[An analysis of the outbreak situation and background risk factors for drug-resistant urinary tract infection in nursing homes].

Aim: The present study clarified the outbreak situation and background risk factors for drug-resistant bacteria infection in nursing homes.

Methods: Subjects were 48 elderly individuals with urinary tract infections in 3 nursing homes during the 12-month period from January to December 2020. We analyzed the drug resistance of cultured bacteria using medical records.

Intermediate-term oncologic outcomes after video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy for early-stage thymoma.

Objective: To evaluate the impact on patient survival of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) thymectomy for the treatment of early-stage thymoma, by comparing the intermediate-term oncologic outcomes with outcomes after open thymectomy.

Methods: Eighty-two patients who underwent complete resection of a Masaoka stage I or II thymoma between November 1998 and December 2011 were reviewed.

Results: The patients included 32 men and 50 women (median age, 57 years; range, 20-90 years), of whom 44 had stage I thymoma and 38 had stage II thymoma.