Methagenomic next generation sequencing of cerebrospinal fluid proved to be able to diagnose the etiology of meningitis and encephalitis in 204 hospitalized patients [...]
Decision making in antibiotic use is conditioned by cultural and social determinants. A paper evaluated acute medical and acute surgical teams at a London teaching [...]
Beta lactam antibiotics are considered risk factors for clostridioides difficile infection. These antibiotics are excreted by the bile in the gut and maintain [...]
Doctor-patient relationship has been a central concept in Medicine since Hippocrates, if not before that time. Investing time into this relationship ensures trust [...]
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy is an opportunistic brain infection caused by the JC virus, a virus commonly present in kidneys. Immunosuppressed patients [...]
This evidence presents the initial studies on Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease as a consequence of treatment with cadaver-derived human growth factor hormone. Post-mortem [...]
This is a big data study including 157,264 patients with 312,896 urinary tract infections episodes. Of these patients, 7.2 % did not have antibiotics being [...]
Pneumonia empiric therapy is currently based on the site of acquisition (community or hospital), but could be chosen, based on risk factors for multiresistant (MDR) [...]
Patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis and lung infection due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa experience frequent infection exacerbations, decreased in quality [...]
Cytomegalovirus infection and its reactivation is frequent after solid organs and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and this infection can cause significant [...]