293 research outputs found
Multiple liver abscesses with isolation of streptococcus intermedius related to a pyogenic dental infection in an immuno-competent patient
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p><it>Streptococcus intermedius </it>- a member of the <it>Streptococcus anginosus </it>group - is part of the normal microbial flora of the oral cavity. Despite being regarded as a harmless apathogenic commensal, <it>Streptococcus intermedius </it>has been described to cause abscesses in various locations of the body.</p> <p>Case Presentation</p> <p>We report the clinical case and course of treatment of a 18-year-old male patient presenting with multiple hepatic abscesses associated with an untreated pyogenic dental infection.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p><it>Streptococcus intermedius </it>can cause liver abscesses emerging from dental infectious foci even in previously healthy patients without underlying innate or aquired immunodeficiency. The case illustrates the potential danger and underestimated risk associated with untreated dental infections.</p
Fermion loops, loop cancellation and density correlations in two dimensional Fermi systems
We derive explicit results for fermion loops with an arbitrary number of
density vertices in two dimensions at zero temperature. The 3-loop is an
elementary function of the three external momenta and frequencies, and the
N-loop can be expressed as a linear combination of 3-loops with coefficients
that are rational functions of momenta and frequencies. We show that the
divergencies of single loops for low energy and small momenta cancel each other
when loops with permuted external variables are summed. The symmetrized N-loop,
i.e. the connected N-point density correlation function of the Fermi gas, does
not diverge for low energies and small momenta. In the dynamical limit, where
momenta scale to zero at fixed finite energy variables, the symmetrized N-loop
vanishes as the (2N-2)-th power of the scale parameter.Comment: 24 pages (including 3 EPS figures), LaTeX2e; submitted to Phys. Rev.
Singular Structure and Enhanced Friedel Oscillations in the Two-Dimensional Electron Gas
We calculate the leading order corrections (in ) to the static
polarization , with dynamically screened interactions, for the
two-dimensional electron gas. The corresponding diagrams all exhibit singular
logarithmic behavior in their derivatives at and provide significant
enhancement to the proper polarization particularly at low densities. At a
density of , the contribution from the leading order {\em fluctuational}
diagrams exceeds both the zeroth order (Lindhard) response and the self-energy
and exchange contributions. We comment on the importance of these diagrams in
two-dimensions and make comparisons to an equivalent three-dimensional electron
gas; we also consider the impact these finding have on computed
to all orders in perturbation theory
Direct mass measurements beyond the proton drip-line
First on-line mass measurements were performed at the SHIPTRAP Penning trap
mass spectrometer. The masses of 18 neutron-deficient isotopes in the
terbium-to-thulium region produced in fusion-evaporation reactions were
determined with relative uncertainties of about , nine of them
for the first time. Four nuclides (Ho and Tm) were
found to be proton-unbound. The implication of the results on the location of
the proton drip-line is discussed by analyzing the one-proton separation
energies
Exact integral equation for the renormalized Fermi surface
The true Fermi surface of a fermionic many-body system can be viewed as a
fixed point manifold of the renormalization group (RG). Within the framework of
the exact functional RG we show that the fixed point condition implies an exact
integral equation for the counterterm which is needed for a self-consistent
calculation of the Fermi surface. In the simplest approximation, our integral
equation reduces to the self-consistent Hartree-Fock equation for the
counterterm.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figur
Van Hove singularity and spontaneous Fermi surface symmetry breaking in Sr3Ru2O7
The most salient features observed around a metamagnetic transition in
Sr3Ru2O7 are well captured in a simple model for spontaneous Fermi surface
symmetry breaking under a magnetic field, without invoking a putative quantum
critical point. The Fermi surface symmetry breaking happens in both a majority
and a minority spin band but with a different magnitude of the order parameter,
when either band is tuned close to van Hove filling by the magnetic field. The
transition is second order for high temperature T and changes into first order
for low T. The first order transition is accompanied by a metamagnetic
transition. The uniform magnetic susceptibility and the specific heat
coefficient show strong T dependence, especially a log T divergence at van Hove
filling. The Fermi surface instability then cuts off such non-Fermi liquid
behavior and gives rise to a cusp in the susceptibility and a specific heat
jump at the transition temperature.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figure
Renormalized perturbation theory for Fermi systems: Fermi surface deformation and superconductivity in the two-dimensional Hubbard model
Divergencies appearing in perturbation expansions of interacting many-body
systems can often be removed by expanding around a suitably chosen renormalized
(instead of the non-interacting) Hamiltonian. We describe such a renormalized
perturbation expansion for interacting Fermi systems, which treats Fermi
surface shifts and superconductivity with an arbitrary gap function via
additive counterterms. The expansion is formulated explicitly for the Hubbard
model to second order in the interaction. Numerical soutions of the
self-consistency condition determining the Fermi surface and the gap function
are calculated for the two-dimensional case. For the repulsive Hubbard model
close to half-filling we find a superconducting state with d-wave symmetry, as
expected. For Fermi levels close to the van Hove singularity a Pomeranchuk
instability leads to Fermi surfaces with broken square lattice symmetry, whose
topology can be closed or open. For the attractive Hubbard model the second
order calculation yeilds s-wave superconductivity with a weakly momentum
dependent gap, whose size is reduced compared to the mean-field result.Comment: 18 pages incl. 6 figure
Spontaneous breaking of four-fold rotational symmetry in two-dimensional electronic systems explained as a continuous topological transition
The Fermi liquid approach is applied to the problem of spontaneous violation
of the four-fold rotational point-group symmetry () in strongly correlated
two-dimensional electronic systems on a square lattice. The symmetry breaking
is traced to the existence of a topological phase transition. This continuous
transition is triggered when the Fermi line, driven by the quasiparticle
interactions, reaches the van Hove saddle points, where the group velocity
vanishes and the density of states becomes singular. An unconventional Fermi
liquid emerges beyond the implicated quantum critical point.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
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