Pylephlebitis Caused by Fusobacterium nucleatum in a Septuagenarian Healthy Caucasian Male: Atypical Presentation of Lemierre’s Syndrome by Muhammad Abbas, Monica Ioana Constantin, Akshay Narendra

“…This case report confirms previous reports of Fusobacterium nucleatum-associated LS variants presenting with abdominal vein thrombosis and illustrates clinical recovery after a combination of anticoagulation and antibiotic therapy.…”
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Neurosyphilis in interwar period in Lithuania: etiology, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment methods by Š. Jukna, E. Sakalauskaitė-Juodeikienė

“… Neurosyphilis was an incurable and in most cases fatal disease until the beginning of the antibiotic era. The aim of this paper is to find out how the etiology and clinical symptoms of neurosyphilis were perceived, what diagnostic and treatment methods were used in Lithuania in the interwar period (1920-1939). …”
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Myocarditis Caused by Brucella melitensis in the Absence of Endocarditis: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Maria Lagadinou, Virginia Mplani, Dimitrios Velissaris, Periklis Davlouros, Markos Marangos

“…Clinicians should be aware of this clinical entity especially in endemic areas as appropriate antibiotic treatment is life-saving and may prevent serious cardiologic disorders.…”
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Streptococcus pneumoniae Coinfection in COVID-19 in the Intensive Care Unit: A Series of Four Cases by Shrey Shah, Chaitanya Karlapalem, Pratik Patel, Nikhil Madan

“…Current literature shows that diagnostic testing and antibiotic therapy for bacterial infections are not necessary upon admission in majority of patients with SARS-CoV-2 patients. …”
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The Low Temperature Induced Physiological Responses of Avena nuda L., a Cold-Tolerant Plant Species by Wenying Liu, Kenming Yu, Tengfei He, Feifei Li, Dongxu Zhang, Jianxia Liu

“…The study was designated to explore the physiological mechanism of cold tolerance in naked oats for the first time and also provided theoretical basis for cultivation and antibiotic breeding in Avena nuda L.…”
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Nonsurgical Treatment of a Massive Substance Loss by Pasquale Fino, Fioramonti Paolo, Diego Massera, Vittoria Amorosi, Maria Giuseppina Onesti

“…But in this case, considering the young age and the regenerative capacity of the patient, a quick and targeted antibiotic therapy was chosen, combined with debridement and worked with collagenase ointment.…”
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Severe Sepsis Associated with Lemierre’s Syndrome: A Rare but Life-Threatening Disease by Audrey Tawa, Raphaëlle Larmet, Yannick Malledant, Philippe Seguin

“…Fluid administration and antibiotic treatment were quickly initiated. Patient left the unit four days after his admission without any organ dysfunction. …”
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Burkholderia Aortic Aneurysm: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Sreelakshmi Panginikkod, Aishwarya Ramachandran, Pratyusha Bollimunta, Roshanak Habibi, Roshan Kumar Arjal, Venu Gopalakrishnan

“…The patient completely recovered with a 6-month antibiotic therapy followed by surgical repair of the aneurysm. …”
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Effective anti-adhesives of uropathogenic Escherichia coli by Ribić Rosana, Meštrović Tomislav, Neuberg Marijana, Kozina Goran

“…Design of receptor analogues that competitively bind to UPEC surface adhesins placed at the top of pili organelles led to the development of anti-adhesive drugs that are increasingly recognized as important and promising alternatives to antibiotic treatment of UTIs.…”
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Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network laboratory Guidelines for the Use of Point-of-Care Tests for the Diagnosis of Syphilis in Canada by Ameeta E Singh, Max A Chernesky, Muhammad Morshed, Tom Wong

“…The majority of commercially available tests use treponemal antigens and the presence of antibodies does not distinguish between current and past infection, which may lead to unnecessary antibiotic use and stigmatization of having a current STI. …”
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Clostridial myonecrosis. A Case Report by Ledys Pérez Morales, Hidaleysi Quintana Hernández, Jorge E. Barletta del Castillo

“…She underwent surgery and antibiotic therapy. Two days after being discharged, the patient came back complaining of acute pain and foul-smelling discharge in the surgical wound site. …”
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A Man in His Forties with Recurrent Cat-Scratch Disease by Sara López-Rueda, Benjamin Valente-Acosta, Adrian Murillo-Zolezzi, Francisco Moreno-Sánchez, Irma Hoyo-Ulloa, Jesús Javier Baquera-Heredia

“…It usually presents with lymphadenopathy and constitutional symptoms that resolve within eight weeks, with, or without antibiotic treatment. The diagnosis is made by serology, molecular diagnosis in a biopsy, or a positive culture. …”
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Fever Associated with Gastrointestinal Shigellosis Unmasks Probable Brugada Syndrome by John N. Makaryus, Jennifer Verbsky, Scott Schwarz, David Slotwiner

“…The electrocardiographic changes that were present when the patient was admitted and febrile resolved following antibiotic therapy and defervescence.…”
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Study on the multidrug resistance and transmission factors of Staphylococcus aureus at the ‘animal–environment–human’ interface in the broiler feeding cycle by Fangyuan Hu, Fangyuan Hu, Yaopeng Liu, Yaopeng Liu, Lin Wang, Juan Wang, Na Liu, Yan Li, Xiaoxiao Duan, Junwei Wang, Mingzhe Lu, Junhui Liu, Zhina Qu, Keguang Han

“…The 42 representative strains carried mobile elements, mainly plasmid replicons (10 types), transposons (3 types), and 20 antibiotic resistance genes in 9 classes. A total of 10 ST398 strains exhibited the fosB gene for fosfomycin resistance, and 6 ST9 strains from stage 2 exhibited the mecA resistance gene. …”
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The Influence of Vitamin D Levels and Supplementation on the Treatment of Patients Affected by MRONJ by Filip Michalak, Marzena Dominiak, Jan Kiryk, Paweł Popecki, Dominik Kubicki, Jacek Matys, Kinga Grzech-Leśniak

“…All participants received an antibiotic regimen pre- and post-surgery. Pain intensity was assessed at multiple time points using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS). …”
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Bio-active composition, antibacterial activity and molecular docking studies of Salicia nitida (Benth.) root extracts by Wisdom U. Ike, Okereke C. Stanley, Nosiri Ijeoma, Okamgba C. Okezie, Nwokocha W. Osita, Aguwanba Chinedu, Aaron C. Friday

“…The root extracts also exhibited antibiotic potentials as evidenced by the results from the anti-bacterial assay.…”
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Efficacy of medical thoracoscopy combined with fibrinolytic therapy in the treatment of complicated parapneumonic effusions and empyema by Feng-Fu Zhan, Mao-Hong Huang, Yan-Ping Du, Yan Chen, Han-Han Chen, Yi-Li Lin, Yi-Yuan Chen, Ling Cai, Xiao-Bin Zhang

“…Secondary outcomes encompassed the duration of postoperative fever, drainage time, intravenous antibiotic use, complication rates, initial treatment failure, length of hospital stay, and hospitalization costs. …”
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Identification and characterization of Serratia nematophila and Acinetobacter guillouiae from putrid-skin disease lesions in farmed Chinese spiny frog (Quasipaa spinosa) by Ling Guo, Xiyu Jin, Dan Yang, Li Wei, Jie Chen, Zhihua Lin, Li Ma

“…Furthermore, we assessed the antibiotic susceptibility of these two pathogens, revealing their multidrug resistance. …”
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Clinical manifestations, para-clinical features and outcome of Iranian adults with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection: a report from hospitalized patients by Maryam Shafaati, Abbas Shakoori Farahani, Mohammadreza Salehi, Mohammad Arabzadeh, Helya Bolouki Azari, Arman Soleimany, Maryam Edalatifard, Vahid Salimi, Alireza Abdollahi

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Development of Cephradine-Loaded Gelatin/Polyvinyl Alcohol Electrospun Nanofibers for Effective Diabetic Wound Healing: In-Vitro and In-Vivo Assessments by Anam Razzaq, Zaheer Ullah Khan, Aasim Saeed, Kiramat Ali Shah, Naveed Ullah Khan, Bouzid Menaa, Haroon Iqbal, Farid Menaa

“…Diabetic wound infections caused by conventional antibiotic-resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> strains are fast emerging, leading to life-threatening situations (e.g., high costs, morbidity, and mortality) associated with delayed healing and chronic inflammation. …”
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