Objectives: (MG) causes urethritis and is associated with cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease and preterm delivery. Antimicrobial resistance is widespread and cure rates are declining. Lefamulin, a novel pleuromutilin, may be effective in cases of treatment failure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWhile ceftriaxone remains the first-line treatment for gonorrhea, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended cefixime as a second-line treatment in 2021. We tested 1176 Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates among clients attending the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre in 2021 and 2022. The prevalence of cefixime resistance was 6.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBeavers (Castor canadensis and C. fiber) build dams that modify catchment and pond water balances, and it has been suggested that they can be a nature-based solution for reducing flood hydrographs, enhancing low flow hydrographs and restoring hydrological functioning of degraded streams. How water moves through a beaver dam is determined by its flow state (e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To describe the surgical outcomes in neonates and infants who had surgery for Ebstein anomaly (EA) and tricuspid valve dysplasia (TVD).
Methods: Retrospective chart review for all patients who underwent surgery for EA or TVD during the index hospitalization after birth at our institution from January 2005 to February 2023.
Results: Fifteen symptomatic neonates and infants who had surgery for EA or TVD were included, 8 with EA and 7 with TVD.
Open Forum Infect Dis
December 2023