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Clinical characteristics and antimicrobial susceptibility of infection over a 5-year trend at a university hospital in Japan.
Nagoya J Med Sci
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Department of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan.
() is known to cause intra-abdominal and anaerobic bloodstream infections. However, clinical insights and information on antimicrobial susceptibility in infections are limited. This study aimed to elucidate the clinical characteristics and antimicrobial susceptibility of infections.
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Eur Respir Rev
January 2025
Hospital Clínic, Cellex Laboratory, CIBERES (Center for Networked Biomedical Research Respiratory Diseases, 06/06/0028), FCRB-Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
The systemic use of corticosteroids for patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia (sCAP) remains controversial in clinical practice, particularly in terms of the safety profile of these drugs. This narrative review aims to analyse the available literature data concerning the safety of short-term steroid use in the treatment of sCAP, while also highlighting potential future research directions. Several trials and meta-analyses have evaluated corticosteroid therapy as an adjuvant treatment for sCAP, yielding heterogeneous results regarding its efficacy and safety.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFactors Associated with In-Hospital Mortality in Adult Patients with Bacterial Meningitis.
J Clin Med
December 2024
Department of Adults' Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, 01-201 Warsaw, Poland.
: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between various clinical and laboratory findings and in-hospital mortality in community-acquired bacterial meningitis (BM). : We retrospectively analyzed 339 adult (≥18 years old) patients with bacterial meningitis who were admitted to the Hospital for Infectious Diseases in Warsaw between January 2010 and December 2017. : Altogether, 56 patients (16.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMetabolic Disturbances Associated with In-Hospital Complication and Mortality in Different Types of Pneumonia.
J Clin Med
December 2024
Department of Pneumology, "Iuliu Hațieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400332 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
The mortality rate from community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) or coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is high, especially in hospitalized patients. This study aimed to assess the disturbances of glucose and lipid metabolism with in-hospital complications and short-term outcomes for patients with pneumonia with different etiologies. This observational study comprised 398 patients divided as follows: 155 with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pneumonia, 129 participants with viral CAP, and 114 with bacterial pneumonia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA Japanese man with community-onset carbapenem-resistant Stutzerimonas nitrititolerans bacteremia and a sacral pressure ulcer: a case report.
BMC Infect Dis
January 2025
Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Shijo-cho, Kashihara, Nara, Japan.
Background: Stutzerimonas is a recently proposed genus comprising strains formerly classified as Pseudomonas stutzeri. The genus includes at least 16 identified species. Stutzerimonas nitrititolerans, previously known as Pseudomonas nitrititolerans, was initially isolated from a bioreactor.
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