Guidelines for Clostridium difficile infection in adults by Michał Kukla, Krystian Adrych, Agnieszka Dobrowolska, Tomasz Mach, Jarosław Reguła, Grażyna Rydzewska

“…Prevention, proper diagnosis and effective treatment are necessary to reduce the risk for the patients, deplete the spreading of infection and diminish the probability of recurrent infection. Antibiotics are the fundamental treatment of CDI. In patients who had recurrent CDI fecal microbiota transplantation seems to be promising and efficient strategy. …”
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Tautomerism in 11-Hydroxyaklavinone: A DFT Study by Lemi Türker

“…On the other hand, aklavinone is the parent aglycone of certain anthracycline antibiotics that possess anti-cancer activity too. The structures of aklavinone and its 11-hydroxy derivative have many –OH groups, and two keto groups which may take place in certain tautomeric equilibria. …”
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Surgical Treatment for Recurrent Refractory Skenitis by E. P. Miranda, D. C. Almeida, G. P. Ribeiro, J. M. Parente, A. G. Scafuri

“…Despite an adequate course of antibiotics, the symptoms failed to improve. The case was ultimately resolved with surgical intervention, which resulted in its prompt and complete resolution.…”
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Acquired Umbilico-Inguinal Fistula with Persistent Discharge due to Suture Reaction: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Muazez Cevik

“…The initial diagnosis was omphalitis and he was treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics but a UIF was subsequently diagnosed. Surgery was performed to ascertain the cause of the UIF. …”
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Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome with Intracameral Moxifloxacin: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Annahita Amireskandari, Andrew Bean, Thomas Mauger

“…Additionally, we review the literature on safety, efficacy, and appropriate dosing of intracameral antibiotics with a focus on moxifloxacin.…”
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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia – A Threatening Nosocomial Pathogen by Ruchita Gawande, Suvarna Sande

“…S. maltophilia shows high intrinsic and acquired resistance to all commonly used antibiotics, limiting the number of therapeutic choices. …”
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L’antibiorésistance : un bon exemple du concept « une seule santé » by Jarlier, Vincent

“…Antibiotic resistance is the direct deleterious consequence of two synergistic causes linked to human activity: the massive use of antibiotics in human and animal health, which leads to the selection of the most resistant bacteria, and the spread of these selected resistant bacteria, directly by cross-transmission within human and animal populations and indirectly via the environment. …”
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Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Associated with Pneumococcal Sepsis by Jeffrey R Schriber, John J Freedman, Joseph M Brandwein

“…The patient responded to therapy with plasmapheresis and antiplatelet agents as well as antibiotics. Coincident infection should be searched for in all cases of TTP.…”
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Residual Hemothorax after Chest Tube Placement Correlates with Increased Risk of Empyema Following Traumatic Injury by Riyad Karmy-Jones, Michele Holevar, Ryan J Sullivan, Ani Fleisig, Gregory J Jurkovich

“…Studies of potential risk factors of empyema have included use of antibiotics, site of injury and technique of chest tube placement. …”
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Spontaneous Penile (Cavernosal) Abscess: Case Report with Discussion of Aetiology, Diagnosis, and Management with Review of Literature by Jayesh Sagar, Bethani Sagar, D. K. Shah

“…The 19-year-old English man was successfully treated with surgical drainage and antibiotics with long-term sequelae in form of mild, left-sided penile deviation, but normal erectile function. …”
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Torsade de Pointes Induced by Hypokalemia from Imipenem and Piperacillin by Varun Kumar, Sandeep Khosla, Monica Stancu

“…Imipenem-cilastatin and piperacillin-tazobactam are two antibiotics with broad antimicrobial coverage. Besides the many well established adverse effects of these drugs, there have been few case reports of hypokalemia. …”
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Staphylococcus lugdunensis Septic Arthritis following Arthroscopic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction by Saygin Kamaci, Yehia H. Bedeir, Christopher J. Utz, Angelo J. Colosimo

“…Both patients successfully recovered with early arthroscopic irrigation, debridement, and synovial culture, in addition to long-term parenteral and oral antibiotics.…”
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Pneumococcal Bacteremia Presenting as Acute Parotitis and Sepsis by Ashish Kataria, Alan S. Multz

“…The patient was treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics. The underlying imunosupression caused by SLE and long-term steroid treatment could have predisposed this patient to invasive Pneumococcal disease.…”
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Acute Brucellosis Presenting with Bleeding Tendency due to Isolated Severe Thrombocytopenia by M. Aon, T. Al-Enezi

“…The patient was diagnosed as suffering from brucellosis on the basis of a strongly positive serologic reaction and was treated with antibiotics and a short course of corticosteroids, with a rapid rise in platelet count. …”
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Unraveling a Rare Right-Sided Pleural Effusion in a Young Female: A Case of Pancreaticopleural Fistula by P. Prem Ananth, S. Raghul Raj, R. Anand, N. Nagarajan

“…We report the case of a 33-year-old female with massive right-sided pleural effusion, which is uncommon in PPF. Treatment with antibiotics, chest drainage, and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with stent placement led to symptom resolution. …”
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Infektif Endokarditis Pada Penyakit Jantung Tiroid by Pradita Diah Permatasari

“…Treatment of infective endocarditis consists of giving antibiotics and evacuating vegetation by surgery. Surgical action is indicated if there is symptoms of heart failure, uncontrolled infections and vegetation size are too large, causing the risk of embolism.…”
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Clostridium perfringens Bacteraemia following Normal Vaginal Delivery by Mokhamad Zhaffal, Anastasia Salame, Johnny Awwad

“…Despite the fact that bacteraemia caused by C. perfringens is an infrequent event in the uneventful postpartum phase, maintaining vigilance for the potential occurrence of such an event allows for early detection and timely administration of antibiotics and resuscitative measures.…”
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Vaccine oil adjuvants for the development of aquaculture by J. B. Arous, L. . Dupuis

“…The growth of aquaculture in the last decades has been supported by the development of oil adjuvanted injectable vaccines that allowed a long term protection offish and a strong reduction of the use of antibiotics. Today, injectable vaccines for fish are administered through intraperitoneal injection and are usually adjuvanted with water in oil emulsion adjuvants. …”
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Integrating 16S rDNA and metabolomics to uncover the therapeutic mechanism of electroacupuncture in type 2 diabetic rats by Zhang Yue, Wang Xiang, Deng Duping, Gong Yuanyuan, Chen Xuanyi, Li Juan, Li Juan, Hong Xiaojuan

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate the impact of electroacupuncture (EA) on blood glucose levels, gut microbiota, short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) in a rat model of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).MethodsForty Sprague–Dawley (SD) rats were randomly assigned to five groups (n = 8/group) using a random number table: normal control, T2DM model, electroacupuncture (EA), EA + antibiotics (EA + A), and antibiotics (A). The normal rats received a standard diet and saline gavage, while the other groups were fed a high-fat diet and emulsion. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Different Levels of Butyric Acid Glycerides and Clove Oil on Growth Performance, Blood Parameters and Tibia Bone Characteristics of Broiler Chickens by Seyyedeh azam khatami, Mir Daryoush Shakouri, Nemat Hedayat Evrigh

“…However, scientific evidence suggests that the massive use of these compounds has led to increased problem of antibiotic resistance and presence of antibiotics residues in feed and compromises human and animal health. …”
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