Purplish Discoloration of Urine in a Patient Receiving Cefiderocol: A Rare Adverse Effect.

Drug-induced urine discoloration, although usually benign, can still raise concern in healthcare facilities. This case report presents the second case of purple urine discoloration associated with cefiderocol in a 64-year-old male admitted to the intensive care unit for ventilator-associated pneumonia. The patient required broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment with vancomycin, cefiderocol, amikacin, and micafungin.

Pancreatic Tuberculosis With Duodenal Fistula Presenting as Life-Threatening Gastrointestinal Bleeding.

Pancreatic tuberculosis (TB) warrants heightened suspicion in individuals with pancreatic lesions and risk factors such as HIV, organ transplantation, or pertinent immigration history. We present a 38-year-old man who presented with hemodynamically unstable gastrointestinal bleeding. He was found to have pancreatic TB complicated by a duodenal ulcer with fistula.

Reimagining gendered community interventions: the case of family planning programs in rural Bangladesh.

Family planning programs in Bangladesh have been successfully operating for over half a century, achieving phenomenal reductions in fertility rates. Acknowledging restrictions on women's freedoms, much of the initial program design was concentrated on giving household supplies for women priority. However, one unfortunate impact of these outreach services is that, by bypassing the opportunity to challenge patriarchal attitudes directly, they inadvertently reinforce the power relationships of the status quo.

Bacteremia in the Setting of Pyogenic Liver Abscess: A Case Report with Accompanying Literature Review.

A 71-year-old Pakistani man with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus presenting with worsening mental status, abdominal pain, and oral intake for the past seven days was found to have pyogenic hepatic abscess with unculturable bacteria and subsequently found to have rare bacteremia.

Caffeine-Induced Severe Erosive Esophagitis.

Caffeine is one of the most frequently used stimulants worldwide. It is, therefore, subject to frequent intentional and unintentional misuse. However, severe erosive esophagitis due to acute caffeine overdose is extremely rare.

Purulent Proctitis Caused by in a Homosexual Male.

A 32-year-old homosexual male presented with suprapubic pain. Computed tomography showed rectal wall thickening. Flexible sigmoidoscopy showed small pockets of pus that were opened with mucosal biopsies, and additional pus was diffusely expressed from the rectal wall by applying blunt pressure with the biopsy forceps.

Time series analysis of Japanese encephalitis and weather in Linyi City, China.

Objectives: To examine the relationship between meteorological factors and epidemiological pattern of Japanese encephalitis in Linyi City during 1956-2004.

Methods: Autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models were used to evaluate the relationship between monthly JE incidence and weather factors. Logarithmic transformation was applied to the JE incidence series to assure the normality and homogeneity of variance of the residuals.

Carcinoid tumors and small-cell carcinomas of the gallbladder and extrahepatic bile ducts: a comparative study based on 221 cases from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program.

Primary neuroendocrine tumors of the gallbladder (GB) and extrahepatic biliary ducts (EHBDs) include carcinoid tumors and small-cell carcinomas (SCCs). They are uncommon, and therefore, little is known about their demographics and clinical course. From National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program (1973-2005), we analyzed the demographics and 10-year relative survival rates of carcinoids and SCCs of the GB and EHBD according to histologic type and stage.