Role and Effective Therapeutic Target of Gut Microbiota in Heart Failure by Qiujin Jia, Hao Li, Huan Zhou, Xiaonan Zhang, Ao Zhang, Yingyu Xie, Yanyang Li, Shichao Lv, Junping Zhang

“…At the same time, regulating intestinal microflora through diet, probiotics, antibiotics, fecal transplantation and microbial enzyme inhibitors has grown up to be a potential treatment for many metabolic disorders.…”
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A Rare Case of a Pregnant Woman with Severe Thrombocytopenia Associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Gitanshi Arora, Gauri Abhishek Prabhu

“…Postoperative care included immunosuppressive therapy, antihypertensives, and antibiotics, with steady improvement in the patient’s condition and platelet count. …”
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Fatal Case of Probable Invasive Aspergillosis after Five Years of Heart Transplant: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Toufik Mahfood Haddad, Mahesh Anantha Narayanan, Krista E. Shaw, Renuga Vivekanandan

“…She was started on broad spectrum antibiotics along with ganciclovir and micafungin. Ganciclovir was added due to the patient’s past history of CMV infection and empiric fungal coverage with micafungin. …”
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Developing a Versatile Arsenal: Novel Antimicrobials as Offensive Tools Against Pathogenic Bacteria by Junze Ma, Zheng Lu

“…The pervasive and often indiscriminate use of antibiotics has accelerated the emergence of drug-resistant bacterial strains, thus presenting an acute threat to global public health. …”
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Mesenchymal Hamartoma in Children: A Diagnostic Challenge by Muhammad Rehan Khan, Larry A. Binkovitz, Thomas C. Smyrk, D. Dean Potter, Katryn N. Furuya

“…He was diagnosed with pneumonia initially and treated with antibiotics. A computed tomography (CT) scan done for evaluation of his persistent abdominal pain demonstrated a hepatic mass. …”
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The Successful Use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in a Newly Diagnosed HIV Patient with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Complicated by Pneumocystis and Cytomegal... by Jin Kook Kang, Matthew Acton, Bo Soo Kim

“…The patient was successfully treated with antiretroviral therapy (ART), antibiotics, antivirals, steroids, and 48 days of VV-ECMO support, with complete resolution of their respiratory symptoms. …”
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Successful Use of a Multidisciplinary Approach to Treat a Perforated Duodenal Malignant Lymphoma in an Elderly Patient by Tomoko Takagishi, Yuta Niimi, Goshi Matsuki, Shinta Nagano, Junsuke Hinami, Masaaki Kajiwara, Kiyoshi Kaneko, Yoshihiro Kubota, Osamu Nakai

“…The lymphoma continued to grow, resulting in jaundice and intestinal perforation, which was first treated with two cycles of rituximab and antibiotics. Thereafter, less intensive chemotherapy (two cycles each of R-mini-CHP, CHP, and R-CHOP) was administered, which led to significant improvement upon assessment by PET-CT. …”
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Adhesive micro-liquid for efficient removal of bacterial biofilm infection by Ying Wang, Zhibang Li, Lingli Ji, Jiao Sun, Fei Gao, Ruiqing Yu, Kai Li, Wenjun Wang, Weiwei Zhao, Qi-Zhi Zhong, Shaohua Ge, Jianhua Li

“…Ionic liquids have emerged as a novel class of alternatives to antibiotics, however their inherent hydrophobicity and immiscible in water exhibits poor adhesion to bacteria and diminishes its utilization and bioavailability for infection control. …”
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Emergency Combination of Four Drugs for Bloodstream Infection Caused by Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Severe Agranulocytosis Patients with Hematologic Malignancies aft... by Xiaofan Li, Yaqun Hong, Xianling Chen, Ping Chen, Nainong Li

“…Conventional treatment using two to three combined antibiotics was administered in the first and second patients. …”
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Expedient Treatment of a Collodion Baby by Michael Chung, Jaime Pittenger, Stuart Tobin, Andrew Chung, Nirmala Desai

“…Although the impairment of the skin barrier function put the patient at risk for a number of complications, he improved significantly after being treated with emollients and antibiotics. In contrast to previous findings, we found that skin emollients were beneficial and did not increase the risk of infection.…”
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Disseminated Histoplasmosis, Pulmonary Tuberculosis, and Cytomegalovirus Disease in a Renal Transplant Recipient after Infection with SARS-CoV-2 by Carvallo-Venegas Mauricio, Fuentes-López Elsa Angélica, Andrade-Ortega Antonio de Jesús, Torres-Baranda José Rodrigo, Carrasco-Carrizosa Aldo, Cerrillos-Gutierrez José Ignacio, Andrade-Sierra Jorge

“…Management was initiated with antituberculosis medications, ganciclovir, antibiotics, and liposomal amphotericin B, and the immunosuppressants were suspended, yet the patient’s evolution was catastrophic and the outcome fatal. …”
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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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Exploring nagZ as a virulence biomarker and treatment target in Enterobacter cloacae by Xianggui Yang, Xuejing Yu, Li Zhou, Dan Wang, Weixian Chen

“…Abstract Background Enterobacter cloacae is increasingly prevalent and resistant to multiple antibiotics, making it a significant pathogen in healthcare settings with high mortality rates. …”
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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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