Complicated Community-Acquired Staphylococcus Endocarditis and Multiple Lung Abscesses: Case Report and Review of Literature by Musa A. Garbati, Imad M. Tleyjeh, Abdullah A. Abba

“…He was successfully treated with appropriate antibiotics. Conclusion. We discuss the pathogenesis of this patient's presentation highlight the need for assessment and proper evaluation of patients with unexplained bacteremia.…”
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A Case of Autoimmune Neutropenia in a Patient Undergoing Breast Cancer Surgery by Mio Adachi, Goshi Oda, Masatake Hara, Yuichi Kumaki, Tomoyuki Fujioka, Toshiyuki Ishiba, Ukihide Tateishi

“…The fever subsided on the second day after the surgery. Nevertheless, antibiotics were administered for 5 days. The patient was discharged on the sixth day after the surgery.…”
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Bacterial Vaginosis Bacterial and Epithelial Cell Adhesion Molecules by Şayeste Demirezen, Aydan Mutlu, Sinan Beksaç

“…However, the vaginal flora can be changed because of birth, taking antibiotics and contraceptive pills. Thus, whereas Lactobacilli population decreases, Gardnerella vaginalis and mixed anaerobic bacteria population increase and this situation causes an infection named Bacterial vaginosis. …”
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Bilateral Peritonsillar Abscesses: A Case Presentation and Review of the Current Literature with regard to the Controversies in Diagnosis and Treatment by G. X. Papacharalampous, P. V. Vlastarakos, G. Kotsis, D. Davilis, L. Manolopoulos

“…As far as the treatment is concerned, it is generally accepted that the basic strategy consists of systemic antibiotics and drainage of the pus. We report the case of a 19-year-old girl, treated in the emergency room with a bilateral diagnostic needle aspiration followed by bilateral incision and drainage along with intravenous clindamycin plus anti-inflammatory agents and hydration. …”
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Elevated serum CA 19–9 level mimicking pancreaticobiliary carcinoma from a hepatic abscess: case report and literature review by Shaurya Dhingra, Puneet Raman, Taylor Ramsaroop, Isaiah Harrison, Tova Bergsten, Erin Nusbaum, Lawrence E. Feldman, Lawrence E. Feldman

“…Drainage of the lesion and treatment with antibiotics resulted in a rapid decline in CA 19–9 levels, indicating that the elevation in CA 19–9 was due to a benign hepatic lesion. …”
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Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis with Empyema due to Salmonellosis by Georgios D. Lianos, Panagiota Drosou, Rizos Souvatzoglou, Anastasia Karampa, Georgios Vangelis, Emmanouil Angelakis, Vassilios Pappas, Epameinontas Lekkas

“…Empyema of gallbladder was revealed and cultures were collected. A combination of antibiotics (ciprofloxacin and metronidazole) was set, and the patient was discharged 8 days after the surgical operation in good condition. …”
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Role of the Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine (IAPSM) in Combating Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) by Purushottam Giri, Venkatesh Karthikeyan

“…Antimicrobials are medicines used to prevent and treat infectious diseases in humans, animals, and plants. They include antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, and antiparasitics. …”
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Sclerema Neonatorum in a Term Infant: A Case Report and Literature Review by Gloria Nakalema, Walufu Ivan Egesa, Patrick Kumbowi Kumbakulu, Martin Nduwimana, Amnia Diaz Anaya, Mirembe Stephen Kizito, Daniel Kavuma

“…It has been associated with a high mortality, despite aggressive use of various treatment modalities such as antibiotics, steroids, fresh blood transfusion, exchange blood transfusion, and intravenous immunoglobins. …”
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Pharmacodynamic Profiling of Antimicrobials against Gram-negative Respiratory Isolates from Canadian Hospitals by Rebecca A. Keel, George G. Zhanel, Sheryl Zelenitsky, David P. Nicolau

“…The objective of this study was to assess the profile of a variety of dosing regimens for common intravenous antibiotics against contemporary Enterobacter cloacae, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates collected in Canada during 2009, using pharmacodynamic modelling techniques. …”
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Pharmacodynamics of interspecies interactions in polymicrobial infections by C. Herzberg, J. G. C. van Hasselt

“…Abstract The pharmacodynamic response of bacterial pathogens to antibiotics can be influenced by interactions with other bacterial species in polymicrobial infections (PMIs). …”
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Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Otitis Media: Mastoiditis and Meningitis Complicated with Central Venous Thrombosis in an Immunocompetent Child by Erdem Gönüllü, Nesrin Özkan, Ahmet Soysal, Engin Acıoğlu, Emine Betül Tavil, Selin Nar Ötgün, Metin Karaböcüoğlu

“…She was treated with antibiotics, mastoidectomy and ventilation tube insertion, and anticoagulation therapy and recovered uneventfully. …”
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Otology/Neurotology recommendations – Choosing Wisely campaign by Andrew K. Ma, Julian Nedzelski, Joseph Chen, Trung Le, Paul Mick, Jane Lea, David Morris, Margaret Aron, Sumit Agrawal, Lorne Parnes, Tamara Mijovic, Vincent Lin, Otology/Neurotology subspecialty group of the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery

“…The otology/neurotology subspecialty group within the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Society developed a list of five common otologic presentations to help physicians deliver high quality effective care: (1) Don’t order specialized audiometric and vestibular testing to screen for peripheral vestibular disease, (2) Don’t perform computed tomography or blood work in the evaluation of sudden sensorineural hearing loss, (3) Don’t perform auditory brain responses (ABR) in patients with asymmetrical hearing loss, (4) Don’t prescribe oral antibiotics as first line treatment for patients with painless otorrhea associated with tympanic membrane perforation or tympanostomy tube, and (5) Don’t perform particle repositioning maneuvers without a clinical diagnosis of posterior canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.…”
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Refractory and Relapsing Laryngeal Edema Possibly Associated With Chronic Tonsillitis and Mycoplasma Infection, Requiring Reintubation and Tracheostomy by Yutaka Tsukamoto, Takashi Sugimoto, Masataka Umeda, Yuki Furuse, Haruo Yoshida, Yuka Nagae, Yasuo Ohsato, Yukitaka Ueki, Maeda Takahiro, Koya Ariyoshi

“…After the initial extubation, he required reintubation and a subsequent tracheostomy. Antibiotics, glucocorticoid, and antihistamines were administered, and he finally recovered with the tracheostomy’s closure. …”
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Pinitol Improves Diabetic Foot Ulcers in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes Rats Through Upregulation of Nrf2/HO-1 Signaling by Jinsick Kim, Min Young Go, Chae Young Jeon, Jung Un Shin, Mujun Kim, Hye Won Lim, Dong Wook Shin

“…Currently, there are no treatments for diabetic foot ulcers other than antibiotics and dressings. In this study, we evaluated the wound-healing effects of an antidiabetic agent pinitol in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-damaged human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs) and streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rat models with a foot wound. …”
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Coinfection with Rickettsia helvetica and Herpes Simplex Virus 2 in a Young Woman with Meningoencephalitis by Kenneth Nilsson, Katarina Wallménius, Carl Påhlson

“…She was treated with antibiotics and improved rapidly. The patient could easily have been judged to have isolated herpes meningitis. …”
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Optimizing Anesthetic Selection in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Striking a Delicate Balance between Efficacy and Minimal Intervention by Kahtan Fadah, Seyed Khalafi, Miller Corey, Jose Sotelo, Ahmed Farag, Tariq Siddiqui, Mehran Abolbashari

“…Recent studies show that conscious sedation has better outcomes in terms of all-cause mortality, procedure complications such as stroke, myocardial infarction, infection requiring antibiotics, acute kidney injury, and the need for inotropes or vasopressors.…”
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Bilateral Sensorineural Deafness in a Young Pregnant Female Presenting with a Fever: A Rare Complication of a Reemerging Disease—Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses by A. G. T. A. Kariyawasam, D. R. Palangasinghe, C. L. Fonseka, P. U. T. De Silva, T. E. Kanakkahewa, N. J. Dahanayaka

“…Sensorineural deafness took several months to resolve after completion of antibiotics.…”
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A Case of Prostatic Abscess with Malignant Lymphoma Involving the Prostate by Wataru Noguchi, Yoshihiro Inoue, Mana Fukushima

“…An 82-year-old man was referred to our hospital with chief complaints of urinary frequency and discomfort on urination. Antibiotics were prescribed, but the symptoms remained and intermittent fever appeared. …”
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Kluyvera ascorbata: An Emerging Pathogen and Rare Cause of Urinary Tract Infection in Immunocompetent Patients at a Tertiary Care Center in North India by Apurva Rautela, Nikhil Raj, Vikramjeet Singh, Anupam Das, Jyotsna Agarwal

“…This case series highlights the role of K. ascorbata, and in general of Kluyvera species, as an unusual but potentially dangerous pathogen, the need for prompt identification to determine potential pathogenicity in the immunocompetent as well as in the immunocompromised host, and to assess the efficacy of antibiotics such as carbapenems and nitrofurantoin.…”
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WHEAT ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES by T. I. Odintsova, T. V. Korostyleva, L. L. Utkina, Ya. A. Andreev, A. A. Slavokhotova, E. A. Istomina, V. A. Pukhal’skii, T. A. Egorov

“…Plant AMP genes can be used in the engineering of pest resistance in crops and development of novel antibiotics and antimycotics. We provide a concise review of properties and gene structures of major AMP families discovered by the authors in Triticum kiharae seeds, including glycine-rich peptides, defensins, hevein-like peptides and the so-called 4-Cys peptides.…”
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