Pneumatosis Intestinalis and Pneumoperitoneum After Lung Transplantation: Single-Center Experience and Systematic Review by Hiroshi Kagawa, Masashi Furukawa, Ernest G. Chan, Matthew Morrell, Pablo G. Sanchez

“…Otherwise, most of the patients recover with conservative management with nil per os (NPO), metronidazole, ganciclovir, antibiotics, high-flow oxygen, and holding mycophenolate mofetil (MMF).…”
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A Fatal Case of Nafcillin-Induced Hepatotoxicity: A Case Report and the Literature Review by Mian Bilal Alam, Amin Kadoura, Magesh Sathaiah

“…Even though there is extensive list of drugs causing DIH, antibiotics, as a class of drugs, are the most common cause of DIH. …”
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Radical Hysterectomy with Pelvic Lymphadenectomy: Indications, Technique, and Complications by Rachel A. Ware, John R. van Nagell

“…Improvement in surgical techniqe, administration of prophylactic antibiotics, thromboemolic prophylaxis, and advances in critical care medicine have resulted in lower operative morbidity associated with this procedure. …”
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Vancomycin-Induced DRESS Syndrome: An Important Concern in Orthopedic Surgery by Emma Littlehales, Odhrán Murray, Robert Dunsmuir

“…DRESS (drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms) is a potentially serious complication when prolonged courses of antibiotics are given to patients, with an average onset of 2–6 weeks after commencement. …”
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Bacterial Infections in Cirrhosis by Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao

“…In addition to antibiotic therapy, albumin infusions have been shown to reduce the risk of renal failure and mortality in patients with SBP, particularly in those with renal dysfunction and hyperbilirubinemia at the time of diagnosis. …”
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An Alarming Mimicry of Intra-Abdominal Infections: Acute Appendiceal Diverticulitis by Youseung Kim, Varun Kesar, Douglas Grider, Maithili V. Chitnavis

“…Although ascites fluid demonstrated high neutrophil count consistent with peritonitis and the patient received adequate antibiotics, she clinically deteriorated. Subsequent exploratory laparotomy revealed necrotic appendix and multiple intra-abdominal abscesses. …”
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Candida glabrata Pneumonia in a Patient with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Onur Yazici, Mustafa Cortuk, Hasan Casim, Erdogan Cetinkaya, Ali Mert, Ali Ramazan Benli

“…Candidiasis in such patients has been associated with haemodialysis, fungal colonization, exposure to broad-spectrum antibiotics, intensive care unit (ICU) hospitalization, and immunocompromised patients. …”
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A Rare Case of Persistent Bacteremia: Leadless Micra Pacemaker Endocarditis by Himax Patel, Sean Harrell, Haitham Hreibe, Musa Sharkawi, Wael AlJaroudi

“…In patients with leadless pacing system that is persistently bacteremic in the future, evaluation of the device with transesophageal echocardiogram or intracardiac echocardiography should be performed, and if vegetation is noted on the device, device extraction should highly be considered, along with empiric intravenous antibiotics. Lastly, new leadless device should not be re-implanted within 2 weeks of the removal of the infected device to prevent seeding of the new device.…”
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Enumeration of Antibacterial Activity of Few Medicinal Plants by Bioassay Method by B. Uma Reddy

“…It is clear from the results that, the extracts of these plants acts as a good source of antibiotics against various bacterial pathogens tested and exhibited broad spectrum of antibacterial activity. …”
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Capnocytophaga Induced Acute Necrotizing and Exudative Pericarditis with Abscess Formation by Alexa Bello, Alejandro Castaneda, Abhay Vakil, Joseph Varon, Salim Surani

“…In developed countries, pericardial abscess and acute pericarditis are uncommon due to availability of broad-spectrum antibiotics. Pericardial abscess due to Capnocytophaga is even more uncommon.…”
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Streptococcal Infections of Fish by Roy Yanong, Ruth Francis-Floyd

“…Diagnosis involves identifying Gram-positive cocci in affected tissues, while treatment options include specific antibiotics like erythromycin, amoxicillin, and florfenicol, contingent on sensitivity testing. …”
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Streptococcal Infections of Fish by Roy Yanong, Ruth Francis-Floyd

“…Diagnosis involves identifying Gram-positive cocci in affected tissues, while treatment options include specific antibiotics like erythromycin, amoxicillin, and florfenicol, contingent on sensitivity testing. …”
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<i>Mycobacterium fortuitum</i> abdominal wall abscesses following liposuction by Hussam Al Soub, Eman Al-Maslamani, Mona Al-Maslamani

“…The clues for diagnosis were persistent pus discharge in spite of broad spectrum antibiotics and failure to grow any organisms on routine culture. …”
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Klebsiella pneumoniae Renal Abscess Syndrome: A Rare Case with Metastatic Involvement of Lungs, Eye, and Brain by Divyanshu Dubey, Fayez S. Raza, Anshudha Sawhney, Ambarish Pandey

“…She was treated with IV antibiotics and made a gradual but full recovery.…”
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Vancomycin Hypersensitivity Diagnosed by Lymphocyte Blast Transformation by Nguyen P. Tran, Jeremy Katcher, Erin Rohman, Mary Francis Hall, Christie F. Michael, Isao Miyairi, D. Betty Lew

“…A 15-year-old male admitted for Pott's puffy tumor developed recurrent episodes of fever, diffuse morbilliform rash, eosinophilia, and tubulointerstitial nephritis while on multiple antibiotics. Lymphocyte blast transformation (LBT), a method of detecting cellular immune response by measuring levels of interferon-γ (IFN-γ), was used to diagnose vancomycin hypersensitivity and guide antibiotic selection.…”
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A Case Report of Steroid-Resistant Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Managed with Intravenous Immunoglobulins by Christian Akem Dimala, Urvi Patel, Benjamin Lloyd, Anthony Donato, William B. Kimmel, Robert Hallowell, Caitlyn Moss

“…Following no improvement with antibiotics and negative complementary investigations for infectious, malignant, and autoimmune etiologies, COP was confirmed on lung biopsy. …”
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Acute Haematogenous Metacarpal Osteomyelitis in Children: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Jordi Colomina Morales, Laura Soria Villegas, Joan Carles Monllau García

“…Serratia marcescens was found to be the pathogenic agent. Treatment was antibiotics and debridement. Bone healed with little length discrepancy but functional result was normal.…”
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Traumatic Endophthalmitis due to Cellulosimicrobium cellulans by Pimkwan Jaru-ampornpan, Anita Agarwal, Narinder K. Midha, Stephen J. Kim

“…To our knowledge, this is the first report of traumatic endophthalmitis due to C. cellulans, which did not respond to intravitreal antibiotics or repeat vitrectomy and ultimately led to the discovery of an occult intraocular foreign body. …”
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Anti-inflammatory and immunomodulating effects of clarithromycin in patients with cystic fibrosis lung disease by Alexander L. Pukhalsky, Galina V. Shmarina, Nikolai I. Kapranov, Svetlana N. Kokarovtseva, Daria Pukhalskaya, Natalia J. Kashirskaja

“…BACKGROUND and aim: Macrolide antibiotics are widely used in the treatment of suppurative lung diseases including cystic fibrosis (CF), the most common inherited fatal disease in the Caucasian population. …”
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Refractory Epistaxis due to Severe Factor V Deficiency with Inhibitor by Elizabeth S. John, Minesh D. Patel, Julio Hajdenberg

“…Factor V deficiency secondary to inhibitors is extremely rare and can be caused by a wide collection of exposures such as bovine thrombin and beta lactamase antibiotics. The management of factor V deficiency with inhibitor is a condition treated based on case reports due to the rarity of this condition. …”
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