Expanding the complex: phylogenomic insights, proposal of sp. nov. and reclassification of two species.

A novel species was isolated as a contaminant in viral transport media at the District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences Public Health Laboratory. Phylogenomic and biochemical analyses of the isolate determined that it represented a novel species within . Related strains in public genome databases suggested that this novel species is associated with clinically acquired infections, similar to closely related .

Systemic Treatment with the Janus Kinase Inhibitor Baricitinib in Ocular Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease.

Objective: To investigate the effects of oral baricitinib on ocular surface disease (OSD) in patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD).

Design: Prospective phase 1 to 2 single institution trial.

Subjects: Eighteen patients with ocular graft-versus-host-disease (oGVHD) and systemic steroid-refractory cGVHD.

Factors Associated with Medical Care-Seeking and Stool Sample Submission for Diarrheal Illness, FoodNet, United States, 2018-2019.

Laboratory-based surveillance for enteric pathogens causing diarrhea is foundational for monitoring foodborne diseases in the United States. However, diarrheal illnesses are not always confirmed by laboratory testing, so estimates of the true number of illnesses must adjust for underdiagnosis, including underdiagnosis due to ill persons not seeking medical care or submitting a stool sample for laboratory testing. We assessed these factors among persons with an acute diarrheal illness who responded to the most recent Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) Population Survey (2018-2019).

Imaging of necrotizing fasciitis.

Necrotizing Fasciitis (NF) is a rare, but highly lethal, rapidly progressive necrotic infection of the soft-tissue fascia. More common in immunocompromised patients, NF typically affects the extremities, perineal area, genital area (Fournier gangrene), and less commonly the torso. Although classically a clinical diagnosis, imaging is a powerful adjunct to facilitate early diagnosis in equivocal cases.