A case report of meningitis with failure of ceftriaxone therapy.

Background: is a gram-negative zoonotic organism that has the potential to cause devastating human infection. Historically, treatment with beta-lactams including penicillin and ceftriaxone has been effective.

Methods: We describe a complicated case of meningitis in a 70-year-old female following a superficial puncture wound from her dog's teeth.

COVID-19 outbreak among physicians at a Canadian curling bonspiel: a descriptive observational study.

Background: Transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is known to occur among individuals who congregate in large groups, especially during indoor activities. Our objective was to provide a detailed clinical description of an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that occurred after a sporting and social event during the early days of the pandemic.

Methods: We conducted a descriptive study of a curling bonspiel in Edmonton held on Mar.

Severe facial necrosis in a type 1 diabetic patient secondary to mucormycosis masquerading as an internal maxillary artery occlusion: a case report.

Background: Mucormycosis is a group of rare but life threatening angioinvasive infections caused by fungi of the order Mucorales that often occurs in immunocompromised patients and individuals with poorly controlled diabetes. Rhinocerebral mucormycosis can mimic sinusitis but can rapidly progress to deeper disease and cause facial necrosis. Facial vascular thrombosis is a rare complication of mucormycosis and can confound diagnosis of the disease.

Case Report: Endocarditis Outside of the Europe-African Gradient: Comprehensive Review of Cases within North America.

Clinical syndromes associated with infection can be insidious and difficult to diagnose for multiple reasons. Clinically, can manifest as asymptomatic bacteremia or with subtle subacute constitutional symptoms. Second, it is a fastidious organism that is difficult to identify using traditional culture methods.

Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia.

Background: Although Klebsiella pneumoniae is the second most common cause of Gram-negative bloodstream infections, its epidemiology has not been defined in a nonselected population. We sought to describe the incidence of, risk factors for, and outcomes associated with K. pneumoniae bacteremia.

Disability and quality of life in Canadian aboriginal and non-aboriginal diabetic lower-extremity amputees.

Objective: To compare and contrast disability and quality of life (QOL) in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal subjects with diabetes who had lower-extremity amputation (LEA) and were living in urban and rural communities in Canada.

Design: Descriptive study using an interviewer-administered questionnaire and hospital medical record review.

Setting: Tertiary care center.