Propionibacterium acnes Infection after Craniotomy in a Young Adult with Subdural Hematoma by Hind El Soufi, Yahya El Soufi, Farshad Bagheri

“…The infection was successfully treated with surgical debridement and antibiotics.…”
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Spread of odontogenic infection in puerperium: A case report and review of literature by Mujtaba Bala, Mohammad Abubakar Kaura, Anas Bawa Tsafe, Olufemi Ibrahim Adigun, Laraba Lawan Ahmadu

“…The patient was investigated and treated with incision and drainage, extraction of the offending tooth, intravenous antibiotics and supportive care until symptoms resolution.…”
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Crohn’s Disease Presenting with Pyogenic Liver Abscess: A Case Report by Sharon McGreal, Rupert Sayers, Peter Wurm, Kevin West

“…The finding of PLA was established by computed tomography and initial treatment involved percutaneous drainage and antibiotics. The diagnosis of CD was made after colonoscopy and histological investigations.…”
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Pneumococcal Endometritis with Peritonitis: Case Report and Review of the Literature by KI Ostrowska, C Rotstein, JH Thornley, LA Mandell

“…The patient responded to removal of the tampon and administration of broad spectrum antibiotics. The pathogenesis of pneumococcal endometritis and peritonitis and the potential significance of a tampon in situ are discussed.…”
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Amoxicillin/Clavulanic Acid-Induced Agranulocytosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Aristides Armas Villalba, Marya Haq, Cunxian Zhang, Jinen Thakkar

“…Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid is one of the widely prescribed antibiotics in the outpatient setting giving excellent antimicrobial coverage and relatively safe profile in terms of adverse reactions. …”
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Scleredema Diabeticorum with Superimposed Cellulitis and Abscess Formation by Binav Shrestha, Eliza Sharma, Osama Mukhtar, Jaspreet Kaler, Shivani Thapa, Mazin Khalid

“…We present a case of an obese male with poorly controlled diabetes who came to the hospital with upper back pain and subsequently developed sepsis due to a small deep-seated abscess in his back that was drained and treated with antibiotics. He was also found to have extensive induration of the skin over his back and neck. …”
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Elevated Blood Urea Nitrogen-to-Serum Albumin Ratio as a Factor That Negatively Affects the Mortality of Patients with Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia by Ding-Yun Feng, Yu-Qi Zhou, Xiao-Ling Zou, Mi Zhou, Hai-Ling Yang, Xiao-Xia Chen, Tian-Tuo Zhang

“…In the second multivariate analysis, administration of proton-pump inhibitor, administration of antibiotics in the preceding 90 days, ICU admission, blood lymphocyte count less than 0.8 × 109/L, elevated BUN/ALB level, and presence of MDR pathogens were still associated with 30-day mortality. …”
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Hospital Financial Burden of Surgical Procedures for Periprosthetic Total Hip Arthroplasty Infection by Jesus M. Villa, MD, Tejbir S. Pannu, MD, MS, Robert B. Eysler, BA, Vivek Singh, MD, MPH, Alison K. Klika, MS, Carlos A. Higuera, MD

“…When compared to aseptic revisions, proportional total charges for septic procedures were debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention +29%, P = .4; explantation +56%, P < .001; spacer exchange +69%, P = .008; 2-stage reimplantation +11%, P = .659; and 1-stage reimplantation +46%, P = .06. …”
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C-Reactive Protein Levels in Children with Acute Bronchiolitis by Hasan M. Isa, Abdulrahman D. Mohroofi, Fatema N. Alkhan, Asma Z. Hasan, Mariam M. Alkubisi, Sana S. Alhewaizem, Sara I. Khalifa, Noora G. Alromaihi

“…This study also showed a high overall rate of antibiotic prescriptions in mostly viral disease.…”
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Acute Kidney Injury Complicating Critical Forms of COVID-19: risk Factors and Prognostic Impact [version 3; peer review: 2 approved] by Ghadhoune Hatem, Yosra Yahia, Olfa Hammami, Hend Allouche, Insaf Trabelsi, Jihene Guissouma, Hana Ben Ali

“…Diabetes, use of nephrotoxic antibiotics and shock contributed significantly to its occurrence. …”
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The Relationship between Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus and Surgical Site Infections in a Hospital Center in Morocco by Rachid Flouchi, Abderrahim Elmniai, Abdelaziz Hibatallah, Karim Fahsi, Ibrahim Touzani, Kawtar Fikri-Benbrahim

“…Moreover, children were the most affected by MRSA. Concerning antibiotic sensitivity, multiresistance of MRSA to more than 3 antibiotics has been found. …”
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On-farm hatching and contact with adult hen post hatch induce sex-dependent effects on performance, health and robustness in broiler chickens by Guilloteau, Laurence A, Bertin, Aline, Crochet, Sabine, Bagnard, Charlotte, Hondelatte, Alice, Ravon, Laure, Schouler, Catherine, Germain, Karine, Collin, Anne

“…Treatment of CH chicks with antibiotics (CH + AB) temporarily decreased chicken BW at D19, but the feed conversion ratio (FCR) was not modified. …”
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Severe pneumonia due to concurrent Legionella pneumophila and Acinetobacter baumannii infections: a case report by Xiaoming Yang, Zhongda Liu, Xiaojing Liu, Quan Li, Hui Huang, Yibo Wei, Tao Sun

“…After careful consideration of the antibiotic susceptibility results and the antibacterial mechanism of each antibiotic, we switched the antibiotics to omadacycline and cefoperazone/sulbactam. …”
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Phenotypic and genetic extended spectrum beta lactamase profiles of bacterial isolates from ICU in tertiary level hospital in Kenya [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Edwin O. Magomere, Lucy Muchiri, Leon Otieno, Frank G. Onyambu, Ali Kassim, Job Mwale, Brian Maina

“…In the face of increasing antibiotics resistance, the problem of bacterial infection in ICU is worsening. …”
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Understanding the clinical and molecular epidemiological characteristics of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections within intensive care units of three teaching ho... by Pengyu Zhang, Jingchen Hao, Yafen Zhang, Junfeng Su, Guozhuang Sun, Jun Xie, Jian Hu, Guocai Li

“…We analyzed the environment of the bla OXA−23 gene and found that CRAB accumulated in the context of prominent environmental antibiotic exposure and had longer survival times in the antibiotic environment, resulting in the tendency of bacteria to develop greater antibiotic resistance. …”
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First Reported Case of Bacterial Endocarditis Attributable to Actinomyces meyeri by Susan Moffatt, A Raza Ahmen, Kevin Forward

“…The patient was treated with high dose intravenous penicillin. Three weeks after antibiotics were begun, he underwent aortic valve replacement. …”
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Chryseobacterium indologenes Keratitis: Successful Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Strain by Ivan J. Lee, Thomas Mauger

“…There have been fewer than a handful of cases reported in the last three decades with different antibiotic susceptibility profiles. Our patient was successfully treated with ciprofloxacin and ceftazidime with the final vision of 20/40.…”
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Sepsis-induced suicidal left ventricular in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy/hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy by K Roshan Rao, Sarita Rao, Ankur Gupta

“…He was initiated on antibiotics but gradually started developing hypotension and oliguria. …”
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Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Nose Complicated with Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis by D. Swaminath, R. Narayanan, M. A. Orellana-Barrios, B. Temple

“…Treatment for septic cavernous sinus thrombosis is controversial but early use of empirical antibiotics is imperative.…”
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Infectious Keratitis: Secreted Bacterial Proteins That Mediate Corneal Damage by Mary E. Marquart, Richard J. O'Callaghan

“…Ocular bacterial infections are universally treated with antibiotics, which can eliminate the organism but cannot reverse the damage caused by bacterial products already present. …”
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