Introduction: Despite the declining public health emergency status, COVID-19 still poses significant risks, especially for immunocompromised individuals. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of tixagevimab-cilgavimab (T-C) prophylaxis in preventing severe COVID-19 in patients with hematologic malignancies (HM) treated with anti-CD20 therapy during the early Omicron variant phase of the pandemic.
Methods: The European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Study Group for Respiratory Viruses (ESGREV) conducted a multicenter retrospective cohort study involving 15 centers from 5 countries.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis
November 2024
Purpose: To describe the long-term effects of an ASP among febrile neutropenia (FN) patients.
Methods: A quasi-experimental study was conducted between 2015 and 2023 at a tertiary care hospital in Istanbul, Türkiye. The ASP was implemented for FN patients, and the effects were assessed before and after the ASP interventions, which included FN clinical pathways and regular multi-disciplinary meetings with relevant healthcare workers.
Background: Colistin resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii is an emerging problem that limits antimicrobial therapy options.
Materials & Methods: We isolated two pairs of colistin susceptible and colistin-resistant A. baumannii (K1007/K1006 and K408/K409) from two patients diagnosed with carbapenem-resistant A.