{"title":"Recurrent Staphylococcus lugdunensis central nervous system infection associated with a ventricular peritoneal shunt","authors":"Tao Hong , Steven J. Sperber , Yi-Wei Tang","doi":"10.1016/S1069-417X(02)80004-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1069-417X(02)80004-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A case of recurrent <em>Staphylococcus lugdunensis</em> central nervous system (CNS) infection associated with a ventricular peritoneal (VP) shunt is reported. A total of five <em>S. lugdunensis</em> isolates were isolated from the patient (four from ventricular fluid and one from a VP catheter tip). All five isolates share an indistinguishable pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profile. A full range of conventional biochemical tests and 16S rRNA gene nucleotide sequence analyses were performed to confirm identification of the organism. This is the first report of <em>S. lugdunensis</em> in catheter-related VP fluid infection. The isolate was capable of colonizing the CNS and was difficult to treat.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100102,"journal":{"name":"Antimicrobics and Infectious Diseases Newsletter","volume":"18 12","pages":"Pages 91-93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1069-417X(02)80004-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90394728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lawrence A. Cone MD, Dsc , Ivor J. Nazareth MD , Shahin Eterbar MD , Leonard Schwartz MD , Barbara E. Potts MLS , Robert G. Czako MD
{"title":"Cerebral epidural abscess and review of central nervous system infections caused by Propionibacterium acnes","authors":"Lawrence A. Cone MD, Dsc , Ivor J. Nazareth MD , Shahin Eterbar MD , Leonard Schwartz MD , Barbara E. Potts MLS , Robert G. Czako MD","doi":"10.1016/S1069-417X(02)80005-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1069-417X(02)80005-X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100102,"journal":{"name":"Antimicrobics and Infectious Diseases Newsletter","volume":"18 12","pages":"Pages 94-95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1069-417X(02)80005-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75624658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The cost of microbial resistance","authors":"Charles W. Stratton MD","doi":"10.1016/S1069-417X(02)80006-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1069-417X(02)80006-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100102,"journal":{"name":"Antimicrobics and Infectious Diseases Newsletter","volume":"18 12","pages":"Pages 96-97"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1069-417X(02)80006-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84785206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What have we learned about antimicrobial prescribing?","authors":"Gary V Doern PhD , Glenn S Tillotson FRSM","doi":"10.1016/S1069-417X(02)80001-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1069-417X(02)80001-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100102,"journal":{"name":"Antimicrobics and Infectious Diseases Newsletter","volume":"18 11","pages":"Pages 81-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1069-417X(02)80001-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82946136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
William M. Gusten MD , Pierre A. Dorsainvil MD , Burke A. Cunha MD
{"title":"Acinetobacter lwoffi Pseudomeningitis","authors":"William M. Gusten MD , Pierre A. Dorsainvil MD , Burke A. Cunha MD","doi":"10.1016/S1069-417X(02)80002-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1069-417X(02)80002-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100102,"journal":{"name":"Antimicrobics and Infectious Diseases Newsletter","volume":"18 11","pages":"Pages 86-88"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1069-417X(02)80002-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79219971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Treatment of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and secondary infections","authors":"Allan G. Jensen MD","doi":"10.1016/S1069-417X(00)80039-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1069-417X(00)80039-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><em>S. aureus</em> bacteremia is still a serious complication associated with a high mortality. The type of bacteremia is related to outcome and therefore, both the origin of infection and focus identification are highly important for treatment. In general, β-lactam antibiotics or, eventually, vancomycin are still the drugs of choice. The patient should be treated for 2 weeks in uncomplicated <em>S. aureus</em> bacteremia and longer in case of a secondary focus.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100102,"journal":{"name":"Antimicrobics and Infectious Diseases Newsletter","volume":"18 10","pages":"Pages 73-75"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1069-417X(00)80039-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87968595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lawrence A. Cone MD, DSC, Philip Dreisbach MD, Chandra Shekar MD, Luke Dreisbach MD
{"title":"Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus cellulitis and bacteremia in a patient with lymphoma: A case report and literature review","authors":"Lawrence A. Cone MD, DSC, Philip Dreisbach MD, Chandra Shekar MD, Luke Dreisbach MD","doi":"10.1016/S1069-417X(00)80040-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1069-417X(00)80040-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100102,"journal":{"name":"Antimicrobics and Infectious Diseases Newsletter","volume":"18 10","pages":"Pages 75-77"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1069-417X(00)80040-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84994539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A case report of abdominal wall actinomycosis associated with prolonged use of an intrauterine device","authors":"Cavit Çöl MD, Meltem Çöl MD, Levent Albayrak MD","doi":"10.1016/S1069-417X(00)80041-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1069-417X(00)80041-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100102,"journal":{"name":"Antimicrobics and Infectious Diseases Newsletter","volume":"18 10","pages":"Pages 77-79"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1069-417X(00)80041-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89769763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}