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Toxic megacolon and human Cytomegalovirus in a series of severe ulcerative colitis patients

2015

Abstract Background Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection has been reported to be a cause of refractory ulcerative colitis (UC). Toxic megacolon (TM) is a rare but severe complication of an acute attack of UC. Objectives Aim of this study is to evaluate in a case-control study the association between HCMV and TM. Study design All patients who were admitted at Medicine Department of V. Cervello Hospital in Palermo (tertiary referral center) for a severe UC flare-up complicated by the onset of TM (diameter of the transverse colon > 6 cm) between January 1990 and November 2011 were identified through the electronic database. A total of 24 consecutive patients (16 male/8 female) with TM were i…

Human cytomegalovirusAdultMalePathologymedicine.medical_specialtyToxic megacolonSettore MED/09 - Medicina InternaAdolescentcytomegalovirusmegacolonulcerative colitis.PopulationCongenital cytomegalovirus infectionComorbidityGastroenterologyMegacolon ToxicTertiary Care CentersYoung AdultVirologyInternal medicinemedicinePrevalenceAnimalsHumanseducationSicilyAgedRetrospective Studieseducation.field_of_studyMegacolonbusiness.industryMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseUlcerative colitisExact testInfectious DiseasesCase-Control StudiesCytomegalovirus InfectionsColitis UlcerativeFemalebusinessNested polymerase chain reaction
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Epidemiology of intra-abdominal infection and sepsis in critically ill patients: "AbSeS", a multinational observational cohort study and ESICM Trials…

2019

Pardo-Oviedo, Juan Mauricio/0000-0003-0084-3449; Lopez-Delgado, Juan Carlos/0000-0003-3324-1129; Corradi, Francesco/0000-0002-5588-2608; De Backer, Daniel/0000-0001-9841-5762; POTA, VINCENZO/0000-0001-9999-3388; Tomescu, Dana/0000-0001-9673-5754; Sabetian, Golnar/0000-0001-8764-2150; Girardis, Massimo/0000-0002-2453-0829; Brazzi, Luca/0000-0001-7059-0622; Leone, Marc/0000-0002-3097-758X; Zabolotskikh, Igor Borisovich/0000-0002-3623-2546; De Lange, Dylan/0000-0002-0191-7270; ALMEKHLAFI, GHALEB A./0000-0002-0323-7025; Elke, Gunnar/0000-0002-4948-1605; Grigoras, Ioana/0000-0001-9412-9574; Czuczwar, Miroslaw/0000-0002-9025-6717; Nora, David/0000-0002-1133-7368; Masjedi, Mansoor/0000-0001-6175-9…

Infection riskMaleBIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE. Clinical Medical Sciences.Antibiotic resistanceTracte gastrointestinal - MalaltiesDefinitionsCritical Care and Intensive Care MedicineTHERAPYDEFINITIONS:Infections::Intraabdominal Infections [DISEASES]0302 clinical medicineIntensive care; Intra-abdominal infection; Mortality; Multidrug resistance; Peritonitis; Sepsis;[SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseasesObservational studySeptic shockIntensive care; Intra-abdominal infection; Mortality; Multidrug resistance; Peritonitis; SepsisComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSCritical Illness/epidemiology[SDV.MHEP.ME]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Emerging diseasesBIOMEDICINA I ZDRAVSTVO. Kliničke medicinske znanosti.Intraabdominal Infections/epidemiologyAbdominal infectionMulticenter study3. Good healthManagementClinical trialCohort[SDV.MP.VIR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/VirologyCohort analysisCommunity acquired infectionCohort studyHumanmedicine.medical_specialtyCarbapenem resistanceCritical IllnessPeritoneal dialysisPeritonitisVancomycin resistant enterococcusMajor clinical studyPeritonitisArticle03 medical and health sciencesAntibiotic resistance[SDV.MHEP.CSC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Cardiology and cardiovascular systemIntensive careSepsisSettore MED/41 - ANESTESIOLOGIAHumansCritical care medicineHospital infectionAgedScience & TechnologyLiver failureAntibiotic therapymedicine.disease[SDV.MP.BAC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/BacteriologyEpidemiologic Studies030228 respiratory systemIntensive Care Unit; Sepsis (Diptera); Septic ShockRisk factorHuman medicineGeneral & internal medicineCongestive heart failureOriginalMultidrug resistanceCohort StudiesRisk FactorsCause of DeathEpidemiologyPrevalenceMedicine and Health SciencesAbdominal abscessSepsis/epidemiologyMiddle agedAntifungal therapy2. Zero hungerPeritonitiAntibiotic agentBiliary tract infectionIntensive care ; Intra-abdominal infection ; Mortality ; Multidrug resistance ; Peritonitis ; SepsisMiddle Aged:infecciones bacterianas y micosis::infección::infecciones intraabdominales [ENFERMEDADES]PREVALENCE:Infections::Sepsis [DISEASES]:técnicas de investigación::métodos epidemiológicos::características de los estudios epidemiológicos::estudios epidemiológicos::estudios de cohortes [TÉCNICAS Y EQUIPOS ANALÍTICOS DIAGNÓSTICOS Y TERAPÉUTICOS]Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureusRaonament basat en casosFemaleCritically ill patientLife Sciences & BiomedicineAntifungal agentAdult:Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Epidemiologic Study Characteristics::Epidemiologic Studies::Cohort Studies [ANALYTICAL DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES AND EQUIPMENT]Predictive value:infecciones bacterianas y micosis::infección::sepsis [ENFERMEDADES]NOSepsisIntra-abdominal infectionCritical Care MedicineInternal medicineGeneral & Internal MedicinemedicineMANAGEMENTJournal Article[SDV.MP.PAR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/ParasitologySepticèmiaMortalitybusiness.industrySeptic shockPancreas diseaseMalnutrition030208 emergency & critical care medicineTyphlitisToxic megacolonIntensive careIntraabdominal InfectionsTherapyLate onset disorderbusiness
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Surgical Emergencies in Crohn’s Disease

2015

Crohn’s disease, as a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology that can affect any part of the alimentary canal from the mouth to the anus, has a highly variable course and a very unpredictable evolution. Even surgery does not cure CD, it has however a relevant role in its treatment in combination to medical therapy during the large course of the disease; indeed almost each patient is submitted to a surgical intervention during his life. Nowadays, surgery is considered the last treatment to use whenever medical therapy is insufficient to control symptoms; this choice involves an intervention on more serious patients with more surgical complications. Surgery finds in the Crohn’s dise…

Pediatricsmedicine.medical_specialtyCrohn's diseaseToxic megacolonbusiness.industryMedicine (all)fungifood and beveragesDiseaseAnusmedicine.diseaseShort bowel syndromeChronic inflammatory diseaseGastroenterologydigestive system diseasesmedicine.anatomical_structureInternal medicineAcute appendicitismedicineEtiologybusiness
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Oral valganciclovir for coloni c dilatation in ulcerative colitis associated with Human cytomegalovirus infection

2009

Toxic megacolon cytomegalovirus
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