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Feb 28th, 2007 - Action Points Explain to interested patients that severe bleeding is rare in patients treated with vancomycin for a serious infection. Explain to patients who ask that bleeding stopped after vancomycin was stopped and platelet levels returned to baseline. MILWAUKEE, Feb. 28 -- Treatment with vancomycin for bacterial sepsis can lead to life-threatening immune thrombocytopenia, researchers here r...

Always consider the possibility of bacterial contamination of blood products—particularly plate-lets—in patients who experience a febrile reaction to a transfusion, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised. Transfusion-associated bacterial sepsis is the second most frequently reported cause of transfusion-related mortality in the United States, accounting for 17% of 277 reported t.

Certain lots of Comfort Shield Perineal Care Washcloths have been recalled because of contamination with Burkholderia cepacia. The bacteria can cause serious infections including pneumonia and bacterial sepsis in immunocompromised individuals, those with cystic fibrosis, and hospitalized patients in general, as well as certain other patient groups.

Always consider the possibility of bacterial contamination of blood products—particularly platelets—in patients who experience a febrile reaction to a transfusion, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised. Transfusion-associated bacterial sepsis is the second most frequently reported cause of transfusion-related mortality in the United States, accounting for 17% of 277 reported tr.

Jan 1st, 2010 - A testing method that uses positive blood cultures and an automated DNA-based polymerase chain reaction and microarray system accurately identified bacteria in sepsis much faster than a standard culture-based process. The test identified bacterial species in patients with suspected sepsis with 95% sensitivity and 99% specificity, with a mean turnaround time of 23 hours—compared with 41.

Oct 16th, 2008 - ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 16 -- The FDA today announced that efalizumab (Raptiva) must carry a boxed warning to highlight the risk of life-threatening infections, including progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). The warning will also include an increased risk of bacterial sepsis, viral meningitis, and invasive fungal disease. The demand for updated labeling comes after reports to the FDA'...

Mar 27th, 2014 - Only 1. 9% of tumor patients who did not have prophylactic antibiotics developed febrile urinary tract infections after flexible cystoscopy, according to research published in the April issue of European Urology.

Jun 14th, 2017 - MADRID – Whole blood multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) holds considerable promise as a rapid noninvasive test to improve diagnosis of life-threatening bacterial infections in children with suspected sepsis yet negative blood cultures, Clare Thakker, MD, reported at the annual meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases. There are several disadvantages with blood c.

Aug 15th, 2018 - Platelet-transmitted bacterial infections persist as a cause of transfusion-associated morbidity and mortality, according to researchers writing in Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report. They describe 2 separate clusters of platelet transfusion-associated bacterial sepsis reported in Utah and California, in which 3 patients died.

Materials and Methods Study Population This study protocol was approved by the University of Sao Paulo Research Ethics Board and subjects were only enrolled following parental consent. We studied 19 children admitted in the University of Sao Paulo Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with the diagnosis of a bacterial sepsis. The subjects' were 20 ± 17 days old, birth weight of 2966 ± 502 grams and a ma...

Abstract and Introduction Abstract Background: Little is known with respect to the metabolic response and the requirements of infected newborns. Moreover, the nutritional needs and particularly the energy metabolism of newborns with sepsis are controversial matter. In this investigation we aimed to evaluate the rest energy expenditure (REE) of newborns with bacterial sepsis during the acute and...