We performed a prospective study to evaluate the abilities of inflammatory cytokines to rule out the potential risk of sepsis and intracranial infection and to estimate the function of inflammatory cytokines in discriminating Gram-negative bacteria from Gram-positive ones through ROC analysis. During the course of the study, Levels of serum inflammatory cytokines were measured by flow cytometry...

Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for the most cases in clinical lung cancer patients. Patients with NSCLC are often diagnosed in advanced stage and frequently infected with gram-negative bacteria. Pulmonary infection with gram-negative bacteria is the most frequent postoperative complication in NSCLC patients. While accumulating evidence indicate an involvement of gram-negative bacte...

conclusions this results of the study show that the most contamination in nicus is from gram-negative bacteria and ciprofloxacin is the most effective antibiotic for treatment. thus, the control of infections in nicus in hospitals is very important. results during the seven-month study on 105 samples, including 85 (81%) urine samples and 20 (19%) blood samples, 81 samples (77.1%) were gram-nega...

discussion: the present case demonstrates that the uropathogenic e. hermanii clone can cause destruction of the kidneys. during asymptomatic bacteriuria or cystitis, the bacteria remain in the urinary tract. even when pyelonephritis develops, inflammatory response of the host is still restricted to the urinary tract. these signs mean that uropathogenic e. hermanii may be not very virulent. intr...

background :   imipenem-resistant gram negative bacteria, resulting from metallo-beta-lactamase (mbls)-producing strains have been reported to be among the important causes of nosocomial infections and of serious therapeutic problem worldwide. because of their broad range, potent carbapenemase activity and resistance to inhibitors, these enzymes can confer resistance to almost all beta-lactams....

background: neonatal infections are one of the major causes of death in iran. since identifying the risk factors, types, site, bacterial causes, and case fatality rate of an infection can be effective in selecting preventive and therapeutic methods, and appropriate supportive measures, this study aimed to investigate the aforementioned factors in the neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) of ghaem...

INTRODUCTION In our clinical practice, we observed high interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels in gram-negative sepsis. OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between IL-6 and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels and early determination of neonatal sepsis of gram-negative or gram-positive aetiology. POPULATION AND METHODS White blood cell count, IL-6 and CRP levels were compared among different groups. ...