Infectious diseases sepsis

This drug is effective for infections caused by streptococci, gonococci, pneumococci, staphylococci, and also colon bacillus. Sulfacytine is used for pneumonia, cerebral meningitis, staphylococcal and streptococcal sepsis, and other infectious diseases. A synonym of this drug is renoquid. 

This drug is used for pneumococcal, staphylococcal, and streptococcal infections as well as for sepsis, gonorrhea, and other infectious diseases. Synonyms of this drug are sulfadi-amezin and sulfadimidin. 

This table was reproduced with permission from Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, Volume 13, by Apurba K. Bhattacharjee and Alan S. Cross, Vaccines and antibodies in the prevention and treatment of sepsis , pages 355-369, Copyright Elsevier, 1999. 

Cytokine concentrations reflect the severity of some diseases and are markers of prognosis. This is particularly applicable for infectious diseases (bacterial sepsis and parasitological infections) and immune disorders (autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus, and allergic diseases, such as asthma and skin hypersensitivity). 

Infectious diseases are common and result in significant morbidity and mortality in patients with ESKD. Although multiple abnormalities in host defenses and an increased susceptibility to infection have been described, the causal link between these observations remains speculative. Absolute lymphopenia and impaired cell-mediated immunity are common in ESKD patients and may be caused by uremic toxins or protein-calorie malnutrition. Although plasma concentrations of IgG, IgM, and IgA are usually normal, antibody responses appear to be significantly depressed. Patients requiring dialysis have many problems with vascular access which puts them at higher risk for exposure to infectious sources. The risk of infections in patients with CKD, and particularly ESKD, is an important consideration when reviewing the clinical presentation of a patient, as hospitalization rates for infection and sepsis have increased dramatically in the last 10 years. ... 

Dorman NJ. Sepsis. In Betts RF, Chapman SW, and Penn RL, eds. A Practical Approach to Infectious Diseases, 5th ed. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams Wilkins, 2003 19-66. 

Young LS. Sepsis syndrome. In Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 5th ed. New York, Churchill-Livingstone, 2000 806-819. 

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis Adenoviruses, arenaviruses, California encephalitis, coxsackieviruses, cytomegalovirus, dengue fever, eastern equine encephalitis, echoviruses, infectious mononucleosis, Japanese encephalitis, Lyme disease, meningitis, parainfluenza virus, rhinoviruses, bacterial sepsis, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), St Louis encephalitis, upper respiratory infection, Venezuelan encephalitis, and West Nile encephalitis. 

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