Infections caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales in hospitalized neonatal foals: Can colonization predict infection?

Background: Infections with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales (ESBL-PE) contribute to morbidity and mortality in human neonates. In foals, data are scarce.

Objectives: Determine the association between ESBL-PE gastrointestinal colonization on hospital admission and infections in hospitalized neonates.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination uptake among healthcare workers.

Objective: To assess reasons for noncompliance with COVID-19 vaccination among healthcare workers (HCWs).

Design: Cohort observational and surveillance study.

Setting: Sheba Medical Center, a 1,600-bed tertiary-care medical center in Israel.

Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome Consequent to a Wound Infection Following Removal of a Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter.

Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome (FHCS) is a condition characterized by inflammation of the liver capsule (perihepatitis) and adjacent peritoneal surfaces. We report a case of FHCS developing in a peritoneal dialysis (PD) patient in whom catheter removal due to recurrent peritonitis was complicated by post-operative wound infection. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case description of FHCS in the context of PD.