scholarly journals Severe Herpes Zoster Infection in the United Kingdom: Experience in a Regional Infectious Disease Unit

1989 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Bannister ◽  
B Crosse
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Herpes Zoster ◽  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Complication Rate ◽  
Herpes Zoster Infection ◽  
Infectious Disease Unit ◽  
Duration Of Hospital Stay ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Acyclovir Therapy ◽  
Disease Unit

Seventy-three cases of severe herpes zoster infection admitted to a regional infectious disease unit over a 3-year period were reviewed. Complications were common. Elderly patients were in the majority (55%), were hospitalized for longer and accounted for 78% of all complications. Acyclovir therapy was used in 44 cases with a reduction in both the duration of hospital stay and complication rate.

NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION WITH ECHOVIRUS TYPE II IN HANDICAPPED AND PREMATURE INFANTS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 603-607
Author(s):  
Henry G. Cramblett ◽  
Ralph E. Haynes ◽  
Parvin H. Azimi ◽  
Milo D. Hilty ◽  
Michael H. Wilder
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Premature Infants ◽  
Index Case ◽  
Hand Washing ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Bacterial Sepsis ◽  
Infectious Disease Unit ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Echovirus Type ◽  
Disease Unit

This report describes an outbreak of nosocomial infections due to echovirus type 11 among premature and/or handicapped infants in an intensive care unit. Four patients became ill within a short period of time and echovirus 11 was recovered from several of their specimens. The illnesses were clinically suggestive of bacterial sepsis and/or bacterial meningitis. Each of the four infants who became ill was in an isolette for a period of from 20 to 54 days before onset of illness. Three of the four patients became ill within 24 hours of one another which suggested a common exposure at nearly the same time. No index case could be identified, but it appears that this outbreak of enteroviral infections was due to inadequate hand washing by personnel. The outbreak was halted by removing the infants to an infectious disease unit and by closing the involved unit to new admissions for seven days.

scholarly journals A prospective pharmacovigilance study in the infectious diseases unit of a tertiary care hospital

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (07) ◽  
pp. 649-655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Berna Karaismailoglu ◽  
Nese Saltoglu ◽  
Ilker Inanc Balkan ◽  
Bilgul Mete ◽  
Fehmi Tabak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Infectious Disease Unit ◽  
Tertiary Teaching ◽  
Tertiary Teaching Hospital ◽  
Tissue Reactions ◽  
Disease Unit

Introduction: The frequency, causality, severity, preventability and risk factors of ADRs (adverse drug reactions) in infectious disease units are not well defined in the literature. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the characteristics of the ADRs encountered in an infectious disease unit of a tertiary teaching hospital. Methodology: The patients who were admitted to the infectious disease unit of a tertiary teaching hospital longer than 24 hours between January and December of 2016 were followed prospectively. Patients were observed and questioned for any sign of ADRs. The proportion of ADRs and patient characteristics were investigated. Causality was evaluated by the Naranjo algorithm, severity was determined using the Hartwig classification, and preventability was assessed using the Schumock and Thornton scale. Results: 210 patients were admitted to the unit during the study period, of whom 44 patients (20.9%) experienced 51 ADRs. 5.9% of ADRs were found to be serious according to the Hartwig severity classification. In addition, 88.1% of ADRs were not preventable. The most frequently detected ADR was skin and subcutaneous tissue reactions (33.3%), and systemic antimicrobials were the most common type of drugs that caused an ADR. Prolonged hospitalization (p < 0.001) and usage of an increased number of drugs (p < 0.001) were found to be significant risk factors for ADR development. Conclusions: Prolonged hospital stay and polypharmacy are significant risk factors that increase the incidence of ADRs in infectious disease units. The likelihood of unavoidable ADRs should arouse the attention of clinicians when prescribing antimicrobials.

scholarly journals The Complexity, Relative Value, and Financial Worth of Curbside Consultations in an Academic Infectious Disease Unit

2011 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 557-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Grace ◽  
W. K. Alston ◽  
M. Ramundo ◽  
L. Polish ◽  
B. Kirkpatrick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Infectious Disease Unit ◽  
Relative Value ◽  
Disease Unit

scholarly journals The Utility of Preliminary Patient Evaluation in a Febrile Respiratory Infectious Disease Unit Outside the Emergency Department

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. S187-S188
Author(s):  
Jun Sik Kang ◽  
Hee Yoon ◽  
Byung Woo Jhun ◽  
Seong Mi Lim ◽  
Eun Sil Ko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Emergency Department ◽  
Patient Evaluation ◽  
Infectious Disease Unit ◽  
Disease Unit

scholarly journals Varicella caused by airborne transmission of a localised herpes zoster infection in a family

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. e243217
Author(s):  
Yumi Hatsushika ◽  
Isao Nii ◽  
Tomohiro Taniguchi
Keyword(s):  
Herpes Zoster ◽  
Skin Lesion ◽  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Varicella Zoster Virus ◽  
Direct Contact ◽  
Routine Vaccination ◽  
Herpes Zoster Infection ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Airborne Transmission ◽  
Varicella Zoster

Localised herpes zoster infections spread by direct contact with active skin lesion, but airborne transmission is rare. We report a case of varicella from airborne transmission of a localised herpes zoster infection in a family. The patient was a 15-year-old boy who had never been vaccinated against the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). He likely developed varicella from his father, whom the patient lived with. The patient’s father developed a localised herpes zoster infection 2 weeks prior. The patient’s varicella was hypothesised to be due to VZV spread via airborne transmission from the father’s localised infection. To decrease the number of varicella cases, routine vaccination of children against VZV is essential, and immunisation against VZV in middle-aged and elderly patients is also necessary.

scholarly journals The Profile of Health Problems in African Immigrants Attending an Infectious Disease Unit in Melbourne, Australia

2009 ◽  
Vol 80 (5) ◽  
pp. 805-811 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine B. Gibney ◽  
Caroline Marshall ◽  
Joseph Torresi ◽  
Beverley-Ann Biggs ◽  
Karin Leder ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
African Immigrants ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Infectious Disease Unit ◽  
Disease Unit

scholarly journals Rectal biopsy in patients presenting to an infectious disease unit with diarrhoeal disease.

Gut ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
R J Dickinson ◽  
H M Gilmour ◽  
D B McClelland
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Rectal Biopsy ◽  
Diarrhoeal Disease ◽  
Infectious Disease Unit ◽  
Disease Unit
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