Importance of microbiological evaluation in management of infectious complications following percutaneous nephrolithotomy.

Aim: To evaluate the infectious complications, microorganism distribution and antibacterial treatment in patients who underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL).

Patients And Methods: Three hundred and thirty-eight patients who were 17 years age or older who underwent PCNL between January 2001 and December 2002 have been evaluated retrospectively. Urine cultures obtained before, during and after PCNL and cultures of stone fragments, extracted during PCNL, were analyzed.

Cytarabine-induced fever complicating the clinical course of leukemia.

The aim of this study is to assess the frequency and clinical characteristics of cytosine arabinoside-induced fever in patients with acute myeloid leukemia in remission, receiving high-dose (3 g/m2) consolidation therapy. We have investigated 77 consolidation cycles over a study period of 4 years. A strict definition of cytosine arabinoside-induced fever (i.

Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Salmonella enteritidis.

Until now, only 12 cases of prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Salmonella spp. have been reported in the English literature. High complication and mortality rates, a fulminant course and the requirement for early surgical intervention deserve special attention in this kind of infective endocarditis.

Antibiotic prophylaxis in percutaneous nephrolithotomy: prospective study in 81 patients.

Purpose: To compare single-dose and short-course antibiotic prophylaxis protocols in percutaneous nephrolithotomy.

Patients And Methods: Eighty-one patients with sterile urine preoperatively who underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy were divided into two groups. The first group (N = 43) received a single intravenous dose of antibiotic (200 mg of ofloxacin) during anesthetic induction, and the second group (N = 38) received treatment doses of antibiotic (400 mg of ofloxacin per day) until the nephrostomy catheter was removed.

Effect of gastrointestinal bleeding and oral medications on acquisition of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in hospitalized patients.

There has been minimal investigation of medications that affect gastrointestinal function as potential risk factors for the acquisition of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). We performed a retrospective case-control study, with control subjects matched to case patients by time and location of hospitalization. Strict exclusion criteria were applied to ensure that only case patients with a known time of acquisition of VRE were included.