Morbidity of Returning Travelers Seen in Community Urgent Care Centers throughout Israel.

Information regarding post-travel morbidity is usually reported via dedicated post-travel clinics and mainly relates to travelers returning from low-middle-income countries (LMIC), however, the spectrum of morbidity seen within the community setting is scarcely reported. This prospective observational study among visitors to 17 community Urgent Care Centers (UCC) was designed to evaluate the reasons for post-travel community clinic visits and to compare travelers returning from LMIC to high-income countries (HIC). All visitors within one-month post-travel to all destinations were included.

Epidemiology, Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors for Severity of Chronic Disseminated Candidiasis in Jerusalem, Israel.

Chronic disseminated candidiasis (CDC) occurs mostly in patients with acute hematologic malignancy and its clinical manifestations derive from immune reconstitution following neutrophil recovery. The aim of this study was to describe epidemiological and clinical characteristics of CDC and define risk factors for disease severity. Demographic and clinical data were collected from medical files of patients with CDC hospitalized in two tertiary medical centers in Jerusalem between 2005 and 2020.

The use of a diversion tube to reduce blood culture contamination: A "real-life" quality improvement intervention study.

Background: Blood culture contamination is associated with health care costs and potential patient harm. Diversion of the initial blood specimen reduces blood culture contamination. We report results of the "real-life" clinical implementation of this technique.

Morbidity among Arab-Israeli and Palestinian Hajj Pilgrims: A Prospective Study.

Thousands of Palestinian and Arab-Israeli pilgrims travel to Mecca each year to complete their pilgrimage. To the best of our knowledge, no previous studies have characterized the infectious and noninfectious morbidity among Arab-Israeli or Palestinian Hajj pilgrims. Thus, we designed and conducted an observational questionnaire-based study to prospectively investigate the occurrence of health problems among these Hajjis who traveled to complete their Pilgrimage during 2019 Hajj season.