Successful Treatment of Cisplatin Overdose with Plasma Exchange by Yasuhiro Yamada, Yoshiaki Ikuta, Kisato Nosaka, Nobutomo Miyanari, Naoko Hayashi, Hiroaki Mitsuya, Hideo Baba

“…Severe bone marrow suppression with high fever ensued on day 10, which was successfully treated with G-CSF and antibiotics. Despite moderate hearing sense reduction, he recovered without significant complications. …”
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Streptococcus pneumoniae Coinfection in COVID-19: A Series of Three Cases by Chaitanya Pal, Paulina Przydzial, Ogechukwu Chika-Nwosuh, Shrey Shah, Pratik Patel, Nikhil Madan

“…Current literature does not favor the use of empiric, broad-spectrum antibiotics in confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infections. We present three cases of confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infections complicated by Streptococcus pneumoniae coinfection. …”
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Migratory Polyarthritis Associated With Clopidogrel: A Case Report by Hamid Khederlou, Reza Hassanzadeh-Makoui, Vanoushe Azimi Pirsaraei

“…After two and six days of hospitalization, despite receiving antibiotics and Indomethacin, he developed arthritis of the metacarpophalangeal and metatarsophalangeal joints, respectively. …”
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Diphenhydramine as a Cause of Drug-Induced Liver Injury by Yunseok Namn, Yecheskel Schneider, Isabelle H. Cui, Arun Jesudian

“…He denied taking other medications, supplements, antibiotics, and herbals. A thorough workup of liver injury ruled out viral hepatitis (including A, B, C, and E), autoimmune, toxic, ischemic, and metabolic etiologies including Wilson’s disease. …”
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Herpes Simplex Virus Hepatitis in an Immunocompetent Host Resembling Hepatic Pyogenic Abscesses by Carrie Down, Amit Mehta, Gayle Salama, Erika Hissong, Russell Rosenblatt, Michael Cantor, David Helfgott, Kristen Marks

“…Though initially treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics, following histologic diagnosis of HSV hepatitis, the patient was transitioned to intravenous acyclovir for four weeks and he achieved full clinical recovery. …”
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Sepsis Management in a Case of Myasthenic Crisis: A Case Report by Hossein Karballaei Mirzahosseini, Ehsan Yousefi-Mazhin, Rezvan Hassanpour, Atabak Najafi, Mahsa Tofighi-Mohammadi, Hamidreza Sharifnia, Amirmahdi Mojtahedzadeh, Mojtaba Mojtahedzadeh

“…The co-occurrence of myasthenic crisis and sepsis is a challenging condition. Many antibiotics cause flare-ups of myasthenia gravis. Infection and sepsis can exacerbate myasthenia. …”
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Should miliary tuberculosis be considered as a possible cause of infertility in the new era: a case report and literature review by Aleksandra Cvetkovic, Ana Blanka Protic, Jelena Jovanovic, Tatjana Adzic Vukicevic, Tatjana Adzic Vukicevic

“…IntroductionMiliary tuberculosis (MTB) is a potentially lethal form of tuberculosis that can occur in pregnant women, especially those who have conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF).Case descriptionA 28-year-old, female patient, after IVF’s fourth attempt, at the end of the first trimester, developed a dry cough, high fever, abdominal pain, and vaginal bleeding, which led to the pregnancy termination without resolution of systemic symptoms despite various antibiotics. Because of the appearance of headaches, brain nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) was done, and diffuse nodular brain lesions were found, which were initially interpreted as metastatic cancer disease. …”
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Maxillary osteonecrosis linked to Pembrolizumab therapy: a case report by Gosselin-Rousselle Louise, Gaudimier Zoé, Pamelard Pierre-Olivier, Sader Paul, Moizan Hervé

“…Management included sequestrectomy, curettage, placement of Platelet-rich-Fibrin (PRF) and antibiotics. Despite initial improvement, symptoms recurred. …”
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Fatal Epstein-Barr Virus Reactivation in an Acquired Aplastic Anemia Patient Treated with Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin and Cyclosporine A by Tohru Takahashi, Yumiko Maruyama, Mayuko Saitoh, Hideto Itoh, Mitsuru Yoshimoto, Masayuki Tsujisaki

“…One month after the start of ATG, persistent fever which was not responsive to antibiotics or antifungal agents developed and atypical lymphocytes emerged in peripheral blood. …”
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Hair Barrette Induced Cochlear Implant Receiver Stimulator Site Infection with Extrusion by Trung N. Le, Jordan Hochman, Darren Leitao

“…Local measures inclusive of aggressive surgical debridement with vascularized flaps and parenteral antibiotics represent a viable option and often permit device salvage. …”
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Conventional-Microwave Mediated Synthesis and In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Novel Carbazole-Efflux Pump Inhibitor Hybrid Antibacterials by Ghazala Yaqub, Zubi Sadiq, Almas Hamid, Amber Fatima, Zainab Ijaz

“…These prepared hybrid drugs will be promising and effective new agents in the category of dual-action antibiotics.…”
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Enhanced Antibacterial Activity of Hydrophobic Modified Lysozyme Against Gram-Negative Bacteria Without Accumulated Resistance by Zhenhui Li, Song Lin, Mei Zhu, Xiaoman Liu, Xin Huang

“…We investigated its antibacterial mechanism against Gram-negative bacteria and showed that HML could be used to treat pathogenic bacteria without obvious accumulated resistance appearance, which is a great advantage over commercial antibiotics. Overall, it is anticipated that HML could be potentially applied to food safety, infection therapy, and enzyme-medicine applications.…”
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Taxonomic and Functional Dynamics of Bacterial Communities During Drift Seaweed Vermicomposting by Manuel Aira, Ana Gómez-Roel, Jorge Domínguez

“…The diverse bacterial community showed enriched functional pathways related to soil health and plant growth, including the synthesis of antibiotics, amino acids, and phytohormones, as well as the degradation of bisphenol. …”
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Cupping Therapy May be Harmful for Eczema: A PubMed Search by Kam Lun E. Hon, David Chi Kong Luk, Kin Fon Leong, Alexander K. C. Leung

“…She was treated with intravenous antibiotics and received multidisciplinary supportive intervention. …”
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Vaccination with an Attenuated Ferritin Mutant Protects Mice against Virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Selvakumar Subbian, Ruchi Pandey, Patricia Soteropoulos, G. Marcela Rodriguez

“…We previously showed that a ferritin (bfrB) mutant of M. tuberculosis has altered iron homeostasis and increased sensitivity to antibiotics and to microbicidal effectors produced by activated macrophages. …”
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Diabetic Muscle Infarction: A Rare Complication of Long-Standing and Poorly Controlled Diabetes Mellitus by Shridhar N. Iyer, Almond J. Drake, R. Lee West, Robert J. Tanenberg

“…He was initially treated with intravenous antibiotics for a presumptive diagnosis of pyomyositis or necrotizing fasciitis with no improvement. …”
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Antimicrobial resistance and epidemiological patterns of Streptococcus pyogenes in Türkiye by Nihan Ünübol, Nese Caglayan, Sinan Cebeci, Yeşim Beşli, Banu Sancak, Neval Yurttutan Uyar, Siavosh Salmanzadeh Ahrabi, Masoud Alebouyeh, Tanıl Kocagöz

“…This study investigated the major S. pyogenes strains responsible for infections in Türkiye and their susceptibility to beta-lactam and macrolide antibiotics. Methods: We determined the minimum inhibitory concentration using the penicillin gradient test and performed emm typing and DNA fingerprinting via pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) to analyze the clonal spread of 92 S. pyogenes strains isolated from two hospitals in Türkiye between 2020 and 2022. …”
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ESTIMATION OF USING MEDICATIONS OF DIFFERENT GROUPS FOR COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH COMORBIDITIES by A.V. Demchuk

“…All patients received antibiotics, as mandatory CAP treatment. Mucolytics were prescribed 92.7%, dextrans solutions - 36.0%, which was necessary due to features of CAP course. …”
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Selected Mechanisms of Action of Bacteriophages in Bacterial Infections in Animals by Renata Urban-Chmiel, Ewelina Pyzik

“…The paper contains many new examples of potential uses of bacteriophages and their effects on eukaryotic cells, especially in the course of bacterial infections, which are extremely important in experimental treatments exploiting phages as alternatives to antibiotics. The positive results of the effects of bacteriophages on eukaryotic cells during infections open up promising new prospects for their use as natural tools in the treatment of bacterial, fungal, and viral diseases in animals and humans.…”
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A Curious Case of MRSA Bacteremia and Septic Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Peripheral Venous Catheter by Joshua Twito, Syeda Sahra, Abdullah Jahangir, Neville Mobarakai

“…The patient responded well to appropriate antibiotics and anticoagulation. Conclusion. Peripherally inserted catheters are an important portal for pathogen entry and need periodic site assessment and frequent evaluation of their need for insertion. …”
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