Epidemiology and Prognostic Factors Associated With Mold-Positive Blood Cultures: 10-Year Data From a French Prospective Surveillance Program (2012-2022).

Background: While invasive fusariosis and lomentosporiosis are known to be associated with fungemia, overall data on mold-related fungemia are limited, hampering early management. This study aimed to describe the epidemiology of mold-positive blood cultures.

Methods: Epidemiological and clinical data on mold-positive blood cultures from 2012 to 2022 were obtained from the RESSIF database.

Equestrian Sports Safety: An Update on Safety Equipment and Event Medical Coverage.

Equestrian sports are associated with high rates of major injury compared to collision and powered two-wheel sports. Advancements in rider and horse safety equipment and the implementation of comprehensive emergency action planning standards may help mitigate injuries, particularly in regard to the Olympic disciplines of dressage, show jumping, and three-day eventing covered in this review. Personal safety equipment to consider includes helmets, safety and air vests, and horse tack including safety stirrups, acoustic dampeners, and breakaway reins.

Efficacy of rezafungin in a case of spondylodiskitis.

Rezafungin, which only requires weekly administration, is a potential candidate for difficult-to-treat infections that require long-term antimicrobial treatment, such as bone and joint infections. We report the first case of spondylodiskitis successfully treated with 3 weeks of caspofungin followed by 10 weeks of rezafungin.

Structural basis of thiamine transport and drug recognition by SLC19A3.

Thiamine (vitamin B) functions as an essential coenzyme in cells. Humans and other mammals cannot synthesise this vitamin de novo and thus have to take it up from their diet. Eventually, every cell needs to import thiamine across its plasma membrane, which is mainly mediated by the two specific thiamine transporters SLC19A2 and SLC19A3.