Publications by authors named "Maria Dubos"
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- A study was conducted in two nursing homes in southwestern France to investigate COVID-19 breakthrough infections among residents who were mostly vaccinated, during active COVID-19 clusters in early 2021.
- Out of 152 residents, 31% had confirmed COVID-19 infections, including those who were fully vaccinated, with some experiencing severe illness and one fatality.
- The study found that infected residents had significantly higher antibody levels compared to non-infected vaccinated residents, suggesting that additional vaccine doses may be beneficial for this vulnerable population.
Background: The absence of fever in bacteremia in patients who are older is known to delay diagnosis. Our objective was to determine whether atypical presentation was associated to mortality as a result of bacteremia in this patient cohort as well as possible factors associated with this atypical presentation.
Methods: We conducted an observational prospective study in 2 French university hospitals in 2016-2017 including patients ages ≥75 years with bacteremia.
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- * Recent case reports indicate that rituximab, a medication typically used for rheumatoid arthritis, may be a potential treatment option for calcinosis, though results have been mixed.
- * In two case studies, rituximab was administered but did not effectively halt the progression of calcinosis, highlighting the need for more controlled trials to confirm its efficacy for this condition.
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- * The patient, with a history of heart surgery, faced severe deterioration requiring ICU admission, where they were found to have extremely high levels of creatine kinase due to rhabdomyolysis and tested positive for methicillin-susceptible S. aureus.
- * After treatment with antibiotics and further diagnostic tests confirming the infection source, the patient improved and was discharged, suggesting the need for doctors to consider staphylococcal infections in similar cases of rhabdomyolysis.
Background: Prostatic abscesses are an uncommon disease usually caused by enterobacteria. They mostly occur in immunodeficient patients. It is thus extremely rare to have a Staphylococcal prostatic abscess in a young immunocompetent patient.
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