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Phage Therapy as a Rescue Treatment for Recurrent Bentall Infection.
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January 2025
Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière, APHP Sorbonne Université, 75013 Paris, France.
Phage therapy is experiencing renewed interest, particularly for antibiotic-resistant infections, and may also be useful for difficult-to-treat cases where surgery to remove foreign infected material is deemed too risky. We report a case of recurrent endocarditis with Bentall infection treated successfully with a combination of antibiotics and phages.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTreatment Options for Nosocomial Ventriculitis/Meningitis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
Pathogens
December 2024
Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Ventriculo-meningitis or nosocomial meningitis/ventriculitis is a severe nosocomial infection that is associated with devastating neurological sequelae. The cerebrospinal fluid isolates associated with the infection can be Gram-positive or -negative, while the spp. is rarely identified.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEtiological Aspects of Infectious Endocarditis in a Tertiary Hospital in Northeastern Romania.
Medicina (Kaunas)
January 2025
Department of Infectious Diseases, "St. Parascheva" Clinical Hospital of Infectious Diseases, 700116 Iasi, Romania.
: Infective endocarditis (IE) is a severe, life-threatening infection of the endocardial surface. Its incidence has shifted towards older, immunocompromised patients and those with cardiac devices. : This study was conducted at the "Sf.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLeft Coronary Artery-Right Ventricle Fistula Case Report: Optimal Treatment Decision.
Medicina (Kaunas)
January 2025
Cardiovascular Institute "Dedinje", 111040 Belgrade, Serbia.
Coronary artery fistulas (CAFs) are rare congenital anomalies, presenting in 0.05-0.9% of cases, characterized by an aberrant connection between a coronary artery and a cardiac chamber or great vessel.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGlucose Supplementation Enhances the Bactericidal Effect of Penicillin and Gentamicin on Persisters.
Antibiotics (Basel)
January 2025
Division of Infections and Molecular Biology, Department of Health Promotion, Kyushu Dental University, Kitakyushu 803-8580, Fukuoka, Japan.
: is a leading cause of infective endocarditis (IE), which causes diverse clinical symptoms and even death. Recurrence after treatment is a crucial problem in IE, possibly caused by the presence of "persister" cells, a small bacterial population that can survive antimicrobials. In this study, the residual risk for penicillin G (PCG) and gentamicin (GM), used for treating IE, to induce persisters, was investigated.
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