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A Case of Infective Endocarditis Caused by Streptococcus sanguinis Resulting in Stroke, Ruptured Infected Pseudoaneurysm of Superior Mesenteric Artery, and Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis
Intern Med. 2023 Jun 21. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.2017-23. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTA 71-year-old-man was admitted to our hospital with a cerebral embolism and diagnosed with infective endocarditis (IE) caused by Streptococcus sanguinis. Mitral valve replacement was performed. About one month later, he experienced sudden abdominal pain and shock due to a ruptured infected mesenteric artery pseudoaneurysm. Forty-four days after abdominal surgery, he presented with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis with anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies. He was treated with plasma exchange and prednisolone, and his ...
Source: Internal Medicine - June 21, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Go Takahashi Tomoyuki Watanabe Takeshi Satoh Source Type: research

Detection of meningoencephalitis caused by Listeria monocytogenes with ischemic stroke-like onset using metagenomics next-generation sequencing: A case report
Rationale: Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) is a compatible intracellular bacterial pathogen that can invade different mammalian cells and reach the central nervous system (CNS), leading to meningoencephalitis and brain abscesses. In the diagnosis of L. monocytogenes meningoencephalitis (LMM), conventional tests are often reported as negative due to antibiotic therapy or low bacterial content in cerebrospinal fluid. To date, prompt diagnosis and accurate treatment remain a challenge for patients with Listeria infections. Patient concerns: Here, we report a case of a 64-year-old male diagnosed with LMM b...
Source: Medicine - August 6, 2021 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Clinical Case Report Source Type: research

Monitoring of hospital acquired pneumonia in patients with severe brain injury on first access to intensive neurological rehabilitation: First year of observation.
Authors: Beghi G, De Tanti A, Serafini P, Bertolino C, Celentano A, Taormina G Abstract Nosocomial or hospital acquired pneumonia (HAP) is an illness contracted during a hospital stay, generally with onset 48 hours or more after admission to hospital, or within 14 days of discharge from hospital. HAP is divided into subgroups: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), accounting for 86% of hospital acquired pneumonia, and stroke-associated pneumonia (SAP). The incidence of SAP in neurological intensive care units (NICUs) is 4.1-56.6%, in medical intensive care units (MICUs) it is 17-50%, in stroke units it is 3.9-44% ...
Source: Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - May 11, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Monaldi Arch Chest Dis Source Type: research

The impact of the molecular diagnosis in the surveillance of the Clostridium difficile infection.
Authors: Bãicuş A, Cîrstoiu M, Lambru K, Plata F, Cîrstoiu CF Abstract Clostridium difficile is the agent of many cases of antibiotic associated diarrhea. The prevalence of the toxigenic Clostridium difficile strains was assessed by real-time PCR between May 2014- January 2015, at the Emergency University Hospital, Bucharest, Romania. The incidence of the Clostridium difficile infection was 0.47%. Among the 1119 stool specimens tested, 165 (13.8%) were positive for C. difficile toxins A and B by immunochromatography test. All 165 positive samples were investigated by real time PCR and 134 (81%) samples were pos...
Source: Roumanian Archives of Microbiology and Immunology - April 7, 2018 Category: Microbiology Tags: Roum Arch Microbiol Immunol Source Type: research

The Preventive Antibiotics in Stroke Study (PASS): a pragmatic randomised open-label masked endpoint clinical trial
Publication date: Available online 20 January 2015 Source:The Lancet Author(s): Willeke F Westendorp , Jan-Dirk Vermeij , Elles Zock , Imke J Hooijenga , Nyika D Kruyt , Hans J L W Bosboom , Vincent I H Kwa , Martijn Weisfelt , Michel J M Remmers , Robert ten Houten , A H C M (Tobien) Schreuder , Sarah E Vermeer , Ewout J van Dijk , Diederik W J Dippel , Marcel G W Dijkgraaf , Lodewijk Spanjaard , Marinus Vermeulen , Tom van der Poll , Jan M Prins , Frederique H Vermeij , Yvo B W E M Roos , Ruud P Kleyweg , Henk Kerkhoff , Matthijs C Brouwer , Aeilko H Zwinderman , Diederik van de Beek , Paul J Nederkoorn Background In a...
Source: The Lancet - January 21, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research