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Melioidosis is considered a rare disease in Hong Kong, and its diagnosis and treatment can be difficult. We report the case of a patient who presented with thoracic empyema. The material sampled from the empyema was initially labelled Burkholderia cepacia. The diagnosis of melioidosis due to
A bacterium was isolated from the blood and empyema of a cirrhotic patient. The cells were facultatively anaerobic, nonsporulating, gram-negative, seagull shaped or spiral rods. The bacterium grows on sheep blood agar as nonhemolytic, gray colonies 1 mm in diameter after 24 h of incubation at 37
Pharmaconutrition, which is a supportive nutritional care of surgical patients, has been proven to shorten hospital stay, decrease the incidence of infection, and reduce hospital costs in selected groups of patients. Arginine, one of the most essential pharmaconutrients, has also been proven to
BACKGROUND
The aim of the present study was to assess the key microbiologic characteristics aid in the identification of Streptococcus anginosus in the laboratory and know the spectrum of clinical infections it produces.
METHODS
From March 1991 to April 1992 all the isolated strains of clinical
Immunonutrition, which is a therapeutic approach to modulate acute surgical or medical conditions, has been proven to decrease surgical site complications in patients undergoing major elective surgery for upper gastrointestinal and esophageal malignancy. For immunonutrition to be carried out