Surgical infections
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Surgical infections · Jan 2004
Review Comparative StudyNew strategies to improve outcomes in the surgical intensive care unit.
Over the last half-decade, substantial breakthroughs have taken place in terms of routine therapy of critically ill patients. The combination of these strategies has the potential to result in improvement in the overall outcomes for patients in intensive care units. ⋯ Appropriate incorporation of these strategies into everyday practice will likely result in improvements in the care of critically ill surgical patients.
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Surgical infections · Jan 2004
Review Case ReportsCryptococcal myositis and vasculitis: an unusual necrotizing soft tissue infection.
Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans is an opportunistic yeast that typically infects immunocompromised patients. ⋯ Cryptococcal soft tissue infection serves as a marker of disseminated cryptococcosis in immunocompromised hosts. Owing to its rarity as a cause of soft tissue infections, diagnosis is difficult and mortality is high.