A Case of Septicemia of Staphylococcus aureus after Acupuncture Therapy

Doutsu, Yasumasa; Tao, Yiming; Sasayama, Kazuo; Inoue, Yoshio; Yamashita, Kyoko; Shigeno, Hideaki; Miyazaki, Yoshiharu; Koga, Hironobu; Nagasawa, Masao; Fukuda, Yasushi

doi:10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.60.911

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“…Six animals with negative blood cultures were excluded. The vegetative bacterial densities of the study animals (n = 47) after treatment with minocycline or vancomycin for 72 h were as follows: control (n = 16), 8 These data are pooled data from all animals sacrificed at five time points after the ninth dose. The data show a significant (P = 0.0001) reduction in the bacterial density of the vegetations for both vancomycin and minocycline compared with that of controls, although no significant difference was observed between the two treatments.…”

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Minocycline versus vancomycin for treatment of experimental endocarditis caused by oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Nicolau

Freeman

Nightingale

et al. 1994

Antimicrob Agents Chemother

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The purpose of this study was to determine the penetration of minocycline and vancomycin into cardiac vegetations and to determine their efficacy in a rabbit model of endocarditis caused by oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Animals were randomized into three groups: control (no antibiotic), minocycline (6 mg/kg given intravenously every 8 h), and vancomycin (50 mg/kg given intravenously every 8 h). Penetration of the antibiotics into aortic valve vegetations was determined by using the tissue/serum area under the concentration-time curve ratio. The reductions in the bacterial density of the vegetations caused by both vancomycin (4.8 +/- 1.2 CFU/g) and minocycline (5.3 +/- 1.6 CFU/g) were significantly different from that of controls (8.7 +/- 1.8 CFU/g). Although the penetration of minocycline was twice that of vancomycin, they were equally effective in reducing the bacterial density of the vegetations, since the concentrations of both agents in tissue remained above their MICs for oxacillin-resistant S. aureus. For organisms for which the MICs are higher, however, these penetration differences may result in treatment differences.

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Minocycline versus vancomycin for treatment of experimental endocarditis caused by oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Nicolau

Freeman

Nightingale

et al. 1994

Antimicrob Agents Chemother

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“…In der Regel handelt es sich um Pusteln an den Einstichstellen. Ausgedehnte Lokalinfektionen finden sich als einzelne Kasuistiken in Form von Psoasabszessen (1 Fall mit nachfolgender Sepsis [28], 1 bilateraler Psoasabszeß [35]) und einer spinalen Infektion [37]. Erreger war in diesen Fällen immer Staphylococcus aureus.…”

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“…Sowohl durch die normale Akupunkturbehandlung als auch durch die Ohrakupunktur, speziell mit Dauernadeln, sind Bakteriämien, in Einzelfällen Septikämien [28,76,81], verursacht worden, die bei wenigen Patienten mit vorgeschädigten Herzklappen zu Endokarditiden geführt haben [47,90]. Die Erreger waren Staphylokokken oder Pseudomonas aeruginosa.…”

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Nebenwirkungen bei der Akupunktur

Strzyz

Ernst

1997

Der Schmerz

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Acupuncture is frequently used as an alternative therapy to drugs in the treatment of pain patients. In this review we discuss adverse reactions to acupuncture by means of case reports and our own clinical experience. Frequent side effects of acupuncture are local pain, autonomic nervous system reactions (including fainting) and small local bleeding or hematomas. There are, however, some case reports of serious adverse reactions. Since 1980, there have been 18 pneumothoraces post acupuncture therapy reported in the literature. Hepatitis due to inadequate hygiene standards has also been reported. Some patients with valvular heart disease have developed endocarditis after acupuncture. Ear acupuncture with permanent needles can cause chondritis or perichondritis. For any acupuncture treatment, a careful case history and exact diagnosis are necessary. In particular, it should be determined whether wound-healing disorders, immunosuppression, coagulation defects, valvular heart disease or pregnancy are present, as all of these constitute relative contraindications to acupuncture. Hygiene standards have to be observed. Bearing these points in mind, acupuncture is a reliable method with few side effects.

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“…There are reports of septicaernia (102,103) due to staphylococcus aureus, two of which resulted in death (lA1). The latter had complex past medical histories and were debilitated-Press needles wele used in both cases.…”

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Complications of Acupuncture

Rampes

James²

1995

Acupunct Med

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SummaryAcuputicture aJ .? ireafn?enl modality is nav/ more widcly used by the meclical prolession. It behctves both pnaitioners aDd palients ta be aware of possible conplic'atiot1s, the majority of which can be avoiclecl with cautbus and prudent use af this Therc have been many isolated repotls ol compli' catians of aaupuncture in the Iitcrature. we survey--d thc literature identifying all articles relerrint ta conplications of acupunclurc. Our iiticlin]s a!e presented and dlscussed.Key words Acu pLnctu re, AcLlpuuctLt rc cotn pl i c af ions.

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A Case of Septicemia of Staphylococcus aureus after Acupuncture Therapy

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Minocycline versus vancomycin for treatment of experimental endocarditis caused by oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Minocycline versus vancomycin for treatment of experimental endocarditis caused by oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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