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Lesiones destructivas de la línea media facial secundarias al consumo de cocaína: caso clínico

Rev. méd. Chile; 146 (9), 2018
Vasculitic midline destructive lesions can be a complication of cocaine use. We report a 44-year-old man who presented with a two months history of left facial pain associated with ipsilateral facial paralysis and a cheek phlegmon. Magnetic resonance imaging showed broad soft tissue destruction linked to...

Piomiositis primaria del músculo esternocleidomastoideo: reporte de un caso y revisión de la literatura

RESUMEN La piomiositis es una infección bacteriana del músculo estriado, siendo extremadamente rara la afectación de la musculatura cervical. Se ha asociado en nuestro medio a enfermedades crónicas como la diabetes y a la inmunodepresión. Presentamos a un paciente de 67 años que acude al servicio d...

Fístula aorto-atrial direita: uma complicação pós-endocardite infecciosa. Relato de caso

A fístula aorto-atrial direita é uma comunicação anômala, que representa uma grave e infrequente complicação da endocardite infecciosa. Neste estudo, relata-se o caso de um paciente de 53 anos, do sexo masculino, com histórico evolutivo patológico de endocardite infecciosa e acometimento de valv...

Sinal de Faget como manifestação clínica de brucelose. Relato de caso

Relata-se o caso de uma paciente do sexo feminino, 32 anos, comerciante, com manifestações sistêmicas de brucelose, como febre diária contínua, sinal de Faget, lombalgia, cervicalgia, náuseas e cefaleia. Quando questionada, a paciente referiu consumo de leite e queijo não pasteurizados de origem b...

Neumonia por Pneumocystis jirovecii en niño inmunocompetente: revisión de un caso

We describe an unusual case of severe pneumonia due to Pneumocystis jirovecii in a previously healthy 2-month-old patient who had been hospitalized for RSV bronchiolitis....

Inadequate use of antibiotics and increase in neonatal sepsis caused by resistant bacteria related to health care assistance: a systematic review

Braz. j. infect. dis; 22 (4), 2018
ABSTRACT Background Technologies and life support management have enhanced the survival of preterm infants. The immune system of newborns is immature, which contributes to the occurrence of healthcare-associated infections. The overlap of several conditions with neonatal sepsis and the difficulty of dia...

Helicobacter pylori eradication: influence of interleukin-1beta -31 C/T polymorphism

Braz. j. infect. dis; 22 (4), 2018
ABSTRACT Aim To analyze the influence of the -31 C/T polymorphism of the interleukin-1β gene on Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy success in patients with functional dyspepsia. Methods Functional dyspepsia was diagnosed according to the Rome III criteria. All patients underwent upper gastroi...

I’ve got toothache, i need antibiotics: a uk perspective on rational antibiotic prescribing by dentists

Braz. dent. j; 29 (4), 2018
Abstract Antibiotics do not cure toothache. This headline message of the United Kingdom's (UK) Dental Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) toolkit's posters and leaflets is aimed at patients; clinicians are expected to know this already. Evidence based clinical guidelines exist to set clear standards for good...

Evaluación de susceptibilidad y respuesta al tratamiento con piperacilina/tazobactam en pacientes con infecciones por Escherichia coli productoras de β -lactamasas de espectro extendido (BLEE) CTX-M

Rev. chil. infectol; 35 (4), 2018
Resumen Introducción: En las infecciones por enterobacterias productoras de β-lactamasas de espectro extendido (BLEE), los β-lactámicos preferidos para tratamiento son los carbapenémicos. Sin embargo, estudios clínicos muestran eficacia de piperacilina/tazobactam en ciertas infecciones por...