Sepsis Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Sepsis, including details on septicemia, diagnosis, symptoms, treatment.

Volume 4 (2007), Issue 5 (May)

1. How reliable is a negative blood culture result? Volume of blood submitted for culture in routine practice in a children's hospital.
   Pediatrics, 119(5): 891-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Polymorphisms in the myosin light chain kinase gene that confer risk of severe sepsis are associated with a lower risk of asthma.
   J Allergy Clin Immunol, 119(5): 1111-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Epstein-Barr virus-induced hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and X-linked lymphoproliferative disease: a mimicker of sepsis in the pediatric intensive care unit.
   Pediatrics, 119(5): e1212-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Clostridium glycolicum bacteremia in a bone marrow transplant patient.
   J Clin Microbiol, 45(5): 1652-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Prevalence and characteristics of heteroresistant vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in a tertiary care center.
   J Clin Microbiol, 45(5): 1511-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Graphium basitruncatum fungemia in a patient with acute leukemia.
   J Clin Microbiol, 45(5): 1644-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Glutamine's protection against sepsis and lung injury is dependent on heat shock protein 70 expression.
   Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 292(5): R1839-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Cytokine-mediated regulation of urea transporters during experimental endotoxemia.
   Am J Physiol Renal Physiol, 292(5): F1479-89. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Measuring clinical information technology in the ICU setting: application in a quality improvement collaborative.
   J Am Med Inform Assoc, 14(3): 288-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Bacterial bloodstream infection in neutropenic adult patients after myeloablative cord blood transplantation: experience of a single institution in Japan.
    Int J Hematol, 85(3): 238-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Is fever protective in surgical patients with bloodstream infection?
    J Am Coll Surg, 204(5): 815-21; discussion 822-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Quantifying the relationship between Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and S. aureus bacteriuria: a retrospective analysis in a tertiary care hospital.
    Clin Infect Dis, 44(11): 1457-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Outbreak of bloodstream infection temporally associated with the use of an intravascular needleless valve.
    Clin Infect Dis, 44(11): 1408-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Synergistic therapeutic potential of dexamethasone and L-arginine in lipopolysaccharide-induced septic shock.
    J Surg Res, 140(1): 99-108. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Neonatal mycotic internal iliac aneurysm due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) septicaemia successfully treated by coil embolisation.
    Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 33(6): 687-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Bacteraemia following debanding and gold chain adjustment.
    Eur J Orthod, 29(2): 161-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. 2-aminoadipic acid is a marker of protein carbonyl oxidation in the aging human skin: effects of diabetes, renal failure and sepsis.
    Biochem J, 404(2): 269-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Sepsis-associated cholestasis is critically dependent on P-selectin-dependent leukocyte recruitment in mice.
    Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol, 292(5): G1396-402. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Factors associated with antimicrobial resistance and mortality in pneumococcal bacteremia.
    J Emerg Med, 32(4): 349-57. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Coagulation and complement protein differences between septic and uninfected systemic inflammatory response syndrome patients.
    J Trauma, 62(5): 1082-92; discussion 1092-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Increasing use of extracorporeal life support in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sepsis in children.
    Pediatr Crit Care Med, 8(3): 231-5; quiz 247. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Vasopressin for the septic burn patient.
    Burns, 33(4): 441-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-specific CD8+ T(EMRA) cells in early infection are linked to control of HIV-1 viremia and predict the subsequent viral load set point.
    J Virol, 81(11): 5759-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Candidemia due to Candida tropicalis: clinical, epidemiologic, and microbiologic characteristics of 188 episodes occurring in tertiary care hospitals.
    Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 58(1): 77-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Micafungin activity against Candida bloodstream isolates: effect of growth medium and susceptibility testing method.
    Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 58(1): 129-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Comparison of multiple genes of spring viremia of carp viruses isolated in the United States.
    Virus Genes, 35(1): 87-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Continuously infused glipizide reverses the hyperdynamic circulation in ovine endotoxemia.
    Shock, 27(6): 701-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Optical spectroscopy demonstrates elevated intracellular oxygenation in an endotoxic model of sepsis in the perfused heart.
    Shock, 27(6): 695-700. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Cyclic adenosine monophosphate-phosphodiesterase inhibitors reduce skeletal muscle protein catabolism in septic rats.
    Shock, 27(6): 687-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Sodium butyrate prevents lethality of severe sepsis in rats.
    Shock, 27(6): 672-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Bullous impetigo: a rare presentation in fulminant streptococcal toxic shock syndrome.
    Pediatr Emerg Care, 23(5): 318-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Comparison of clinical manifestations and outcome of community-acquired bloodstream infections among the oldest old, elderly, and adult patients.
    Medicine (Baltimore), 86(3): 138-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Management of severe sepsis and septic shock in the emergency department: a survey of current practice in emergency departments in England.
    Emerg Med J, 24(6): 422. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. ART suppresses plasma HIV-1 RNA to a stable set point predicted by pretherapy viremia.
    PLoS Pathog, 3(4): e46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Pneumococcal bacteremia in febrile infants presenting to the emergency department before and after the introduction of the heptavalent pneumococcal vaccine.
    Ann Emerg Med, 49(6): 772-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Daptomycin in the treatment of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium bacteremia in neutropenic patients.
    J Infect, 54(6): 567-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Fibrinogen-beta gene haplotype is associated with mortality in sepsis.
    J Infect, 54(6): 572-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Low mannose-binding lectin concentration is associated with severe infection in patients with hematological cancer who are undergoing chemotherapy.
    Clin Infect Dis, 44(12): 1593-601. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Changing characteristics of invasive pneumococcal disease in Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, after introduction of a 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.
    Clin Infect Dis, 44(12): 1569-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Toxic shock-like syndrome associated with staphylococcal enterocolitis in an HIV-infected man.
    Clin Infect Dis, 44(12): e121-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Mixed fungemia: incidence, risk factors, and mortality in a general hospital.
    Clin Infect Dis, 44(12): e109-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Relationship between effect of polymyxin B-immobilized fiber and high-mobility group box-1 protein in septic shock patients.
    ASAIO J, 53(3): 324-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Central neural distribution of immunoreactive Fos and CRH in relation to plasma ACTH and corticosterone during sepsis in the rat.
    Exp Neurol, 205(2): 485-500. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Failure of recombinant factor VIIa in a patient with severe polymicrobial sepsis and postoperative uncontrolled intraabdominal bleeding.
    BMC Infect Dis, 7: 34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. A longitudinal study of immune responses to Plasmodium falciparum sexual stage antigens in Tanzanian adults.
    Parasite Immunol, 29(6): 309-17. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Time course and relationship between plasma selenium concentrations, systemic inflammatory response, sepsis, and multiorgan failure.
    Br J Anaesth, 98(6): 775-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. High-density lipoprotein prevents organ damage in endotoxemia.
    Res Nurs Health, 30(3): 250-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Mechanisms of sepsis-induced cardiac dysfunction.
    Crit Care Med, 35(6): 1599-608. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. A systematic review of urinary findings in experimental septic acute renal failure.
    Crit Care Med, 35(6): 1592-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. ADDRESS (ADministration of DRotrecogin alfa [activated] in Early stage Severe Sepsis) long-term follow-up: one-year safety and efficacy evaluation.
    Crit Care Med, 35(6): 1457-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Gender differences in the innate immune response and vascular reactivity following the administration of endotoxin to human volunteers.
    Crit Care Med, 35(6): 1464-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Pronounced elevation of resistin correlates with severity of disease in severe sepsis and septic shock.
    Crit Care Med, 35(6): 1536-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Fluid support worsens outcome and negates the benefit of protective antigen-directed monoclonal antibody in a lethal toxin-infused rat Bacillus anthracis shock model.
    Crit Care Med, 35(6): 1560-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Endotoxemia, immune response to periodontal pathogens, and systemic inflammation associate with incident cardiovascular disease events.
    Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 27(6): 1433-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. G-CSF treatment of severe congenital neutropenia reverses neutropenia but does not correct the underlying functional deficiency of the neutrophil in defending against microorganisms.
    Blood, 109(11): 4716-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Involvement of mast cells in IL-12/23 p40 production is essential for survival from polymicrobial infections.
    Blood, 109(11): 4846-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Effects of vasopressin on microcirculatory blood flow in the gastrointestinal tract in anesthetized pigs in septic shock.
    Anesthesiology, 106(6): 1156-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Cytomegalovirus viral load testing of blood using quantitative polymerase chain reaction in acutely unwell HIV-1-positive patients lacks diagnostic utility.
    Int J STD AIDS, 18(5): 321-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Factors influencing variability in compliance rates and clinical outcomes among three different severe sepsis bundles.
    Ann Pharmacother, 41(6): 929-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Hepatitis C viremia increases the association with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a hepatitis B and C endemic area: an epidemiological link with virological implication.
    Am J Gastroenterol, 102(6): 1237-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Multicentre randomized clinical trial of mechanical bowel preparation in elective colonic resection.
    Br J Surg, 94(6): 689-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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