Comparative Outcomes of Candida auris Bloodstream Infections: A Multicenter Retrospective Case-Control Study.

Background: This study was performed to compare clinical characteristics and outcomes between patients with bloodstream infections (BSIs) caused by Candida auris and those with BSIs caused by other Candida spp.

Methods: A multicenter retrospective case-control study was performed at 3 hospitals in Brooklyn, New York, between 2016 and 2020. The analysis included patients ≥18 years of age who had a positive blood culture for any Candida spp.

Diagnosing Common Deadly Infections in the Era of COVID-19: A Case Report.

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged clinicians to recognize COVID-19 as one of the diagnostic explanation for common presentations, including fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Latent tuberculosis is responsible for 80% of active tuberculosis cases in the United States, and presentation can vary from asymptomatic to disseminated disease. This potential diagnosis should be thoroughly investigated in foreign-born patients in US hospitals, regardless of travel history and presenting symptoms.

Pneumocystis pneumonia in a treatment-naive rheumatoid arthritis patient.

A HIV-negative, newly diagnosed patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was found to have pneumonia. The infection was treated with three weeks of atovaquone and corticosteroids. Clinicians should be aware of pneumocystis pneumonia as an infection in RA patients not receiving treatment.

striatum bacteremia associated with cellulitis in a patient with cirrhosis.

are a bacteria usually associated as a contaminant due to their presence in normal human skin and mucosal membranes. However, they are increasingly becoming recognized as an opportunistic pathogen. can be pathogens in immunocompromised patients or those with malignancies or prosthetic devices.

Tuberculosis-immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in HIV-infected patient: A case report.

We describe a case of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) secondary to reactivation of in an HIV-infected patient with a high CD4+ cell count, who presented with a generalized seizure 6 weeks after starting antiretroviral therapy (ART). In our patient, the inflammatory response resulted in radiological features of neurological, pulmonary, and lymph node (LN) tuberculosis- (TB) IRIS, without the typical symptoms. Diagnosis was confirmed by LN biopsy and acid-fast bacilli (AFB) culture of LN and sputum.