BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Treatment without catheter replacement (catheter salvage) has been described for bacteremia associated with tunneled venous catheters in hemodialysis patients, but few data are available on which to base an estimation of the likelihood of treatment success. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS In a prospective cohort study, all cases of catheter-associated b...

A prospective evaluation of wound healing of 675 patients who underwent elective foot and ankle surgeries between 2011 and 2015 at a single hospital clinic was performed to evaluate the effect of two prophylactic antibiotic regimens. Only those patients who were having elective foot or ankle surgery and were being followed up at the hospital’s outpatient clinic, patients had a traumatic or non-...

BACKGROUND The value of antibiotics in the treatment of acute uncomplicated left-sided diverticulitis is not well established. The aim of this review was to assess whether or not antibiotics contribute to the (uneventful) recovery from acute uncomplicated left-sided diverticulitis, and which types of antibiotic and route of administration are most effective. METHODS Medline, the Cochrane Libr...

drug utilization evaluation (due) studies are designed to assess drug usage appropriateness. we aim to evaluate the drug utilization of intravenous ciprofloxacin and imipenem, two of the broad spectrum antibiotics that consume a significant proportion of our hospitals’ outlay, in different wards of a teaching hospital in zabol. during a 5 months period (december 2010 to may 2011), 263 patients ...

BACKGROUND The management of pediatric type I open fractures remains controversial. There has been no consistent protocol established in the literature for the non-operative management of these injuries. METHODS A protocol was developed at our institution for the non-operative management of pediatric type I open forearm fractures. Each patient was given a dose of intravenous antibiotics at th...

The incidence of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) has dropped dramatically in recent years. In the past, before the introduction of antibiotics, infection was the main cause of CVT. But this is no longer true. Recently, the occurance of septic CVT is rare, which leads to an increased chance of misdiagnosis and treatment delay. Early suspicion and recognition is very crucial to improve mortality...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) commonly causes infection of the skin, soft tissue, bones and heart. MRSA is a rarely reported organism of prostatic abscess (PA). We present a case of an intravenous drug user who presented with dyspareunia, dysuria and dyschezia after a traumatic injury to the rectum. He was diagnosed with PA, which was treated with transurethral resection of...

A 3 year old girl presented with a limp and a hot, swollen ankle. X-Ray showed active osteomyelitis. ESR > 60 mm/ hr, Hb 11.3 g/dl, WCC 7.9 × 109/L, Platelets 808 × 109/L. Intravenous antibiotics were commenced. One week later, the left ankle became swollen, X-Ray showed osteomyelitis. Bone scan showed several areas of increased uptake, right femoral neck, both knees, both ankles, and scapula. ...

We present two patients with jejunal diverticulitis. Diverticula in jejunum and ileum are very rare, occurring with an incidence of 0.07-2% in the gastrointestinal tract. They are often associated with unspecific symptoms as intermittent abdominal pain, nausea and diarrhoea. The treatment of mild diverticular disease is intravenous fluids and antibiotics. If there is an occurrence of peritoniti...