Pattern of acquisition of hospital-associated pathogens in the ICU of an academic tertiary care hospital [0.03%]
教学三级医院ICU获得医院相关病原体的模式
Shazia Damji,Jerrold Perrott,Salomeh Shajari et al.
Shazia Damji et al.
Background: Among hospitalized patients, a 48-hour window from time of hospitalization defines nosocomial infections and guides empiric antibiotic selection. This time frame may lead to overuse of broad-spectrum antibioti...
Strongyloides hyper-infection in a lung transplant recipient: Case report and review of the literature [0.03%]
肺移植受者中的线虫高感染率：病例报告和文献回顾
Olívia Meira Dias,Natalia Belousova,Nadia Sharif et al.
Olívia Meira Dias et al.
Case presentation: A 63-year-old man with a left single lung transplant for end-stage combined restrictive and obstructive lung disease developed persistent pulmonary infiltrates and recurrent gram-negative bacteremia pos...
Andrew P Sullivan,Catherine Nicholson,David J Bradbury-Squires et al.
Andrew P Sullivan et al.
Background: Tularemia is a rare zoonosis caused by Francisella tularensis, a small gram-negative intracellular coccobacillus. Transmission occurs through direct contact with small mammals such as hares and rabbits, exposu...
Bacteremia and polyarticular septic arthritis secondary to Moraxella bovis in a pregnant patient with HIV who injects drugs [0.03%]
HIV阳性并注射毒品的孕妇中由于摩氏莫拉菌引起的败血症和多发性细菌性关节炎
Brook Danger,Christopher Ripplinger,Joseph Blondeau et al.
Brook Danger et al.
Case presentation: We report a rare case of Moraxella bovis bacteremia and polyarticular septic arthritis in a 37-year-old pregnant woman with HIV who injects drugs. Two sets of blood cultures obtained 5 hours apart were ...
HCV reflex testing: A single-sample, low-contamination method that improves the diagnostic efficiency of HCV testing among patients in Alberta, Canada [0.03%]
丙型肝炎病毒反射检测：一种单样本、低污染的检测方法，可以提高加拿大艾伯塔省患者的丙型肝炎诊断效率
L Alexa Thompson,Jayne Fenton,Carmen L Charlton
L Alexa Thompson
Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) can be cured with antiviral treatments. Diagnosis normally requires two blood samples, one for serology screening and one for molecular confirmation. This multi-step process creates bar...
Duration of prednisone treatment before development of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients with vasculitis: A case series [0.03%]
血管炎患者在出现卡氏肺孢子菌肺炎之前使用强的松治疗的时间长度：系列病例研究
Ieta Shams,Catherine Ivory,Juthaporn Cowan
Ieta Shams
Background: Optimal timing for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) prophylaxis among patients with vasculitis is not clear. We set out to characterize the clinical presentation and duration of prednisone use before the...