The complications of wound infections caused by animal related trauma are well known and explored. Of the numerous polymicrobial etiologies, Neisseria animaloris and Pasteurella canis oralis have been reported only in a limited number of cases. This manuscript explores the rare finding of these species in the case of an 83-year-old male with a diabetic foot wound complicated by infection from the saliva of his pet dog.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To identify underappreciated sepsis risk factors among children presenting to a pediatric emergency department (ED).
Methods: A retrospective observational study (2017-2019) of children aged 18 years and younger presenting to a pediatric ED at a tertiary care children's hospital with fever, hypotension, or an infectious disease International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 diagnosis. Structured patient data including demographics, problem list, and vital signs were extracted for 35,074 qualifying ED encounters.
New treatments for tuberculosis infection are critical to combat the emergence of multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). We report the characterization of a diphenylether-modified adamantyl 1,2-diamine that we refer to as TBL-140, which has a minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC99) of 1.2 μg/mL.
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