Impact of Urine Culture Reflex Policy Implementation in a Large County Hospital Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit-A Pilot Study.

Objective: To promote antimicrobial stewardship, many institutions have implemented a policy of reflexing to a urine culture based on a positive urinalysis result. The rehabilitation patient population, including individuals with brain and spinal cord injuries, may have atypical presentations of urinary tract infections. The study objective is to determine the effects of implementing a urine culture reflex policy in this specific patient population.

Infection Manifesting as Leucocytoclastic Vasculitis Rash.

We present the first case described in the literature of leucocytoclastic vasculitis due to infection. A 73-year-old woman presented to the hospital with persistent fevers, retro-orbital headache, generalized weakness, and left lower thigh pain for 1 week. She was found to have truncal and proximal lower extremity papules and small plaques.

Anaphylaxis Due to Remdesivir.

In December 2019 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first detected in Wuhan, China and found to cause acute respiratory symptoms and pneumonia.1….