Lysis filtration (LyF) was compared with BACTEC PAEDS PLUS in estimating the prevalence of, and sensitivity for, detection of odontogenic bacteremia. Both real bacteremia and simulated bacteremia (seeded blood or saline samples) were assessed to determine the validity of LyF in estimating bacteremia. The simulated bacteremia was also used to assess the reliability of LyF to estimate intensity o...

TIPS procedures performed at our institution , our case definition was modeled after that for infective endocarditis. We evaluated patients with TIPS devices in place who developed sustained bactere-mia; the criteria for sustained bacteremia were the same as those used for sustained bacteremia associated with infective en-docarditis [4, 5]. Certainly, other potential sources of sustained bacter...

Background: Bacteremia caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli (E. coli) can lead to bloodstream infection and subsequent sepsis which increases morbidity mortality. Evaluation of risk factors ESBL-producing E. is important as it decrease inappropriate antibiotic use mo...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between obesity and infected bile or bacteremia in patients with acute calculous cholecystitis. METHODS Authors analyzed the medical records of 139 patients who had undergone cholecystectomy for the treatment of acute calculous cholecystitis from January 2007 to June 2013 in a single teaching hospital. Association of body mass i...

OBJECTIVE To explore whether early or late and presumed or definite neonatal bacteremia are associated with an increased risk of severe retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). METHODS We evaluated 1059 infants born before week 28 of gestation for ROP. Infants were classified as having early (postnatal week 1) or late (weeks 2-4) definite (culture-proven) or presumed (antibiotics taken for >72 hours...

BACKGROUND Both procalcitonin (PCT) and plasma endotoxin levels cannot be solely used for a definite diagnosis of bacteremia or sepsis, and there has been few study comparing the values of the two biomarkers for the diagnosis of bacteremia. The aim of this study was to identify bacteria causing bacteremia and evaluate the role of the two biomarkers in the diagnosis of bacteremia in Intensive Ca...

BACKGROUND Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an uncommon cause of community-acquired bacteremia among patients without severe immunodeficiency. Because tension exists between the need to limit unnecessary use of anti-pseudomonal agents and the need to avoid a delay in appropriate therapy, clinicians require better guidance regarding when to cover empirically for P. aeruginosa. We sought to determine th...

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS Endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) and endoscopic variceal sclerotherapy (EVS) are the main therapeutic procedures for the emergency treatment and secondary prophylaxis of esophageal varices in cirrhotics. Post-endoscopic bacteremia has been reported after EVS and EVL, but data on the frequency of bacteremia are conflicting. This study aims to provide incidences of bac...

To define predictors of bacteremia and to assess the potential role of exposure to cytomegalovirus (CMV) as a risk factor for bacteremia in liver transplant recipients, an intention-to-treat analysis of data for 146 orthotopic liver transplant recipients who participated in a multicenter, randomized, intervention trial was undertaken. Fifty-eight episodes of bacteremia occurred in 40 (27.4%) of...

BACKGROUND Soft-tissue infections traditionally have been viewed as carrying a lower risk of death than other types of infection such as pneumonia, blood stream, and intra-abdominal. The influence of secondary bacteremia on the outcomes of patients with soft-tissue infections is not well described. OBJECTIVES To describe the risk factors for bacteremia among patients admitted to an urban medi...