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Influence of pathogen and focus of infection on procalcitonin values in sepsis patients with bacteremia or candidemia

Critical Care, 2018
Background This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of procalcitonin (PCT) serum concentrations to diagnose Gram-negative bacteremia and the association of PCT serum concentrations with more specific pathogens and the focus of infection.
Daniel O. Thomas-Rüddel, Bernhard Poidinger, Matthias Kott, Manfred Weiss, Konrad Reinhart, Frank Bloos, for the MEDUSA study group   +6 more
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Is Drotrecogin alfa (activated) for adults with severe sepsis, cost-effective in routine clinical practice? [PDF]

, 2011
INTRODUCTION: Previous cost-effectiveness analyses (CEA) reported that Drotrecogin alfa (DrotAA) is cost-effective based on a Phase III clinical trial (PROWESS).
Brian H Cuthbertson, Harrison, David A, Richard Grieve, Grieve, Richard, David A Harrison, M Zia Sadique, Kathryn M Rowan, Cuthbertson, Brian H, Rowan, Kathryn M, Sadique, M Zia   +9 more
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New approaches to preventing, diagnosing, and treating neonatal sepsis. [PDF]

, 2010
Karen Edmond and Anita Zaidi highlight new approaches that could reduce the burden of neonatal sepsis ...
Karen Edmond, Zaidi Anita, Anita Zaidi, Zaidi, Anita K. M., Zaidi, Anita, Edmond, Karen, Edmond Karen   +6 more
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Iron status and the risk of sepsis and severe COVID-19: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study

Scientific Reports, 2022
Observational studies have indicated an association between iron status and risk of sepsis and COVID-19. We estimated the effect of genetically-predicted iron biomarkers on risk of sepsis and risk of being hospitalized with COVID-19, performing a two ...
Randi Marie Mohus, Helene Flatby, Kristin V. Liyanarachi, Andrew T. DeWan, Erik Solligård, Jan Kristian Damås, Bjørn Olav Åsvold, Lise T. Gustad, Tormod Rogne   +8 more
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Sepsis in cirrhosis: report on the 7th meeting of the International Ascites Club [PDF]

, 2005
Sepsis is a systemic inflammatory response to the presence of infection, mediated via the production of many cytokines, including tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin (IL)-6, and IL-1, which cause changes in the circulation ...
Wong, F., Balk, R., Patch, D., Garcia-Tsao, G., Navasa, Miquel, Hoefs, J., Soriano Pastor, Germán, Moreau, R., Wong, Florence, Moreau, Richard, Bernardi, M., Christman, B., Soriano, G., Navasa, M., Bernardi, Mauro   +14 more
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Circulating levels of micronutrients and risk of infections: a Mendelian randomization study

BMC Medicine, 2023
Background Micronutrients play an essential role at every stage of the immune response, and deficiencies can therefore lead to increased susceptibility to infections.
Helene M. Flatby, Anuradha Ravi, Jan K. Damås, Erik Solligård, Tormod Rogne   +4 more
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Antimicrobial Resistance in England 2017 to 2021 (ESPAUR Report 2021–22)

Medical Sciences Forum, 2023
The English surveillance programme for antimicrobial utilisation and resistance (ESPAUR) antimicrobial resistance (AMR) chapter reports on bacterial, viral, and fungal AMR trends between 2017 and 2021 in England.
Rebecca Guy, Hannah Higgins, Jamie Rudman, Holly Fountain, Kirsty F. Bennet, Katie L. Hopkins, Alicia Demirjian, Sarah M. Gerver, Mariyam Mirfenderesky, Katherine L. Henderson   +9 more
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Biomarkers for Sepsis [PDF]

BioMed Research International, 2014
Bloodstream infections are a major concern because of high levels of antibiotic consumption and of the increasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance. Bacteraemia is identified in a small percentage of patients with signs and symptoms of sepsis. Biomarkers are widely used in clinical practice and they are useful for monitoring the infectious process.
Henriquez-Camacho, Cesar, Losa, Juan
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Neonatal sepsis of early onset, and hospital-acquired and community-acquired late onset: a prospective population-based cohort study [PDF]

, 2018
To assess the epidemiology of blood culture-proven early- (EOS) and late-onset neonatal sepsis (LOS).All newborn infants admitted to tertiary care neonatal intensive care units in Switzerland and presenting with blood culture-proven sepsis between ...
Heininger, Ulrich, Niederer-Loher, Anita, Kahlert, Christian R., Stocker, M., Schlapbach, L.J., Agyeman, PKA, Posfay Barbe, Klara, Hasters, P., Posfay-Barbe, Klara M., Heininger, U., Berger, C., Aebi, Christoph, Aebi, C., Relly, Christa, Spycher, Ben D, Hasters, Paul, Schlapbach, Luregn J, Riedel, T., Agyeman, Philipp K A, Posfay-Barbe, Klara M, Giannoni, E., Niederer-Loher, A., Berger, Christoph; https://orcid.org/, Kuehni, C., Posfay-Barbe, K.M., Spycher, Ben D., Berger, Christoph, Bernhard-Stirnemann, S., Swiss Pediatric Sepsis Study, Relly, C., Kuehni, Claudia, Spycher, B.D., Bernhard-Stirnemann, Sara, Stocker, Martin, Kahlert, C.R., Agyeman, Philipp K. A., Kahlert, Christian R, Donas, Alex, Leone, Antonio, Schlapbach, Luregn J., Riedel, Thomas, Sepsis Study, Swiss Pediatric, Donas, A., Leone, A., Giannoni, Eric   +44 more
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Sepsis

Seminars in Oncology Nursing, 1999
To review infection and sepsis in patients with cancer and to provide an overview of controversies and research-based practices of infectious complications and management strategies.Research studies, review articles, web sites, and consensus documents.Traditional assumptions about infection and its optimal management are redefined by research regarding
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