Campylobacter infection in man and animals

This book reflects the different efforts made by veterinary and medical doctors for better knowledge of the disease. It shows how much we depends on each other to understand better the clinical features, pathogenesis, and epidemiology of Campylobacter infections and other diseases.SCOPUS: bk.binfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe

Septicemia following peroral biopsy of the small intestine

Two cases of a rare complication of the small bowel biopsy are presented. Septicemia to gram negative bacilli occurred within 24 hr and 48 hr after a successful jejunal biopsy. The patients recovered their prebiopsy state after 3 days of antibiotic therapy. Role of intestinal intubation for perfusion studies or motor jejunal activity registrement soon after jejunal biopsy and of bacterial overgrowth in the small bowel are discussed.SCOPUS: NotDefined.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe

LES GANGRENES GAZEUSES CLOSTRIDIENNES ET NON CLOSTRIDIENNES A PROPOS DE 31 CAS

The authors present 31 cases of gas gangrene which they define as a (sub)acute necrosis of muscles and/or subcutaneous cell tissue due to gas producing organisms. This series includes 20 clostridial and 11 non clostridial gas gangrene cases. In the group of 20 clostridial gas gangrene cases, infection developed either in a traumatic wound of the soft tissues (in some cases with acute ischemia due to a vascular lesion) or of the stump after amputation for obliterative arteriopathy. The clinical picture showed an extensive local lesion (discolored or streaked skin, foul smelling serohematic exudate, necrotic muscles, etc.) associated with severe signs of systemic toxemia. From the bacteriologic viewpoint, direct examination of a smear from the wound showed the presence of gram positive bacilli suggestive of Clostridium in almost all patients. In 18 cases, anerobic culture confirmed the presence of such microorganisms (C. welchii). Treatment included general resuscitation procedures in association with high doses of penicillin, the most conservative surgical procedures possible, and use of hyperbaric oxygen. Mortality throughout hospitalization of this group of 20 patients with gas gangrene was 30% (6 deaths). Eight patients were cured with practically no sequelae while the other six had more considerable sequelae. Non clostridial gas gangrene cases (11) were due to a number of causes such as various surgical procedures, traumatisms of the limbs, and neoplasms. The wounds were erythematous in appearance, with muscle necrosis in half the cases; there was a fetid purulent exudate. In some instances, the general signs of infection were severe (septic shock in 3 cases). Bacteriologic examination revealed aerobic microorganisms such as E. coli, Klebsiella, or Proteus in all patients, associated with anaerobic organisms in 4 cases (Bacteroides). Treatment included surgical procedures (simple drainage of purulent collections in most cases). Hyperbaric oxygen therapy was systematically initiated, but discontinued as soon as absence of Clostridium species was confirmed. When smears from the wound revealed gram negative organisms (coliforms and/or Bacteroids), it seemed reasonable to initiate an antibiotic therapy using clindamycin and gentamycin. In this group of 11 cases of non clostridial gas gangrene, the mortality rate was 18% (2 deaths). Seven patients were cured with practically no sequelae. The basic elements of the differential diagnosis of clostridial and non clostrdial gas gangrenes are reveiwed, with respect to incubation time and the speed with which the wound tends to expand, wound appearance and characteristics of exudate.SCOPUS: NotDefined.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe

In-vitro activity of new cephalosporin (HR 756) and Cefazolin

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Enteritis, abscess, and septicemia due to Yersinia enterocolitica in a child with thalassemia

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Arcobacter and Campylobacter

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Human listeriosis

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Enteritis Due to “Related Vibrio” in Children

A “related Vibrio” was found in numerous stool cultures from a 16-month-old boy with chronic diarrhea. An outbreak of acute diarrhea occurred in the nursery frequented by this boy; the same Vibrio was isolated in the stool cultures of all symptomatic cases. Using a new device, the related Vibrio has also been isolated in intestinal aspirates at different levels of the gastrointestinal tract in several cases. Slight changes were observed in the jejunal mucosa of the child with chronic diarrhea. © 1973, American Medical Association. All rights reserved.SCOPUS: ar.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe

Acute enteritis due to related vibrio: First positive stool cultures

Strains of the related vibrio were isolated from two patients with acute enteritis.The vibrios were isolated from blood and stool of one patient and from the stool of the other. The isolation technique consists of diluting the stools in nutrient broth, letting them settle for 1 hr, centrifuging the supernatant, and passing the surface liquid through a 0.65-p Millipore filter. This filtrate (0.3 ml) is plated on a blood-thioglycolate-agar medium containing 25 international units of bacitracin, 10 international units of polymyxin B sulfate, 0.005 mg of novobiocin, and 0.05 mg of ac-tidione per ml. Colonies are well developed after incubation for three days at 37 C in an atmosphere from which two-thirds of the volume of air has been replaced by a mixture of 95% nitrogen and 5% carbon dioxide. The results suggest that in all cases of diarrhea where standard coprocultures remain negative, stools should be checked for the presence of vibrio. © 1972 by the University of Chicago.SCOPUS: ar.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe

Clinical and pharmacological evaluation of different preparations of oral erythromycin

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