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Infect Drug Resist
January 2025
Department of Infectious Disease, Changzheng Hospital, Navy Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
The Hepatorenal Syndrome-Acute Kidney Injury (HRS-AKI) patients infected with methicillin-resistant (MRSA) urgently require safe and effective treatment options due to their compromised hepatic and renal functions, as well as thrombocytopenia resulting from hypersplenism. In our case, an HRS-AKI patient who underwent continuous renal replacement therapy for fluid overload developed fever with chills. His blood tests indicated elevated C-reactive protein and neutrophils, low platelet count, and bilateral lung infiltrates.
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January 2025
Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, People's Republic of China.
is a common pathogen of hematogenous lung abscesses. The increased resistance of to antibiotics makes infections difficult to treat, often resulting in a poor prognosis. Therefore, it is important to identify infections as early as possible and evaluate its sensitivity and resistance to antibiotics, to formulate an appropriate treatment plan.
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January 2025
Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi.
The identification of etiology is very important when managing patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). In Pakistan, studies regarding the viral etiology in CAP are scarce. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the frequency of viral etiology in CAP patients and analyze the clinical features and their impact on prognosis.
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December 2024
Internal Medicine, Merit Health Wesley, Hattiesburg, USA.
Anterior cord syndrome is a rare yet critical neurological condition that poses significant challenges in clinical management. We present the case of a 71-year-old male with a medical history of hypertension, uncontrolled type II diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, and end-stage renal disease requiring dialysis who presented to the emergency department with complaints of chills, back pain, abdominal pain, and vomiting episodes. Based on the severity of the patient's illness, it was decided that inpatient admission would be best.
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January 2025
Aiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Amidst the rising prevalence of respiratory diseases, the importance of effective lung treatment modalities is more critical than ever. However, current drug delivery systems face significant limitations that impede their efficacy and therapeutic outcome. Biohybrid microrobots have shown considerable promise for active in vivo drug delivery, especially for pulmonary applications via intratracheal routes.
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