Neutrophil:lymphocyte ratio predicts short-term outcome of COVID-19 in haemodialysis patients.

Background: Information regarding coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in haemodialysis (HD) patients is limited and early studies suggest a poor outcome. We aimed to identify clinical and biological markers associated with severe forms of COVID-19 in HD patients.

Methods: We conducted a prospective, observational and multicentric study.

Ifosfamide nephrotoxicity in adult patients.

Background: Ifosfamide, a widely prescribed antineoplasic agent, is frequently associated with kidney dysfunction. Its nephrotoxicity is well documented in children, but data are lacking in adult patients.

Methods: The aim of this retrospective study was to describe the clinical, biological and histological characteristics of ifosfamide nephrotoxicity.

[Ifosphamide nephrotoxicity].

Ifosfamide is a cytotoxic drug usually used in malignant sarcomas. The nephrotoxicity of this agent has been described essentially among children, revealed by renal failure and proximal tubulopathy. We recently conducted a retrospective multicentre study, describing 34 adult patients admitted for ifosfamide nephrotoxicity.

Bordetella holmesii bacteremia in a renal transplant recipient: emergence of a new pathogen.

Bordetella holmesii is a gram-negative rod that was initially identified in 1995. It causes bacteremia, pneumonia, and endocarditis mostly in patients with anatomical or functional asplenia. We report here, to the best of our knowledge, the first case of B.

[The value of the C-reactive protein assay for the early diagnosis of neonatal infection at the maternity ward and pediatric service of a general hospital center].

Five hundred and ninety-four children hospitalized in the Maternity Ward and Pediatric Department of a General Hospital were enrolled in this retrospective study. Two CRP assays were performed with 24 hours of birth in 105 neonates at high risk for materno-fetal infection. Results suggested infection in 12 cases (2%).