Review of neuroimaging findings of intracranial angioinvasive fungal infections.

With increasing use of broad-spectrum antibiotics, advances in organ and stem-cell transplant therapy, and the continued diabetes mellitus II epidemic, as well as other risk factors, reports of fungal infections of the CNS have been increasing. The most lethal subset is the angioinvasive fungal infection. Aspergillus fumigatus, Mucor, and Fusarium tend to affect immunocompromised individuals depending on their risk factors.

Environmentally acquired gut-associated bacteria are not critical for growth and survival in a solitary bee, .

Social bees have been extensively studied for their gut microbial functions, but the significance of the gut microbiota in solitary bees remains less explored. Solitary bee, females provision their offspring with pollen from various plant species, harboring a diverse microbial community that colonizes larvae guts. The is the most abundant microbe, but evidence concerning the effects of and other provision microbes on growth and survival are lacking.

Predictors of Escalation to Intensive Care Unit Level of Care Among Admissions for Alcohol Withdrawal.

According to the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 14.5 million people ages 12 and older had alcohol abuse disorder. Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) can be defined as a collection of physical symptoms experienced due to abrupt cessation of alcohol after long-term dependence.

Thermal biology and overwintering behavior of the red sunflower seed weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).

Most natural mortality of the red sunflower seed weevil, Smicronyx fulvus LeConte (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), occurs while larvae overwinter in the soil. To test the hypothesis that S. fulvus mortality is related to low temperatures, experiments were used to (i) evaluate the temperature at which larvae freeze (= supercooling point [SCP]), (ii) assess possible vertical movement between entry into the soil in fall and adult emergence in summer, and (iii) determine if realistic soil temperatures could explain patterns of overwintering mortality.