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Am J Obstet Gynecol ; 136(2): 179-86, 1980 Jan 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-6766274

ABSTRACT

We examined microbial isolates from the endocervical and peritoneal cavity of 30 women hospitalized with acute PID. Patients were randomly assigned to one of two antibiotic regimens: amoxicillin, 6 gm by mouth every 24 hours, or aqueous penicillin G, 30 million units and gentamicin, 180 to 240 mg intravenously every 24 hours. We measured response by quantifying physical examination findings. Neisseria gonorrhoeae was isolated from the cervix of 24 patients (80%) and from the peritoneal cavity of 10 (33%). Other peritoneal isolates included Enterobacteriaceae in five patients, Ureaplasma urealyticum in five, Mycoplasma hominis in six, and Chlamydia trachomatis in three. Bacteroides melaninogenicus, the most frequent anaerobe, was isolated in 11 cases. Bacteroides fragillis was not isolated from any specimen. The cure rates were the same for both regimens: three patients failed on each. Four women required total abdominal hysterectomy and unilateral or bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy.


Subject(s)
Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Pelvic Inflammatory Disease/drug therapy , Adolescent , Adult , Amoxicillin/therapeutic use , Anaerobiosis , Bacteria/isolation & purification , Drug Therapy, Combination , Female , Gentamicins/therapeutic use , Gonorrhea/complications , Gonorrhea/drug therapy , Humans , Neisseria gonorrhoeae/isolation & purification , Pelvic Inflammatory Disease/microbiology , Pelvic Inflammatory Disease/surgery , Penicillin G/therapeutic use , Salpingitis/complications , Salpingitis/drug therapy , Salpingitis/microbiology
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Am J Med ; 66(1): 63-6, 1979 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-420252

ABSTRACT

The medical records of 59 patients with Clostridium septicum bacteremia were reviewed; 42 (71 per cent) of these patients had malignancies. One half had hematologic malignancies, and one half had solid tumors. Of the 21 patients with solid tumors, 14 (67 per cent) had cancer of the colon. Among these patients, the cecum was the most frequent site of malignancy. The cecum and distal ileum were the most probable portals of entry for C. septicum bacteremia among the 28 patients examined at autopsy. Patients admitted to the hospital with C. septicum bacteremia usually have fulminating clinical courses and, unless the appropriate antibiotics are administered soon after admission, the outcome is fatal. The results of this study demonstrate the high association of C. septicum bacteremia and malignancy, and the need for early recognition and therapy.


Subject(s)
Clostridium Infections/complications , Neoplasms/complications , Sepsis/complications , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Child , Child, Preschool , Clostridium Infections/drug therapy , Colonic Neoplasms/complications , Female , Humans , Infant , Leukemia/complications , Male , Middle Aged , Sepsis/drug therapy
3.
J Infect Dis ; 138(4): 445-54, 1978 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-213495

ABSTRACT

The observation of more than four polymorphonuclear cells (PMN) per high-power field (hpf) in gram-stained smears of urethral secretions was found to differentiate patients with urethritis from patients without urethritis. A urethral discharge was present in 78% of patients with nongonococcal urethritis (NGU). Dysuria without demonstrable urethral discharge and with fewer than four PMN/hpf did not appear to fit into the NGU spectrum. NGU is now defined to include men who have negative urethral cultures for Neisseria gonorrhoeae with a urethral discharge and/or more than four PMN/hpf in their urethral smears. The findings of more than four PMN/hpf in the urethral smears of 22%of asymptomatic sexually active men with more than one sexual partner (polygamous controls) suggests that asymptomatic NGU is not uncommon. Chlamydia trachomatis was isolated significantly more frequently from the NGU study group than from the control group (P less than 0.001). This study adds Corynebacterium vaginale (Haemophilus vaginalis), group B streptococci, and yeasts to the list of sexually transmitted microorganisms that are not etiologic determinants of NGU.


Subject(s)
Neisseria gonorrhoeae , Urethritis/diagnosis , Chlamydia trachomatis/isolation & purification , Corynebacterium/isolation & purification , Humans , Male , Neutrophils/microbiology , Simplexvirus/isolation & purification , Streptococcus agalactiae/isolation & purification , Urethritis/etiology , Yeasts/isolation & purification
4.
Am J Med Technol ; 44(7): 709-22, 1978 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-354382

ABSTRACT

Recognizing the need for practical inexpensive procedures which allow identification of anaerobes commonly encountered in clinical laboratories, a number of investigators have in recent years proposed various alternatives to the expensive, time-consuming techniques presently recommended by reference anaerobe laboratories. Some of these techniques are potentially good alternatives. In this paper we review some of the more promising approaches and present a detailed description of two commercial microbiochemical systems for characterization of anaerobes. When used in conjunction with other available tests, the microsystems are useful and convenient methods for identification of anaerobic bacteria at a reasonable cost.


Subject(s)
Anaerobiosis , Bacteria/isolation & purification , Bacteriological Techniques , Metabolism , Bacteria/metabolism , Culture Media
5.
J Clin Microbiol ; 3(2): 206-8, 1976 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-767362

ABSTRACT

A mixture of Shigella sonnei and Eubacterium lentum produced H2S in triple sugar iron agar; however, neither produced any in pure culture. A second culture of S. sonnei, isolated in Japan, is thought to be the first documented H2S+ Shigella.


Subject(s)
Shigella sonnei/metabolism , Agar , Anaerobiosis , Child, Preschool , Dysentery, Bacillary/microbiology , Female , Humans , Shigella sonnei/growth & development , Shigella sonnei/isolation & purification
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