Impact of the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index on In-hospital Thrombosis and Mortality in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19.

Objective To determine whether nutritional status is related to the incidence of thrombosis and mortality in patients with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Methods A total of 496 consecutive patients who were admitted and diagnosed with COVID-19 between April 2020 and March 2023 were retrospectively analyzed. The geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI) on admission was calculated as follows: 14.

The fatal case of "Pigmentibacter" bacteremia following aspiration pneumonia in elderly patient.

"Pigmentibacter ruber" was first reported in 2021, a novel bacterium of the family Silvanigrellaceae, isolated from human blood of the patient with aspiration pneumonia after the drowning accident in Republic of China. However, until now, there is only one report describing "P. ruber" infection, and no case of isolation from natural environment has been reported so far.