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Front Med (Lausanne)
January 2025
Medical Center of Trauma and War Injury, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, State Key Laboratory of Trauma and Chemical Poisoning, Research Institute of Surgery, Chongqing, China.
Background: Psittacosis, also known as parrot fever, is an uncommon infectious disease caused by (C. psittaci). While infections are usually not life-threatening, the pathogenesis and associated complications are not yet fully understood.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Endotracheal tubes (ETT) are used in patients who require ventilatory support. Colonization of ETTs by microorganisms is associated with developing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Thus, this meta-analysis aims to compare conventional endotracheal tubes with those made using materials designed to prevent colonization.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAntimicrob Agents Chemother
January 2025
Argentinian Society for Critical Care (SATI), Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Unlabelled: Data from low and middle-income countries (LMICs) on multidrug-resistant microorganisms (MDROs) in intensive care units (ICUs) are scarce. Working in several ICUs in Argentina, we sought to estimate the prevalence and characteristics of MDRO infections and carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) colonization. Mortality associated with MDRO infection was also evaluated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMC Neurol
January 2025
Department of Neurosciences, College of Medicine and Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines.
Background: Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) presents with progressive ascending weakness, but it can also present with dysautonomia such as tachycardia, blood pressure fluctuations, diaphoresis, ileus, and urinary retention. GBS patients with dysautonomia was observed to have longer hospital stays and higher mortality rates than those without dysautonomia. We aimed to determine the risk factors for dysautonomia and its manifestations among patients with GBS and compared their features to those without dysautonomia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAust Crit Care
January 2025
Intensive Care Unit, Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand; Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand; Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Objective: Selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) has been investigated as a strategy to reduce the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and other healthcare-associated infections in intensive care unit (ICU) patients receiving mechanical ventilation. There is some evidence to suggest that the use of SDD is associated with a reduction in healthcare-associated infection and mortality; however, the uptake of SDD in ICUs in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) remains low. To better understand the potential reasons, we designed a questionnaire to gather views from specialists in intensive care medicine, infectious diseases, and medical microbiology.
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