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Volume 45, Issue 17
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EDITORIALS
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
  • Clinical Comparative Study of Sulbactam/Ampicillin and Imipenem/Cilastatin in Elderly Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia
    Katsunori Yanagihara, Yuichi Fukuda, Masafumi Seki, Koichi Izumikawa, ...
    2006 Volume 45 Issue 17 Pages 995-999
    Published: 2006
    Released on J-STAGE: October 02, 2006
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.45.1717
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    Objective: To evaluate the clinical usefulness of sulbactam/ampicillin therapy for community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly.
    Methodology: A randomized prospective clinical study was conducted in the elderly patients with moderate-to-severe community-acquired bacterial pneumonia.
    Results: Overall clinical efficacy of sulbactam/ampicillin therapy (6 g/day) in these patients (efficacy rate: 91.4%) was comparable to that of imipenem/cilastatin therapy (1 g/day; efficacy rate: 87.5%), when each therapy was administered intravenously twice daily for 7-14 days. With regard to clinical efficacy based on disease severity, bacteriological efficacy, improvement of chest X-ray findings and adverse reactions, the two therapies were comparable.
    Conclusion: These results suggest that sulbactam/ampicillin therapy has excellent efficacy and tolerability and that it may be highly effective, even in severe cases of pneumonia. This regimen may thus serve as first-line treatment for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in elderly patients.
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CASE REPORTS
  • Benign Symmetric Lipomatosis Associated with Alcoholism
    Akiko Hirose, Yosuke Okada, Emiko Morita, Yoshiya Tanaka
    2006 Volume 45 Issue 17 Pages 1001-1005
    Published: 2006
    Released on J-STAGE: October 02, 2006
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.45.1791
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    A 46-year-old man was diagnosed as having benign symmetric lipomatosis (BSL) based on the grotesque physical examination findings and subcutaneous fat tissue biopsy. Although markedly overweight, the glucose tolerance was normal and insulin levels indicated no remarkable insulin resistance on the 75 g oral glucose tolerance test. Furthermore his visceral fat tissue was very slight and the circulating adiponectin concentration was high those which suggesting a high insulin sensitivity. In addition, the relevance of alcohol in the onset of BSL is strongly suggested based on alcoholic hepatopathy and the history of the development of grotesque physical appearance associated with increased alcohol consumption.
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  • Acute Pneumonia and Empyema Caused by Mycobacterium Intracellulare
    Sang-Un Park, Won-Jung Koh, O Jung Kwon, Hye Yun Park, Hyun Jung Jun, ...
    2006 Volume 45 Issue 17 Pages 1007-1010
    Published: 2006
    Released on J-STAGE: October 02, 2006
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.45.1665
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    Nontuberculous mycobacterial infection is rarely accompanied by pleural involvement. We report a very rare case of M. intracellulare pulmonary disease with pleural empyema. A 56-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of fever, purulent sputum and pleuritic chest pain. A chest radiograph and CT revealed pneumonic consolidation in the left lower lobe and loculated hydropneumothorax. The sputum smear was positive for acid fast bacilli. The aspirated pleural fluid was grossly purulent and the smear of the pleural effusion was also positive for acid fast bacilli. M. intracellulare was identified by culture and PCR from sputum and pleural fluid specimens. The patient improved with percutaneous tube drainage of the purulent effusion and antibiotic treatment including clarithromycin, rifampicin, ethambutol and streptomycin.
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  • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia Caused by CalciumStearate, an Additive Agent for an Oral Antihistaminic Medication
    Jun Kurai, Hiroki Chikumi, Masahiro Kodani, Takanori Sako, Masanari Wa ...
    2006 Volume 45 Issue 17 Pages 1011-1016
    Published: 2006
    Released on J-STAGE: October 02, 2006
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.45.1674
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    A 70-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of dyspnea after taking an antihistaminic agent (homochlorcyclizine hydrochloride) for itching. Chest roentgenogram showed infiltration in the left lung field, and laboratory data revealed eosinophilia. Examination of the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid revealed an increased eosinophil count. A drug lymphocyte stimulation test was positive only for calcium stearate, an additive contained in the homochlorcyclizine hydrochloride tablet. The pulmonary infiltration and clinical symptoms subsided after withdrawal of all drugs and initiation of glucocorticoid therapy. Therefore, we concluded that this patient's pulmonary disease was caused by calcium stearate, an additive for an antihistaminic drug. An allergic reaction to a drug's additive material should be considered as a rare cause of drug-induced acute eosinophilic pneumonia.
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SHORT COMMUNICATION
PICTURES IN CLINICAL MEDICINES
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
  • A Splenic Hydatid Cyst Case Presented with Lumbar Pain
    Selman Celebi, Metin Basaranoglu, Hayri Karaaslan, Ali Demir
    2006 Volume 45 Issue 17 Pages 1023-1024
    Published: 2006
    Released on J-STAGE: October 02, 2006
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.45.6015
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    A splenic hydatid cyst is a rare clinical entity from among abdominal hydatid cysts, even in endemic countries. Here, a case with lumbar pain due to a giant splenic hydatid cyst is presented. The importance of this case is that the patient presented at the clinic with only lumbar pain. Initial direct abdominal plain radiography showed a giant abdominal calcification in the spleen and further examinations revealed involvement of three organs: spleen, lung, and liver.
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