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Aranowicz A, van den Brandt SL, Slankamenac K, Keller DI. Destructive osteomyelitis involving Parvimonas micra and Campylobacter rectus. BMJ Case Rep 2022; 15:15/9/e250886. [PMID: 36137645 PMCID: PMC9511579 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2022-250886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We present a rare case of destructive osteomyelitis of the sternum caused by Parvimonas micra and Campylobacter rectus. A previously healthy female patient in her 40s presented to the emergency department due to a spontaneous rupture of an abscess located to the chest wall. Imaging confirmed abscess formation with osteomyelitis of the sternum. Emergent surgical debridement was performed, blood and bone cultures were taken and the patient received antibiotic treatment. Cultures of the bone and deep tissue revealed infection with Parvimonas micra and Campylobacter rectus, both being members of the oral flora and associated with chronic periodontitis. Receiving targeted antibiotic treatment, our patient made a quick recovery. After treatment of the osteomyelitis, our patient was referred to the dentist where chronic periodontitis could be confirmed. Invasive infections with Parvimonas micra and Campylobacter rectus are rare. Investigation of a dental origin is crucial to prevent recurrent infections.
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- Amos Aranowicz
- Emergency Department, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Emergency Department, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Cobo F, Martin-Hita L, Navarro-Marí JM. Brain abscesses caused by anaerobic bacteria. Anaerobe 2022; 76:102614. [PMID: 35843460 DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2022.102614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Revised: 07/09/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to review the characteristics, causative bacteria, treatment and outcomes of brain abscesses due to anaerobes in our health setting. METHODS A retrospective analysis of all brain abscesses caused by anaerobic bacteria over the period 2005-2021 was performed. RESULTS Out of 300 brain abscesses identified during the study period, 31 were produced by anaerobic pathogens, either alone (monomicrobial infection) or together with aerobic and/or anaerobic bacteria (polymicrobial infection). The mean age of the 31 patients was 53 years, and 61.2% were male; 51.6% of infections were polymicrobial, with only four (12.9%) caused by anaerobic bacteria alone. Forty-three anaerobic bacteria were isolated: Cutibacterium acnes in thirteen (41.9%), Parvimonas micra in eight (25.8%), and Prevotella spp. in seven (22.5%). The most frequent etiologies were local neurosurgery (13/41.9%) and contiguous otogenic, oral, or sinus foci of infection (8/28.8%). Cancer was present in eight patients (28.8%), headaches in seventeen (54.8%), and fever in nine (28.8%). All patients received both surgery and antimicrobial therapy. The abscess was in the frontal region in 12 patients (38.7%) and in the parietal region in 11 (35.4%). A good outcome was obtained in all patients. CONCLUSIONS Anaerobes were isolated in 10.3% of patients with brain abscesses in our health setting, similar to other reports. C. acnes was the most frequently detected anaerobe, especially in neurosurgical patients.
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- Fernando Cobo
- Department of Microbiology and Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria Ibs.GRANADA, University Hospital Virgen de Las Nieves, Granada, Spain.
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- Department of Microbiology and Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria Ibs.GRANADA, University Hospital Virgen de Las Nieves, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology and Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria Ibs.GRANADA, University Hospital Virgen de Las Nieves, Granada, Spain
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Kim YJ, Kim BK, Park SJ, Kim JH. Impact of Fusobacterium nucleatum in the gastrointestinal tract on natural killer cells. World J Gastroenterol 2021; 27:4879-4889. [PMID: 34447232 PMCID: PMC8371507 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i29.4879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Gut microbial dysbiosis contributes to the development and progression of colorectal cancer (CRC). Natural killer (NK) cells are involved in early defense mechanisms to kill infective pathogens and tumor cells by releasing chemokines and cytokines. To better understand the relationship between the gut microbiome and CRC, it was hypothesized here that a high abundance of Fusobacterium nucleatum (F. nucleatum) in the gastrointestinal tract could cause reduced NK cell activity.
AIM To identify associations between gastrointestinal tract F. nucleatum levels and NK cell activity.
METHODS In vitro experiments were performed on NK cells treated with F. nucleatum, Peptostreptococcus anaerobius, and Parvimonas micra to identify the effects of gut microbiome species on NK cells. Following 24 and 48 h of treatment, NK cell counts were measured. In parallel studies, C57BL/6 mice were given broad-spectrum antibiotics in their drinking water to reduce resident gut flora. After 3 wk, the mice received the various bacterial species or phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) via oral gavage every 2 d for 6 wk. At the study end, blood samples were acquired to perform NK cell activity assessment and cytokine analysis. Intestinal tissues were collected and analyzed via immunohistochemistry (IHC).
RESULTS The data show that after 3 wk of broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment, levels of total bacteria and F. nucleatum were markedly decreased in mice. Gavage of F. nucleatum significantly decreased NK cell activity relative to the activities of cells from mice treated with antibiotics only and PBS. The administration of F. nucleatum decreased the proportion of NK46+ cells based on IHC staining and increased the production of interleukin-1β and tumor necrosis factor-α.
CONCLUSION High levels of F. nucleatum in the gastrointestinal tract reduced NK cell activity in mice, and the decrease in NK cell activity might be affected by increased pro-inflammatory cytokines after F. nucleatum treatment.
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- Yeon Ji Kim
- Institute of Gastroenterology, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan 49267, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan 49267, South Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan 49267, South Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan 49267, South Korea
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Hyo Y, Fukushima H, Harada T, Hara H. Nasal septal abscess caused by anaerobic bacteria of oral flora. Auris Nasus Larynx 2018; 46:147-150. [PMID: 29887497 DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2018.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2017] [Revised: 05/24/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Although nasal septal abscess (NSA) was formerly common, it has become rare since the development of antibiotics. NSA, if left untreated, can lead to intracranial complications such as meningitis and eventually result in saddle-nose deformity. NSA often occurs after injury, and indigenous skin bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus are frequently detected. We treated a patient who had injured the upper alveolus in a fall on the stairs and developed NSA two weeks later. Anaerobic bacteria, including Veillonella parvula and Peptostreptococcus sp., were detected. Symptoms were relieved by needle and incisional drainage. Our patient represents a very rare case of NSA in terms of the cause of onset and the detected bacteria. Early drainage can result in good outcomes.
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- Yukiyoshi Hyo
- Department of Otolaryngology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan.
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan.
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan.
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan.
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Wong SH, Kwong TNY, Chow TC, Luk AKC, Dai RZW, Nakatsu G, Lam TYT, Zhang L, Wu JCY, Chan FKL, Ng SSM, Wong MCS, Ng SC, Wu WKK, Yu J, Sung JJY. Quantitation of faecal Fusobacterium improves faecal immunochemical test in detecting advanced colorectal neoplasia. Gut 2017; 66:1441-1448. [PMID: 27797940 PMCID: PMC5530471 DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2016-312766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2016] [Revised: 09/14/2016] [Accepted: 10/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE There is a need for an improved biomarker for colorectal cancer (CRC) and advanced adenoma. We evaluated faecal microbial markers for clinical use in detecting CRC and advanced adenoma. DESIGN We measured relative abundance of Fusobacterium nucleatum (Fn), Peptostreptococcus anaerobius (Pa) and Parvimonas micra (Pm) by quantitative PCR in 309 subjects, including 104 patients with CRC, 103 patients with advanced adenoma and 102 controls. We evaluated the diagnostic performance of these biomarkers with respect to faecal immunochemical test (FIT), and validated the results in an independent cohort of 181 subjects. RESULTS The abundance was higher for all three individual markers in patients with CRC than controls (p<0.001), and for marker Fn in patients with advanced adenoma than controls (p=0.022). The marker Fn, when combined with FIT, showed superior sensitivity (92.3% vs 73.1%, p<0.001) and area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve (AUC) (0.95 vs 0.86, p<0.001) than stand-alone FIT in detecting CRC in the same patient cohort. This combined test also increased the sensitivity (38.6% vs 15.5%, p<0.001) and AUC (0.65 vs 0.57, p=0.007) for detecting advanced adenoma. The performance gain for both CRC and advanced adenoma was confirmed in the validation cohort (p=0.0014 and p=0.031, respectively). CONCLUSIONS This study identified marker Fn as a valuable marker to improve diagnostic performance of FIT, providing a complementary role to detect lesions missed by FIT alone. This simple approach may improve the clinical utility of the current FIT, and takes one step further towards a non-invasive, potentially more accurate and affordable diagnosis of advanced colorectal neoplasia.
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- Sunny H Wong
- State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Institute of Digestive Disease, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Faculty of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Institute of Digestive Disease, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Faculty of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Institute of Digestive Disease, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Faculty of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Institute of Digestive Disease, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Faculty of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Institute of Digestive Disease, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Faculty of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Institute of Digestive Disease, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Faculty of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Institute of Digestive Disease, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Faculty of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Institute of Digestive Disease, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Institute of Digestive Disease, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Faculty of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Institute of Digestive Disease, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Faculty of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Institute of Digestive Disease, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Institute of Digestive Disease, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Faculty of Medicine, The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Institute of Digestive Disease, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Faculty of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Institute of Digestive Disease, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Faculty of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Institute of Digestive Disease, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Faculty of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Institute of Digestive Disease, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Faculty of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
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Costa C, Santiago M, Ferreira J, Rodrigues M, Carvalho P, Silva J, Malcata A. Septic arthritis caused by Peptostreptococcus asaccharolyticus. Acta Reumatol Port 2016; 41:271-272. [PMID: 27155565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Peptostreptococcus spp are commensal organisms, usually involved in periodontal disease. Peptostreptococcus asaccharolyticus is an anaerobic gram-negative cocci, difficult to isolate due to its slow growth. Septic arthritis by this microorganism is a rare entity, but it can occur by hematogenous dissemination from a distant focus. Colonization and growth are more likely to occur in an already damaged articulation. We report the case of a 57 year-old woman with peripheral spondyloarthritis who developed knee septic arthritis by Peptostreptococcus asaccharolyticus.
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- Satvinder Singh Bakshi
- Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College And Research Institute, Pondicherry, India
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Hanada S, Sawaguchi H, Wada S, Ohno T, Muraki M. [Case report: A case of refractory empyema suspected of odontogenic infection after bilateral multifocal tumor shadows were shown]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 104:979-83. [PMID: 26591348 DOI: 10.2169/naika.104.979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Human serum albumin (HSA) accounts for most of the functions of plasma. Among others, HSA serves as a carrier and a solubilizer for many endogenous and exogenous ligands, including fatty acids (FAs) as well as peptides and proteins such as the GA module of the bacterial poly(A)-binding (PAB) protein. Although the biological function(s) of the GA module of the bacterial PAB protein is unknown, the acquisition of the GA module adds selective advantages to the bacterium in terms of growth rate and increase in virulence, probably by providing the bacteria with FAs and, possibly, other nutrients transported by HSA. Here, we hypothesize that the GA module may undergo a structural transition from the all-α form to the 4β+α form typical of the GB domains upon binding of a FA molecule, as part of the mechanism which allows the bacterial PAB protein to extract FAs from HSA.
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Wallet F, Lunel A, Cassar E, Tassin C, Lieutaud T, Golfier F, Piriou V. [An unusual endometritis]. J Gynecol Obstet Hum Reprod 2011; 40:166-168. [PMID: 20926206 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgyn.2010.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2010] [Revised: 08/20/2010] [Accepted: 08/26/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We report a case of pyometra without any related risk factor. This leads to a severe septic shock. Evolution was successful because of quick surgical management. We report literature management of such infection. Although pyometra is an uncommon disease, it should be kept in mind as delayed management may lead to fatal outcome.
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- F Wallet
- Service d'anesthésie réanimation médicale et chirurgicale, centre hospitalier Lyon Sud, 165, chemin du Grand-Revoyet, 69495 Pierre-Bénite cedex, France.
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Balistreri M, Hagedorn J, Stitely ML. Vulvar abscess: a retrospective review. W V Med J 2010; 106:24-26. [PMID: 21932487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Vulvar abscesses can progress to cause significant illness requiring disfiguring surgical debridement, broad spectrum antibiotics, and require hospitalization. A retrospective review of de-identified charts of 13 patients admitted for inpatient care for vulvar abscesses from 2004-2009 at West Virginia University Hospitals was conducted. Risk factors for vulvar abscess in these patients included obesity and diabetes. Body mass index (BMI) is directly proportionate to the size of the abscess and increased risk of intensive care unit admission. Most patients did not seek medical care prior to hospital admission. Polymicrobial infections were common, and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus was seen in two cases. The presence of multiple risk factors increased the length of hospitalization. Clinicians should be aware of these risk factors and initiate aggressive therapy for patients with elevated BMI or multiple risk factors.
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- Michael Balistreri
- West Virginia University School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Morgantown, WV, USA
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Ahmed S, Hossain MA, Musa AK, Shamsuzzaman AK, Mahmud MC, Nahar K, Paul SK, Sumona AA, Begum Z, Zahan NA, Huda SN, Ahmed MU, Khan AH, Kalam A, Haque N, Nasrin SA. Preliminary report on anaerobic culture at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital in Bangladesh. Mymensingh Med J 2010; 19:10-15. [PMID: 20046165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Puerperal sepsis is an important cause of maternal morbidity and mortality in developing countries. This study was undertaken to isolate and identify the anaerobic bacterial agents of puerperal sepsis among the patients admitted in Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) during the period from July 2006 to June 2007. Endocervical swabs/secretions were collected from 50 cases of puerperal sepsis and were cultured anaerobically. Anaerobiasis was done by using gas pack (BD GAS PAK TM EZ) in anaerobic jar. Out of 50 samples, 42(84%) yielded growth in cultures. Among 42 culture positive cases, 20(40%) were Aerobic organisms and 22(44%) were mixed, i.e., Aerobic and Anaerobic bacteria. The isolated Anaerobic organisms were Peptostreptococcus 14(63.63%), Bacteroides fragilis 3(13.64%), Prevotella melaninogenica 3(13.64%) and Clostridium perfringens 2(9.09%). As a preliminary study, it was observed that anaerobic culture could be carried out with available logistic arrangement. So, it was recommended to design further study on anaerobic bacterial isolation with particular emphasis on their antimicrobial susceptibility.
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- S Ahmed
- Department of Microbiology, Mymensingh Medical College (MMC), Mymensingh
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Martí V, Garrido P, Seixo F, Peset A, Gineli A. Purulent pericarditis with cardiac tamponade caused by anaerobic agents. Rev Port Cardiol 2008; 27:959-964. [PMID: 18959092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
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Purulent pericarditis is a rare disease associated with high mortality, even with appropriate antibiotic therapy. The authors report the case of a patient with purulent pericarditis with no identifiable primary source that presented clinically as cardiac tamponade. The patient required emergency pericardiocentesis and surgical pericardiectomy due to persisting signs of tamponade. Microbiology cultures isolated anaerobic agents of Fusobacterium spp., Corynebacterium spp. and Peptostreptococcus. The authors review the etiology and treatment of this entity and its main complication, the development of constrictive pericarditis.
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- Vicens Martí
- Departamento de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardíaca, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Espanha.
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Mark IHW, Tan HKK. Sphenoid mucocele after radiation for the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2008; 37:E28-E31. [PMID: 19133405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
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- Ignatius Hon Wah Mark
- Department of Otolaryngology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
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- D L Raju
- Division of Nephrology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada
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- Patrick Tansley
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Free Hospital, London NW3 2QG, United Kingdom.
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Grunder R, Baumann UA. [Diagnosis and treatment of a liver abscess with contrast-enhanced ultrasound]. Praxis (Bern 1994) 2006; 95:1233-6. [PMID: 16939125 DOI: 10.1024/0369-8394.95.33.1233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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We report on a patient with pyogenic liver abscess. Using a ultrasound contrast agent improves the characterization of pyogenic hepatic abscesses and facilitates repetitive therapeutic punctures. The use of ultrasound contrast agents opens new aspects in the diagnosis of liver abscesses and gives additional confidence in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
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- R Grunder
- Medizinische Abteilung, Regionales Spitalzentrum Aare-/Kiesental, Münsingen
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BACKGROUND Squamous intraepithelial lesions are more prevalent in women infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) compared with immunocompetent women. Loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) is commonly used to treat squamous intraepithelial lesions because it may be performed as an outpatient procedure with minimal blood loss and a low complication rate. CASE We report a major infectious post-LEEP complication in an HIV-infected female who had an uneventful LEEP in which a cellulose hemostatic agent was used. Despite the severity of the infection, she was successfully treated with a minor surgical procedure along with broad antibiotic coverage. CONCLUSION Although a cellulose hemostatic agent contaminated with perineal secretions may have served as a nidus for infection, use of perioperative antibiotics or cervical cleansing should be considered to prevent sepsis in immunocompromised hosts.
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- Linda M Szymanski
- Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1109, USA
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the organisms recovered from infected sinuses and associated intracranial abscesses (IAs). DESIGN Retrospective review of findings from aspirate of pus from 10 infected sinuses and their corresponding IAs. SETTING Academic medical center. PATIENTS Ten patients diagnosed as having sinusitis (age range, 7-58 years). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Aerobic and anaerobic bacteria findings from infected sinuses and IAs. RESULTS Polymicrobial flora was found in 9 sinuses and 8 IAs. Anaerobes were isolated from all sinuses and 9 IAs. A total of 26 isolates (2.6 isolates per specimen) were recovered from the sinuses: 19 anaerobic, 6 aerobic or facultative, and 1 microaerophilic; 17 isolates were found in the IAs (1.7 isolates per site): 13 anaerobic, 2 aerobic or facultative, and 2 microaerophilic. The predominant anaerobes were Fusobacterium species (in 5 corresponding sinuses and abscesses, 1 in a sinus only, and 1 in an IA only), Prevotella species (in 3 corresponding sinuses and abscesses), Peptostreptococcus species (in 2 corresponding sinuses and abscesses, and 4 in a sinus only), Staphylococcus aureus, Haemophilus influenzae type b, microaerophilic streptococci, and Bacteroides ureolyticus (in 1 corresponding sinus and abscess each). Streptococcus pneumoniae was recovered 2 times, only from a sinus. Alpha-hemolytic streptococci and beta-hemolytic streptococci group F were each isolated once from the sinus. Concordance in the microbiological findings between the sinus and the IA was found in all instances. However, certain organisms were present at only one or the other site. CONCLUSION These data illustrate the concordance in the recovery of organisms from infected sinuses and their associated IA and confirm the importance of anaerobic bacteria in sinusitis and IA.
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- Itzhak Brook
- Department of Pediatrics, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA.
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Cazorla E, Urgal A, Rizo C, Román J, Ferreres L. [Severe pelvic inflammatory disease. Response to ertapenem]. Rev Esp Quimioter 2005; 18:331-4. [PMID: 16446794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is an important health problem. Delay in diagnosis and effective treatment contributes to inflammatory sequelae with risk of future fertility problems and chronic pelvic pain. Treatment regimens must provide empiric, broad-spectrum coverage of likely pathogens but also take into account patient's risk profile. In this article we report the case of a young woman affected by a rare genital malformation who required the creation of a neovagina made of abdominal skin. Years later, the patient presented with symptoms that support the diagnosis of PID. There was no clinical analytical response to classical parenteral antimicrobial regimen, even after surgical intervention for tubal abscess. Peptostreptococci isolated in abdominal cavity culture showed an infrequent clindamycin resistance, so we started monotherapy treatment with ertapenem, with excellent results. In conclusion, more clinical trials are needed to discover the pathogens usually involved in PID in our setting and their antibiotic resistance to re-evaluate standard antimicrobial regimens and perhaps recommend new agents, such as ertapenem.
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- E Cazorla
- Servicio de Ginecología, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia.
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OBJECTIVE To discuss the clinical aspects and management of traumatic cholesteatomas of the temporal bone. STUDY DESIGN Case report. SETTING University hospital, tertiary referral center. PATIENT, INTERVENTION, AND RESULTS The authors describe an uncommon case of otogenic brain abscess resulting from an infected cholesteatoma arising from an old temporal bone fracture line involving the external auditory canal in an otherwise healthy 21-year-old man. The patient was successfully treated with brain abscess drainage, tympanomastoidectomy, and broad-spectrum intravenous antibiotic therapy. CONCLUSIONS The authors recommend long-term follow-up in any patient with a longitudinal or mixed temporal bone fracture with low threshold for obtaining temporal bone computer tomography imaging for any new otologic complaints. Traumatic cholesteatomas complicated by brain abscess should be treated with broad-spectrum intravenous antibiotic therapy and aggressive surgical intervention.
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- Kshitij Majmundar
- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Medical College of Virginia Hospitals and Physicians, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA.
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Romito GA, Pustiglioni FE, Saraiva L, Pustiglioni AN, Lotufo RFM, Stolf NAG. Relationship of Subgingival and Salivary Microbiota to Gingival Overgrowth in Heart Transplant Patients Following Cyclosporin A Therapy. J Periodontol 2004; 75:918-24. [PMID: 15341348 DOI: 10.1902/jop.2004.75.7.918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Severe gingival overgrowth (GO) is induced in patients taking cyclosporin A (CsA) following organ transplantation. Determining which patient will develop GO is still not possible. The purpose of this study was to establish an association between CsA and gingival overgrowth in heart transplant patients taking into account periodontal and microbiological conditions. METHODS Thirty patients (10 female, 20 male; range: 13 to 67 years; mean age: 44.89) undergoing CsA treatment were evaluated using the gingival index (GI), plaque index (PI), probing depth (PD), and clinical attachment level (CAL). Subgingival samples collected from the deepest site of each quadrant and saliva samples were submitted to microbial analysis. All patients had at least 12 teeth. Exclusion criteria were the use of antibiotics and/or having undergone periodontal treatment 6 months prior to the study. Patients were divided in two groups: with gingival (GO+) and without gingival overgrowth (GO-). RESULTS There were no statistically significant differences between the GO+ and GO- groups when CsA dosage, time since transplant, GI, PI, PD, and CAL were compared. Microbiological examination of the subgingival samples detected the following microorganisms: Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans (23%), Porphyromonas gingivalis (36%), Prevotella intermedia (93%), Fusobacterium sp. (66%), Campylobacter rectus (30%), Micromonas micros (66%), enteric rods (0%), and yeasts (30%). A positive association between M. micros and the GO+ group was found (P < 0.001). Yeasts were detected in 30% of the subgingival and saliva samples. CONCLUSIONS Clinical parameters were not sufficient to determine which patients would develop GO. However, colonization by M. micros might play a role in the etiology of GO.
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- Giuseppe Alexandre Romito
- Discipline of Periodontics, Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- 1Ophthalmology, Frimley Park Hospital Camberley Surrey, UK
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Kambayashi T, Noguchi T, Ohno N, Kamakari K, Terada Y. [A case of infected emphysematous bulla successfully treated with percutaneous thoracic drainage]. Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi 2004; 42:533-6. [PMID: 15228143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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We present a case of infected emphysematous bulla successfully treated by percutaneous drainage. A 39-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of fever and right lateral chest pain. A chest radiograph and CT revealed a cystic lesion with an air fluid level in the upper lobe of the right lung. The infected emphysematous bulla was not improved by the administration of antibiotics. On day 6 of hospitalization, a drainage tube (Aspiration Kit: 6 Fr) was inserted percutaneously into the bulla under fluoroscopic guidance. The infection subsided on the next day, and the patient was discharged following a week of drainage without complications.
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- Takatoyo Kambayashi
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagahama City Hospital, 313 Oinui-cho, Nagahama-shi, Shiga 526-8580, Japan
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- Saam Morshed
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, 500 Parnassus Avenue (MU 320-W), San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
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Housden NG, Harrison S, Housden HR, Thomas KA, Beckingham JA, Roberts SE, Bottomley SP, Graille M, Stura E, Gore MG. Observation and characterization of the interaction between a single immunoglobulin binding domain of protein L and two equivalents of human kappa light chains. J Biol Chem 2003; 279:9370-8. [PMID: 14668335 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m312938200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Detailed stopped-flow studies in combination with site-directed mutagenesis, isothermal titration calorimetry data and x-ray crystallographic knowledge have revealed that the biphasic pre-equilibrium fluorescence changes reported for a single Ig-binding domain of protein L from Peptostreptococcus magnus binding to kappa light chain are due to the binding of the kappa light chain at two separate sites on the protein L molecule. Elimination of binding site 2 through the mutation A66W has allowed the K(d) for kappa light chain binding at site 1 to be measured by stopped-flow fluorescence and isothermal titration calorimetry techniques, giving values of 48.0 +/- 8.0 nM and 37.5 +/- 7.3 nM respectively. Conversely, a double mutation Y53F/L57H eliminates binding at site 1 and has allowed the K(d) for binding at site 2 to be determined. Stopped-flow fluorimetry suggests this to be 3.4 +/- 0.8 microM in good agreement with the value of 4.6 +/- 0.8 microM determined by isothermal titration calorimetry. The mutation Y53F reduces the affinity of site 1 to approximately that of site 2.
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- Nicholas G Housden
- Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Bassett Crescent East, Southampton, Hants SO16 7PX, United Kingdom
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- Chung-Jen Tsai
- Department of Otolaryngology, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan.
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Harney S, O'Shea FD, FitzGerald O. Peptostreptococcal pericarditis complicating anti-tumour necrosis factor alpha treatment in rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2002; 61:653-4. [PMID: 12079913 PMCID: PMC1754167 DOI: 10.1136/ard.61.7.653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Shimazu T, Matsuyama S. [Soft tissue infections caused by non-group A streptococci]. Ryoikibetsu Shokogun Shirizu 2002:215-7. [PMID: 11555914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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- T Shimazu
- Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
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The current review describes the microbiology, diagnosis and management of septic arthritis and osteomyelitis due to anaerobic bacteria in children. Staphylococcus aureus, Haemophilus influenzae type-b, and Group A streptococcus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Kingela kingae, Neisseria meningiditis and Salmonella spp are the predominant aerobic bacteria that cause arthritis in children. Gonococcal arthritis can occur in sexually active adolescents. The predominant aerobes causing osteomyelitis in children are S. aureus, H. influenzae type-b, Gram-negative enteric bacteria, beta-hemolytic streptococci, S. pneumoniae, K. kingae, Bartonella henselae and Borrelia burgdorferi. Anaerobes have rarely been reported as a cause of these infections in children. The main anaerobes in arthritis include anaerobic Gram negative bacilli including Bacteroides fragilis group, Fusobacterium spp., Clostridium spp. and Peptostreptococcus spp. Most of the cases of anaerobic arthritis, in contrast to anaerobic osteomyelitis, involved a single isolate. Most of the cases of anaerobic arthritis are secondary to hematogenous spread. Many patients with osteomyelitis due to anaerobic bacteria have evidence of anaerobic infection elsewhere in the body, which is the source of the organisms involved in osteomyelitis. Treatment of arthritis and osteomyelitis involving anaerobic bacteria includes symptomatic therapy, immobilization in some cases, adequate drainage of purulent material and antibiotic therapy effective to these organisms.
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Loualidi A, Gerritsen M, Seelen JL, Kabel PJ, van Doorn LG. Splenic abscess caused by Peptostreptococcus species, diagnosed with the aid of abdominal computerized tomography and treated with percutaneous drainage and antibiotics: a case report. Neth J Med 2001; 59:280-5. [PMID: 11744179 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-2977(01)00170-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We describe herein a 63-year-old patient with a splenic abscess due to Peptostreptococcus spp., diagnosed with the aid of abdominal computerised tomography and treated with ultra-sound guided percutaneous drainage and antibiotics. The bacteriological characteristics of splenic abscesses are discussed.
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- A Loualidi
- TweeSteden Ziekenhuis, Dr Deelenlaan 5, 5042 AD Tilburg, The Netherlands
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O'Neill JW, Kim DE, Johnsen K, Baker D, Zhang KY. Single-site mutations induce 3D domain swapping in the B1 domain of protein L from Peptostreptococcus magnus. Structure 2001; 9:1017-27. [PMID: 11709166 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-2126(01)00667-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Thermodynamic and kinetic studies of the Protein L B1 domain (Ppl) suggest a folding pathway in which, during the folding transition, the first beta hairpin is formed while the second beta hairpin and the alpha helix are largely unstructured. The same mutations in the two beta turns have opposite effects on the folding and unfolding rates. Three of the four residues composing the second beta turn in Ppl have consecutive positive phi angles, indicating strain in the second beta turn. RESULTS We have determined the crystal structures of the beta turn mutants G55A, K54G, and G15A, as well as a core mutant, V49A, in order to investigate how backbone strain affects the overall structure of Ppl. Perturbation of the hydrophobic interactions at the closed interface by the V49A mutation triggered the domain swapping of the C-terminal beta strand that relieved the strain in the second beta turn. Interestingly, the asymmetric unit of V49A contains two monomers and one domain-swapped dimer. The G55A mutation escalated the strain in the second beta turn, and this increased strain shifted the equilibrium toward the domain-swapped dimer. The K54G structure revealed that the increased stability is due to the reduction of strain in the second beta turn, while the G15A structure showed that increased strain alone is insufficient to trigger domain swapping. CONCLUSIONS Domain swapping in Ppl is determined by the balance of two opposing components of the free energy. One is the strain in the second beta turn that favors the dimer, and the other is the entropic cost of dimer formation that favors the monomer. A single-site mutation can disrupt this balance and trigger domain swapping.
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- J W O'Neill
- Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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BACKGROUND Fanconi's anemia is an autosomal recessive disease associated with chromosomal breakage as well as pancytopenia, skin pigmentation, renal hypoplasia, cardiac defects, microcephaly, congenital malformations of the skeleton, hypogonadism, and increased risk of leukemia. The present report describes the periodontal clinical and microbiological status of an 11-year old male having Fanconi's anemia. METHODS Polymerase chain reaction analysis to detect human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), Epstein-Barr type 1 virus, and herpes simplex virus (HSV) was performed on paper-point samples pooled from either 3 periodontal sites with advanced attachment loss or 3 gingivitis sites with no clinical attachment loss. Anaerobic bacterial culture examination was performed on the pooled periodontitis sample. RESULTS The patient suffered from pancytopenia, allergy, asthma, hearing impairment, and mental retardation. Dentition consisted of 7 primary teeth, 11 erupted permanent teeth, and 14 unerupted permanent teeth. Most erupted teeth showed severe gingival inflammation with some gingival overgrowth and various degrees of periodontal attachment loss. Genomes of HCMV and HSV were detected in the pooled periodontitis sample and HCMV in the pooled gingivitis sample. The periodontitis sample but not the gingivitis sample revealed HCMV mRNA of major capsid protein, suggestive of active viral infection. The periodontitis sample also yielded Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans (1.1% of total isolates), FusobActerium species (7.9%), Campylobacter species (2.2%), Peptostreptococcus micros (3.4%), and Candida albicans (0.3%). CONCLUSIONS Oral features of Fanconi's anemia may include increased susceptibility to periodontitis. It is likely that underlying host defense impairment coupled with periodontal infection by HCMV and A. actinomycetemcomitans contribute to the severe type of periodontitis associated with Fanconi's anemia.
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- H Nowzari
- University of Southern California School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, USA
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Ishida I, Sagawa M, Suzuki S, Kubo H, Shimada K, Ono S, Matsumura Y, Tanita T, Satoh S, Kondo T, Fujimura S. [Successful treatment for descending necrotizing mediastinitis: a case report]. Kyobu Geka 2000; 53:1058-61. [PMID: 11079317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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A 21-year-old female was admitted to our hospital because of high fever, neck swelling, and dyspnea. She was diagnosed as descending necrotizing mediastinitis (DNM) extended from odontogenic infection. On the day of admission, she underwent cervical drainage. Next day, the CT scan showed an abscess below the tracheal bifurcation and bilateral pleural effusion. Mediastinal drainage was performed through a right thoracotomy, and a left thoracic tube was inserted. Anaerobic Peptostreptococcus was found with bacteriological culture. After the mediastinal drainage, bilateral thoracic irrigation was performed through the thoracic tubes. Left thoracic tube was removed on the 8th day and right one was removed on the 20th day after the thoracotomy. She was discharged on the 42nd day. DNM is relatively rare, but it is lethal disease with high mortality. Immediate and sufficient mediastinal drainage is indispensable for the disease.
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- I Ishida
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Graves DT, Chen CP, Douville C, Jiang Y. Interleukin-1 receptor signaling rather than that of tumor necrosis factor is critical in protecting the host from the severe consequences of a polymicrobe anaerobic infection. Infect Immun 2000; 68:4746-51. [PMID: 10899881 PMCID: PMC98426 DOI: 10.1128/iai.68.8.4746-4751.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Infection of the dental pulp leads to an osteolytic lesion that results from a polymicrobial infection consisting largely of pathogenic anaerobes. Infection causes significant morbidity and mortality mediated by bacterial factors and in some cases by the up-regulation of inflammatory cytokines. The inflammatory cytokines interleukin-1 (IL-1) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF), in particular, play a complex and central role in the responses to microbial pathogens. However, relatively little is known about the significance of these cytokines in protecting the host from focal polymicrobial anaerobic infections. To establish the relative importance of IL-1 and TNF in mediating the response to a mixed anaerobic infection, we inoculated the dental pulp of mice with six anaerobic pathogens containing functional deletions of receptors to IL-1 (IL-1R1(-/-)), TNF (TNFRp55(-/-)-p75(-/-)), or both (TNFRp55(-/-)-IL-1RI(-/-)). The results indicate that IL-1 receptor signaling and TNF receptor signaling both play similarly important roles in protecting the host from local tissue damage. However, IL-1 receptor signaling is considerably more important than TNF receptor signaling in preventing the spread of infection into surrounding fascial planes, since IL-1R1(-/-) but not TNFRp55(-/-)-p75(-/-) mice exhibited significantly higher morbidity and mortality. Moreover, all of the fatal infections occurred in male mice, suggesting the importance of gender differences in limiting the impact of these infections.
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- D T Graves
- Department of Periodontology and Oral Biology, Boston University School of Dental Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA.
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C3H/HeJ mice have an impaired ability to respond to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) due to a mutation in the gene that encodes Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4). The effect of TLR4 deficiency on host responses to endodontic infections is unknown. In the present study, we compared periapical bone destruction, sepsis, and inflammatory cytokine production in LPS-hyporesponsive C3H/HeJ and wild-type control C3H/HeOuJ mice. The mandibular first molars of both strains were subjected to pulpal exposure and infection with a mixture of four anaerobic pathogens, Prevotella intermedia, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Streptococcus intermedius, and Peptostreptococcus micros. At sacrifice on day 21, TLR4-deficient C3H/HeJ mice had significantly reduced periapical bone destruction compared to wild-type C3H/HeOuJ mice (P < 0.001). The decreased bone destruction in C3H/HeJ correlated with reduced expression of the bone resorptive cytokines interleukin 1alpha (IL-1alpha) (P < 0.01) and IL-1beta (P < 0.05) as well as the proinflammatory cytokine IL-12 (P < 0.05). No significant differences were seen in the levels of gamma interferon, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), or IL-10 between the two strains. The expression of IL-1alpha, IL-1beta, TNF-alpha, IL-10, and IL-12 were all significantly reduced in vitro in macrophages from both TLR4-deficient C3H/HeJ and C57BL/10ScNCr strains, compared to wild-type controls. Notably, the responses of TLR4-deficient macrophages to both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria were similarly reduced. Neither C3H/HeJ nor C3H/HeOuJ mice exhibited orofacial abscess development or infection dissemination as determined by splenomegaly or cachexia. We conclude that intact TLR function mediates increased proinflammatory responses and bone destruction in response to mixed anaerobic infections.
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- L Hou
- Department of Cytokine Biology, Forsyth Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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GUTIERREZ J, DAVIS RE, LINDAHL IL, WARWICK EJ. Bacterial changes in the rumen during the onset of feed-lot bloat of cattle and characteristics of Peptostreptococcus elsdenii n. sp. Appl Microbiol 2000; 7:16-22. [PMID: 13617940 PMCID: PMC1057455 DOI: 10.1128/am.7.1.16-22.1959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Podbielski A, Boeckh C, Haller B. Growth inhibitory activity of gutta-percha points containing root canal medications on common endodontic bacterial pathogens as determined by an optimized quantitative in vitro assay. J Endod 2000; 26:398-403. [PMID: 11199764 DOI: 10.1097/00004770-200007000-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Gutta-percha points containing calcium hydroxide, zinc oxide (ZnO), a mixture of ZnO and chlorhexidine (ZnO/CHX), iodine-polyvinylpyrrolidone (ZnO/J-PVP), or a mixture of CHX and J-PVP and ZnO (ZnO/CHX/J-PVP) were tested for their ability to inhibit growth of pure cultures of bacterial species commonly involved in endodontic infections (Peptostreptococcus micros, Streptococcus intermedius, Enterococcus faecalis, and Porphyromonas gingivalis). To quantitate growth inhibition, an in vitro assay was established that controlled for important parameters of root canal infection. Approximately 10(7) bacteria per assay were suspended in diluted human serum and co-incubated with the gutta-percha points in an anaerobic atmosphere for up to 2 wk. Aliquots used for determination of colony counts were taken on days 0, 1, 2, 4, 7, and 14 of incubation. As judged by colony-forming unit reduction kinetics and final counts, calcium hydroxide had better growth inhibitory activity than ZnO/CHX, ZnO/J-PVP, and ZnO alone for all bacteria tested except Peptostreptococcus micros. The combination of CHX and J-PVP with ZnO did not render results different from those of ZnO/CHX or ZnO/J-PVP. The results of this study support the introduction of standardized assays for testing antibacterial properties of root canal medications under conditions that more closely resemble those encountered in endodontal infections.
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- A Podbielski
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital Ulm, Robert-Koch-Str. 8, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
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Chatterjee T, Zenklusen RM. [What is your diagnosis? Bilateral abscess forming pneumonia]. Praxis (Bern 1994) 2000; 89:563-565. [PMID: 10815462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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- T Chatterjee
- Departement Innere Medizin, Universitätsspital Inselspital, Bern
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Guillén Guerrero VS, Aguirre García F, Gómez González JL, Muñoz Herrera A, Santacruz Ruiz S, Pérez Plasencia D, Benito González JJ. [Acute infectious mastoid complications in infancy]. An Otorrinolaringol Ibero Am 1999; 26:495-504. [PMID: 10568306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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The incidence of acute mastoiditis accounts for 0.004% of acute middle otitis. Nowadays there is a decrease of number of mastoiditis and its complications, but from time to time are seen outbreaks without logical explanation of facts. We report 4 clinical cases of acute mastoiditis complicated with subperiosteal abscess, in children between 8 and 23 month old, seen at our department during the last 3 years, three of them diagnosed in a 4-month term.
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Beckingham JA, Bottomley SP, Hinton R, Sutton BJ, Gore MG. Interactions between a single immunoglobulin-binding domain of protein L from Peptostreptococcus magnus and a human kappa light chain. Biochem J 1999; 340 ( Pt 1):193-9. [PMID: 10229674 PMCID: PMC1220237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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The placement of a tryptophan residue into a single Ig-binding-domain of protein L from Peptostreptococcus magnus has been used to examine the binding interactions between the binding domain and kappa light chains (kappa-chains). The fluorescence intensity of the mutant domain increases on the formation of a complex with kappa-chains. This has been used to determine the Kd of the complex under a range of conditions by using both pre-equilibrium and equilibrium methods. The Kd values determined for the complex with kappa-chains at a number of different pH values are very close to those obtained with the wild-type domain, indicating that the mutation has not substantially affected its binding properties. Examination of the reaction between the mutant domain and kappa-chains by stopped-flow fluorescence shows that complex formation takes place by two discrete, sequential processes. A fast bimolecular reaction, with a rate constant of 8.3x10(5) M-1. s-1 (at pH8.0 and 25 degrees C), is followed by a slow unimolecular process with a rate (1.45 s-1) that is independent of the concentration of the reactants. This suggests that a conformational change occurs after the initial encounter complex is formed. The dissociation of the complex at equilibrium occurs in a single process of rate 0.095 s-1 at pH8.0 and 25 degrees C. Stopped-flow CD studies show that a slow decrease in ellipticity at 275 nm occurs with a rate of 1.3 s-1 when wild-type protein binds to kappa-chains, suggesting that the conformational transition might involve a change in environment around one or more tyrosine residues.
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- J A Beckingham
- Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Bassett Crescent East, Southampton, Hants. SO16 7PX, UK
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Tsankov T, Toncheva A, Mikhova A. [Bilateral tubo-ovarian actinomycosis and rheumatoid arthritis]. Khirurgiia (Mosk) 1999; 51:64-6. [PMID: 9974016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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Zhang J. [A case of subacute bacterial endocarditis caused by anaerobic Peptostreptococcus]. Hunan Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 1998; 22:Inside backcover. [PMID: 9868074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Deng F, Tang Z, Liu B, Wang C, Jian X. [A study of anaerobic infection in maxillofacial region]. Hunan Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 1998; 22:229-32. [PMID: 9868121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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To analyse the anaerobic infection of maxillofacial surgery and estimate the efficacy of antianaerobic therapy, 45 patients were divided into two groups, tinidazole group and metronidazole group. Bacterial culture was positive before treating in all cases. There were Bacillus Melaniogenicus, Veillonella, Peptococcus and Peptostreptococus, etc. There was excellent efficacy in the treatment of maxillofacial anaerobic infection by tinidazole intravenously. After treatment, the result of bacterial examination was negative. The healing rate was 96.4% in 28 cases which used tinidazol, but 82.4% in control group which used metronidazole. The value of white blood cell and the function of liver and kidney pro- and post-treatment were not significantly different (P < 0.05) by comparision.
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- F Deng
- Department of Oral and Maxillorfacial Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Hunan Medical University, Changsha
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Parotitis complicated by parotid abscess remains a potentially life-threatening problem. Conventional surgical treatment involves incising the parotid parenchyma in the direction of the facial nerve until the abscess is located and evacuated. Intra-operative ultrasound greatly assists in localizing the abscess and in ensuring its complete drainage. Expeditious and exact localization of the abscess reduces operative time. Equally importantly, ultrasound-assisted drainage reduces surgical dissection and the potential for facial nerve damage.
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- S M Graham
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA
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Bryant, M. P. (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Md.) and I. M. Robinson. Some nutritional characteristics of predominant culturable ruminal bacteria. J. Bacteriol. 84:605-614. 1962.-The effect of enzymatic hydrolysate of casein, NH(4) (+), a mixture of volatile fatty acids (acetic, n-valeric, isovaleric, 2-methylbutyric, and isobutyric), hemin, and ruminal fluid on growth of 89 freshly isolated strains of predominant culturable ruminal bacteria was studied, using basal media containing glucose, cellobiose, or maltose as energy source, minerals, cysteine, and S(=) as reducing agents, and H(2)CO(3)-HCO(3) (-) buffer. Of these strains, 13% (four morphological groups) grew poorly or not at all in defined medium plus casein hydrolysate; 6% (one morphological group) required casein hydrolysate; 56% (four morphological groups) grew with either NH(4) (+) or casein hydrolysate as the main source of nitrogen; and NH(4) (+), but not casein hydrolysate, was essential for 25% of the strains (five morphological groups). The volatile fatty acid mixture excluding acetate was essential for 19% of the strains (five morphological groups), and this mixture and acetate were necessary for good growth of 23% of the strains (one morphological group) when casein hydrolysate was excluded from the medium; 30% of the strains (one morphological group) required hemin. Similar studies are reported on 35 old laboratory strains of ruminal bacteria, most of which were previously identified. The results indicate that most strains of ruminal bacteria can be grown in defined media, and suggest the relative importance of NH(4) (+) and volatile fatty acids and the relative lack of importance of organic nitrogen compounds such as amino acids in the nutrition of these bacteria.
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This report presents 2 children (boys, 11 and 9 years old) who had post-traumatic nasal septal abscesses. Cultures for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria revealed Peptostreptococcuus magnus and a beta-lactamase-producing Prevotella intermedia in the first patient, and Peptostreptococcus anaerobius, Streptococcus intermedius, and Prevotella melaninogenica in the second patient. Anaerobic bacteria may play a role in nasal septal abscesses.
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- I Brook
- Department of Pediatrics, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
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The microbiologic features of infected sinus aspirates in nine children with neurologic impairment were studied. Anaerobic bacteria, always mixed with aerobic and facultative bacteria, were isolated in 6 (67%) aspirates and aerobic bacteria only in 3 (33%). There were 24 bacterial isolates, 12 aerobic or facultative and 12 anaerobic. The predominant aerobic isolates were Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus (2 each) and Proteus mirabilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, and Streptococcus pneumoniae (1 each). The predominant anaerobes were Prevotella sp. (5), Peptostreptococcus sp. (4), Fusobacterium nucleatum (2), and Bacteroides fragilis (1). Beta-lactamase-producing bacteria were isolated from 8 (89%) patients. Organisms similar to those recovered from the sinuses were also isolated from tracheostomy site and gastrostomy wound aspirates in five of seven instances. This study demonstrates the uniqueness of the microbiologic features of sinusitis in neurologically impaired children, in which, in addition to the organisms known to cause infection in children without neurologic impairment, facultative and anaerobic gram-negative organisms that can colonize other body sites are predominant.
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- I Brook
- Department of Pediatrics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
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Coronal leakage has been considered as one of the major causes of failure in root canal treatment. Bacteria have been shown to penetrate the root canal obturating materials and influence the periapical tissues. Endotoxin, a component of Gram-negative bacteria, is a potent inflammatory agent and may be able to penetrate obturating materials faster than bacteria. This in vitro study examined the possible penetration of post-prepared canals by endotoxin and bacterial cells derived from mixed bacterial communities. Results showed that both bacteria and endotoxin were able to penetrate the obturating materials in post-prepared canals; however, endotoxin penetration was faster than bacterial. If one speculates that a similar sequence of events occurs clinically, then such a rapid penetration of endotoxin could lead to an early periapical reaction, with subsequent treatment failure and need for retreatment or periapical surgery. The need for an immediate and proper coronal restoration after root canal treatment is therefore reinforced.
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- J Alves
- University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Dows Institute for Dental Research, Iowa City 52242-1010, USA
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