Bacteremia in Male Patients: A Case Series and Review of the Literature.

colonization and invasive disease of the genitourinary tract in women has been well described. In men, this organism uncommonly causes infection, and bacteremia is rare. We describe 2 cases of bacteremia in men and present a review of the literature.

Messenger ribonucleic acid vaccines for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 - a review.

The mRNA therapeutics have been studied since the 1970s and the currently available mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 are the culmination of decades of scientific research. The mRNA vaccines BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 have played a key role in our global response to the COVID-19 pandemic as they have demonstrated significant advantages over conventional vaccines and have proven to be highly effective against COVID-19 associated hospitalization and severe illness in large clinical trials and studies using real-world data.

Q Fever in Southern California: a Case Series of 20 Patients from a VA Medical Center.

Query fever (Q fever), caused by , was first described in southern California in 1947. It was found to be endemic and enzoonotic to the region and associated with exposure to livestock. We describe a series of 20 patients diagnosed with Q fever at a Veterans Affairs hospital in southern California, with the aim of contributing toward the understanding of Q fever in this region.

The efficacy of intracolonic vancomycin for severe Clostridium difficile colitis: a case series.

Background: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) unresponsive to the standard treatments of metronidazole and oral vancomycin requires aggressive medical management and possible surgical intervention including colectomy. Intracolonic vancomycin therapy has been reported to be particularly promising in the setting of severe CDI in the presence of ileus. This is a descriptive case series exploring the effect of adjunctive intracolonic vancomycin therapy on the morbidity and mortality in patients with moderate to severe CDI.