different outcomes depending on the causative organism

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016
Objective. With improving rates of initial survival in severe sepsis, second-hit infections that occur following resolution of the primary insult carry an increasing burden of morbidity.
Matthew eMorgan, Matthew eMorgan, Tamas eSzakmany, Tamas eSzakmany, Sarah G Power, Patrick eOlaniyi, Kathy eRowan, Judith E Hall, Matthias eEberl, Matthias eEberl   +9 more
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Unravelling the Differential Host Immuno-Inflammatory Responses to Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli Infections in Sepsis

Vaccines, 2022
Previous reports from our lab have documented dysregulated host inflammatory reactions in response to bacterial infections in sepsis. Both Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) and Gram-positive bacteria (GPB) play a significant role in the development and ...
Ena Gupta, Sanni Kumar, Vijay Kumar Srivastava, Juhi Saxena, Arif Jamal Siddiqui, Sudhir Mehta, Sanket Kaushik, Anupam Jyoti   +7 more
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Nonadherence to treatment recommendations is a factor contributing to the clinical failure of daptomycin: Cohort study in Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2020
To evaluate the clinical outcomes of daptomycin therapy and adherence to treatment recommendations, a retrospective cohort study was conducted with patients that received daptomycin during the period of the study.
Tathiana Silva de Souza Martins, Albert Figueras, Luana dos Reis de Souza, Keila Cristina Oliveira dos Santos, Elaine Machado de Oliveira, Silvia Regina Secoli   +5 more
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Construction of a Bacterial Lipidomics Analytical Platform: Pilot Validation with Bovine Paratuberculosis Serum

Metabolites, 2023
Lipidomics analyses of bacteria offer the potential to detect and monitor infections in a host since many bacterial lipids are not present in mammals. To evaluate this omics approach, we first built a database of bacterial lipids for representative Gram ...
Paul L. Wood, Erdal Erol
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Difference of Procalcitonin Levels in Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacterial Sepsis Patients of Indonesia Army Central Hospital Gatot Soebroto in 2016

Juxta: Jurnal Ilmiah Mahasiswa Kedokteran Universitas Airlangga, 2022
Introduction: Procalcitonin is known as a marker of infection and indicator for severity of infections. In sepsis, elevated procalcitonin levels in blood have a significant value that can be used as a sepsis biomarker.
Nindy Handayani, Soroy Lardo, Nunuk Nugrohowati   +2 more
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The growing threat of antibiotic resistance in wound infections: Evidence from tertiary care in Pakistan [PDF]

Archives of Biological Sciences, 2023
The present study analyzed 361 non-duplicated wound swab samples from 187 males and 174 females, ranging in age from 0 to 100 years with a mean age of 37.1±1.9 years, and to determine the prevalence of bacterial wound infections and the diversity of ...
Imran Hassan, Khan Zaman, Saleem Fiza, Gull Sidra, Tahir Ali   +4 more
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Bacterial infections in patients with liver cirrhosis and ascites [PDF]

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2014
Introduction. Bacterial infections are common complications and the cause of death in patients with cirrhosis and ascites. There is no standard method for a rapid and low-cost diagnosis, and its prognosis is poor. Objective.
Marković-Živković Bojana, Bjelaković Goran, Nagorni Aleksandar, Benedeto-Stojanov Daniela, Petrović Bratislav, Radisavljević Mirjana, Petrović Gordana   +6 more
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Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections

Korean Journal of Medicine, 2015
Antimicrobial resistance threatens the effective treatment of bacterial infections and is a serious problem worldwide. Multidrug-resistant bacteria are difficult to treat and the treatment outcome is worse than with susceptible bacteria. In Korea, the antibiotic resistance rates of the major Gram-positive bacteria methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus ...
Younghee Jung, Hong Bin Kim
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New antimicrobial agents for the treatment of Gram-positive bacterial infections [PDF]

Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2008
Since the 1970s, resistance to antimicrobial agents has become an escalating problem. In the last 25 years, treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria has been more problematical than ever, with infections being caused by multidrug-resistant organisms, particularly methicillin-resistant staphylococci, penicillin- and erythromycin ...
Aksoy, D.Y., Unal, S.
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Positive Bacterial Culture among Suspected Orthopedic Infections in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2022
Introduction: A hospital-based investigation of bacteriological isolates helps to identify common causative bacteria and their antibiotic sensitivity patterns.
Ishor Pradhan, Subhash Regmi, Meena Kunwar, Bibek Basukala, Amit Joshi   +4 more
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