Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a major sign of severe liver disease and the impact of associated bacterial infections should be better evaluated. A retrospective cohort of 333 patients with cirrhosis and HE was analyzed in three periods of time, from 1984 to 1998. Variance analysis, Wilcoxon, Chi-square and Fisher's exact tests were used for statistical comparisons. Prevalence of bacterial infe...

background : reports on the association of nosocomial bacterial infections with indwelling medical devices such as intravenous catheters (ivc) has increased in recent years. the potential to form biofilm on these devices seems to be the main reason for establishment of such infections. the aim of this study was to measure the potential of biofilm formation by bacterial isolates from ivcs. metho...

Bacterial volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have been considered as sensitive and specific biomarkers for bacterial detection in human specimens and culture media. The possibility of using VOCs markers as one of the largest groups of bacterial metabolites would open a new frontier for developing more efficient techniques in the diagnosis of bacterial infections. This review will discuss the cur...

Background: Gram-positive bacterial infections are very common in the intensive care unit (ICU) and may lead to sepsis. However, there no models predict risk of sepsis persons with infections. Therefore, purpose this study was create validate a nomogram for predicting patients gram-positive

The use of phages is an attractive option to battle antibiotic resistant bacteria in certain bacterial infections, but the role of phage ecology in bacterial infections is obscure. Here we surveyed the phage ecology in septicemia, the most severe type of bacterial infection. We observed that the majority of the bacterial isolates from septicemia patients spontaneously secreted phages active aga...

INTRODUCTION. Bacterial infection in cirrhotic patients is a severe complication that requires early recognition and specific therapeutic care. MATERIAL AND METHODS. In this review the various aspects of diagnosis and management of infections that may impact survival in cirrhosis are analyzed. RESULTS. Active search for infections allows early detection and its treatment with suitable antibioti...

Eight hot topics regarding the diagnosis and management of bacterial skin infections were selected reviewed by five experts from different European countries, chosen based on their expertise in microbiology, infectious diseases, dermatology. As noninfectious diseases/conditions such as atopic dermatitis can be complicated infections, including Acute Bacterial Skin Structure Infections (ABSSSI),...

Bacterial infections are common in patients suffering viral hepatitis and critical for prognosis. However, any correlation between HBV and concomitant bacterial infections is not well characterized. A retrospective study was conducted from Jan 2012 to Jan 2014 on 1333 hospitalized patients infected with bacteria. Among them, 491 HBV-infected patients were co-infected with E. coli (268), S. aure...

Infections of the biliary tree can have amyriad of clinical and imaging manifestations depending on the infectious etiology, underlying immune status of the patient and extent of involvement.1,2 Bacterial infections account for the vast majority of infectious cholangitides though parasitic, fungal, and viral infections can also affect the biliary system. Clinically, the range of clinical manife...