For example, a pathologic finding of diffuse alveolar damage was critical for the final diagnosis of acute interstitial pneumonia in patients with progressive pulmonary infiltrate who did not have positive microbiologic findings and had no history of exposure to other causes of diffuse alveolar damage.
Data were obtained for general characteristics, history of high-risk exposure, medical history, symptoms, signs, microbiologic and biochemical test results, chest radiographic findings, treatment strategies, and outcomes from medical records from April through October 2006.
A detailed history of possible exposure to rodents should be elicited from patients with arthritis in order to facilitate microbiologic diagnosis.
"The history of the writing of history".
Based on available evidence, the presence of dampness, water damage, visible mold or mold odors or a history of water damage provides more reliable indicators of dampness- or mold-related health risks than do current quantitative microbiologic assessments.
Surveillance is based on systematic microbiologic screening of all patients referred to the emergency departments of regional hospitals for suspected community-acquired central nervous system infections or fever and headache with a history of tick bite in the past 6 weeks.
Secondary endpoints included microbiologic cure, duration of mechanical ventilation, length of stay, and hospital mortality.
To review the clinical and microbiologic features of isolates among patients with puerperal mastitis requiring hospitalization.
To study clinical and microbiologic characteristics of corneal infections following penetrating keratoplasty (PK).
Visual assessment, adenosine triphosphate bioluminescence, and microbiologic sampling of selected environmental sites were performed to evaluate the effectiveness of cleaning.
