The resistance of uropathogens to various antibiotics is increasing, but nitroxoline remains active in vitro against some relevant multidrug resistant uropathogenic bacteria. strains, which are among the most common uropathogens, are unanimously susceptible. Thus, nitroxoline is an option for the therapy of urinary tract infections caused by multiresistant bacteria.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe describe the case of a 71-year-old woman who presented with obstructive jaundice and subhilar bile duct stenosis. MRI showed extensive cholecystolithiasis with an impacted bile stone in the cystic duct suggesting Mirizzi syndrome. Delayed enhancement of the thickened gallbladder wall suggested inflammation instead of carcinoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSevere necrotizing fasciitis was diagnosed in a 53-year-old man in Germany in 2012. Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans was grown from a wound swab sample. One of the patient's 2 dogs was found to harbor a toxigenic C.
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