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J Pharm Health Care Sci
January 2025
Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacy Education, Research and Education Center for Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University, 5-9-1, Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8641, Japan.
Background: Pharmaceutical formularies play a crucial role in guiding medication use by balancing clinical effectiveness and cost efficiency. Although formulary implementation has been increasing in Japan, comprehensive evaluations of its impact on both clinical and economic outcomes are limited. This study aimed to assess the effect of introducing an antimicrobial formulary at Yokohama City University Hospital on antibiotic usage and treatment outcomes in intra-abdominal infections.
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February 2025
MOST-USDA Joint Research Center for Food Safety and NMPA Key Laboratory for Testing Technology of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Department of Food Science & Technology, School of Agriculture & Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China. Electronic address:
Salmonella is an important foodborne pathogen that poses a significant threat to food safety. This study aims to assess the prevalence, genomic features, and colistin-resistant mechanisms of Salmonella isolates collected from 118 retail pork samples from January 2021 to January 2022 in Shanghai, China. Overall, 46 (39.
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January 2025
Université de Poitiers, INSERM U1070 PHAR2, CHU de Poitiers, Service d'Anesthésie-Réanimation et Médecine Péri-Opératoire, Poitiers, France
Introduction: Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the second leading cause of healthcare-associated infections in Europe with the highest rates being reported in colorectal surgery (ranging from 9% to 30%). Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis (SAP) is one of the most efficient measures for SSI prevention and should be started before surgical incision. Cefoxitin is an antibiotic widely used as SAP for colorectal surgery, but its continuous administration is currently the subject of debate due to its potential pharmacokinetic advantages.
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February 2025
Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
The vagus nerve is proposed to enable communication between the gut microbiome and the brain, but activity-based evidence is lacking. We find that mice reared germ-free exhibit decreased vagal tone relative to colonized controls, which is reversed via microbiota restoration. Perfusing antibiotics into the small intestines of conventional mice, but not germ-free mice, acutely decreases vagal activity which is restored upon re-perfusion with intestinal filtrates from conventional, but not germ-free, mice.
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December 2024
Orthopaedic Surgery, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore, SGP.
This case report describes a 70-year-old male presenting with limb weakness, urinary retention and tandem cervical and lumbar spinal stenosis with complicating white cord syndrome, a rare reperfusion injury post decompression surgery. Initially admitted following an unwitnessed fall, the patient's neurological examination indicated that progressive weakness of the limbs and sensory loss etiology is cervical and lumbar spondylosis with severe spinal canal stenosis, confirmed by imaging. Due to rapid deterioration, he underwent C5 corpectomy, cervical decompression and fusion.
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