Medical treatment of endocarditisSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 9 - Trang 271-282 - 2007
Elias Abrutyn, Christopher H. Cabell, Vance G. Fowler, Bruno Hoen, José M. Miro, Carlos A. Mestres, Daniel J. Sexton, G. Ralph Corey
Infective endocarditis (IE) remains a serious and deadly disease. The incidence, which varies by gender and on the presence of predisposing factors, has not decreased, due in part to the aging population with more healthcare exposures and predisposing risk factors such as prosthetic heart valves and intracardiac devices. The most important aspects of treatment in IE hinge upon early diagnosis, mic...... hiện toàn bộ
Impact of new sexually transmitted disease diagnostics on clinical practice and public health policySpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 3 - Trang 147-151 - 2001
Jeanne M. Marrazzo
Nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT) offer enhanced sensitivity and excellent specificity for many sexually transmitted diseases. For some pathogens for which a practical diagnostic test does not exist, such as human papillomavirus (HPV), NAAT are also useful. Further, most NAAT can be applied to less "invasive" patient specimens, including urine and vaginal fluid. This dramatically increases o...... hiện toàn bộ
Epidemiology and prevention of invasive aspergillosisSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 3 - Trang 507-516 - 2001
David W. Warnock, Rana A. Hajjeh, Brent A. Lasker
Aspergillus species are the most common causes of invasive mold infections in immunocompromised persons. This review examines the available information regarding the rising incidence of invasive aspergillosis in different high-risk groups, including persons with acute leukemia, hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients, and liver and lung transplant recipients. The risk factors for infection i...... hiện toàn bộ
Adjunctive corticosteroids in adults with bacterial meningitisSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 7 - Trang 285-291 - 2005
Diederik van de Beek, Jan de Gans
Bacterial meningitis is a complex disorder in which neurologic injury is caused, in part, by the causative organism and, in part, by the host’s own inflammatory response. In studies of experimental bacterial meningitis, adjuvant treatment with corticosteroids, specifically dexamethasone, has beneficial effects. On the basis of these experimental studies, several clinical trials were undertaken to ...... hiện toàn bộ
Travel in the Time of COVID: A Review of International Travel Health in a Global PandemicSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 24 Số 10 - Trang 129-145 - 2022
Flaherty, Gerard T., Hamer, Davidson H., Chen, Lin H.
This review critically considers the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global travel and the practice of travel medicine, highlights key innovations that have facilitated the resumption of travel, and anticipates how travel medicine providers should prepare for the future of international travel. Since asymptomatic transmission of the virus was first recognized in March 2020, extensive efforts ha...... hiện toàn bộ