Presents global perspectives from the world's leaders in this specialty to put the latest expert knowledge to work for you and your patients. [books.google.com]

Meningitis Minimal data are available regarding the frequency or clinical presentation of pneumococcal meningitis in the setting of HIV-1 infection. Anecdotal reports have described both typical(37) and atypical(38) clinical presentations. [hivinsite.ucsf.edu]

OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence of antibiotic-resistant pneumococcal disease and to compare the presentation and outcome of penicillin-resistant infections with penicillin-susceptible infections. DESIGN: Patient series. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Thus, in the present study, forty cases were proven by culture to have invasive pneumococcal infection documenting an isolation rate of 33.3%. [jlponline.org]

Presentation may be acute or sub-acute with fever, irritability, confusion and seizures. Signs of meningism are often prominent, and patients may present with focal neurological deficits and cranial nerve palsies. [ecdc.europa.eu]

• Animal Bite

  Hyperthermia 316 Fever in the Granulocytopenic Patient 319 Fever of Unknown Origin 325 Recurrent Furunculosis 333 Postoperative Fever 339 HealthcareAssociated Pneumonia 350 Management of the Employee with a Needlestick Injury 356 Human Infections after Animal [books.google.com]

• Cat Scratch

  Features up-to-date information on HIV/AIDS, with an emphasis on Africa; malaria; tropical gastroenterological problems; dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever; tuberculosis; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; SARS; avian flu; bartonellosis, cat-scratch disease [books.google.com]

• Fever of Unknown Origin

  Fever and Skin Rash 292 Fever and the Renal Transplant Recipient 301 Fever Following Travel Abroad 306 Hyperpyrexia and Hyperthermia 316 Fever in the Granulocytopenic Patient 319 Fever of Unknown Origin 325 Recurrent Furunculosis 333 Postoperative Fever [books.google.com]

• Hyperthermia

  Fever and Skin Rash 292 Fever and the Renal Transplant Recipient 301 Fever Following Travel Abroad 306 Hyperpyrexia and Hyperthermia 316 Fever in the Granulocytopenic Patient 319 Fever of Unknown Origin 325 Recurrent Furunculosis 333 Postoperative Fever [books.google.com]

• Furunculosis

  Fever and Skin Rash 292 Fever and the Renal Transplant Recipient 301 Fever Following Travel Abroad 306 Hyperpyrexia and Hyperthermia 316 Fever in the Granulocytopenic Patient 319 Fever of Unknown Origin 325 Recurrent Furunculosis 333 Postoperative Fever [books.google.com]

[…] and Prevention of Influenza 480 AIDS 78 Transmission and Prevention of HIV Infection 489 Primary HIV infection 496 Treatment of Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia in AIDS 499 HIV1 and Infections of the Central Nervous System 504 Fever in the HIVinfected [books.google.com]

treatment, depending on the culture results. [aafp.org]

Treatment: penicillin (100 000–200 000 units/kg/day) or ampicillin (dose not stated) monotherapy. [bestbets.org]

Table TABLE 3 Treatment of Pneumococcal Meningitis In Children: Modifications Based on Antibiotic Susceptibilities It is unclear at what point rifampin might be added to the treatment regimen. [healio.com]

Cephalosporin treatment failure in penicillin and cephalosporin resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis. Pediatr Infect Disj 1992 ;11: 662 - 666. Google Scholar 11. John CC. [doi.org]

Prognosis and outcomes of patients with community-acquired pneumonia. A meta-analysis. JAMA 275 : 134 – 141. 25. Fogarty, C.,, R. Goldschmidt,, and K. Bush. 2000. [asmscience.org]

[…] with functional or anatomic asplenia Those with sickle cell disease Residents of long-term care facilities Smokers Aborigines, Alaskan natives, and certain American Indian populations The elderly, even those without other disease, tend to have a poor prognosis [msdmanuals.com]

Conclusions: Invasive pneumococcal infection has poor prognosis and penicillin-resistant strains have become increasingly common. [jlponline.org]

About 4 million cases of community-acquired pneumonia occur each year in the US; when community-acquired pneumonia requires hospitalization, pneumococci are the most common etiologic agent in patients of all ages. [msdmanuals.com]

Most of the times, treatment is started without knowing the etiological agent and continued without any microbiological studies. [jlponline.org]

Pneumonia Most patients treated for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) are treated as outpatients, and the etiological agent is rarely identified. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Final Comment Many children with acute otitis media do not benefit from antimicrobial therapy because the etiology of their illness is not bacterial or the infection is cleared by the immune system without the use of a drug. [aafp.org]

Etiology of acute otitis media in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1996;15:58-61. 45. Merchan ECR, Magallon M, Manso F, et al. Septic arthritis in HIV positive haemphiliacs. Int Orthop 1992;16:302-306. 46. [hivinsite.ucsf.edu]

The second volume, Antimicrobial Drug Resistance: Clinical and Epidemiological Aspects, is devoted to the clinical aspects of drug resistance. [books.google.com]

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Epidemiologic changes in bacteremic pneumococcal disease in patients with human immunodeficiency virus in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy. [ub.edu]

IPD cases are reported to the European Community network under Decision No 2119/98/EC and epidemiological updates are published annually in the Annual epidemiological report on communicable diseases in Europe. [ecdc.europa.eu]

Regional epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease in Asian adults: Epidemiology, disease burden, serotype distribution, and antimicrobial resistance patterns and prevention. Int J Infect Dis 2013;17:e364-73. 4. Thomas K. [jlponline.org]

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Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. [wwwnc.cdc.gov]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2015. Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Report, Emerging Infections Program Network, Streptococcus pneumoniae, 2015. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [cdc.gov]

Prevention Efforts to reduce the impact of drug-resistant pneumococcal infections include judicious use of antibiotics and the prevention of pneumococcal infection by vaccination. [nfid.org]

The use of pneumococcal vaccination needs to be more effectively brought into the mainstream of preventive care. [ahcmedia.com]