Cedecea davisae isolated from scrotal abscess.
A strain of Cedecea davisae was isolated as the predominant organism from a patient with a scrotal abscess as well as chronic heart and liver diseases.
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S B Sureka
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Enteric group 15 (Enterobacteriaceae) associated with pneumonia.
A gram-negative, oxidase-negative, fermentative rod belonging to enteric group 15 of Enterobacteriaceae was isolated in mixed culture from two patients with pneumonia. Both were elderly patients with chronic heart disease.
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Treatment of amoebic liver abscess with tinidazole and metronidazole.
20 patients with amoebic liver abscess, confirmed by aspiration of typical amoebic 'pus', were treated in random order with either tinidazole or metronidazole in a dose of 2g once daily for 2 days. Clinical, radiological, and biochemical follow-up was done for 1 month. One patient, given metronidazole, absconded and 19 completed the trial. Complete recovery occurred in all 10 patients given tinidazole but in only 5 of the 9 given metronidazole (p = 0.05). Patients on tinidazole required repeat aspirations less frequently than those on metronidazole. Mild gastrointestinal side-effects occurred in 1 patient on metronidazole but in none on tinidazole. From the present study, tinidazole appears to be a more effective, better tolerated drug with a more rapid therapeutic effect than metronidazole.
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Comparative study of tinidazole and metronidazole in amoebic liver abscess.
Twenty proven cases of amoebic liver abscess were treated at random with either tinidazole or metronidazole. The dose of both was 2 g once daily for 2 days. Clinical, radiological, and biochemical follow-up was done for 30 days. Of the 19 patients who completed the trial, complete recovery was observed in all 10 patients given tinidazole and in 5 of 9 patients given metronidazole (p=0.05). Moreover, patients on tinidazole required repeat aspirations less frequently than those on metronidazole. Mild gastrointestinal side-effects occurred in 1 patient on metronidazole. The results suggest that tinidazole is a more efficacious drug than metronidazole, with rapid therapeutic effect.
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