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J Emerg Med
March 2022
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Background: Intramuscular (i.m.) injections are a commonly utilized route for medication delivery.
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October 2020
Department of Diabetes and Metabolism, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Miyagi Japan. Electronic address:
Medicine (Baltimore)
September 2019
Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Immunology and Intensive Care.
Infections caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus (PVL-SA) mostly present as recurrent skin abscesses and furunculosis. However, life-threatening infections (eg, necrotizing pneumonia, necrotizing fasciitis, and osteomyelitis) caused by PVL-SA have also been reported.We assessed the clinical phenotype, frequency, clinical implications (surgery, length of treatment in hospitals/intensive care units, and antibiotic treatments), and potential preventability of severe PVL-SA infections in children.
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February 2019
Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Pyomyositis is a severe bacterial infection of skeletal muscle, commonly affecting children in tropical regions, predominantly caused by . To understand the contribution of bacterial genomic factors to pyomyositis, we conducted a genome-wide association study of cultured from 101 children with pyomyositis and 417 children with asymptomatic nasal carriage attending the Angkor Hospital for Children, Cambodia. We found a strong relationship between bacterial genetic variation and pyomyositis, with estimated heritability 63.
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June 2018
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR; Department of Microbiology and Medical Zoology, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR.
A 36-year-old man was admitted to the intensive care unit due to diabetic ketoacidosis and pneumonia requiring mechanical ventilation. Three weeks after admission, he developed a refractory bacteremia with Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing bacteria (KPC). He remained febrile and with bacteremia for six weeks despite therapy with polymyxin B, carbapenems, and amikacin.
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