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Bacterial Infections: July 2006

van de Beek D, de Gans J, Tunkel AR, Wijdicks EF. Community-acquired bacterial meningitis in adults. [ N Engl J Med. 2006;354:44-53. The authors provide a review article on current concepts of the ...
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Measurement of Levels of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α and Interleukin-1β in the CSF of Patients with Meningitis of Different Etiologies: Utility in the Differential Diagnosis

We assayed tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) concentrations in CSF from patients with meningitis of different etiologies and tested the usefulness of these assays for ...
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“Superbugs” with hypervirulence and carbapenem resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae: The rise of such emerging nosocomial pathogens in China

The formation of CR-hvKP is the result of the ongoing evolution of plasmids containing genes for carbapenem resistance or hypervirulence, with the help of IncF/IncN3 plasmid, E. coli, OMVs, etc. The ...
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Case 5: Altered Mental Status and Fever After Resection of Glioblastoma Multiforme

Pyogenic ventriculitis refers to inflammation of the ventricular ependymal lining accompanied by pus in the ventricular system. It is difficult to fully characterize this condition because the ...