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Showing 1 to 20 of 55 for “"abscess"”.
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A clinical study of tropical amoebic liver abscess in Seychelles
In this thesis, tropical liver abscess has been discussed from clinical observations made on 110 cases treated between January 1938 and December 1946 inclusive, at the main Seychelles Government Hospital situated on Mahé the principal island.
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Spontaneous empyema and brain abscess in an intensive care population: clinical presentation, microbiology, and factors associated with outcome
… ill patients with spontaneous empyema or brain abscess are limited. The aim was to evaluate clinical presentations, factors, and microbiological findings associated with the outcome in patients treated in a Neurocritical Care Unit. Methods: In this retrospective study, we analyzed 45 out of 101 …
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Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategy in Patients with Pyogenic Liver Abscess // Диагностично-терапевтична стратегия при пациенти с пиогенен чернодробен абсцес
Абсцесът на черния дроб принадлежи към тежките гнойни заболявания и се счита за един от сложните за решаване проблеми на хепатобилиарната система. Честотата на пиогенния чернодробен абсцес (ПЧА) по повод на хепатобилиарна патология по литературни данни е средно от 8 до 16/100000 болни. Основните …
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The effect of tylosin exposure or exclusion on liver abscess prevalence, fecal pathogen populations, and the microflora of finished beef products from feedlot cattle
… used for the reduction and prevention of liver abscesses. As such, its potential removal from cattle feeding strategies could have a marked impact on both the economics of the beef industry and food safety. Additionally, little is known about the effect of tylosin exposure or exclusion on the …
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Wertigkeit bildgebender Verfahren zur Diagnosestellung und Therapieverlaufskontrolle der Spondylodiszitis
… of 2.2 years (1-6,5 years). All patients without abscess formation (n = 35) were treated conservatively. Out of the group with abscess formation (n = 24) 6 patients were also treated conservatively, 11 were drained under CT control and 7 were operated. At time of diagnosis, „signs of florid …
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Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in the Emergency Department
… codes for patients presenting with cellulitis or abscess account for $5.5 billion in annual health care costs and 1.4% of all hospital admissions nationally. Data are needed to inform admission and management decisions. The purpose of this study is to examine relationships among sociodemographic, …
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A study of Breast Abscesses among Breastfeeding mothers.
It has been observed that breast abscesses are a common surgical condition at the University Teaching Hospital Female Casualty Ward. A pilot study on common breast problems in the female casualty records, covering the period of March 1997 to March 1998 showed that 720 breast abscess were common …
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Untersuchung zu Charakteristika und prognostisch bedeutenden Faktoren von Hirnabszessen : eine retrospektive Analyse der Erfahrungen bei 36 Patienten der Klinik für Neurochirurgie der RWTH Aachen 1990-2002
… the data of 36 patients who suffered from brain abscess between 1990 and 2002 and were treated at the neurosurgical department of the university hospital of the RWTH Aachen. The patients’ and the illnesses’ characteristics as well as the information concerning diagnosis and treatment were …
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EFFECTS OF DIETARY COMPOSITION AND FEEDING MANAGEMENT REGIMEN ON FEEDLOT CATTLE PERFORMANCE
… on growth performance, carcass outcomes, liver abscess prevalence, and metabolic health in finishing feedlot steers. In a randomized complete block design, crossbred beef steers (n = 720) were assigned to 48 pens that housed 15 steers per pen. Treatments were arranged in a 2 × 2 factorial with …
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The association of early marginal bone loss relative to the implant restorative platform and pre-operative site-specific factors: retrospective cohort
… variables (age, sex, race, history of abscess, traumatic vs surgical extraction, socket preservation, site augmentation, healing times of grafts, and the healing time after implant placement) were identified from patients’ charts and evaluated using Chi-square test and t-test. RESULTS: …
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Streptococcus pyogenes - a manipulator of human defences
… clinical infections S. pyogenes seldom causes an abscess outside the pharyngeal tract. This thesis reports a rare case of an axillary abscess due to S. pyogenes. Since the patient already was on treatment with antibiotics cultures were negative. Nevertheless determination of the aetiological agent …
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Studies in the life-cycle of human amoebiasis: from its protozoological, morbid, & clinical aspects (illustrated)
The Prognosis of Liver abscess cases, either with or without attendant complications, self-induced or otherwise, therefore depends almost entirely upon the Method of Treatment employed. As has been mentioned before, and which the detailed cases emphasise , the clinical condition. of the patient is …
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An 8-year retrospective review of Pyogenic Liver Abscesses at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) is the most common abdominal solid organ abscess with significant associated morbidity and mortality (2-30%). High variance in the causative organism exists therefore identifying the responsible pathogens and providing targeted therapy is needed for optimal outcomes. …
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Experimental anaerobic bacterial infections in mice
… The infection produces large subcutaneous abscesses at the site of bacterial injection in approximately 90% of the mice. The abscess can be seen as an obvious swelling within 5-7 days post-injection. The infection was initiated by injection of pure cultures grown in a semisolid medium. …
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Breast ultrasound in females 35 years old and below at a tertiary referral academic center in Cape Town, South Africa: indications and outcomes analysis, a retrospective quantitative study
… into benign breast disease, breast abscess or malignancy. Results 352 breast ultrasound studies were performed. 65% were palpable mass referrals, and one-third were referred without any palpable mass or focal breast pain. 67% of the studies had a positive imaging result and 33% had a …
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A comprehensive study of Salmonella infections and microbial analysis of probiotics on beef cattle
… improve food safety in the United States. Liver abscesses in beef cattle are a common problem associated with highly-fermentable carbohydrate diets during finishing, leading to decreased production efficiency and aggregate carcass value. Dietary antimicrobial supplementation, such as tylosin, …
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Surgical management of aortic prosthetic valve endocarditis
… in patients with aortic PVE or NVE with abscess. IV. To report the outcome of all patients operated for aortic PVE at our institution over the past 20 years and to examine whether the results have improved over time. Methods and methods: In Study I, outcome after all consecutive patients …
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The Effect of Hypertension on Periapical Disease: a Retrospective Study Utilizing Machine Learning to Assess a Dental School Population
… apical periodontitis, chronic apical abscess, or acute apical abscess. We identified large imbalances within the data, and so synthetic minority oversampling technique (SMOTE) was used for statistical analysis. After the application of SMOTE, XGB, random forest, Lasso, and SVM …
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