tetracycline and Abscess

Topics: Abattoirs; Abscess; Agglutination Tests; Animals; Body Weight; Brucella; Brucella abortus; Brucellosis; Cattle; Chloramphenicol; Epididymitis; Fever; Humans; Illinois; Iowa; Lymphatic Diseases; Male; Occupational Diseases; Pyridazines; Splenomegaly; Streptomycin; Sulfanilamides; Tetracycline

Topics: Abscess; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Ampicillin; Bacteriological Techniques; Bacteroides; Bacteroides Infections; Child; Child, Preschool; DNA, Bacterial; Drainage; Female; Gingiva; Humans; Infant; Injections; Male; Methylphenidate; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Middle Aged; Penicillin Resistance; Penicillins; Postoperative Complications; Streptococcal Infections; Substance-Related Disorders; Suppuration; Tetracycline

Topics: Abortion, Septic; Abscess; Aminoglycosides; Anaerobiosis; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Infections; Brain Abscess; Cephalosporins; Chloramphenicol; Clindamycin; Endocarditis, Bacterial; Erythromycin; Female; Humans; Lincomycin; Lung Abscess; Penicillins; Pregnancy; Sepsis; Tetracycline

The significance of C-reactive protein (CRP) in assessing the treatment of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) was established and compared with body temperature (BT), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and serum leukocyte concentration (L).. In 51 patients with PID, 20 (39%) of them with tubo-ovarial abscess (TOA), measurement of BT and laboratory investigations were carried out on admission and during treatment on days 3-4, 6-8 and 18-21. The changes in these values were compared with the changes in clinical condition.. Prior to treatment, the majority--49 patients or 96.1%--had increased CRP values. In successful treatment, the CRP values decreased significantly in PID patients without TOA on day 3-4, in patients with TOA on day 6-8 and reached normal values in both groups on day 18-21. Changes in clinical condition were most concurrent with changes in CRP.. In assessing PID treatment, the determination of CRP has precedence over L, ESR and BT as the percentage of patients with increased CRP is higher and because the changes in value follow the changes in clinical condition more reliably.

Topics: Abscess; Adult; Blood Sedimentation; Body Temperature; C-Reactive Protein; Ceftriaxone; Clindamycin; Drug Administration Schedule; Drug Therapy, Combination; Female; Gentamicins; Humans; Oophoritis; Pelvic Inflammatory Disease; Prognosis; Prospective Studies; Salpingitis; Sensitivity and Specificity; Severity of Illness Index; Tetracycline

During a 4-month period 265 women delivered by cesarean section were studied to determine what effect membrane rupture has on the incidence and severity of postoperative infection. There was a definite correlation between the duration of ruptured membranes and the incidence as well as severity of postoperative infections. Only 29% of women with intact membranes subsequently developed endometritis with pelvic cellulitis, in contrast to 85% of those whose membranes were ruptured for less than 6 hours. Wound and pelvic abscesses were encountered in less than 1% of women delivered with intact membranes, yet these complications developed in over 30% of women with membranes ruptured for less than 6 hours. The incidence of septicemia was four times greater in those women whose membranes were ruptured for less than 6 hours. Women with endometritis were treated with one of two empirical antimicrobial regimens chosen randomly. Intravenous penicillin and tetracycline was found to be as effective as, and perhaps slightly more effective than, the combination of intravenous penicillin and intramuscular tobramycin.

Topics: Abscess; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Cesarean Section; Endometritis; Extraembryonic Membranes; Female; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Labor, Obstetric; Penicillins; Pregnancy; Puerperal Infection; Tetracycline; Time Factors; Tobramycin

In a comparative investigation incised skin abscesses were treated by either introducing sterile fusidic acid gel into the cavity on one occasion only or applying daily superficial dressings impregnated with sodium fusidate ointment. In comparison with the dressing group, the intracavity use of fusidic acid gel reduced the mean healing time of incised abscesses by approximately one-half. When abscesses were analysed according to site and size, the reduction in mean healing time was equally striking. No hypersentisivity or irritation to fusidic acid or its sodium salt applied by either method was observed.The procedure of introducing fusidic acid gel into an incised abscess cavity is a promising alternative to superficial antibiotic dressings or wicks in the treatment of incised abscesses.

Topics: Abscess; Bandages; Drug Hypersensitivity; Fusidic Acid; Gels; Humans; Ointments; Penicillins; Skin Diseases; Tetracycline; Time Factors; Wound Healing

Methicillin-resistant. This retrospective study was conducted from January 2016-December 2021 on patients at eleven ISPED-group hospitals.. From 2016-2021, a total of 13024 MRSA isolates were obtained from children. The most common age group for patients with MRSA infection was less than 3 years old, and newborns were an important group affected by MRSA infection. MRSA was most commonly isolated from the lower respiratory, an abscess, a secretion, or blood in neonates and from the lower respiratory, an abscess, or the upper respiratory in non-neonates. All isolates were susceptible to vancomycin and linezolid and resistant to penicillin; additionally, 76.88%, 54.97%, 22.30%, 5.67%, 5.14%, 3.63%, and 1.42% were resistant to erythromycin, clindamycin, tetracycline, levofloxacin, sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim (TMP-SMX), gentamicin, and rifampin, respectively. Between 2016 and 2021, a significant increase was seen in the levofloxacin- and TMP-SMX-resistance rates (from 5.45% to 7.14% and from 4.67% to 6.50%, respectively) among MRSA isolates, along with a significant decrease in the rates of resistance to erythromycin (from 82.61% to 68.08%), clindamycin (from 60.95% to 46.82%), tetracycline (from 25.37% to 17.13%), gentamicin (from 4.53% to 2.82%), and rifampin (from 1.89% to 0.41%).. The antibiotic-resistance rates varied among MRSA isolated from different sources. Because of the high antibiotic resistance rate to clindamycin, this antibiotic is not recommended for empirical treatment of MRSA infections, especially in osteomyelitis.

Topics: Abscess; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Child; Child, Preschool; Clindamycin; Communicable Diseases; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Erythromycin; Gentamicins; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Levofloxacin; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Retrospective Studies; Rifampin; Staphylococcal Infections; Staphylococcus aureus; Tetracycline; Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination

Emergency department (ED) visits for the treatment of skin abscesses have increased with the emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CAMRSA). There is limited information about the bacteriology of cutaneous abscesses evaluated in ED in Puerto Rico. The purpose of our study was to characterize the pathogens cultured from abscesses of patients in the ED consulted to the Dermatology Service of University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine.. Patients with skin abscesses consulted to the Dermatology Service by the ED of P.R. Medical Center from 2012 to 2017 were included. Data retrieved included demographic information, past medical history, prior antibiotic use, distribution of lesions, and treatment provided. Bacteriology results and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns from cultured skin lesions were recorded.. Ninety patients diagnosed with skin abscess were evaluated. All patients underwent incision and drainage; this was the sole treatment in two patients. The most frequently administered systemic therapy was oral clindamycin in 32 patients (36%). A total of 66 patients (73%) had S. aureus isolates, most of them (85%) MRSA. Among the isolates with MRSA, 14.3% were resistant to clindamycin. All MRSA strains were susceptible to tetracycline and vancomycin.. There is a high prevalence of MRSA causing abscesses in the Hispanic population evaluated in an ED in Puerto Rico. Systemic antibiotic use for the treatment of skin abscesses after incision and drainage remains high despite published guidelines arguing against their widespread use. Clindamycin resistance in our patient population appears to be more frequent than previously reported.

Topics: Abscess; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Clindamycin; Dermatology; Emergency Service, Hospital; Female; Humans; Male; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Middle Aged; Puerto Rico; Schools, Medical; Skin Diseases, Bacterial; Staphylococcus aureus; Tetracycline; Vancomycin; Young Adult

Staphylococcus aureus native efflux pump Tet38 confers resistance to tetracycline when overexpressed. tet38 expression is selectively upregulated in infection sites. This study evaluated the effect of Tet38 on tetracycline response in a murine subcutaneous abscess model.. S. aureus MW2 and its tet38 mutant were injected subcutaneously on the opposite flanks of each mouse. The infected mice were treated with tetracycline (10 mg/kg) or PBS (control) intraperitoneally every 12 h. The efficacy of tetracycline against S. aureus was measured by the relative change in viable bacteria in the abscesses 24 h after infection compared with the initial inoculum. Plasmid-based tet38-complemented strains were created and used to infect the mice followed by tetracycline or PBS treatment.. The increased bacterial loads of S. aureus MW2 and its tet38 mutant in the abscess after 24 h were similar. Tetracycline produced significant decreases of both MW2 and the tet38 mutant compared with control. Although the tetracycline MICs for MW2 and the tet38 mutant did not differ in vitro, the antibacterial effect of tetracycline was significantly 2-fold greater in the tet38 mutant compared with the MW2 parental strain in vivo with a decrease of 0.67 ± 0.21 and 0.35 ± 0.19 log10 cfu/abscess, respectively (P < 0.05). The increased tetracycline activity in the tet38 mutant was complemented by plasmid-encoded tet38.. This study demonstrated that selective increased expression of tet38 in an abscess can affect tetracycline efficacy against S. aureus in vivo, highlighting an effect of native efflux pumps on response to therapy not reflected by testing in vitro.

Topics: Abscess; Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Load; Bacterial Proteins; Disease Models, Animal; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; Male; Membrane Transport Proteins; Mice; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Skin; Staphylococcal Infections; Staphylococcus aureus; Tetracycline

A 15-month-old 27.7-kg sexually intact male Doberman Pinscher was examined because of multiple subcutaneous abscesses on the neck, trunk, and limbs that developed 2 months after a dog bite and were refractory to antibiotic treatment. Incubation of a biopsy specimen at 37 C on a Lowenstein-Jensen agar slant for 8 days yielded growth of a Runyon's Group IV mycobacterium, and disseminated subcutaneous Mycobacterium sp infection was diagnosed. The organism was identified as M fortuitum, and was susceptible to amikacin, doxycycline, cefoxitin, minocycline, trimethoprim/sulfadiazine, and sulfisoxazole. Lesions resolved after 8 months of treatment with doxycycline (5 mg/kg of body weight, PO, q 12 h). The cause of dissemination was unknown; however, delay in debridement of the bite wound and corticosteroid use in initial wound management may have potentiated dissemination.

Topics: Abscess; Animals; Bites and Stings; Dexamethasone; Dog Diseases; Dogs; Doxycycline; Male; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous; Nontuberculous Mycobacteria; Skin Diseases, Bacterial; Tetracycline

In four patients with an adult chlamydial ophthalmia small, marginal corneal abscesses were detected. These corneal abscesses were associated with unilateral papillary and follicular conjunctivitis and punctate keratitis. In these patients no bacteria was isolated from the abscesses, but Chlamydia trachomatis was isolated from materials collected from the abscesses and from the conjunctival swabbings. In addition all patients had microbiologically proved concomitant chlamydial genital infections. The clinical signs resolved after topical treatment with rifampicin or tetracycline eye ointment for six weeks or systemic treatment with tetracycline for two weeks. Because of concomitant chlamydial genital infection it is advisable to treat patients with adult chlamydial ophthalmia with systemic tetracycline and to refer these patients and their consorts for investigation and treatment of their genital infection.

Topics: Abscess; Adult; Chlamydia Infections; Chlamydia trachomatis; Conjunctivitis, Inclusion; Corneal Diseases; Female; Humans; Keratitis; Male; Middle Aged; Rifampin; Tetracycline

A total of 1504 consecutive abdominal operations were studied prospectively over a five year period. The incidence of wound (2.8%) and intraperitoneal (0.8%) infections was low compared with contemporary reports. It is difficult to justify modifying existing practice on the basis of small controlled clinical trials when information from accurate audit discloses results superior to those of experimental studies.

Topics: Abdomen; Abscess; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Humans; Peritoneal Diseases; Prospective Studies; Staphylococcal Infections; Surgical Wound Infection; Tetracycline

The ability of strains of Bacteroides fragilis resistant to clindamycin and/or tetracycline to transfer resistance to a susceptible recipient strain in experimental subcutaneous abscesses in mice was investigated. The results indicated that such transfer took place at a frequency similar to that observed in vitro. Transfer of resistance determinants at infected sites may play a role in the epidemiology of disseminated resistance to antimicrobial agents.

Topics: Abscess; Ampicillin; Animals; Bacteroides fragilis; Bacteroides Infections; Clindamycin; Conjugation, Genetic; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; R Factors; Tetracycline

Topics: Abdomen; Abscess; Child; Humans; Peritoneal Diseases; Peritonitis; Postoperative Complications; Surgical Wound Infection; Tetracycline; Therapeutic Irrigation

Six of 14 patients with renal abscess had prior history of urinary tract infection; initial symptoms included fever and flank pain in 12. A drip-infusion intravenous pyelogram was the most sensitive radiologic test, but selective renal arteriography was most specific. Urine cultures were positive in all 14 patients; blood cultures were positive in nine. Six patients were treated with antibiotics alone and eight required surgery. Of the eight, five had pus-filled cavities, one had multiple stones, one had a renal infarct, and one had a resolving abscess. Of six treated with antibiotics alone, one died of unrelated complications and five have demonstrated no pathological renal condition after three to six years.

Topics: Abscess; Adolescent; Adult; Ampicillin; Escherichia coli Infections; Female; Gentamicins; Humans; Kidney Diseases; Klebsiella Infections; Male; Middle Aged; Nephrectomy; Tetracycline

In 1958-74 altogether 64 cases of bacteriologically verified infections of Listeria monocytogenes were diagnosed in Sweden in children, aged more than 27 days, and in adults. Immunosuppression predisposed to the disease. Thus, many patients had co-existing disorders, such as leukemia and alcoholism. Sixteen patients had been treated with corticosteroids, which were combined with cytostatic drugs in nine. Meningoencephalitis was diagnosed in 52 patients and was fatal in 16. The clinical symptoms did not differ from those in purulent meningitis caused by other bacteria. In the cerebrospinal fluid the cellular response was dominated by polymorphonuclear cells in 29 patients and by mononuclear cells in 20. Ten patients had septicemia, which was fatal in four. Clinical symptoms were dominated by chills, high fever and general prostration. One patient had pleurisy and one an abscess of the neck; both recovered. Serotypes 1 and 4b prevailed and were equally common. Many patients developed raised antibody titers in both the O-agglutination test and the complement fixation test. The titers were often not positive until after a month. Moderate granulocytosis was the rule and monocytosis was rarely seen. Ampicillin alone or combined with an aminoglycoside seemed to be the drug of choice in the treatment of listeriosis. An alternative drug was tetracycline. Most deaths occurred within six days of onset of the illness. Early diagnosis and treatment were imperative. Most patients recovered and serious sequelae were rare.

Topics: Abscess; Adrenal Cortex Hormones; Adult; Aged; Ampicillin; Antineoplastic Agents; Drug Therapy, Combination; Female; Humans; Immunosuppression Therapy; Listeria monocytogenes; Listeriosis; Male; Meningitis, Listeria; Middle Aged; Oxacillin; Penicillin G; Pleurisy; Sepsis; Serotyping; Sulfonamides; Sweden; Tetracycline

Actinomycotic infections are unusual, but the actual incidence is likely to be significantly higher than records indicate. The disease may complicate trauma of many types to the respiratory and digestive tracts, including operative procedures. This possibility should encourage more frequent use of anaerobic cultures in inflammatory diseases, particularly posttraumatic, and should prompt consideration of actinomycosis in the differential diagnosis of infections, especially in the cervicofacial area. We report four cases that demonstrate the variable course of this infection. Treatment is highly successful with appropriate use of antibiotics and surgery. A plea is made to use the least expensive, effective antibiotic in view of the prolonged course of therapy that is necessary to eradicate this infection.

Topics: Abscess; Actinomycosis, Cervicofacial; Aged; Ampicillin; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; Cephalosporins; Female; Humans; Laryngeal Neoplasms; Male; Middle Aged; Parotid Gland; Penicillin G; Tetracycline; Wounds and Injuries

The efficacies of five common antimicrobial agents were determined for a pure Bacteroides fragilis infection in mice. Therapy was begun 4 h after bacterial injection and given every 8 h thereafter for 5 days. Blood levels were determined over an 8-h period for each concentration of antibiotic tested. Clindamycin and tetracycline were the most effective in preventing the formation of abscesses. Chloramphenicol, penicillin G, and cephalothin were not effective in protecting the mice from infection.

Topics: Abscess; Animals; Bacteroides fragilis; Bacteroides Infections; Cephalothin; Chloramphenicol; Clindamycin; Disease Models, Animal; Mice; Mice, Inbred ICR; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Penicillin G; Tetracycline

Previous studies have shown that radiolabeled tetracyclines tend to accumulate in infarcts and necrotic tumors. These results suggested that radiolabeled tetracyclines might also accumulate in necrotic abscesses or areas of inflammation. In order to develop a better abscess scanning agent, we compared the efficiency of 131I-tetracycline with 67Ga-citrate in labeling experimentally induced staphylococcal aureus abscesses in rats 24 and 72 hours after injection. In addition to evaluating 131I-tetracycline as an abscess scanning agent, we hoped to obtain data which might clarify the controversy regarding early versus late gallium scanning in suspected infection. 131I-tetracycline was chosen over 99mTc-tetracycline because the longer half-life of 131I would allow 72 hour imaging. Absolute concentrations of gallium in the abscess contents and in the surrounding areas of inflammation were significantly greater than the concentration of 131I-tetracycline at both 24 and 72 hours. With the exception of blood, muscle, and bone, the abscess-to-tissue activity ratios for gallium and 131I-tetracycline were similar; however, the ratio of gallium activity in the inflammed tissue to other tissues was greater than that of 131I-tetracycline for every tissue examined at both time periods. The data suggest that 131I-tetracycline has little potential as a general abscess scanning agent. The gallium tissue concentrations and tissue ratios suggest that abscesses which can be imaged at 72 hours can probably be imaged at 24 hours, thus allowing earlier initiation of appropriate therapy. Because of the higher lesion-to-blood ratio at 72 hours, a 72-hour scan would appear to be indicated before a scan is interpreted as normal.

Topics: Abscess; Animals; Gallium Radioisotopes; Iodine Radioisotopes; Male; Radionuclide Imaging; Rats; Tetracycline

Topics: Abscess; Adult; Autopsy; Brain Stem; Cephalothin; Cervical Vertebrae; Enterobacteriaceae Infections; Gentamicins; Horner Syndrome; Humans; Laminectomy; Male; Myelitis; Pharynx; Postoperative Complications; Quadriplegia; Spinal Cord; Spinal Cord Injuries; Tetracycline

Over the past 10 years, it has been well established that Crohn's disease may involve any segment of the gastrointestinal tract from the mouth to the anus and may also cause destructive extraintestinal lesions. Extensive cutaneous ulceration has recently been recognized as one of the rare extraintestinal complications. A case of chronic vulvar ulceration due to Crohn's disease is reported. The clinical manifestations and management of such a lesion are discussed.

Topics: Abscess; Adult; Aminosalicylic Acids; Biopsy; Buttocks; Colectomy; Complement Fixation Tests; Crohn Disease; Female; Humans; Ileostomy; Isoniazid; Pregnancy; Skin Ulcer; Steroids; Tetracycline; Vulva; Vulvar Diseases

Topics: Abscess; Ampicillin; Calcaneus; Child; Child, Preschool; Chloramphenicol; Cloxacillin; Curettage; Erythromycin; Female; Fusidic Acid; Humans; Male; Osteomyelitis; Penicillins; Radiography; Staphylococcal Infections; Streptococcal Infections; Talus; Tetracycline

Topics: Abdominal Injuries; Abscess; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacteroides; Blood; Carbenicillin; Cephalothin; Chromatography, Gas; Culture Media; Doxycycline; Erythromycin; Humans; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Penicillin G; Penicillin Resistance; Sputum; Tetracycline; Urinary Tract

Topics: Abscess; Acute Disease; Adolescent; Chronic Disease; Enterobacteriaceae Infections; Granuloma; Humans; Knee; Male; Methylamines; Serratia marcescens; Skin Diseases, Infectious; Suppuration; Tetracycline

Topics: Abscess; Adult; Amputation Stumps; Amputation, Surgical; Chloramphenicol; Humans; Male; Melioidosis; Military Medicine; Novobiocin; Osteomyelitis; Pseudomonas; Pseudomonas Infections; Sepsis; Sulfisoxazole; Surgical Wound Infection; Tetracycline; Wound Infection

Topics: Abscess; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Ampicillin; Appendectomy; Appendicitis; Child; Child, Preschool; Drainage; Humans; Surgical Wound Infection; Tetracycline

Topics: Abscess; Acute Disease; Bacteria; Cellulitis; Chloramphenicol; Erythromycin; Humans; Mouth Diseases; Osteomyelitis; Penicillin Resistance; Penicillins; Seasons; Staphylococcus; Streptomycin; Suppuration; Tetracycline; Tooth Diseases

Topics: Abscess; Amniotic Fluid; Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Cephalosporins; Chloramphenicol; Erythromycin; Female; Fetus; Genitalia, Female; Kanamycin; Kidney; Menstruation; Milk, Human; Penicillins; Placenta; Prednisolone; Pregnancy; Rats; Tetracycline; Trypsin; Uterus

Topics: Abscess; Adnexal Diseases; Adult; Bacterial Infections; Bacteroides; Bacteroides Infections; Chloramphenicol; Cross Infection; Female; Heparin; Humans; Hysterectomy; Kanamycin; Penicillins; Postoperative Complications; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; Puerperal Infection; Streptomycin; Tetracycline

Topics: Abscess; Actinomyces; Actinomycosis; Bone Diseases; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Erythromycin; Female; Humans; Middle Aged; Radiography; Skin Diseases, Infectious; Tetracycline

Topics: Abscess; Adult; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Mouth Diseases; Tetracycline; Tooth Extraction

Topics: Abscess; Acne Vulgaris; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Cellulitis; Demeclocycline; Female; Furunculosis; Humans; Male; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Middle Aged; Skin Diseases; Staphylococcus; Tetracycline

Topics: Abscess; Ampicillin; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacteriological Techniques; Cellulitis; Cephalothin; Chloramphenicol; Colistin; Erythromycin; Escherichia coli; Escherichia coli Infections; Hand; Humans; Infections; Kanamycin; Lincomycin; Methicillin; Penicillin Resistance; Penicillins; Polymyxins; Staphylococcal Infections; Staphylococcus; Streptococcal Infections; Streptococcus; Streptomycin; Tetracycline; Wound Infection

Topics: Abscess; Adolescent; Adult; Bile; Child; Escherichia coli; Female; Humans; Inflammation; Male; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Middle Aged; Osteomyelitis; Skin Diseases; Staphylococcus; Surgical Wound Infection; Tetracycline; Wound Infection

Topics: Abscess; Adolescent; Adult; Animals; Bile; Escherichia coli; Female; Humans; Kidney; Klebsiella; Liver; Lung; Male; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Middle Aged; Myocardium; Rats; Skin Diseases; Spleen; Staphylococcus; Tetracycline; Thyroid Diseases; Thyroid Gland; Wound Infection

Topics: Abscess; Adult; Female; Furunculosis; Humans; Infections; Injections, Intramuscular; Male; Mastitis; Middle Aged; Penicillin Resistance; Penicillin V; Pregnancy; Staphylococcal Infections; Staphylococcus; Surgical Wound Infection; Tetracycline; Time Factors

Topics: Abscess; Adolescent; Bronchitis; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Infant; Male; Measles; Penicillin V; Pharyngeal Diseases; Pneumonia; Respiratory Tract Infections; Stomatitis; Tetracycline

Topics: Abscess; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacteria; Cellulitis; Chloramphenicol; Enterococcus faecalis; Escherichia coli; General Surgery; Humans; Infections; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Neomycin; Penicillin G; Penicillin Resistance; Peritonitis; Proteus; Staphylococcus; Streptomycin; Surgical Wound Infection; Tetracycline; Wound Infection

Topics: Abscess; Administration, Oral; Adult; Aged; Animals; Aqueous Humor; Child; Cornea; Dacryocystitis; Eye; Eye Diseases; Eye Foreign Bodies; Eye Injuries; Female; Hordeolum; Humans; Injections; Male; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Middle Aged; Rabbits; Staphylococcus; Tetracycline

Topics: Abscess; Adult; Aged; Asthma; Chymotrypsin; Dermatitis; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Otitis; Respiratory Tract Infections; Tetracycline; Thrombophlebitis; Trypsin

Topics: Abscess; Adolescent; Agammaglobulinemia; Arthritis, Infectious; Bacteroides Infections; Brain Abscess; Child; Child, Preschool; Chloramphenicol; Female; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Penicillins; Tetracycline

Topics: Abscess; Blood Chemical Analysis; Humans; Inhalation; Malaria; Male; Middle Aged; Splenic Diseases; Tetracycline; Urine

Topics: Abscess; Adult; Chloramphenicol; Diabetes Complications; Diagnosis, Differential; Drainage; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Female; Humans; Male; Melioidosis; Pseudomonas; Sulfonamides; Tetracycline

Topics: Abscess; Actinobacillus; Adult; Animals; Animals, Domestic; Australia; Complement Fixation Tests; Connective Tissue; Disease Reservoirs; Dogs; Female; Glycosuria; Humans; Liver Abscess; Lung Abscess; Male; Melioidosis; Middle Aged; Muscular Diseases; Rats; Splenic Diseases; Tetracycline; Water Microbiology

Topics: Abscess; Adult; Foreign Bodies; Humans; Male; Salivary Gland Diseases; Tetracycline

Topics: Abscess; Ampicillin; Cephalothin; Chloramphenicol; Enterobacter; Escherichia coli; Haemophilus influenzae; Humans; Imidazoles; Infections; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Penicillin G; Penicillins; Peritoneal Diseases; Proteus; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Respiratory Tract Infections; Sepsis; Staphylococcus; Streptococcus; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Surgical Wound Infection; Tetracycline; Urinary Tract Infections; Vascular Diseases; Wound Infection

Topics: Abscess; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacteria; Biguanides; Cholangitis; Cystitis; Humans; Respiratory Tract Infections; Tetracycline; Tonsillitis

Topics: Abscess; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Aortic Aneurysm; Aortitis; Chloramphenicol; Drug Therapy; Heart Valve Prosthesis; Humans; Kanamycin; Pathology; Salmonella; Salmonella Infections; Streptomycin; Tetracycline

Topics: Abscess; Actinomycosis; Anal Canal; Drug Therapy; Fistula; Humans; Perineum; Protein Synthesis Inhibitors; Rectal Fistula; Rectum; Tetracycline

Topics: Abscess; Adolescent; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Appendicitis; Diagnosis, Differential; Drug Therapy; Humans; Lymphography; Protein Synthesis Inhibitors; Radiography; Sigmoidoscopy; Tetracycline

Topics: Abscess; Adolescent; Chloramphenicol; Drug Resistance; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Dura Mater; Epidural Abscess; Humans; Hypothermia; Laminectomy; Myelography; Paraplegia; Penicillins; Spinal Cord; Spinal Cord Compression; Staphylococcal Infections; Streptomycin; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Tetracycline

Topics: Abscess; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacitracin; Bronchial Fistula; Chloramphenicol; Empyema; Erythromycin; Humans; Kanamycin; Novobiocin; Penicillins; Pleural Effusion; Pneumonia; Pneumonia, Staphylococcal; Pneumothorax; Sepsis; Staphylococcal Infections; Tetracycline; Vancomycin

Topics: Abscess; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacteroides; Bacteroides Infections; Brain; Brain Abscess; Cerebral Angiography; Child; Chlortetracycline; Drainage; Hemiplegia; Humans; Hydrocephalus; Oxytetracycline; Radiography; Tetracycline

Topics: Abscess; Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Appendectomy; Appendicitis; Child; Humans; Lymph Nodes; Lymphadenitis; Mice; Pasteurella Infections; Penicillins; Skin Tests; Streptomycin; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Tetracycline; Zoonoses

Topics: Abscess; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Antibiotics, Antitubercular; Appendectomy; Appendicitis; Chloramphenicol; Gangrene; Humans; Intestinal Perforation; Penicillins; Peritonitis; Postoperative Complications; Streptomycin; Suppuration; Surgical Wound Infection; Tetracycline

The available world literature (since Friedman's and Levy's comprehensive report in 1937) regarding actinomycosis of the central nervous system is reviewed. Only cases proved by culture were included in this analysis. A total of 17 cases was collected and an additional patient with this entity is described.The important differences between actinomycosis and nocardiosis are discussed. A definite diagnosis of actinomycosis was possible only when anaerobic cultures of cerebrospinal fluid or material obtained from a brain abscess yielded colonies of typical Actinomyces organisms. The characteristic result of infection of the brain by this fungus was abscess formation, and this occurred in all except one of the cases reviewed. Penicillin appears to be the drug of choice in treatment and, where possible, surgical excision of the cerebral abscess should be undertaken.

Topics: Abscess; Actinomyces; Actinomycosis; Adolescent; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Brain; Brain Abscess; Brain Diseases; Cerebral Angiography; Chloramphenicol; Electroencephalography; Humans; Meninges; Neurosurgery; Penicillin G; Penicillin G Procaine; Penicillins; Procaine; Sulfadiazine; Tetracycline

Topics: Abscess; Air Microbiology; Antisepsis; Bacteriological Techniques; Bacteriophage Typing; Burns; Chloramphenicol; Drug Resistance; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Empyema; Enteritis; Epidemiology; Osteomyelitis; Penicillins; Pneumonia; Postoperative Complications; Pressure Ulcer; Pyelonephritis; Sepsis; Staphylococcal Infections; Staphylococcus; Staphylococcus Phages; Tetracycline; Toxicology; Wound Infection

Topics: Abscess; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Brucellosis; Chlortetracycline; Humans; Physiology; Protein Synthesis Inhibitors; Radiography; Spondylitis; Streptomycin; Tetracycline

Topics: Abscess; Amebiasis; Black People; Bronchography; Bronchoscopy; Chloroquine; Dysentery, Amebic; Emetine; Entamoeba histolytica; Humans; Iodoquinol; Liver Abscess; Liver Abscess, Amebic; Lung Abscess; Lung Diseases, Parasitic; Pathology; Penicillins; Pneumonectomy; Pneumoperitoneum; Pneumoperitoneum, Artificial; Streptomycin; Tetracycline

Topics: Abscess; Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bronchitis; Cross Infection; Diabetes Mellitus; Erythromycin; Furunculosis; Fusidic Acid; Gangrene; Humans; Leukemia; Lung Diseases; Penicillins; Pyelonephritis; Sepsis; Staphylococcal Infections; Streptomycin; Sulfonamides; Tetracycline

Topics: Abscess; Arthritis; Child; Chloramphenicol; Diagnosis, Differential; Drainage; Erythromycin; Humans; Infant; Joint Diseases; Novobiocin; Osteomyelitis; Oxytetracycline; Penicillins; Sepsis; Staphylococcal Infections; Streptococcal Infections; Suppuration; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Tetracycline

Topics: Abscess; Adolescent; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Antibiotics, Antitubercular; Appendectomy; Appendicitis; Child; Dermatologic Agents; Drainage; Geriatrics; Humans; Infant; Postoperative Care; Tetracycline; Wound Infection

Topics: Abscess; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Asthma; Bronchitis; Bronchopneumonia; Chloramphenicol; Cholecystitis; Colitis; Communicable Diseases; Erythromycin; Humans; Tetracycline

Topics: Abscess; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Appendicitis; Bursitis; Carbuncle; Cellulitis; Empyema; Geriatrics; Humans; Infant; Lymphadenitis; Lymphangitis; Oleandomycin; Osteomyelitis; Paronychia; Parotitis; Peritonitis; Suppuration; Surgical Wound Infection; Tetracycline

Topics: Abscess; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Empyema; Empyema, Pleural; Humans; Lung; Lung Abscess; Pleura; Protein Synthesis Inhibitors; Tetracycline