Infection

01/01/2010 - "Since the beginning of the 80s, numerous clinical trials have shown a significant reduction in the incidence of infections in clean-contaminated upper respiratory tract surgery, due to perioperative use of antibiotics; however, there is no consensus about the best antibiotic protocol. "
11/01/1999 - "taking into account the small amount of infection eradication treatments carried out in our country and some characteristics arising from the resistances to some antibiotics, the Spanish Club for the Study of Helicobacter pylori decided to organize a Spanish Consensus Conference to clarify the use of the different infection diagnostic tests, to establish the exact indications of its diagnosis and treatment, to recommend the best treatment guidelines for our country and to promote the use of eradication treatments in adequate indications. "
04/01/2013 - "Most pin tract infections were managed with systemic antibiotics with good results. "
04/01/2013 - "Treatment consisting of oral or intravenous antibiotics was effective in all cases, and the infection was resolved within 2 weeks at most. "
01/01/2012 - "Beta-lactam antibiotics display time-dependant pharmacodynamics whereby constant antibiotic concentrations rather than high peak concentrations are most likely to result in effective treatment of infections caused by susceptible bacteria. "

04/01/2009 - "In this study, we evaluated the protective efficacy of immunizing mice with caseinolytic protease (ClpP) protein antigen whose gene sequences were shown to be highly conserved in different strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae in an invasive-disease model (intraperitoneal infection model), and protection against invasive challenge with 12 different serotypes of S. "
08/01/1998 - "b) Immunological study: detection of circulating antigen on the 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th day p.i. The results showed that IL-2 was most effective when administered before and after infection in the form of significant reduction in parasitic count, least number of living tachyzoites, significant reduction in the death rate of infected mice and delayed appearance of circulating antigen with reduction in its level."
12/01/1992 - "Direct detection of respiratory syncytial (RS) virus antigen in nasopharyngeal secretions (NPS) provides the most rapid diagnostic test for RS infection, but more sensitive methods might be more beneficial in the study of virus shedding. "
11/01/2014 - "Immunoassays for parasitic antigens are not available for most parasitic infections and have not significantly improved the sensitivity of laboratory detection. "
01/01/2014 - "In this report, we show that CJ2-gD2 elicits a strong antibody response to various HSV-2 antigens and is highly effective in the prevention of primary and recurrent HSV-2 genital infection and disease in the immunized guinea pigs. "

04/18/2013 - "Nevertheless, natural immunity against CMV provides some protection against infection and disease, natural history studies have defined the serological and molecular biological techniques needed for endpoints in future clinical trials of vaccines and CMV is not highly communicable, suggesting that it may not be necessary to achieve very high levels of population immunity through vaccination in order to affect transmission. "
06/01/2011 - "By taking into account the leading role of specific cellular immunity in the development of protection against the majority of dangerous and extremely dangerous infections of bacterial, viral, and rickettsial nature, the study of the above immunity should be considered as most important on estimating the body's immunological rearrangement when vaccines against respective infections are administered. "
09/01/2006 - "Preventive vaccines against HPVs 16 and 18 have been developed, and in phase III clinical trials they have demonstrated 100% efficacy for prevention of persistent infection and high risk cervical squamous intraepithelial neoplasias positive for these HPV types, suggesting that these vaccines, if made widely available, will dramatically reduce the burden of CC."
02/01/2004 - "With the use of a virtually identical study design, vaccines against Hib were shown to be highly effective in preventing invasive Hib infections but were not effective in preventing invasive infections due to S. "
01/01/2015 - "Subcutaneous vaccination with the GP-based vaccines provided significant protection against subsequent pulmonary infection with highly virulent strains of C. neoformans and C. gattii. "

01/01/2008 - "Immunogenicity evaluations in human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine trials have relied on serological samples, yet cervical antibodies are likely to be most relevant for protection against infection. "
03/23/2013 - "The protease is highly immunogenic and antibodies against AsaP1 evoke a passive protection against infection with A. "
01/01/2013 - "Because pre-existing AIV antibodies can infer some protection against highly pathogenic AIV (HPAI H5N1), our results imply that some wild waterfowl in Alaska could be protected from lethal HPAIV infections. "
01/01/2013 - "Furthermore, captive chimpanzees are highly susceptible to human pathogens, and their induced antibodies reveal not only their history of infection, but also the possibility of protection against human pathogens."
10/18/2012 - "HIV-1-specific antibodies and CD8(+) cytotoxic T cells are detected in most HIV-1-infected people, yet HIV-1 infection is not eradicated. "

12/01/2015 - "Interferon-based HCV treatment is highly effective in recent HCV infection. "
08/01/2015 - "Recent advances in the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection have led to the availability of both highly efficacious interferon-containing and interferon-sparing regimens. "
11/01/2014 - "However, the anticipated availability of safe, tolerable and highly efficacious interferon-free, oral HCV direct-acting antiviral combination therapies promise to dramatically change the management of acute and chronic HCV infection in HIV-infected persons. "
01/01/2010 - "All the 5 interferon inducible genes are highly expressed in SLE patients, in which ISG15 and LY6E are independently associated with disease flare, while OASL may be helpful for the evaluation of infection in SLE patients."
01/01/2010 - "Treatment of acute HCV infection with interferon-based therapy has been shown to be highly efficacious, with sustained virological response rates in between 60% and 70% of HIV-positive individuals. "

10/01/2003 - "New tools of coproantigen and copro-DNA detection for vulpine infections have proved highly beneficial in epidemiological and transmission ecology studies, as has a landscape ecology approach to develop risk models for communities in endemic areas. "
05/16/2003 - "In this study we evaluated the efficacy of DNA vaccination of IFN-gamma knockout (GKO) mice against Listeria monocytogenes, as these immunodeficient mice are highly susceptible to infection with low numbers of this intracellular bacterial pathogen. "
05/22/2000 - "These studies demonstrate that immunization with DNA encoding a type-specific gene may not be effective against either homologous or heterologous strains of virus, particularly if the challenge virus causes a highly lethal infection. "
01/01/2013 - "Our results demonstrate that models with seroreversion where seropositivity indicates only a partial or very short-term full protection against re-infection generate age-specific HPV DNA prevalence most consistent with the observed data when compared with other models. "
01/26/2004 - "Sub-fragments of the envelope gene are highly protective against the Japanese encephalitis virus lethal infection in DNA priming--protein boosting immunization strategies."

03/01/2008 - "This study shows that a combination therapy of peginterferon and ribavirin is highly effective for chronic HCV infection, producing a high SVR and ETR."
05/15/2014 - "Once-daily ledipasvir-sofosbuvir with or without ribavirin for 12 or 24 weeks was highly effective in previously untreated patients with HCV genotype 1 infection. "
03/20/2014 - "This retrospective, multicenter study showed that ribavirin as monotherapy may be effective in the treatment of chronic HEV infection; a 3-month course seemed to be an appropriate duration of therapy for most patients."
01/01/2004 - "The most effective treatment for chronic HCV infection is combination antiviral therapy with peginterferon and ribavirin. "
02/01/1993 - "The nucleoside analog--ribavirin--was highly effective against Caraparu virus in repeated treatment schedules begun on either day -1, day 0, or day +1 of infection. "

03/01/1990 - "Protection against infection correlated with rotavirus antibody, most significantly (P = .005) serum rotavirus IgG. In this study, 20 previously challenged subjects were reinoculated with the same virus 9-12 months after their initial challenge. "
01/23/2006 - "The B cell-deficient mice displayed impaired T cell priming and dramatically reduced IFN-gamma production, and these deficits were normalized by infection with IgG-opsonized parasites. "
01/01/1998 - "In pregnant women, measurement of the IgG avidity may help to date a HCMV infection, an AI > 65% highly suggests a past infection while an AI < 50% corresponds to a recent primary infection."
08/01/1990 - "High-dose intravenous immunoglobulin therapy is highly effective in PRCA associated with parvovirus B19 infections and impaired IgG-antibody response. "
01/01/2007 - "This review highlights findings from international studies and demonstrates that: (i) SCIG therapy is safe, with very few adverse effects; (ii) the therapy can be used for patients with previous adverse effects to intravenous administration of IgG; (iii) the therapy leads to high serum IgG levels and good protection against infections; (iv) the therapy facilitates home therapy, as the infusion technique is easy for children, adults and elderly people to learn and there is no need for venous access; (v) SCIG home therapy leads to significantly improved life situations for the patients; (vi) the SCIG home therapy regimen in particular reduces the costs of treatment."

11/01/2012 - "For infections potentially attributable to gram-positive bacteria, vancomycin is commonly used because it will be effective for highly resistant strains such as MRSA and multidrug-resistant S pneumoniae. "
01/01/2012 - "It has not yet been approved for treatment of infections of this type, but it is starting to be used in this area due to being highly effective against methicillin-resistant bacteria with intermediate sensitivity to vancomycin, particularly when the bacteria are associated with biofilm formation."
08/01/2008 - "From a laboratory perspective, retrieval of serum both pre- and post-administration of vancomycin is most helpful in determining a patient's drug-immunization status and can help guide safe drug use during future infections."
12/01/1996 - "Vancomycin is effective and safe in the treatment of serious infections in extremely low birthweight infants."
02/01/1995 - "It is as effective as vancomycin for most indications, is safe, easy to administer and an important agent for treating Gram-positive infections. "

10/01/2015 - "The effect of HIV co-infection on HCV-related disease was clear with most studies indicating that HIV accelerates HCV progression and reduces the efficacy of the available anti-HCV therapies."
11/01/2010 - "To evaluate the impact of HIV co-infection with HCV or HBV on the efficacy of highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HARRT). "
06/01/2008 - "Although co-infection is the norm in most human and animal populations, clinicians currently have no practical tool to assist them in choosing the best treatment strategy for such patients. "
11/01/2006 - "GLH resistant T(1) plants were further evaluated for the incidence of tungro disease, caused by co-infection of GLH vectored Rice tungro bacilliform virus (RTBV) and Rice tungro spherical virus (RTSV), which appeared to be dramatically reduced. "
06/01/2006 - "In vivo priming protocols that preferentially induced one of the different CD8(+) T cell subsets demonstrated that predominance of T(EM) (CD40 stimulation) correlated best with effective protection against L.m., whereas generation of neither T(CM) (by immunization with heat-killed L.m.) nor T(EC) (by systemic co-administration of CpG during primary infection) conferred substantial long-term protective immunity. "

06/01/2014 - "Due to the lack of well-designed clinical studies it is difficult to determine the best treatment course regarding solid organ transplant recipients presenting with invasive fungal infections. "
01/01/2014 - "This case and our review of the literature suggest that open extensive disinfection followed by tissue flap coverage is highly effective in controlling thoracic aortic prosthetic graft infection and may be considered as first-line treatment in such high-risk aortic arch redo patients. "
01/01/2013 - "Infected non-unions are best treated with exchange nailing, antibiotic administration and when infection has been eradicated with graft implantation if it is needed. "
12/01/2010 - "A primary goal in organ transplant is the prevention or effective treatment of infection, which is the most common life-threatening complication of long-term immunosuppressive therapy. "
08/01/2008 - "This ability of ADM grafts to perform well in the setting of infection is most likely attributable to their capacity to vascularize and aid clearance of bacteria."

06/01/2008 - "Large, high-quality randomized controlled trials are needed to evaluate which of these methods is most effective for reducing clinically important consequences of catheter-associated infection."
08/01/2015 - "Our in vitro results show that a novel gendine cannula is highly effective in completely inhibiting the biofilm of multidrug-resistant pathogens for up to 2 weeks and may have potential clinical applications, such as prolonged use, cost reduction, and lower infection rate. "
11/01/2008 - "We found that 46.7% TSC is a safe, convenient and highly effective catheter locking solution, leading to significant reduction in CRB largely by preventing staphylococcal bloodstream infections. "
09/01/2008 - "Since bloodstream infection is the most common serious complication of indwelling vascular catheters, the proof that a potentially preventive approach is truly protective against clinical infection requires a significant reduction in the incidence of this infectious complication.Although"
10/01/2004 - "Most effective in the prevention of catheter infections are the so-called maximum barrier measures applied to the insertion of CVCs."

08/01/2013 - "We conclude that iatrogenic immunodeficiency-associated CHL is highly associated with Epstein-Barr virus infection, and patients usually have a good outcome after discontinuation of immunomodulatory agents and chemotherapy for CHL. "
01/01/2012 - "Our data demonstrate that, at least for this mouse model, aggressive chemotherapy leads to very effective transmission of highly resistant parasites that are present in an infection, the very parasites which undermine the long term efficacy of front-line drugs."
03/01/2001 - "Secondary HLH most commonly results from viral infections and some patients may be cured by treating the causative organism, others will need chemotherapy and immunosuppression. "
12/01/1998 - "Until community sanitation can be improved, community treatment by chemotherapy and improvements in personal hygiene through health education remain the most affordable, effective strategies for controlling helminth infections in Egypt. "
10/01/1997 - "An accelerated decline in the annual risk of infection in England and Wales from 1950 probably resulted from the introduction of chemotherapy, which dramatically reduced the prevalence of sources of infection in the population. "

04/07/2014 - "Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is considered to be a highly successful therapy for recurrent and refractory Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) based on recent clinical trials. "
06/01/2015 - "Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has been shown to be highly effective in treating recurrent Clostridium difficile infection, but to date there have been no data from the United Kingdom. "
01/01/2015 - "Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has gained mainstream attention with its remarkable efficacy in treating recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (RCDI) when there are no other effective therapies. "
02/01/2014 - "Prior maternal infection decreases the risk a fetus will contract CMV, while adoptive transfer of virus-specific CD8+ T cells is highly protective against CMV disease in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. "
02/01/2013 - "Fecal transplantation seems to be a safe and highly effective treatment for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. "

03/01/2006 - "The infection was controlled 4 months after the second debridement; however, there was no improvement in the neurological function at the most recent follow-up, 16 months after the surgery. "
03/01/1999 - "Despite recent advances in medical science, the quality of surgical debridement remains the most critical factor in the successful management of chronic orthopaedic infections. "
01/01/2011 - "A combination of radical debridement and prolonged antimicrobial therapy helped in the complete eradication of the infection."
11/01/1990 - "The authors considered that (1) Early radical debridement with continuous irrigation is very effective for management of retrosternal infection; (2) Radical debridement should be done as early as the diagnosis of infection is established."
04/01/2015 - "Four patients developed deep tissue infections, three in the internal fixation group and one in the Ilizarov group, and all were treated successfully with staged debridement. "