Impact of elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor (ETI) on the prescription refill rate (PRR) for inhaled medications in people with CF: an Italian multicenter analysis by Andrea Gramegna, Giuseppe Cimino, Marco Cipolli, Giovanna Gandini, Maria Adelaide Calderazzo, Angelica Profiti, Federica Piedepalumbo, Francesco Blasi

“…We found a significant decrease in PRR for most inhaled antibiotics and dornase-alpha after ETI implementation.This suggests that patients may be reducing their adherence to inhaled medications, potentially due to improved respiratory symptoms and quality of life. …”
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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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Gene Expression during Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Soil and Water by Ashley D. Duffitt, Robert T. Reber, Andrew Whipple, Christian Chauret

“…Furthermore, this pathogen may become more resistant to antibiotics making subsequent infections more difficult to treat.…”
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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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Misdiagnosis: Acute Chest Syndrome That Evolved into Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in a Patient without a Documented History of Hemoglobinopathy by Christoph Sossou, Ogechukwu Chika-Nwosuh, Christopher Nnaoma, Jose Bustillo, Asad Chohan, Etinosasere Okundaye, Pratik Patel

“…After appropriate management with mechanical ventilator, broad-spectrum empiric intravenous antibiotics, exchange transfusion, and intravenous fluid resuscitation, the patient was medically optimized and safely discharged home, with significant improvement noted on successive follow-up visits.…”
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Atypical Presentation of Lemierre’s Syndrome Causing Septic Shock and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome by Divyesh Reddy Nemakayala, Manoj P Rai, Shilpa Kavuturu, Supratik Rayamajhi

“…Blood culture showed Fusobacterium, and antibiotics were changed accordingly following which there was a clinical improvement. …”
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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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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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A CRISPR-Cas12a-based universal rapid scrub typhus diagnostic method targeting 16S rRNA of Orientia tsutsugamushi. by Bum Ju Park, Sang Taek Heo, Misun Kim, Jeong Rae Yoo, Eun Jin Bae, Su Yeon Kang, Sunghoon Park, Kyeo Re Han, Keun Hwa Lee, Jae Myun Lee, Hyeyoung Lee, Yoon-Jae Song

“…Currently, there is no vaccine for O. tsutsugamushi, and its infection is treated with antibiotics such as doxycycline. Scrub typhus responds to effective treatment, and early treatment shortens the course of the disease, reduces mortality, and accelerates recovery. …”
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Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens in Burn Wound, Prevention, Diagnosis, and Therapeutic Approaches (Conventional Antimicrobials and Nanoparticles) by Jaber Hemmati, Mehdi Azizi, Babak Asghari, Mohammad Reza Arabestani

“…The role of prolonged hospitalization and empirical antibiotics administration in developing multidrug-resistant pathogens is undeniable. …”
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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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Acute Toxicity and Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities of Kyllinga polyphylla Willd. ex Kunth, Cyperaceae Family by Van-Ay Nguyen, Thi-Hang Phung, Thi-Diem-Trang Kieu, Trong-Hong-Phuc Nguyen

“…The research results showed that KP should be more interested in research that supports disease treatment, synthetic extraction of antibiotics, or other in vivo studies.…”
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Reactive Lymphoid Hyperplasia of the Liver Incidentally Found in a 55-Year-Old Woman with a History of Ulcerative Colitis by Noritoshi Mizuta, Takuya Kikuchi, Shunsuke Kusano, Nobuya Sano

“…A 55-year-old woman with UC went to the outpatient clinic with abdominal pain, and antibiotics were prescribed with diagnosis of acute appendicitis. …”
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Simple, Safe, and Cost-Effective Technique for Resected Stomach Extraction in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy by Serhan Derici, Koray Atila, Seymen Bora, Serkan Yener

“…We noticed one superficial incisional surgical site infection and treated this patient with oral antibiotics. No cases of trocar site hernia were observed. …”
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Management of an Infected Nonunion of an Opening-Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy with 2-Stage Implantation of Rotating Hinge Knee Prosthesis by Sandrine Mariaux, Olivier Borens

“…Despite surgical debridement and antibiotics, septic knee arthritis occurred. In a situation of infected nonunion and septic arthritis with chondrolysis, she was scheduled for a 2-stage total knee replacement (TKR). …”
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Epidural Fat and Perineural Adipose Tissue Septic Emboli Mimicking Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor in a Dog by Yael Merbl, Kelly M. Ramsay, Ashley Hanna, Annie V. Chen, Laura Anne White, Claire R. Burbick

“…Medical treatments during hospitalization included glucocorticoids, antibiotics, and supportive care. Euthanasia was elected 4 days later due to financial constraints, despite clinical improvement. …”
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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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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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Optimization of Antibacterial, Structures, and Thermal Properties of Alginate-ZrO2 Bionanocomposite by the Taguchi Method by Mohsen Safaei, Hedaiat Moradpoor, Mohammad Salmani Mobarakeh, Nima Fallahnia

“…Developing novel antibacterial chemicals is constantly necessary since bacterial resistance to antibiotics is an inevitable occurrence. This research aimed to find the ideal conditions for using antibacterial zirconia (ZrO2) NPs with polymer alginate nanocomposites. …”
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Molecular modelling of four penicillins: bencylpenicillin, phenoxymethylpenicillin, ampicillin and amoxicillin by Elso Manuel Cruz Cruz, Eslhey María Sánchez Domínguez

“…<strong><br />Conclusions:</strong> The structures and electronic properties of the betalactamic ring, structural basis of these antibiotics, do not have significant modifications among modelled penicillins.…”
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