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Antibioticoterapia y nuevas terapias no farmacológicas en infecciones por clostridium diffici

Med. leg. Costa Rica; 34 (1), 2017
Resumen:La infección por Clostridium difficile es la principal causa de diarrea infecciosa en pacientes hospitalizados. Los pacientes pueden ser portadores asintomáticos o presentar desde una diarrea leve a una colitis pseudomembranosa, megacolon tóxico, sepsis y muerte. El manejo de esta infección s...

Endocarditis infecciosa por Abiotrophia defectiva diagnosticada por espectrometría de masas (MALDI-TOF MS) en Argentina

Rev. chil. infectol; 33 (6), 2016
We report the case of a 63-year-old woman with congestive heart failure due to a bicuspid aortic valve and severe aortic stenosis. The patient had a febrile syndrome with positive blood cultures for Abiotrophia defectiva, Transesophageal echocardiogram revealed the presence of paravalvular abscess, which...

Empirical antimicrobial therapy for late-onset sepsis in a neonatal unit with high prevalence of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 92 (5), 2016
Abstract Objective: The aim of this study was to compare two different empiric treatments for late-onset neonatal sepsis, vancomycin and oxacillin, in a neonatal intensive care unit with a high prevalence of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in an neonata...

Empiric therapy with vancomycin in the neonatal intensive care unit: let's "get smart" globally!

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 92 (5), 2016

Case report of vancomycin-induced pancytopenia

Abstract: Vancomycin is the first-line agent for the treatment of bacteremia, endocarditis, pneumonia, cellulitis, and osteomyelitis. Pancytopenia is an uncommon adverse effect of vancomycin therapy, with only a few cases of vancomycin-related neutropenia and pancytopenia described in the literature. We ...

Glicopéptidos, origen y desarrollo actual
Glycopeptids, origin and current development

Rev. cuba. farm; 49 (1), 2015
Presidente del capítulo cubano de APUA-Cuba, Alianza para el Uso Prudente de los Antibióticos Lejos estaba de pensar Mc Cormick, en 1955, cuando en tierras de Borneo, aislaba una cepa de Stretomyces orientalis productora de una sustancia con propiedades antimicrobianas, que nombró vancomicina y que 6...

Tratamiento antimicrobiano en la meningoencefalitis, Hospital Militar Central "Dr. Luis Díaz Soto", 2004-2011
Antimicrobial therapy of meningoencephalitis at "Luis Diaz Soto" central military hospital, 2004-2011

Rev. cuba. farm; 48 (1), 2014
INTRODUCCIÓN: las meningoencefalitis constituyen un grupo de gran importancia dentro de las enfermedades infecciosas, en las cuales la introducción de los antibióticos hizo posible que fuese curable, pero la morbilidad y la mortalidad de esta enfermedad continúan siendo inaceptablemente altas. OBJET...

Therapeutic monitoring of vancomycin

Acta sci., Health sci; 34 (2), 2012
The present study aimed to characterize admitted patients in a public hospital in the Northwestern region of Paraná State, which were subject to therapeutic monitoring of vancomycin during 2007 and 2008. The data were obtained by a retrospective study of patients’ medical records, from where we separa...

Tigeciclina versus vancomycin más aztreonam en el tratamiento de infecciones complicadas de piel y tejidos blandos: Experiencia en Latinoamérica

Rev. chil. infectol; 26 (supl.1), 2009
BACKGROUND: Treating complicated skin and skin structure infections (cSSSIs) can be challenging. Tigecycline was compared to vancomycin/aztreonam in patients with cSSSIs in a multinational trial; this article reports on the Latin American (LA) population. METHODS: Patients were randomly assigned to recei...

Endoftalmite bilateral por propionibacterium acnes após facectomia com implante näo simultânea
Bilateral endophthalmitis by propionobacterium acnes after cataract extraction with non simultaneous implant

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 64 (1), 2001
Objetivo: Relatar um caso clínico de endoftalmite bilateral por Propionibacterium acnes no pós-operatório tardio de facectomia extracapsular näo-simultânea. Relato do Caso: Paciente de 56 anos, do sexo masculino, submetido a facectomia extracapsular bilateral näo-simultânea em 1998 com intervalo d...