The Department of Health and the Public Health Laboratory Service established the Nosocomial Infection National Surveillance Scheme in order to standardise the collection of information about infections acquired in hospital in the United Kingdom and provide national data with which hospitals could measure their own performance. The definition of superficial incisional infection (skin and subcut...

Intravesical instillation of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the treatment of choice for superficial bladder carcinoma. We report a case of disseminated BCG infection in an early stage bladder cancer patient that initially presented with hepatitis followed by pneumonitis and sepsis. A complete clinical response was achieved in 14 days with anti-mycobacterial therapy and prednisolone. Dissemin...

Taenia corporis, also known as diffuse superficial dermatophytosis, is a dermatophyte infection that affects the exposed glabrous skin of trunk and extremities. T. rubrum mentagrophytes are two organisms cause this condition most frequently worldwide. Although anyone can have an infection, those who frequent contact with others (such in military housing, sports, or locker rooms) immunosuppresse...

Staphylococci and streptococci are leading causes of healthcare community-acquired bacterial infections worldwide. Within each genus, virulent species such as Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes pneumoniae associated with diverse syndromes superficial infection, invasive infection exotoxin production. less coagulase-negative staphylococci viridans common harmless human commensals but ...

Because of a possible delayed wound healing, critical colonization and infection of wounds present a problem for surgeons, particularly in patients with compromised immune system or in case where the wound is heavy contaminated or poorly perfused. Molndal technique of wound dressing has proven to be effective in prevention of infection. In our study we wanted to describe the benefits of the app...

Pendahuluan. Penyakit infeksi kulit dapat disebabkan oleh virus, bakteri, jamur, ataupun parasit. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui karakteristik penyakit di poliklinik Klinik Pratama Panti Siwi Jember, Indonesia. Metode. retrospektif deskriptif menggunakan catatan medik pasien Jember periode Januari 2018 – Desember 2020. Hasil. Tercatat 133 (51,7%) penderita akibat dari 257 yang beroba...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the distribution of H.pylori antigens in the gastric mucosa in patients with H.pylori infection, and the relationship between the distribution and gastric cancer. METHODS Of 112 patients confirmed by pathological study to have chronic superficial gastritis, precancerous changes (chronic atrophic gastritis, intestinal metaplasia or atypical hyperplasia) and gastric can...