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Background The number of dengue cases imported to Germany has increased significantly in recent years. Among returning travelers, dengue is now a frequent cause of hospitalization. The aim of this study was to determine the proportion of patients with severe disease hospitalized in a European, non-endemic country applying the revised 2009 WHO classification system and to determine predictors of severe...
We report a severe case of Staphylococcus lugdunensis (S. lugdunensis) keratitis presenting as suppurative keratitis in a 77-year-old woman. The patient’s chief complaint was eye pain and decreased visual acuity in her right eye. Suppurative keratitis with a severe corneal abscess was diagnosed by a slit-lamp ophthalmic examination. The causative organism was identified as S. lugdunensis by bacterial...
We describe a 52-year-old female patient who developed cardiopulmonary arrest due to neuromuscular paralysis after initiation of polymyxin B for septicemia caused by extended spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae. Due to emerging antibiotic resistance patterns, use of polymyxins is increasing and an understanding of their toxicity is critical.
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