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One hundred five Staphylococcus aureus infections occurring in 79 children who were seen in a private office practice were evaluated for response to antibiotic therapy. The value of in vitro disk susceptibility testing in directing antibiotic selection in treatment failures was also examined. Of the
Multicenter trials of ticarcillin/potassium clavulanate (Timentin) for bone, joint, skin and soft tissue infections in children were performed from 1983 to 1986. Fifty children with culture-confirmed Staphylococcus aureus infections were identified. Sixteen children (ages 6.2 +/- 3.9 years) with
Previous studies using membrane potential sensitive probes have provided evidence that chemotactic factors elicit membrane potential changes in normal human neutrophils (PMN). In addition to stimulation of PMN motility, chemotactic factors also stimulate degranulation and superoxide ion (O-2)
Trichophyton verrucosum infection, which is acquired from the hide of dairy cattle, is the cause of tinea barbae, a severe pustular eruption on the face and neck. We present the cases of five patients, three of whom had severe pustular tinea barbae and two of whom had eruptions of the forearms. All
Intravenous flucloxacillin is one of the most frequently used high-dose penicillin therapies in hospitalized patients, forming the cornerstone treatment of invasive Staphylococcus aureus infection. Being a nonreabsorbable anion, flucloxacillin has been suggested to cause hypokalaemia, although the
A 20-year-old gelding with weight loss and generalized weakness that progressed gradually over a 3-month period was diagnosed as having pyelonephritis caused by Staphylococcus aureus infection. Abnormal laboratory findings included high values for BUN, creatinine, potassium, and calcium, and
BACKGROUND
Gallesia integrifolia (Phytolaccaceae) is commonly known as "pau-d'alho" in Brazil or "garlic plant" due to the strong scent of garlic peculiar to all parts of the plant. The bark decoction is used for the treatment of microbial infections among other diseases by different ethnic groups
A 37-year-old male with mitral valve regurgitation presented for mitral valve replacement. He has been a C5 quadriplegic for 13 years. The patient had been discharged 2 months before to this admission after a complicated hospital course for Staphylococcus aureus infection of the left hip. His course