knee infection after arthroscopic surgeries is rare but devastating complication. a serial knee joint infection occurred in our hospital after the contamination of arthroscopic equipments set with an unknown microorganism. herein we describe the natural course of these patients and suggest a treatment protocol according to the experiment gained from management of these patients.

introduction: although significant development in the field of medicine is achieved, sepsis is still a major issue threatening humans’ lives. this study was aimed to audit the management of severe sepsis and septic shock patients in emergency department (ed) according to the present standard guidelines. method: this is a prospective audit on approaching adult septic patients who were admitted t...

Objective: We investigated the clinical characteristics, treatment patterns and outcomes of community-acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) septic arthritis. Methods: This was a retrospective chart review of CA-MRSA septic arthritis in a tertiary care hospital from 2000-2013. We compared CA-MRSA septic arthritis cases with HA-MRSA septic arthritis cases to identify impo...

Cases Septic cardiomyopathy is defined as a reversible left ventricular systolic dysfunction. Patients with severe septic cardiomyopathy have a high mortality rate, even if they receive conventional therapy. For those patients, previous reports showed intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) efficacy. We report two rare cases with IABP introduction leading them to drastic improvement, and survival from...

This study was to investigate the role of calpain in the apoptosis of pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells (PMEC) during septic plasma stimulation. Septic plasma was collected from endotoxemic mice. In cultured PMEC, incubation with septic plasma stimulated calpain activation, increased caspase-3 activity and induced apoptotic cell death. These effects of septic plasma were abrogated by kn...

4.1 Septic Systems and Their Prevalence in the United States....................................................... 82 4.2 Septic System Pollutants and Treatment Processes .................................................................. 82 4.3 Septic Systems and Fecal Microbial Pollution ............................................................................ 86 4.4 Examples of Coastal Mi...

Objective(s): To investigate the protective effect of S-nitrosoglutathione (SNG) pretreatment on acute lung injury (ALI) in septic rats. Materials and Methods: We constructed a rat model of sepsis by cecal ligation and perforation (CLP), and randomly divided into Sham, CLP, and CLP+SNG (0.25 and 0.5 mg/kg) groups. We used H&E; staining an...

BACKGROUND Sepsis is the most common trigger for acute kidney injury (AKI) in critically ill patients. We sought to determine whether there are unique patterns to urine sediment in septic compared with non-septic AKI. METHODS Prospective two center cohort study of adult critically ill patients with septic and non-septic AKI, defined by the RIFLE criteria. Eligible patients had clinical, physi...

Background: Sepsis is defined as a systematic inflammatory reaction against infection. Despite the recent advances in medical and pediatric sciences, sepsis remains a significant life-threatening health issue. The main problem associated with this disorder is the nonspecific and non-discriminative symptoms of noninfectious diseases. The present study aimed to introduce diagnostic parameters of ...