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A Zgheib

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PubMed1992

Intrathoracic infections with bacteraemia due to Eikenella corrodens as a complication of peritonsillar abscesses: report of a case and review of the literature.

A 52-year-old man, without previous disease, presented with dysphagia, dyspnoea, high fever and sore throat after peritonsillar abscesses drainage. Physical and complementary examinations were consistent with pericarditis, mediastinitis, pneumonia and pleuritis. Blood cultures grew Eikenella corrodens resistant to clindamycin and amikacin. We emphasize the pathogenic potential of Eikenella corrodens. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of this organism as a pathogen in intrathoracic infections after peritonsillar abscesses drainage.

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PubMed1991

Sympatholytic drugs and cardiac remodelling in human and experimental arterial hypertension.

Perfusion of isoprenaline in the dog may induce left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), and this effect is suppressed by propranolol. Cultured foetal cardiomyocytes exposed to catecholamines show an increase in protein synthesis and RNA turnover. In spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), and perhaps in man, sympatholytic agents appear to be more effective in preventing or reversing LVH than some other antihypertensive drugs. These data suggest that, if increased load remains the main trigger mechanism for cardiac remodelling in arterial hypertension, the sympathetic nerve activity may modulate the response of the cardiac cells.

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