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Lactobacillus Bacteremia and Probiotics: A Review

Microorganisms, 2023
Lactobacilli are widely found in nature, are commensal microbes in humans, and are commonly used as probiotics. Concerns about probiotic safety have arisen due to reports of bacteremia and other Lactobacillus-associated infections.
Ravina Kullar, E. Goldstein, Stuart Johnson, L. Mcfarland   +3 more
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Bacteremia following different oral procedures: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Oral Diseases, 2023
OBJECTIVES To evaluate the timing, duration and incidence of bacteremia following invasive dental procedures (IDPs) or activities of daily living (ADL).
C. Martins, P. Lockhart, R. Firmino, C. Kilmartin, T. Cahill, M. Dayer, Ingrid G P Occhi-Alexandre, H. Lai, L. Ge, Martin H. Thornhill   +9 more
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Effect of C-Reactive Protein-Guided Antibiotic Treatment Duration, 7-Day Treatment, or 14-Day Treatment on 30-Day Clinical Failure Rate in Patients With Uncomplicated Gram-Negative Bacteremia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2020
Importance Antibiotic overuse drives antibiotic resistance. Gram-negative bacteremia is a common infection that results in substantial antibiotic use. Objective To compare the clinical effectiveness of C-reactive protein (CRP)-guided, 7-day, and 14-day
E. von Dach, W. Albrich, A. Brunel, V. Prendki, Clémence Cuvelier, D. Flury, A. Gayet-Ageron, B. Huttner, P. Kohler, E. Lemmenmeier, S. McCallin, A. Rossel, S. Harbarth, L. Kaiser, P. Bochud, A. Huttner   +15 more
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Evaluation of In-Hospital Management for Febrile Illness\ud in Northern Tanzania before and after 2010 World Health\ud Organization Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria [PDF]

, 2014
In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) published updated guidelines emphasizing and expanding recommendations for a parasitological confirmation of malaria before treating with antimalarials. This study aimed to assess differences in historic (2007–
Biggs, Holly M., Crump, John A., Maro, Venace P., Moon, Andrew M., Reddy, Elizabeth A., Rubach, Matthew P., Saganda, Wilbrod   +6 more
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Effect of Vancomycin or Daptomycin With vs Without an Antistaphylococcal β-Lactam on Mortality, Bacteremia, Relapse, or Treatment Failure in Patients With MRSA Bacteremia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2020
Importance Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia is associated with mortality of more than 20%. Combining standard therapy with a β-lactam antibiotic has been associated with reduced mortality, although adequately powered ...
S. Tong, S. Tong, D. Lye, D. Yahav, D. Yahav, A. Sud, A. Sud, J. Robinson, J. Nelson, S. Archuleta, M. Roberts, Matthew A Roberts, A. Cass, D. Paterson, H. Foo, M. Paul, M. Paul, S. Guy, A. Tramontana, G. Walls, Stephen J. McBride, N. Bak, N. Ghosh, B. Rogers, B. Rogers, A. Ralph, J. Davies, P. Ferguson, R. Dotel, Genevieve L Mckew, Genevieve L Mckew, T. Gray, T. Gray, N. Holmes, Simon Smith, M. Warner, S. Kalimuddin, S. Kalimuddin, B. Young, Naomi Runnegar, Naomi Runnegar, D. Andresen, D. Andresen, N. Anagnostou, Sandra A. Johnson, M. Chatfield, M. Chatfield, A. Cheng, V. Fowler, B. Howden, N. Meagher, D. Price, S. J. Hal, M. O'Sullivan, M. O'Sullivan, Joshua S. Davis, Joshua S. Davis   +56 more
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Mortality in intensive care: The impact of bacteremia and the utility of systemic inflammatory response syndrome [PDF]

, 2016
Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of bacteremia on intensive care unit (ICU) mortality and to develop a bacteremia prediction tool using systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria. Methods: Patients
Booth, Malcolm G., Brooks, Daniel, Fulton, Rachael, Smith, Andrew, Young, Douglas   +4 more
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Drug-Resistant E. coli Bacteremia Transmitted by Fecal Microbiota Transplant.

New England Journal of Medicine, 2019
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is an emerging therapy for recurrent or refractory Clostridioides difficile infection and is being actively investigated for other conditions. We describe two patients in whom extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-
Zachariah M DeFilipp, P. Bloom, Mariam Torres Soto, M. Mansour, M. Sater, Miriam H. Huntley, Sarah E. Turbett, R. Chung, Yi-Bin Chen, E. Hohmann   +9 more
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Platelet index on admission as a predictor of bacteremia in acute cholangitis: a 7-year retrospective observational study

Platelets, 2022
Bacteremia frequently occurs in patients with acute cholangitis, which could increase the risk of mortality. This single-center retrospective observational study was conducted from July 2013 to July 2020 to evaluate the predictive value of platelet index
XiaoYing Chen, Fu Wei, Dan Zhang, Shijing Tian   +3 more
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Plasma procalcitonin levels remain low at the onset of gram-positive bacteremia regardless of severity or the presence of shock: A retrospective analysis of patients with detailed clinical characteristics

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2021
Objectives: Procalcitonin (PCT) is an early diagnosis marker of sepsis/bacteremia. However, some reports refer to its lower responsiveness to gram-positive bacteremia.
Yusuke Koizumi, Daisuke Sakanashi, Tomoko Ohno, Akiko Nakamura, Atsuko Yamada, Yuichi Shibata, Arufumi Shiota, Hideo Kato, Mao Hagihara, Nobuhiro Asai, Masaya Watarai, Kenta Murotani, Yuka Yamagishi, Hiroyuki Suematsu, Hiroshige Mikamo   +14 more
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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteremia in children: risk factors and mortality rate

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2021
Purpose Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (S. maltophilia) is an opportunistic and nosocomial pathogen that can cause an invasive and fatal infection, particularly in hospitalized and immunocompromised patients. However, little is known about the impact of S.
Mohammed Alsuhaibani, Alanoud Aljarbou, Sahar Althawadi, Abdulrahman Alsweed, Sami Al-Hajjar   +4 more
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