coagulase/atrophy

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the conjunctival bacterial microbiota and antibiogram profile in the preoperative of antiangiogenic intravitreous injection for age-related macular degeneration, and compare to the preoperative microbiota of patients submitted to cataract surgery. METHODS Cross-sectional,

OBJECTIVE To describe a case of frosted branch angiitis after intravitreal ranibizumab injection. METHODS Retrospective chart review. RESULTS A patient with a history of neovascular age-related macular degeneration underwent intravitreal ranibizumab injection and subsequently developed

Inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) aneurysms are the rarest of all visceral artery aneurysms, with most resulting from atherosclerotic disease. Mycotic IMA aneurysms are exceptionally uncommon and only 2 cases have been reported in the literature. Coagulase-negative staphylococcus (CNS) is often

BACKGROUND Following the introduction of cloxacillin and gentamicin as the first line of treatment for possible late-onset sepsis (LOS) in the authors' neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), it was subsequently noted that very low birth weight (VLBW) infants improved clinically, despite subsequently

A set of degenerate PCR primers was designed and used to amplify and sequence about 75% of the catalase (kat) gene from each of 49 staphylococcal strains. In some strains of Staphylococcus xylosus, S. saprophyticus, and S. equorum, two catalase genes, katA and katB, were found. A phylogenetic tree

METHODS Clinical research and animal experiment. OBJECTIVE To investigate whether lumbar disc degeneration is associated with Propionibacterium acnes (P acnes) infection. BACKGROUND The hypothesis that herniated discs may be infected with P acnes by way of bacteremia is remarkable. This may bring a

Simple PCR and sequencing assays that utilize a single pair of degenerate primers were used to characterize a 429-bp-long DNA fragment internal (sodA(int)) to the sodA gene encoding the manganese-dependent superoxide dismutase in 40 coagulase-negative staphylococcal (CNS) type strains. The topology

METHODS Patients scheduled for spinal surgery were screened prospectively for a microbial presence associated with intervertebral disc specimens. Inclusion was limited to patients requiring surgery for any of five conditions: study patients with cervical spine intervertebral herniation (IVH), lumbar

BACKGROUND The protoscoleces of fertile hydatid cysts are considered as major risks in surgery and producing secondary cysts if rupture the cyst during operation and, cause infecting the dogs with adult worm if eaten by this animal. Bacterial infection of the hydatid fluid can lead to sterilization

A set of universal degenerate primers which amplified, by PCR, a 600-bp oligomer encoding a portion of the 60-kDa heat shock protein (HSP60) of both Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis were developed. However, when used as a DNA probe, the 600-bp PCR product generated from S.

OBJECTIVE To report 4 cases of acute postoperative endophthalmitis (POE) after uneventful temporal clear corneal topical dropless cataract surgery involving intravitreal triamcinolone-moxifloxacin (TriMoxi). METHODS Private practice in Peoria, IL, USA. METHODS Retrospective noncomparative case

Febrile neutropenic patients were randomized to receive ceftazidime and ciprofloxacin with the addition of teicoplanin in cases with clinical suspicion of a Hickman line-associated infection. At 48 h both clinical and bacteriological analyses were made. Patients were categorized as: success, in

OBJECTIVE To determine long-term visual outcomes in patients who developed endophthalmitis after intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor injections and to correlate visual outcomes with clinical features. METHODS This is a retrospective, multicenter, consecutive case series of patients

BACKGROUND The occurrence of an abscess in conjunction with a tumor in the brain is very rare. Only presumptions exist about their origin and manner of dissemination. Preoperative discrimination between a brain tumor with cystic degeneration and a brain abscess within a tumor may be difficult or