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Battling Antibiotic Resistance: Can Machine Learning Improve Prescribing? [PDF]
arXiv, 2019 Antibiotic resistance constitutes a major health threat. Predicting bacterial causes of infections is key to reducing antibiotic misuse, a leading driver of antibiotic resistance. We train a machine learning algorithm on administrative and microbiological laboratory data from Denmark to predict diagnostic test outcomes for urinary tract infections ...
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Acta Orthopaedica, 2017 Background and purpose — To minimize the risk of hematogenous periprosthetic joint infection (HPJI), international and Dutch guidelines recommended antibiotic prophylaxis prior to dental procedures.
W. Rademacher +5 more
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Promising Prodiginins Biological Activities
Chemistry &Biodiversity, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Prodiginins are a large family of at least 34 pyrrolic compounds, including the well‐studied red pigment prodigiosin. Prodiginins are produced by several microorganisms displaying broad biological activities, including antimicrobial, antiviral, antiparasitic, antiproliferative, and immunosuppressive activities.
María F. Ladetto +6 more
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Antibiotic prophylaxis in pediatric dog bite injuries: Infection rates and prescribing practices
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians OpenObjective Pediatric dog bite injuries are a major public health concern and antibiotic prophylaxis is often prescribed due to concern about the development of infection.
Courtney Coyle +2 more
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Romanian Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, 2023 Aim of the study: This review evaluates the necessity and effectiveness of antibiotic prophylaxis in preventing prosthetic joint infections (PJI) following dental procedures in patients with joint implants.Material and methods: An extensive literature ...
Dan Mihailescu +6 more
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Serum 1,3-Beta-D-Glucan Values During and After Laparoscopic and Open Intestinal Surgery. [PDF]
, 2018 Background1,3-beta-D Glucan (BDG) assay has good accuracy for distinguishing patients with invasive fungal infections from patients without. Some procedures and medications affect BDG levels, resulting in false-positive BDG results.
Berger, Anton +11 more
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Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement (TPVR) has emerged as a valuable treatment for severe pulmonary regurgitation (PR). The Salus valve (Balance Medical Technology Co. Ltd., Beijing, China) represents a novel self‐expanding valve stent designed for deployment through a transthoracic approach with a small subxiphoid incision ...
Ziqin Zhou +6 more
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Growth-dependent bacterial susceptibility to ribosome-targeting antibiotics [PDF]
Molecular Systems Biology 11:796 (2015), 2014 Bacterial growth environment strongly influences the efficacy of antibiotic treatment, with slow growth often being associated with decreased susceptibility. Yet in many cases the connection between antibiotic susceptibility and pathogen physiology remains unclear.
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Mitral valve infective endocarditis following device occlusion of a coronary artery fistula [PDF]
, 2012 A three year old girl, with a right coronary artery fistula and signs of a hyperdynamic circulation, underwent uncomplicated closure of the fistula using an occluding device introduced via the femoral arterial route and covered with appropriate ...
Attard Montalto, Simon +5 more
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