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K Keskin

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PubMed1994

Distribution of coagulase-negative staphylococci, including the newly described species Staphylococcus schleiferi, in nosocomial and community acquired urinary tract infections.

Four hundred and four coagulase-negative staphylococci were isolated from 4905 urine specimens obtained from 4192 inpatients and outpatients. The distribution of the strains was as follows: 193 Staphylococcus epidermidis (47.8%), 171 Staphylococcus saprophyticus (42.3%), 29 Staphylococcus haemolyticus (7.2%), 5 Staphylococcus warneri (1.2%), 3 Staphylococcus schleiferi (0.7%), 2 Staphylococcus hominis (0.5%) and 1 Staphylococcus simulans (0.2%). All three Staphylococcus schleiferi strains were isolated from inpatients: a 64-year-old female, a 68-year-old male and a 3-month-old male with colony counts of 468,000 cfu/ml, 324,000 cfu/ml and 764,000 cfu/ml respectively. These findings show that among coagulase-negative staphylococci, Staphylococcus schleiferi, a newly described species of coagulase-negative staphylococci not previously reported as a uropathogen, may also cause hospital acquired urinary tract infection.

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PubMed1989

[Lyme disease].

Lyme disease, which is caused by the tick-borne spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, usually begins with a characteristic skin lesion erythema chronicum migrans (ECM), that may be followed by neurological or cardiac abnormalities and is accompanied by malaise, fatigue, fever, myalgia, headache, lymphadenopathy and is often followed by arthritis. The disease takes its name from Lyme, Connecticut, where the full spectrum of illness was first described in 1975. It is known to be a multisystemic infectious disease. Because culture and direct visualisation of spirochetes are often negative in Lyme disease, serological testing has been the only practical laboratory aid in diagnosis and primarily clinical findings.

Antibodies, Bacterial↗
PubMed1989

[Viral encephalitis].

Acute viral and other infectious causes of encephalitis usually produce fever, headache, stiff neck and alterations in consciousness, focal neurologic signs and seizures. A large number of viral and nonviral agents can cause encephalitis. Arthropod-borne viruses peak in summer, the tick-borne infections occur in early summer, enterovirus infections in later summer and mumps in the winter and spring.

Acyclovir↗