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W Handrick

Publications and source records attributed to W Handrick.

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PubMed1986

[Mycoplasma etiology of acute pancreatitis].

In a 10 year-old girl the clinical and laboratory findings led to the diagnosis of pancreatitis. At the same time an infection by mycoplasma pneumoniae was serologically stated. Since there could not be found another cause for pancreatitis, a relation between pancreatitis and infection by mycoplasms is very probable.

Child↗
PubMed1986

Effects of bacterial sepsis on protein metabolism in infants during the first week.

In the presence of bacterial infection during the first week of life a catabolic state evolves more rapidly than in the later life. Hyperaminoacidaemia and subsequent hyperaminoaciduria, elevated urea concentrations in serum, and increased renal nitrogen losses are the most important metabolic changes. These findings correlate with the clinical course of the disease and refer to the primary disturbance of cell metabolism as the cause of the metabolic changes observed. While no relation could be observed between metabolic response and bacterial species, there is a significant dependence on the time interval from the occurrence of first clinical symptoms at the beginning of antibiotic treatment. If this period is longer than 8 h, serious metabolic disturbances will usually be found. Due to the limited amino acids utilization, especially by the liver, an adequate energy intake should be the primary aim of nutrition, whereas a protein intake of more than 2.0 to 2.5 g/kg X day may further aggravate the metabolic imbalance.

Bacterial Infections↗
PubMed1986

Pneumococcal infections during childhood: serotyping of pneumococcal strains from forty-six children.

The results of serotyping of forty-six strains of pneumococci isolated from children aged 3/12 to 14 9/12 years and diagnosed as having pneumonia, meningitis, primary peritonitis, otitis media, lymphadenitis, osteomyelitis, bacteraemia and conjunctivitis are presented. The results of serotyping and the frequency distribution of the detected serotypes were compared to the particular diagnoses established and the age at which the subjects involved had become ill. Questions of epidemiology and possibilities of immunoprophylaxis are discussed. Finally, the occurrence of pneumococci that are resistant to antibiotic agents are discussed since an isolated strain was found to show reduced susceptibility to penicillin G.

Adolescent↗