Showing papers by "Rambam Health Care Campus published in 1989"

A Common-Source Outbreak of Fulminant Hepatitis B in a Hospital

Abstract: A nosocomial outbreak of fulminant hepatitis B infection at a medical center in Haifa, Israel, between 7 and 26 June 1986, involved five patients who had been hospitalized previously in th...

Aneuploidy with Neural Tube Defects: Another Reason for Complete Evaluation in Patients with Suspected Ultrasound Anomalies or Elevated Maternal Serum Alpha-Fetoprotein

Abstract: Some recent reports have suggested that invasive testing is unnecessary when ultrasound either confirms or refutes a neural tube defect (NTD). However, counseling for recurrence risks and the possibilities for in utero therapy would be significantly altered by an aneuploid karyotype. We report our experience with 53 pregnancies affected by NTD in which we found 13.2% of these fetuses with abnormal chromosomes. In view of the higher than previously published incidence of aneuploidy, we believe that fetal karyotypes are essential in the evaluation of all fetuses with NTDs.

Bone and joint infections due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa: clinical aspects and treatment.

Abstract: The occurrence of nine cases of Pseudomonas septic arthritis and osteomyelitis within a 12-month period may be considered an uncommon experience even in a large, tertiary referral center. These cases are reported here and the various clinical patterns and therapeutic implications associated with Pseudomonas bone infections are discussed. Epidemiologic serotyping of the isolated strains indicated that they do not represent a single nosocomial outbreak.