Dissemination of Reactivated Coccidioidomycosis Inducing Diffuse Alveolar Damage: A Rare Autopsy Case Report.

Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection prevalent in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico. Given its rarity and often asymptomatic nature, disseminated coccidioidomycosis frequently omitted in preliminary differential diagnoses. Our case study presents the postmortem results of an individual who had a reactivated coccidioidomycosis, causing diffuse alveolar damage and resulting in his death.

Interstitial 20p13 microdeletion including and adjacent genes in a fetus with congenital abnormalities-First case report.

We present a prenatal case with congenital anomalies that revealed a 759 kb microdeletion at 20p13 possibly implicating PRNP and adjacent genes.

Inappropriate Management of Asymptomatic Patients With Positive Urine Cultures: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Background: Mismanagement of asymptomatic patients with positive urine cultures (referred to as asymptomatic bacteriuria [ASB] in the literature) promotes antimicrobial resistance and results in unnecessary antimicrobial-related adverse events and increased health care costs.

Methods: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies that reported on the rate of inappropriate ASB treatment published from 2004 to August 2016. The appropriateness of antimicrobial administration was based on guidelines published by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.