Self expandable metallic stent endoscopic insertion in esophageal cancer.

Objective: To determine the safety of self expandable metallic stent (SEMS) placement under endoscopic guidance without fluoroscopy.

Study Design: Quasi experimental study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Departments of Medicine, Isra University Hospital and Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS), Hyderabad, from April 2006 to March 2009.

Risk factors for infections with multidrug-resistant Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in patients with cancer.

Background: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is responsible for an increasing number of infections, especially in hospitalized patients. Therapy options are limited and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) is often the main treatment option for this infection. In the current study, the risk factors were determined for the emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) S.

Central venous catheter and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteremia in cancer patients.

Background: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteremia is frequently found in cancer patients. This study attempted to determine how often the catheters were the source of this infection and the risk factors associated with catheter-related bacteremias.

Methods: The microbiology records were retrospectively reviewed of all cancer patients having S.

Gatifloxacin and prolonged QT interval.

We report the case of a 54-year-old woman who, while being treated for acute sinusitis with gatifloxacin, presented with syncope and was found to have a markedly prolonged QT interval. After stopping gatifloxacin, the QT interval normalized. We speculate that her episode of syncope was caused by a ventricular arrhythmia that resulted from an increased QT interval.