tetracycline and Meningococcal-Infections

Topics: Arachnid Vectors; Chloramphenicol; Diagnosis, Differential; Enterovirus Infections; Humans; Measles; Meningococcal Infections; Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever; Tetracycline; Ticks

Topics: Chlamydia Infections; Chlamydophila psittaci; Humans; Meningococcal Infections; Mycoplasma Infections; Penicillins; Pneumonia; Pneumonia, Pneumococcal; Pneumonia, Staphylococcal; Pneumonia, Viral; Tetracycline

Topics: Aminoglycosides; Ampicillin; Anti-Infective Agents; Antifungal Agents; Antitubercular Agents; Antiviral Agents; Bronchitis; Cephalosporins; Chloramphenicol; Drug Combinations; Humans; Lincomycin; Meningococcal Infections; Penicillin G; Penicillin Resistance; Penicillins; Pneumococcal Infections; Streptococcal Infections; Sulfamethoxazole; Sulfonamides; Tetracycline; Trimethoprim; Urinary Tract Infections

Topics: Acetamides; Bacteria; Cyclohexanes; Drug Interactions; Gonorrhea; Half-Life; Humans; Kinetics; Meningococcal Infections; Methylamines; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Penicillin Resistance; Penicillins; Spectinomycin; Tetracycline

Topics: Adult; Aged; Bacteriuria; Female; Humans; Labyrinth Diseases; Male; Meningococcal Infections; Middle Aged; Minocycline; Tetracycline; Tetracyclines

Topics: Biological Assay; Carrier State; Clinical Trials as Topic; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Humans; Male; Meningococcal Infections; Naval Medicine; Neisseria meningitidis; Nose; Pharynx; Placebos; Respiratory Tract Infections; Saliva; Tetracycline

A random selection of Neisseria meningitidis strains isolated in Sweden in the period 1981-1990 were investigated for plasmid carriage and susceptibility to antimicrobial agents commonly used for treatment and prophylaxis of meningococcal disease. The MICs were determined by the agar dilution method for penicillin V, penicillin G, rifampicin, sulfadiazine, erythromycin and tetracycline. In 13% of the invasive strains the MIC of penicillin V was > or = 0.5 mg/l which may cause concern regarding the usefulness of penicillin V in prophylaxis. In strains isolated from the urogenital tract the MICs of penicillin V and penicillin G were higher than in the invasive strains. In about 82% of the strains isolated in 1987-1988 the MIC of tetracycline was > or = 0.5 mg/l whereas no such strains were found in 1981-1982. Plasmids were found in 2 of 119 invasive strains, in 1 of 50 strains from the respiratory tract and in 1 of 19 strains from the urogenital tract. The plasmid sizes were 1.3, 2.6, 25 and 40 Mda. None of these strains were beta-lactamase producing and no relation to a high degree antibiotic resistance was observed.

Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Erythromycin; Humans; Meningococcal Infections; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Neisseria meningitidis; Penicillin G; Penicillin V; Plasmids; Rifampin; Sulfadiazine; Sweden; Tetracycline

Rocky Mountain spotted fever continues to increase in the United States and the case-fatality ratio remains unchanged despite the availability of effective antibiotics. The apparent reason for the continuing deaths from this disease is the failure of physicians to consider the diagnosis in patients presenting with febrile exanthems in the late spring and summer months. A clinical diagnosis should be based on the history of tick exposure and the presence of fever and the typical exanthem. Serologic tests are useful mainly in retrospect. This article reviews the clinical experience with Rocky Mountain spotted fever in an endemic area in recent years and discusses problems in the diagnosis and management.

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Child; Child, Preschool; Chloramphenicol; Diagnosis, Differential; Enterovirus Infections; Exanthema; Humans; Measles; Meningococcal Infections; Middle Aged; Ohio; Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever; Seasons; Tetracycline

Three cases of pneumonia caused by Neisseria meningitidis group Y are reported. From the results of these cases, the following conclusions were made. N. meningitidis probably can cause serious infection without preceding blood stream invasion. Primary meningococcal pneumonia is not rare; it has no distinctive clinical presentation; and it may not be recognized by routine expectorated sputum cultures. In addition, it may be associated with recent influenzal and adenoviral infections. Lastly, meningococci of the serogroup Y are capable of causing serious disease. Antimicrobial susceptibility studies showed that all three group Y isolates were sensitive to sulfadiazine and rifampin as well as to penicillin, ampicillin, erythromycin, and chloramphenicol.

Topics: Adenoviridae Infections; Adolescent; Adult; Female; Humans; Influenza, Human; Male; Meningococcal Infections; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Neisseria meningitidis; Penicillin G Procaine; Penicillin Resistance; Pneumonia; Radiography; Tetracycline

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Bacteriological Techniques; Carrier State; Florida; Humans; Male; Meningococcal Infections; Minocycline; Nasopharynx; Naval Medicine; Neisseria meningitidis; Rifampin; Tetracycline

Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; In Vitro Techniques; Leucomycins; Meningococcal Infections; Neisseria meningitidis; Oxacillin; Penicillin G; Penicillin Resistance; Rifampin; Sulfamethoxazole; Tetracycline; Trimethoprim

Topics: Carrier State; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Humans; Male; Meningococcal Infections; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Military Medicine; Minocycline; Mutation; Nasopharyngeal Diseases; Neisseria meningitidis; Rifampin; Tetracycline

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Child; Child, Preschool; Humans; Infant; Mannitol; Meningococcal Infections; Middle Aged; Penicillins; Shock, Septic; Sulfanilamides; Tetracycline

Topics: Amino Sugars; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacteria; Candidiasis; Carbenicillin; Cephalosporins; Cryptococcosis; Drug Synergism; Flucytosine; Glycosides; Gonorrhea; Humans; Meningococcal Infections; Minocycline; Pseudomonas Infections; Spectinomycin; Sulfonamides; Tetracycline; Trimethoprim

Topics: Carrier State; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Humans; Male; Mass Screening; Meningococcal Infections; Methylamines; Military Medicine; Neisseria meningitidis; Rifampin; Tetracycline

Topics: Bacitracin; Cellulitis; Chloramphenicol; Erythromycin; Female; Humans; Meningococcal Infections; Middle Aged; Neisseria meningitidis; Tetracycline

Topics: Adult; California; Diagnosis, Differential; Humans; Male; Meningococcal Infections; Penicillins; Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever; Tetracycline

Topics: Actinomycosis; Ampicillin; Anticonvulsants; Antifungal Agents; Antimalarials; Arbovirus Infections; Bacteria; Brain Edema; Cephalosporins; Chloramphenicol; Encephalitis; Encephalitis Viruses; Encephalomyelitis; Erythromycin; Ethionamide; Herpesviridae Infections; Humans; Kanamycin; Meningitis, Viral; Meningococcal Infections; Meningoencephalitis; Methicillin; Mycoses; Myelitis; Oxacillin; Penicillins; Polymyxins; Protozoan Infections; Rickettsia Infections; Streptomycin; Sulfonamides; Tetracycline; Tuberculosis, Meningeal

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Ampicillin; Carbohydrate Metabolism; Child; Child, Preschool; Chloramphenicol; Electron Transport Complex IV; Germany, West; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Meningococcal Infections; Middle Aged; Neisseria meningitidis; Oxygen; Penicillin G; Penicillin Resistance; Seasons; Serotyping; Sulfadiazine; Tetracycline

Topics: Adult; Child; Humans; Isoniazid; Meningitis; Meningococcal Infections; Penicillins; Pneumococcal Infections; Staphylococcal Infections; Streptococcal Infections; Streptomycin; Sulfisoxazole; Suppuration; Tetracycline; Tuberculosis, Meningeal

Topics: Adolescent; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Child; Chloramphenicol; Colistin; Drug Therapy; Geriatrics; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Meningitis; Meningococcal Infections; Penicillins; Polymyxins; Streptomycin; Sulfonamides; Tetracycline