Relation between Serum Ferritin Level and the Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction.

Background: An association between increased incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and elevated levels of stored iron concentration was recently reported. The data in India regarding association between AMI and levels of serum ferritin are lacking.

Objectives: To study the association between serum ferritin level and risk of AMI.

Impact of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention on Usage of Antibiotics in Coronavirus Disease-2019 at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in India.

Background: There was evidence that antibiotic usage increased in hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the early days of the pandemic.

Objective: We assessed the impact of stewardship interventions on antibiotic usage in these patients.

Methods: We designed a quasi-experimental study using an interrupted time series.

AIDS Cholangiopathy Secondary to Cytomegalovirus as Possible Unmasking Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Individual: Case Report and Review of the Literature.

We present the first case report of cytomegalovirus (CMV) cholangiopathy as possible immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) in a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individual, within two months of starting effective HAART. The patient presented with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, decreased appetite, and jaundice. The patient was diagnosed on ERCP as AIDS cholangiopathy, and biopsy of the ampulla showed acute inflammation with CMV inclusion bodies.