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J Bishara

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PubMed1998

Intravenous leiomyomatosis with cardiac involvement in a pregnant woman.

Intravenous leiomyomatosis is a rare benign neoplasm that commonly grows into the pelvic veins and the inferior vena cava and, rarely, the right side of the heart. We report the first case of intravenous leiomyomatosis with cardiac involvement in a pregnant woman. The treatment of choice is surgical resection in two steps.

Adult↗
PubMed1998

Cellulitis caused by Citrobacter diversus in a patient with multiple myeloma.

The most common cause of cellulitis is streptococci. Coagulase-negative staphylococci and gram-negative bacteria, such as Serratia spp., Proteus spp., and other Enterobacteriaceae may produce cellulitis in the immunocompromised patient. We report a case of Citrobacter diversus-induced cellulitis, resembling streptococcal infection, in a patient with multiple myeloma.

Anti-Infective Agents↗
PubMed1997

Five-year prospective study of bacteraemic urinary tract infection in a single institution.

In order to determine the epidemiology, microbiology, and outcome of bacteraemia originating in the urinary tract in hospitalised patients, a prospective study was conducted in a large general hospital in Israel. Data from all patients with bacteraemia were collected prospectively, and a subgroup of patients with bacteraemia secondary to urinary tract infection was analysed. There were 702 episodes of bacteraemia secondary to urinary tract infection during a five-year period (33.9% of all episodes of bacteraemia). The mean age of the patients was 76 years, and the male:female ratio was 0.9:1.0. The most common pathogens were Escherichia coli (52%), Klebsiella spp. (14%), and Proteus spp. (9%). Pseudomonas spp. were isolated from 8% of all patients, from 19% of those who had received antibiotics, and from 15% of males. Enterococcus spp. were isolated from 4% of males but from no females. Five percent of the episodes were polymicrobial, and 16% of the infections were hospital acquired. On logistic multivariate regression analysis, predictors of mortality were: hospitalisation in a medical department, hospital-acquired infection, inappropriate empiric antibiotic treatment, presence of decubitus ulcer(s), respiratory or renal failure, and elevated urea and decreased albumin levels.

Adolescent↗