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Obesity and smoking are factors associated with poor prognosis in patients with bacteraemia.

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BACKGROUND Bacteraemia is still a major cause of case fatality in all age groups. Our aim was to identify the major underlying conditions constituting risk factors for case fatality in bacteraemia patients. METHODS The study involved 149 patients (79 male and 70 female) with bacteraemia caused by

Agrobacterium tumefaciens-induced bacteraemia does not lead to reporter gene expression in mouse organs.

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Agrobacterium tumefaciens is the main plant biotechnology gene transfer tool with host range which can be extended to non-plant eukaryotic organisms under laboratory conditions. Known medical cases of Agrobacterium species isolation from bloodstream infections necessitate the assessment of

Host factors and portal of entry outweigh bacterial determinants to predict the severity of Escherichia coli bacteremia.

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Escherichia coli ranks among the organisms most frequently isolated from cases of bacteremia. The relative contribution of the host and bacteria to E. coli bacteremia severity remains unknown. We conducted a prospective multicenter cohort study to identify host and bacterial factors associated with

Does stress-induced hyperglycemia increase the risk of perioperative infectious complications in orthopaedic trauma patients?

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OBJECTIVE To determine if hyperglycemia in postoperative orthopaedic trauma patients with no known history of diabetes mellitus is associated with an increased rate of infectious complications. METHODS Retrospective review. METHODS University Level I trauma center. METHODS One hundred ten

[The effect of smoking on the spread and frequency of periodontal disease].

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In recent years substantial data accumulated in the literature supporting the direct detrimental effect of tobacco smoking on periodontal health. The significantly inferior periodontal condition of smokers cannot be solely attributed to poor oral hygiene, increased calculus formation and altered

Risk factors for invasive pasteurellosis: a retrospective case study.

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Pasteurellosis is a frequent zoonosis mainly transmitted by cats and dogs. Invasive forms of pasteurellosis are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. This retrospective study aimed to highlight risk factors (RFs) for invasive pasteurellosis. We included patients with positive

Pattern of infections in French and migrant homeless hospitalised at Marseille infectious disease units, France: A retrospective study, 2017-2018

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Background: No research was conducted on the clinical characteristics and outcomes of Infectious Disease Units (IDU) managed homeless patients (HP). Methods: We conducted retrospectively a survey among 98 HP and 98 non-HP admitted

[Late spreading of tuberculosis in tubercular spondylitis].

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BACKGROUND A 65-year-old man, known to have had a gastric ulcer and chronic rheumatoid arthritis as well as alcohol and nicotine abuse, was admitted because of suspected endocarditis. Physical examination revealed marked pain on pressure over the throacic spine. Vesicular breath sounds were reduced

Impact of positive chest X-ray findings and blood cultures on adverse outcomes following hospitalized pneumococcal lower respiratory tract infection: a population-based cohort study.

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BACKGROUND Little is known about the clinical presentation and outcome of pneumococcal lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) without positive chest X-ray findings and blood cultures. We investigated the prognostic impact of a pulmonary infiltrate and bacteraemia on the clinical course of

Lactobacillus Discitis/Osteomyelitis in an Intravenous Drug Abuser

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Vertebral osteomyelitis is usually secondary to hematogenous seeding from direct inoculation during spinal surgery or from adjacent soft tissue infection; the most common organism being Staphylococcus aureus. We present a case of a 31-year-old male who was found to have vertebral osteomyelitis

Risk factors, mortality, and timing of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke with left ventricular assist devices.

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BACKGROUND Stroke is a major cause of mortality after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) placement. METHODS Prospectively collected data of patients with HeartMate II (n = 332) and HeartWare (n = 70) LVADs from October 21, 2004, to May 19, 2015, were reviewed. Predictors of early (during index

Risk factors for invasive disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae among Alaska native children younger than two years of age.

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Streptococcus pneumoniae causes a significant amount of illness and death from pneumonia, bacteremia and meningitis among children < 2 years of age. No currently available effective vaccine exists to prevent pneumococcal disease in this age group. To identify modifiable risk factors we conducted a

Is periodontitis a comorbidity of COPD or can associations be explained by shared risk factors/behaviors?

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COPD is recognized as having a series of comorbidities potentially related to common inflammatory processes. Periodontitis is one of the most common human inflammatory diseases and has previously been associated with COPD in numerous observational studies. As periodontitis and COPD are both chronic,

Association of the oral flora with important medical diseases.

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Recently, there have been case-control and epidemiologic investigations that strongly associate poor dental health with cardiovascular disease, preterm low birth weight infants, and early death from any cause. In a 7-year prospective study, dental disease was a significant predictor of coronary

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