Publications by authors named "Eleni Giamarellou"
Background: Chronic bacterial prostatitis (CBP) is a difficult-to-treat infection as only a few antibiotics achieve therapeutic concentrations in the prostate. Data on the efficacy and safety of oral fosfomycin for the treatment of CBP are limited.
Objectives: To analyse the efficacy and safety of fosfomycin in CBP due to MDR pathogens.
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- The Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery acknowledges the significant work done by the task force on the Sepsis-3 definitions, viewing it as a major advancement in understanding sepsis.
- Despite this positive outlook, they have lingering concerns about how the Sepsis-3 definitions are being applied in practice.
- These concerns have emerged more than a year after the definitions were published, indicating ongoing issues that need to be addressed.
We describe the case of a patient with a clinical picture of heart failure, which appeared and worsened rapidly following a reported febrile respiratory infection. The echocardiogram and serological tests established the diagnosis of aortic valve disease from Coxiella Burnetii.
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