ALLMedicine™ Bacterial Sepsis Center

Jan 6th, 2017 - Febrile neutropenia (FN) is a common infectious complication in chemotherapy. The mortality of FN is higher in hematologic malignancy patients, and early diagnostic marker is needed. Presepsin is a prompt and specific marker for bacterial sepsis, ...

Aug 25th, 2011 - Bacterial sepsis has become the most frequent infectious complication of transfusion. Although Yersinia enterocolitica is a common enteropathogen usually causing relatively mild disease, it is nevertheless a prominent cause of life-threatening pos...

Feb 5th, 2013 - Increasing the dosage of daptomycin may be advantageous in severe infection by enhancing bactericidal activity and pharmacodynamics. However, clinical data on using daptomycin at doses above 6 mg/kg in Asian population are limited. A retrospective...

Feb 5th, 2017 - Bacterial sepsis is a major killer in hospitalized patients. Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) with the leading species Staphylococcus epidermidis are the most frequent causes of nosocomial sepsis, with most infectious isolates being methicil...

Feb 16th, 2016 - Improvements in usual care can largely be attributed to the emphasis that the EGDT study placed on caring for patients with sepsis. Patients in the usual care arms of the ProCESS, ARISE, and ProMISE trials received aggressive intravenous fluids an.

Dec 11th, 2017 - Often overlooked and more difficult to identify than many other life-threatening conditions, sepsis causes one-third to one-half of all deaths in U. S.

Nov 30th, 2018 - Early-onset sepsis (EOS) remains a serious and often fatal illness among infants born preterm, particularly among newborn infants of the lowest gestational age. Currently, most preterm infants with very low birth weight are treated empirically wit.

Feb 16th, 2016 - Improvements in usual care can largely be attributed to the emphasis that the EGDT study placed on caring for patients with sepsis. Patients in the usual care arms of the ProCESS, ARISE, and ProMISE trials received aggressive intravenous fluids an.

Dec 11th, 2017 - Often overlooked and more difficult to identify than many other life-threatening conditions, sepsis causes one-third to one-half of all deaths in U. S.

Nov 30th, 2018 - Early-onset sepsis (EOS) remains a serious and often fatal illness among infants born preterm, particularly among newborn infants of the lowest gestational age. Currently, most preterm infants with very low birth weight are treated empirically wit.

Jan 6th, 2017 - Febrile neutropenia (FN) is a common infectious complication in chemotherapy. The mortality of FN is higher in hematologic malignancy patients, and early diagnostic marker is needed. Presepsin is a prompt and specific marker for bacterial sepsis, ...

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 b...

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 bac.

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, tho.

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 bact.