Outcomes of caspofungin use in the treatment of -related urinary tract infections, a case series.

Echinocandins are generally excluded in the treatment of related urinary tract infections due to their poor urinary concentration. In the presence of fluconazole resistant species, such as and , alternative therapies are needed. We herein report the use of caspofungin for the treatment of 10 patients with candiduria, including .

An Exploratory Screening Study for Type 2 Diabetes in Hospitalized Adult Medicine Patients.

Objectives: Literature from stroke and cardiac hospital admissions demonstrate a higher prevalence of undiagnosed type 2 diabetes compared with the general population. Fewer diabetes screening studies exist in the general medicine population, none of which have been based in Canada. Our primary objective in this study was to determine the prevalence of probable undiagnosed diabetes (glycated hemoglobin [A1C]≥6.