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Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban
February 2025
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China.
This study reports the diagnosis and treatment of a 26-year-old pregnant woman with severe malnutrition combined with acute pyelonephritis causing sepsis, refractory septic shock and multiple organ failure. A female patient, 26 years old, was admitted to hospital mainly due to "menelipsis for more than 19 weeks, nausea and vomiting for 20 days, fever with fatigue for 3 days". At the end of 19 weeks of intrauterine pregnancy, the patient presented with fever accompanied by urinary tract irritation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAdv Skin Wound Care
January 2025
At Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States, Livia Frost, BS, is Medical Student, School of Medicine; Ya Xu, MD, PhD, is Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology & Immunology; and Yuriko Fukuta, MD, PhD, CWSP, is Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases.
Diabetic foot bacterial osteomyelitis is a serious infection that can lead to major amputations. However, fungal osteomyelitis in a diabetic foot ulcer is uncommon and has been underrecognized. It typically occurs in patients with underlying immunocompromised status and is associated with poor outcomes.
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December 2024
Clinical Research Centre, Hospital Pulau Pinang, Georgetown, Malaysia; Ministry of Health, Putrajaya, Malaysia.
Background: The prevalence of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant pathogens has led to increased reliance on broad-spectrum antimicrobials, such as tigecycline. This medicine is commonly used to treat complicated skin and intraabdominal infections as well as community-acquired pneumonia. However, the increasing use of tigecycline has been linked to serious complications, including acute pancreatitis.
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December 2024
Department of Intensive Care Unit, Peking University International Hospital, Beijing, China.
Background: The escalating demographic shift towards an aging population and the widespread occurrence of immunological diseases have contributed to an elevation in the frequency of community-acquired infections. Notably, among these infections, community-acquired bloodstream infections (CABSI) stand out due to their significant lethality. Detailed medical history inquiries, assessment of underlying immune status, detection of the source of infection, and initial precise identification and treatment of the infectious agents can improve the prognosis of CABSI.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJFMS Open Rep
November 2024
Department of Clinical Sciences in Veterinary Medicine, University of Sarajevo, Veterinary Faculty, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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