scholarly journals The First Reported Case of Post-Atrioventricular Node Ablation Enterococcus Faecalis Bacteremia in a Patient With Colonic Tubular Adenomas and Chronic Steroid Use

Cureus ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soban Ahmad ◽  
Madeleine Cutrone ◽  
Sundus Ikram ◽  
Sara Yousaf ◽  
Amman Yousaf
Keyword(s):  
Enterococcus Faecalis ◽  
Atrioventricular Node ◽  
Steroid Use

scholarly journals Strongyloides Hyperinfection Associated with Enterococcus faecalis Bacteremia, Meningitis, Ventriculitis and Gas-Forming Spondylodiscitis: A Case Report

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang En Wee ◽  
Su Wai Khin Hnin ◽  
Zheyu Xu ◽  
Lawrence Soon-U Lee
Keyword(s):  
Enterococcus Faecalis ◽  
Strongyloides Stercoralis ◽  
Altered Mental Status ◽  
Early Morning ◽  
Peripheral Eosinophilia ◽  
Imaging Evaluation ◽  
Steroid Use ◽  
Travel History ◽  
History Of ◽  
Stool Specimens

An elderly Singaporean male with no travel history was hospitalized for fever and altered mental status. Blood cultures grew Enterococcus faecalis, and given a preceding history of steroid use and peripheral eosinophilia, Strongyloides hyperinfection was suspected. Stool specimens were positive for Strongyloides stercoralis larvae over four days, and larvae were also isolated in an early morning nasogastric aspirate specimen prior to initiation of ivermectin. A cerebrospinal fluid examination was consistent with partially treated bacterial meningitis and ventriculitis was demonstrated on neuroimaging. In view of a persistent fever, a further imaging evaluation was performed, which demonstrated bilateral pneumonia as well as the unusual finding of gas-forming emphysematous spondylodiscitis and left psoas abscesses. Despite the early suspicion of Strongyloides hyperinfection, commencement of appropriate antibiotics and anti-helminthics, microbiological clearance of bacteremia as well as clearance of S. stercoralis from the stool, the patient still succumbed to infection and passed away 11 days after admission.

Don't Rely on Asthma Steroid Use Reporting

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
M. ALEXANDER OTTO
Keyword(s):  
Steroid Use

Abstract #700: Clubbing as a Presentation of Anabolic Steroid Use

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 131
Author(s):  
Nisha Suda ◽  
Silvio Inzucchi
Keyword(s):  
Anabolic Steroid ◽  
Steroid Use

Wrażliwość klinicznych szczepów Enterococcus faecalis wywołujących zakażenia miejscowe w formie biofilmowej i planktonicznej na antyseptyki

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 337-343
Author(s):  
Marzenna Bartoszewicz ◽  
Adam Junka ◽  
Przemysław Dalkowski ◽  
Maciej Sopata
Keyword(s):  
Enterococcus Faecalis
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