Successful Treatment With Daptomycin of MRSA Empyema Complicated by Right-Sided Loculated Pleural Effusion Refractory to Vancomycin.

Empyema is a serious complication of pneumonia and has been reported to have a mortality rate of 8.7%. For methicillin-resistant (MRSA) empyema, treatment includes drainage and specific antibiotics such as vancomycin and linezolid.

Sensitization to the prosocial effects of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA).

The recreational drug 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) has well documented prosocial effects and is currently under clinical investigation as a treatment for patients with PTSD, autism, and other conditions. Early clinical trials have found that MDMA-assisted therapy may have robust long-lasting therapeutic effects, yet the mechanism by which acute treatments produce these long-term effects is unclear. Sensitization to certain behavioral drug effects is a common rodent model used to assess long-lasting neurobiological adaptations induced by acute drug treatments.

Complications of the neovagina in male-to-female transgender surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis with discussion of management.

Gender-affirmation surgery is often the final gender-confirming medical intervention sought by those patients suffering from gender dysphoria. In the male-to-female (MtF) transgendered patient, the creation of esthetic and functional external female genitalia with a functional vaginal channel is of the utmost importance. The aim of this review and meta-analysis is to evaluate the epidemiology, presentation, management, and outcomes of neovaginal complications in the MtF transgender reassignment surgery patients.