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K T Jensen

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PubMed1985

Meningitis and brain abscess due to Haemophilus paraphrophilus.

A case of meningitis and brain abscess due to Haemophilus paraphrophilus in a patient with congenital heart disease is reported. The abscess communicated with the cerebral ventricular system. Although the infecting strain was found to be highly sensitive to ampicillin, the patient died despite appropriate antimicrobial therapy. Characteristics distinguishing Haemophilus paraphrophilus and related species are discussed.

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PubMed1984

Endocarditis due to Kingella kingae.

Four cases of endocarditis due to Kingella kingae are described in compromised patients. All had primary heart disease, and two had systemic lupus erythematosis and congenital heart defect respectively, in addition. Confirmation of Kingella kingae was made in one case at autopsy. The literature on 11 cases of endocarditis, 2 bacteremia, 4 osteomyelitis, 5 septic arthritis and 1 intervertebral disc infection, all caused by Kingella kingae, is reviewed. Our findings confirm that the organism is of low pathogenicity. Children may be predisposed to infection with Kingella kingae.

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Preparing staff nurses to teach parents about newborn behavior.

The purpose of this project was to teach postpartum nurses about the many facets of newborn behavior and to help these nurses teach parents to recognize and respond to their newborn's cues, states, and behaviors. The Keys to Caregiving: Self-Instructional Video Series was used to accomplish this goal. Eighteen maternal-child nurses from a large metropolitan health sciences center completed the program. The average pre-test score was 80%; the average post-test score was 94%. Based on the pre- and post-test scores, the results demonstrate an improvement in nurses' knowledge about newborn behavior after completing the Keys to Caregiving program. The responses from staff nurses who completed the program were overwhelmingly positive.

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Staphylococcus aureus carriage in adult peritoneal dialysis patients and their spouses.

OBJECTIVE: We hypothesized that carriage of Staphylococcus aureus among continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients was influenced by their spouses. Furthermore, this carrier status was compared to previous Staph. aureus peritonitis episodes in order to identify the influence of Staph. aureus carriage on peritonitis rate. DESIGN: A combined prospective surveillance study (Staph. aureus carriage) and retrospective chart review (Staph. aureus peritonitis). SETTING: A single peritoneal dialysis unit in a county hospital. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Cultures from patients (n = 32) and spouses (n = 16) were obtained twice, with a 1-month interval, from the anterior nares, the umbilical, and one groin area. All positive cultures were phage typed. Retrospective chart review of all episodes of Staph. aureus peritonitis among the patients was carried out. RESULTS: Twelve of 32 patients (37.5%) and 5 of 16 spouses (31%) evaluated were carriers. Half of the spouses of patients who were Staph. aureus carriers, were also carriers, as opposed to 20% of spouses of noncarrier patients (p = 0.30). Patients and spouses always shared the same phage type. Among patients, Staph. aureus was found in the nose only (n = 9), in all three regions (n = 2), and extranasally only (n = 1). If only one nasal culture was used to establish carriage, the sensitivity and negative predictive value would be 92% and 95%, respectively. A trend toward a higher incidence (p = 0.062) of Staph. aureus peritonitis was found among carriers (patients), 0.37 versus 0.28 peritonitis episode/dialysis-year. CONCLUSIONS: Only one positive nasal culture was necessary when carriage of Staph. aureus was to be established. Staph. aureus carriage was found more often in patients who had previously suffered from Staph. aureus peritonitis. The phage types isolated remained fairly constant, and the patients and spouses often had the same carrier state and shared the same phage types, although transmission does not always take place.

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