Burkholderia Aortic Aneurysm: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Sreelakshmi Panginikkod, Aishwarya Ramachandran, Pratyusha Bollimunta, Roshanak Habibi, Roshan Kumar Arjal, Venu Gopalakrishnan

“…The patient completely recovered with a 6-month antibiotic therapy followed by surgical repair of the aneurysm. …”
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Effective anti-adhesives of uropathogenic Escherichia coli by Ribić Rosana, Meštrović Tomislav, Neuberg Marijana, Kozina Goran

“…Design of receptor analogues that competitively bind to UPEC surface adhesins placed at the top of pili organelles led to the development of anti-adhesive drugs that are increasingly recognized as important and promising alternatives to antibiotic treatment of UTIs.…”
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Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network laboratory Guidelines for the Use of Point-of-Care Tests for the Diagnosis of Syphilis in Canada by Ameeta E Singh, Max A Chernesky, Muhammad Morshed, Tom Wong

“…The majority of commercially available tests use treponemal antigens and the presence of antibodies does not distinguish between current and past infection, which may lead to unnecessary antibiotic use and stigmatization of having a current STI. …”
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Clostridial myonecrosis. A Case Report by Ledys Pérez Morales, Hidaleysi Quintana Hernández, Jorge E. Barletta del Castillo

“…She underwent surgery and antibiotic therapy. Two days after being discharged, the patient came back complaining of acute pain and foul-smelling discharge in the surgical wound site. …”
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A Man in His Forties with Recurrent Cat-Scratch Disease by Sara López-Rueda, Benjamin Valente-Acosta, Adrian Murillo-Zolezzi, Francisco Moreno-Sánchez, Irma Hoyo-Ulloa, Jesús Javier Baquera-Heredia

“…It usually presents with lymphadenopathy and constitutional symptoms that resolve within eight weeks, with, or without antibiotic treatment. The diagnosis is made by serology, molecular diagnosis in a biopsy, or a positive culture. …”
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Fever Associated with Gastrointestinal Shigellosis Unmasks Probable Brugada Syndrome by John N. Makaryus, Jennifer Verbsky, Scott Schwarz, David Slotwiner

“…The electrocardiographic changes that were present when the patient was admitted and febrile resolved following antibiotic therapy and defervescence.…”
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Study on the multidrug resistance and transmission factors of Staphylococcus aureus at the ‘animal–environment–human’ interface in the broiler feeding cycle by Fangyuan Hu, Fangyuan Hu, Yaopeng Liu, Yaopeng Liu, Lin Wang, Juan Wang, Na Liu, Yan Li, Xiaoxiao Duan, Junwei Wang, Mingzhe Lu, Junhui Liu, Zhina Qu, Keguang Han

“…The 42 representative strains carried mobile elements, mainly plasmid replicons (10 types), transposons (3 types), and 20 antibiotic resistance genes in 9 classes. A total of 10 ST398 strains exhibited the fosB gene for fosfomycin resistance, and 6 ST9 strains from stage 2 exhibited the mecA resistance gene. …”
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The Influence of Vitamin D Levels and Supplementation on the Treatment of Patients Affected by MRONJ by Filip Michalak, Marzena Dominiak, Jan Kiryk, Paweł Popecki, Dominik Kubicki, Jacek Matys, Kinga Grzech-Leśniak

“…All participants received an antibiotic regimen pre- and post-surgery. Pain intensity was assessed at multiple time points using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS). …”
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Bio-active composition, antibacterial activity and molecular docking studies of Salicia nitida (Benth.) root extracts by Wisdom U. Ike, Okereke C. Stanley, Nosiri Ijeoma, Okamgba C. Okezie, Nwokocha W. Osita, Aguwanba Chinedu, Aaron C. Friday

“…The root extracts also exhibited antibiotic potentials as evidenced by the results from the anti-bacterial assay.…”
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Efficacy of medical thoracoscopy combined with fibrinolytic therapy in the treatment of complicated parapneumonic effusions and empyema by Feng-Fu Zhan, Mao-Hong Huang, Yan-Ping Du, Yan Chen, Han-Han Chen, Yi-Li Lin, Yi-Yuan Chen, Ling Cai, Xiao-Bin Zhang

“…Secondary outcomes encompassed the duration of postoperative fever, drainage time, intravenous antibiotic use, complication rates, initial treatment failure, length of hospital stay, and hospitalization costs. …”
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Identification and characterization of Serratia nematophila and Acinetobacter guillouiae from putrid-skin disease lesions in farmed Chinese spiny frog (Quasipaa spinosa) by Ling Guo, Xiyu Jin, Dan Yang, Li Wei, Jie Chen, Zhihua Lin, Li Ma

“…Furthermore, we assessed the antibiotic susceptibility of these two pathogens, revealing their multidrug resistance. …”
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Clinical manifestations, para-clinical features and outcome of Iranian adults with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection: a report from hospitalized patients by Maryam Shafaati, Abbas Shakoori Farahani, Mohammadreza Salehi, Mohammad Arabzadeh, Helya Bolouki Azari, Arman Soleimany, Maryam Edalatifard, Vahid Salimi, Alireza Abdollahi

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Development of Cephradine-Loaded Gelatin/Polyvinyl Alcohol Electrospun Nanofibers for Effective Diabetic Wound Healing: In-Vitro and In-Vivo Assessments by Anam Razzaq, Zaheer Ullah Khan, Aasim Saeed, Kiramat Ali Shah, Naveed Ullah Khan, Bouzid Menaa, Haroon Iqbal, Farid Menaa

“…Diabetic wound infections caused by conventional antibiotic-resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> strains are fast emerging, leading to life-threatening situations (e.g., high costs, morbidity, and mortality) associated with delayed healing and chronic inflammation. …”
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Redox-Modulating Capacity and Effect of Ethyl Acetate Roots and Aerial Parts Extracts from <i>Geum urbanum</i> L. on the Phenotype Inhibition of the <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> L... by Lyudmila Dimitrova, Milka Mileva, Almira Georgieva, Elina Tzvetanova, Milena Popova, Vassya Bankova, Hristo Najdenski

“…A major problem in treatment is the development of antibiotic resistance. Therefore, new preparations of natural origin are sought, such as plant extracts, which are phytocomplexes and to which it is practically impossible to develop resistance. …”
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Nocardia Subretinal Abscess: A Rare and Challenging Case Report by Ana Maria Cunha, Marta Silva, Ana Catarina Pedrosa, Fernando Falcão-Reis, Luís Figueira

“…Examination of the left eye revealed a submacular white mass with fluffy borders and another smaller white lesion, with well-defined borders, in the inferior temporal vascular arch. A systemic antibiotic treatment with SMX-TMP and intravenous imipenem and a single intravitreal injection of bevacizumab was performed. …”
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Blowhole Colostomy for Clostridium difficile-Associated Toxic Megacolon by Jeroen Kerstens, Ian Diebels, Charles de Gheldere, Patrick Vanclooster

“…This infection occurred under antibiotic coverage with amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, four days after laparoscopic sigmoidectomy in our hospital. …”
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Influence of Aging and Immune Alterations on Susceptibility to Pneumococcal Pneumonia in the Elderly by Nathan Kang, Veedamali S. Subramanian, Anshu Agrawal

“…Management of <i>S. pneumoniae</i> infections in the elderly is challenging due to impaired antibody responses to polysaccharides and surface proteins, compounded by rising antibiotic resistance. The underlying mechanisms for increased susceptibility remain unclear, but age-related changes in the immune system, particularly in dendritic cells and T cells, are implicated. …”
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Maxillary Chronic Osteomyelitis Caused by Domestic Violence: A Diagnostic Challenge by Tamyris Inácio Oliveira, Marina Lara de Carli, Noé Vital Ribeiro Junior, Alessandro Antônio Costa Pereira, Dimitris N. Tatakis, João Adolfo Costa Hanemann

“…Treatment included antibiotic therapy for seven days followed by total enucleation of the necrotic bone tissue and extraction of the involved teeth. …”
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Terminal Complement Pathway Deficiency in an Adult Patient with Meningococcal Sepsis by F. Staels, W. Meersseman, P. Stordeur, K. Willekens, S. Van Loo, A. Corveleyn, I. Meyts, G. Meyfroidt, R. Schrijvers

“…His vaccination status was optimized and prophylactic antibiotic treatment was initiated. By means of this case, we would like to raise awareness of underlying LCD in (young) adults presenting with IMD by N. meningitidis. …”
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Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. A case report by Práxedes de Regla Rojas Quintana, Sandra Gómez Fonseca, Alejandrina Najarro Navarro

“…For these reasons, the case of a patient who underwent medical and surgical treatment, with in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer, who developed severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome with pregnancy si presente Since the syndrome could not be controlled and worsened with pregnancy and sepsis, with changes in addition to hepatorenal dysfunction, it was decided to terminate the pregnancy at six weeks of gestation, since the patient's life was in danger, and antibiotic therapy was started for sepsis. After 25 days of hospitalization, she was discharged from the institution after recovery and was followed up by assisted reproduction consultation. …”
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