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Lebensbedrohliche bakterielle Infektionen ausgehend von Varizellen Hautläsionen
As immunization coverage of varicella vaccination is low, the disease is still very frequent in Austria. Albeit the prognosis in general is good, the...
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„Targeted therapy“ des metastasierten Nierenzellkarzinoms (mRCC)
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) represents 3% of all tumors. Particularly in the industrialized part of the world, the incidence of RCC is increasing...
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Streptokokken-Toxic-Shock-Syndrom (STSS) bei einer 23-jährigen Handballspielerin
A 23-year-old woman was admitted to our emergency department with chest pain and shortness of breath. The day before she was seen by a physician and...
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Bakteriostase – Bakterizidie
Action of chemotherapeutics on bacteria can be described as “bacteriostatic” or “bactericidal”. In vitro, “bactericidal” agents are able to kill ≥...
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Interventional and Medical Treatment of Acute Heart Failure Due to Inflammation
Four patients (aged 15–41 years, mean age 26.7 years) with fulminant myocarditis undergoing mechanical circulatory support are reported. All patients...
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Akutes rheumatisches Fieber (ARF) und Poststreptokokken reaktive Arthritis (PSRA)—
Betahemolytic strains of streptococcus A are able to induce a spectrum of immunologically induced diseases, depending on the immunogenic M structure...
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Störungen des Verdauungstraktes bei kritisch Kranken
This review completes the series on the interaction between the digestive tract and intensive care medicine. Ten organ dysfunctions are presented:...
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Versagen des zentralen, peripheren und vegetativen Nervensystems
Neurological complications following sepsis and multiorgan dysfunction are regular and common findings with a high prognostic relevance for intensive...
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Epilepsie im Alter
The elderly are the most rapidly growing section of the population in modern industrialized countries. The incidence of single unprovoked...
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Sepsis und Leber
Hepatic changes in sepsis may have multiple causes and impose a major diagnostic challenge. The most common hepatic manifestations of sepsis include...
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Infektionen mit β-hämolysierenden Streptokokken der Gruppe A (GABS) und Streptokokkenfolgeerkrankungen
Group A β-hemolytic streptococci (GABS) are among the most frequent causes of bacterial infections during childhood. In addition to well-known local...
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Akute schwere Cholangitis
Acute severe, suppurative cholangitis is a bacterial infection of the biliary tree as a result of a biliary obstruction (in 80–90%...