Reprint of Implementation of a pharmacist-led ARVSP in an academic hospital to reduce ART errors.

Objectives: The primary objective was to compare the percentage of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) uncorrected errors during hospital admission before and after the implementation of an Antiretroviral Stewardship Program (ARVSP).

Practice Description: This was a 2-year single-center, pre-post quality improvement study. Included in the study were admitted patients at least 18 years of age, diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and taking at least 1 antiretroviral.

Implementation of a pharmacist-led ARVSP in an academic hospital to reduce ART errors.

Objectives: The primary objective was to compare the percentage of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) uncorrected errors during hospital admission before and after the implementation of an Antiretroviral Stewardship Program (ARVSP).

Practice Description: This was a 2-year single-center, pre-post quality improvement study. Included in the study were admitted patients at least 18 years of age, diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and taking at least 1 antiretroviral.

A Case of Pulmonary Histoplasmosis Presenting with Hypercalcemia and Altered Mental Status in a Patient Following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.

BACKGROUND Histoplasmosis results from the inhalation of spores from the fungus, Histoplasma capsulatum. A case is presented of pulmonary histoplasmosis associated with altered mental state and hypercalcemia following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). CASE REPORT A 75-year-old man with a five-day history of AML treated with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, presented with weakness, fatigue, and slow mentation.

Native valve infective endocarditis due to in a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patient.

species are typically considered contaminants from skin and mucous membranes. However, especially in severely immunocompromised patients, a blood culture with could be the cause of a significant infection. We report a 65-year-old female with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma who developed native valve infective endocarditis due to .

Association Between Cardiac Surgery and Mortality Among Patients With Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Sepsis and Septic Shock.

Background: Sepsis and septic shock are common presentations of infective endocarditis (IE), but little is known about clinical characteristics in this group of patients, use of surgical treatment, and their associations with outcome. We sought to determine the influence of cardiac surgery (CS) on the outcome of patients with IE in different stages of sepsis severity.

Methods: Two hundred ninety four patients with definite IE native or prosthetic valve IE admitted between 2000 and 2011.