Emerging significance of Mycobacterium avium-complex infection in an inner-city hospital.
Martin DS, Oray-Schrom P, Amoateng-Adjepong Y. Emerging significance of Mycobacterium avium-complex infection in an inner-city hospital. Connecticut Medicine 2002, 66: 323-30. PMID: 12143114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcid-fast bacilliHIV statusMycobacterium avium complex infectionAFB-positive patientsInner-city hospitalMAC incidenceNonpulmonary sourceEmpiric therapyHIV-positivePulmonary sourceClinical significanceMAC isolatesPredominant isolatesIncidenceMycobacterium tuberculosisBaseline rateBridgeport HospitalDisease likelihoodProbable diseasePatientsHospitalMycobacteriaIsolatesYearsStatusGiant Nonpancreatic Pseudocyst Causing Acute Anuria
Oray-Schrom P, St Martin D, Bartelloni P, Amoateng-Adjepong Y. Giant Nonpancreatic Pseudocyst Causing Acute Anuria. Journal Of Clinical Gastroenterology 2002, 34: 160-163. PMID: 11782612, DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200202000-00012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute renal failureAbdominal compartment syndromeCompartment syndromeRenal failureAcute abdominal compartment syndromeLarge-volume ascitesBaseline renal functionCongestive heart failureSevere cardiac dysfunctionFirst case reportComputerized axial tomographyMagnetic resonance imagingAcute anuriaImmediate diuresisAbdominal distensionRefractory ascitesExtrinsic compressionRenal functionUrgent drainageHeart failureIntraabdominal cystsUrine outputCardiac dysfunctionGiant cystCase report