Causative pathogens and antibiotic resistance in diabetic foot infections: A prospective multi-center study.

Aim: Clinical practice guidelines for the management of diabetic foot infections developed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) are commonly used worldwide. The issue of whether or not these guidelines need to be adjusted for local circumstances, however, has seldom been assessed in large prospective trials.

Methods: The Turk-DAY trial was a prospective, multi-center study in which infectious disease specialists from centers across Turkey were invited to participate (NCT02026830).

[Treated with Artemether-Lumefantrine Five Evaluation of P. Falciparum Malaria Cases in Terms of Hyponatremia and Thrombocytopenia].

The most severe type of malaria, P. falciparum may progress with several complications. We have detected hyponatremia and thrombocytopenia in the cases with falciparum malaria.

Preoperative CRP levels is not predictive early renal dysfunction after coronary artery bypass surgery.

Background: The aim of this retrospective study is to determine the correlation between preoperative CRP levels and the early renal dysfunction after cardiac surgery.

Methods: From January 2012 to December 2013, values for preoperative CRP were available for 546 unselected patients undergoing cardiac operations. CRP was used to divide this cohort in two groups: a normal CRP levels group (Group I) of 432 patients with CRP of less than 0.