Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis in Patients with Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia.

Background: The purpose of the study was to assess the epidemiology, risk factors and outcomes of native vertebral osteomyelitis (NVO) in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB).

Methods: A retrospective institutional review was conducted at Mayo Clinic, Minnesota. Patients aged ≥18 years with SAB who developed NVO from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2020 were included and 3-month follow-up data were abstracted.

Association between high vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration and clinical outcomes in patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia - A retrospective cohort study.

The purpose of this study is to determine the role of high (≥ 1.5 mg/L) vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration (VMIC) in predicting clinical outcomes in patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (MRSAB). A retrospective study was conducted at Mayo Clinic, Minnesota.

Association between high vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration and clinical outcomes in patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a meta-analysis.

Purpose: To assess the relationship between high vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC), in patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (MRSAB), and both mortality and complicated bacteremia.

Methods: Embase, Medline, EBM, Scopus and Web of Science were searched for studies published from January 1st 2014 to February 29th 2020. "High" vancomycin MIC cut off was defined as ≥ 1.

Distal Revascularization and Interval Ligation as a Useful Option for Steal Syndrome.

Distal revascularization and interval ligation (DRIL) is considered a useful option to relieve haemodialysis access-related steal syndrome. The results of this procedure are not known in the local setup. This is a case series of patients who underwent DRIL between January 2005 and December 2015.

Pediatric laparoscopic surgery; initial experience from Pakistan; first 100 cases in single center.

In a developing country like Pakistan, laparoscopic surgeries are not considered favourable by many, possibly because of high costs or a lack of expertise. It is an established fact that laparoscopic surgery offers better surgical treatments with a shorter hospital stay and fewer complications. The current retrospective study was conducted at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi and comprised of laparoscopy cases performed by a single surgeon from March 2012 to September of 2014.