“The danger with strep throat is that the infection can spread to local soft tissues, potentially causing an abscess, as well as spreading to the sinuses and middle ear,” Weiss explains. In some rare instances, it can lead to meningitis and bacteremia when it spreads to the blood. Other...
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The bacteria can sometimes spread to the blood (bacteremia). Some Salmonella (for example, S. typhi) can also enter the gallbladder and remain there. The patient can recover from the disease but still sheds bacteria through the gallbladder secretions (bile) into the feces. This person thus ...
Treatment of enterococcal endocarditis and bacteremia; results of combined therapy with penicillin and strepto- mycin. Am J Med 1951; 10:278-99.Robbins WC, Tompsett R (1951) Treatment of enterococcal endocarditis and bacteremia; results of combined therapy with penicillin and streptomycin. Am J ...
Although therapeutic failures due to the development of bacterial resistance during treatment with levofloxacin, in particular against Strep. pneumoniae have been reported [45, 46], the risk is lower than with the use of ciprofloxacin. In a dynamic in-vitro model, time-kill data for ciprofloxacin...
Early Administration of Intrapleural Streptokinase in the Treatment of Multiloculated Pleural Effusions and Pleural Empyemas In the treatment of multiloculated pleural effusions and empyemas tube thoracostomy often fails and more aggressive surgical therapy is required. Intrapleu... T Laisaar,E Püt...
This appearance is helpful in choosing antibiotics because it is almost always caused by strepbacteria. Other common areas of cellulitis are the arm, hand, leg, ankle, and foot. Most commonly, it occurs in areas that may have been damaged or are inflamed for other reasons, such as inflamed...
Treatment of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium infections with an investigational streptogramin antibiotic (quinupristin/dalfopristin): a report of... New therapies for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) infections are urgently needed. We describe the treatment of 15 patients with VRE...
The clinical efficacy and safety of ceftriaxone when administered twice daily was evaluated in the treatment of serious infections, including 9 episodes of bacteremia, 4 of pneumonia, 7 of intra-abdominal or soft tissue infections, 11 of urinary tract infections, 3 of osteomyelitis, and 5 of men...
For exploring the presence of bacteremia in infected animals, blood cultures were performed in four animals 20 h after bacterial inoculation. Treatment regimen and efficacy studies. Each antibiotic was tested at two doses (2.5 and 10 mg · kgϪ1 · doseϪ1) and was administered s.c. in...