Systemic human infections caused by have been increasingly reported especially within immunocompromised hosts and those with significant occupational exposure to livestock and aquatic animals. We report a case of bacteraemia in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and present a literature review on clinical outcomes and microbiologic diagnosis for this organism. A 43-year-old female patient was reporting a 1-month history of intermittent fevers.
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October 2020
Background: Literature is scarce regarding oral step down to beta-lactams in bacteremic urinary tract infections. Oral fluoroquinolones are an accepted and common step down for bacteremic urinary tract infections; however, their use is associated with mounting safety concerns. We compared clinical cure in patients with E.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Globally, Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial resistance has been increasing, and in particular, reports of isolates with reduced susceptibility to third-generation cephalosporins have surfaced. We examined the phenotypic and genetic characteristics of 155 N. gonorrhoeae isolates with decreased susceptibilities to third-generation cephalosporins isolated in Canada between 2001 and mid-2010.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae biovar mitis sequence type 136 (ST136) strain was recovered from a toe infection of an unvaccinated patient recently returned from India. The isolate was resistant to clindamycin, erythromycin (ermX positive), tetracycline, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, intermediate to ceftriaxone and cefotaxime, and had high MICs for telithromycin and chloramphenicol but was sensitive to other drugs.
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