Difficulty in Diagnosing and Treating a Prostate Abscess With Bacterial and Fungal Coinfection in an Immunocompromised Patient.

Prostate abscesses often occur in immunocompromised individuals. Contrast-enhanced imaging tests can aid diagnosis; however, they can be difficult to perform in older patients with renal insufficiency. Various organisms can cause prostate abscesses, and poor antibiotic penetration into the prostate can hinder treatment.

Association between transient appetite loss and vitamin B1 deficiency in elderly patients with suspected deficiency.

Background: There is scarce evidence associating vitamin B1 levels and appetite loss duration in elderly patients with suspected B1 deficiency. We aimed to investigate this association in elderly hospitalized patients with suspected vitamin B1 deficiency in rural Japan.

Methods: This cross-sectional study evaluated 309 elderly patients (aged ≥ 65 years) admitted to one rural Hospital between April 2017 and March 2019.

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome complicated with subdural hematoma: A rare case and literature review.

A 79-year-old woman presented with fever and general malaise. Examination revealed hepatic injury, thrombocytopenia, skin lesions, and regional lymphadenopathy; severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) was diagnosed using polymerase chain reaction. The patient developed impaired consciousness that worsened after 4 days.

Symptom relief in patients with reflux esophagitis: comparative study of omeprazole, lansoprazole, and rabeprazole.

Background And Aim: Rabeprazole has a faster onset of antisecretory activity than omeprazole and lansoprazole. The aim of the present study was to clarify whether there is any difference in the speed of symptom relief in patients with reflux esophagitis following the administration of these three proton pump inhibitors (PPI).

Methods: Eighty-five patients with erosive reflux esophagitis were randomized to receive 8 weeks of 20 mg of omeprazole (n = 30), 30 mg of lansoprazole (n = 25), or 20 mg of rabeprazole (n = 30) once a morning.

Comparison of five-day Helicobacter pylori eradication regimens: rabeprazole-based and omeprazole-based regimens with and without omeprazole pretreatment.

Background: The onset of antisecretory activity of rabeprazole is faster than that of omeprazole.

Objective: This study was performed to compare the efficacy of short-term rabeprazole-based triple therapy with that of omeprazole-based triple therapy and to determine the influence of omeprazole pretreatment in omeprazole-based short-term triple therapy.

Methods: This was a 2-center, open-label, prospective, randomized study.