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Enlargement of Choroid Plexus in Subacute COVID-19 Patients
The choroid plexus is a network of capillaries whose main role involves facilitating cerebrospinal fluid production and the exchange of nutrients and waste products between the central nervous system and the bloodstream. Immune cells are present near the choroid plexus. Enlargement of the choroid plexus has been noted in patients with multiple sclerosis.
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Abandoning Universal COVID Admission Screening; Does Obesity Affect HIV Drug Levels? Eat Your Fruits and Vegetables!
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Out of Africa Again? A New Version of Mpox
A novel mpox clade has emerged in Africa and has the potential for a global epidemic.
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Effectiveness and Safety of Transitioning to Oral Antibiotics in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients with Uncomplicated Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infection
In a retrospective observational study, transitioning to oral antibiotics was demonstrated to be as effective and safer in solid organ transplant recipients with uncomplicated gram-negative bacteremia as compared with completion of therapy with intravenous antibiotics.
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Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigella on the Rise
The prevalence of Shigella resistant to azithromycin, ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and ampicillin is increasing.
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Delusional Infestation
Delusional infestation, previously known as delusional parasitosis, is a condition with which patients believe that their bodies are infested with abnormal living organisms or non-living substances. Many patients can recover with a good therapeutic clinician-patient relationship and, usually, the use of risperidone, aripiprazole, or olanzapine.
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Dengue Is Surging, Including in the Americas
Dengue is surging, and cases have been acquired in the United States, including in Puerto Rico and Florida.
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Pushing for STI Testing in Those at Risk; TB Screening Dismayingly Low in Those at Risk
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Varicella Zoster Meningitis — What Is the Optimal Therapy?
The authors concluded that their results indicate a need for controlled trials comparing intravenous acyclovir to valacyclovir or to no antivirals in the management of varicella zoster meningitis without neurological complications in immunocompetent patients.
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Dengue Is Surging, Including in the Americas
Dengue is surging, and cases have been acquired in the United States, including in Puerto Rico and Florida.