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A Strömberg

Publications and source records attributed to A Strömberg.

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PubMed1986

A comparison between a commercial coagglutination test and conventional throat culture for the detection of group A streptococci in throat swabs.

A co-agglutination test (Phadirect Strep A) for rapid detection of group A streptococci in throat swabs was compared with conventional throat culture in 264 patients with pharyngotonsillitis and fever. The test was easy to perform and proved to have a satisfactory sensitivity and specificity. The predictive value of a positive test will be high also when the prevalence of streptococcal disease is low.

Agglutination Tests↗
PubMed1984

Comparison of metronidazole with doxycycline prophylaxis in elective colorectal surgery. A prospective, randomized multicentre study.

In a series of 157 patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery, metronidazole or doxycycline was given to prevent infectious complications. The prophylaxis was started just before the operation and was administered for a total of three days. Excluding mild, negligible infections, 39 (25%) of the 157 patients had infectious complications, 23 from the metronidazole group (28%) and 16 from the doxycycline group (21%). The type of infection varied according to the medication. In four cases of the metronidazole group and 16 of the doxycycline group, anaerobic bacteria were found. The corresponding figures for aerobes were 36 and 20. Doxycycline thus was significantly more effective in preventing complications in general, but metronidazole gave superior protection against anaerobes.

Adult↗
PubMed1980

A comparison of the side-effects of amoxycillin and pivampicillin.

In 91 patients with urinary tract infections treated with amoxycillin or pivampicillin, the incidence of side-effects was high with both preparations. Although the majority of the side-effects were of minor nature, there was a significantly higher incidence of upper gastrointestinal complaints in those patients receiving pivampicillin (29.5%) as opposed to amoxycillin (6.4%).

Adolescent↗
PubMed1978

Neutrophil and eosinophil granulocytes in bacterial infection: sequential studies of cellular and serum levels of granule proteins.

The intraneutrophilic concentrations of lactoferrin, myeloperoxidase, collagenase and chymotrypsin-like cationic proteins were measured sequentially during acute bacterial infection. The serum levels of lactoferrin and myeloperoxidase were also followed as well as the 'eosinophil' cationic protein as a marker for eosinophil leucocytes. During the early course of infection there was a profound but reversible decrease of intraneutrophilic lactoferrin. The levels of cellular collagenase and chymotrypsin-like cationic proteins also tended to decrease reversibly during day 2-8 in most cases; myeloperoxidase levels were normal except for two cases. Serum myeloperoxidase and lactoferrin correlated with blood neutrophil counts. In spite of the absence of peripheral eosinophils the 'eosinophil' cationic proteins of serum were increased on the first day of infection, which may reflect increased eosinophil turnover.

Bacterial Infections↗
PubMed1978

Serum ferritin during infection. A longitudinal study.

Serum ferritin, transferrin, iron and haptoglobin have been investigated in a longitudinal study in 18 patients hospitalized for various acute infections. Within a couple of days after the onset of an infection, a rise in serum ferritin was seen, the magnitude of which was not dependent on the type of infection (bacterial or viral). The serum ferritin level remained elevated for several weeks in some patients, and 7 out of the 18 patients still had abnormally high values 5 weeks after the onset of illness. The mean curves for serum ferritin and the acute phase reactant haptoglobin were parallel. Possible mechanisms causing the elevation in serum ferritin are discussed.

Acute Disease↗
PubMed1977

Myalgia nuchae as a manifestation of epidemic influenza.

Two cases of acute cervical myalgia in connection with symptoms of malaise and fever are presented. Both patients had serologically proven influenza infections, types A and B. No previous reports have been found of any association of the present syndrome with influenza infection.

Acute Disease↗
PubMed1975

Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, mitochondrial antibodies and possible primary biliary cirrhosis. A case report and family study.

A case of a 70-year-old woman with a history of gastric ulcer and several pneumonias is presented. She was found to have pulmonary emphysema, severe alpha-1-antitrypsin (alpha1AT) deficiency and raised serum mitochondrial antibodies. Surgical liver biopsy showed portal liver cirrhosis, PAS-positive, diastaseresistant globules in the hepatocytes and changes interpreted as florid duct lesion of primary biliary cirrhosis. A brother has severe alpha1AT deficiency. Two daughters had raised mitochondrial antibodies. One of the latter had a granulomatous hepatitis, a common finding in primary biliary cirrhosis. The association of alpha1AT deficiency and primary biliary cirrhosis does not seem to have been described previously.

Adolescent↗
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Ciprofloxacin does not achieve radical cure of Plasmodium falciparum infection in Sierra Leone.

Recently, activity in vivo of norfloxacin has been reported against Plasmodium falciparum and, in vitro, ciprofloxacin has been found to be even more potent than norfloxacin. We therefore treated one patient infected with chloroquine-resistant P. falciparum at relatively low parasite density with ciprofloxacin, 200 mg intravenously twice daily for 3 d. This treatment failed to produce radical cure, although some suppressive effect was probably obtained. The growth of the P. falciparum isolate in vitro was inhibited at 12.5 micrograms/ml, whereas the plasma concentration recorded 1 h after infusion was only 1.2 microgram/ml. It is concluded that, if ciprofloxacin is to be used for treatment of malaria, a higher dose than that normally used for bacterial infections is necessary.

Animals↗
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Factors influencing patient compliance with therapeutic regimens in chronic heart failure: A critical incident technique analysis.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to identify factors influencing compliance with prescribed treatment in patients with chronic heart failure. METHODS: A qualitative design with a critical incident technique was used. Incidents were collected through interviews with 25 patients with heart failure strategically selected from a primary health care clinic, a medical ward, and a specialist clinic. RESULTS: Two hundred sixty critical incidents were identified in the interviews and 2 main areas emerged in the analysis: inward factors and outward factors. The inward factors described how compliance was influenced by the personality of the patient, the disease, and the treatment. The outward factors described how compliance was influenced by social activities, social relationships, and health care professionals. CONCLUSIONS: By identifying the inward and outward factors influencing patients with chronic heart failure, health care professionals can assess whether intervention is needed to increase compliance.

Aged↗
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Serum and cerebrospinal fluid examinations in the diagnosis of Borrelia infection in Bell's palsy.

Seventy-two consecutive patients with Bell's palsy were investigated for evidence of tick-borne Borrelia infection and to compare the merits of serum and cerebrospinal fluid examinations in the diagnosis of Borrelia infection. Serum was taken in the acute and convalescent stages from 72 patients, and cerebrospinal fluid was obtained from 35 of these. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to analyse serum and cerebrospinal fluid samples for IgG and IgM antibodies against the Borrelia spirochete. The serum of 8 (11%) of the 72 patients was positive for IgG or both for IgG and IgM. Only 1 of the 35 patients presented an elevated titre of IgG and IgM in the cerebrospinal fluid as well as elevated IgG and IgM titres in the serum. The results, even if limited, indicate that screening of serum is sufficient to exclude Borrelia infection in cases of uncomplicated isolated acute peripheral facial palsy.

Acute Disease↗