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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Borrelia Miyamotoi in My Backyard! Who Knew?
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation — Patients Need No Convincing
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Malaria in Pregnancy — Good News, Bad News, and Opportunity
With waning natural immunity against malaria, women face increased adverse consequences of malaria infection during pregnancy. As malaria is being conquered, good clinical care of vulnerable individuals is still essential.
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Ceftazidime-avibactam — Formulary Considerations
Ceftazidime-avibactam is a new beta-lactam/beta-lactamase inhibitor combination approved for the treatment of complicated intra-abdominal infections in combination with metronidazole, and complicated urinary tract infections, including pyelonephritis in patients with limited alternative treatment options.
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ID Grand Rounds — Stanford University
A 69-year-old male with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant with a space-occupying lesion of the central nervous system.
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Tissue Invasion by Malignantly Transformed Cells from Hymenolepis nana in a Human Host
The first reported case of human disease caused by parasite-derived cancer cells was discovered in a 41-year-old man with HIV infection; lung, adrenal, and liver nodules; and lymphadenopathy.
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Outcomes of Acute Encephalitis in Children
ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY: MRI is useful not only in assisting with identifying the etiology of encephalitis, but also provides prognostic information.
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Does Atrial Fibrillation Portend a Worse Prognosis in the ICU?
In this prospective, observational cohort study, both new-onset and recurrent atrial fibrillation were associated with increased hospital mortality, especially in patients without sepsis.
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Nutrition in the ICU: The Controversy Continues
When comparing critically ill patients who receive standard enteral feeding vs permissive underfeeding, there is no difference in 90-day mortality.
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Is Optimizing Respiratory Muscle Function During Mechanical Ventilation an Illusion?
Rapid loss in diaphragmatic thickness during the first week of mechanical ventilation is common and associated with higher levels of ventilator driving pressure.
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Is Less More Or Is More Less?
ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY: Here are details on oxygen saturation goals in the mechanically ventilated.