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Effect of Concomitant 3-Hydroxy-3-Methyl-Glutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitor Therapy on Creatine Phosphokinase Levels and Mortality Among Patients Receiving Daptomycin: Retrospective Cohort Study. [PDF]

, 2014
IntroductionThe prescribing information for daptomycin recommends discontinuing statin therapy during receipt of daptomycin. The literature supporting this recommendation is sparse.
Lodise, Thomas, Lowry, Colleen, McConnell, Heather L, Patel, Nimish, Perris, Elizabeth T   +4 more
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CAQ Corner: Immune‐mediated complications

, 2022
Liver Transplantation, EarlyView.
Mary Thomson, John R. Lake
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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of persistent bacteremia in patients with head and neck cancer in a tertiary care hospital

Frontiers in Medicine
IntroductionCompared to other cancers, research on bloodstream infection in head and neck cancer is scarce, lacking comparative studies on persistent versus transient bacteremia outcomes.MethodsThis retrospective survey examined patients with head and ...
Shiori Kitaya, Shiori Kitaya, Hajime Kanamori, Ryo Ishii, Makoto Katsumi, Ryoukichi Ikeda, Kenjiro Higashi, Risako Kakuta, Akira Ohkoshi, Yukio Katori   +9 more
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Time-to-positivity of blood culture: An independent prognostic factor of monomicrobial Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2017
Background/Purpose: Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia is an important cause of nosocomial infections with high morbidity and mortality. Time-to-positivity (TTP) of blood cultures is considered to be a predictor of the clinical outcome for bacteremia. The
Poh-Chang Tang, Ching-Chi Lee, Chia-Wen Li, Ming-Chi Li, Wen-Chien Ko, Nan-Yao Lee   +5 more
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Defining the Breakpoint Duration of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Predictive of Poor Outcomes.

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2019
BACKGROUND Persistent Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) is defined based on varying duration in literature. The primary objective of this large cohort study was to determine the risk for poor outcomes in relation to bacteremia duration.
E. Minejima, Nikki Mai, Nancy Bui, M. Mert, Rosemary C. She, Paul Nieberg, B. Spellberg, A. Wong-Beringer   +7 more
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Risk factors for and clinical outcomes of carbapenem non-susceptible gram negative bacilli bacteremia in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Carbapenem is frequently used when gram negative bacilli (GNB) bacteremia is detected especially in neutropenic patients. Consequently, appropriate treatment could be delayed in GNB bacteremia cases involving organisms which are not ...
Dong Hoon Shin, Dong-Yeop Shin, Chang Kyung Kang, Suhyeon Park, Jieun Park, Kang Il Jun, Taek Soo Kim, Youngil Koh, Jun Shik Hong, Pyoeng Gyun Choe, Wan Beom Park, Nam-Joong Kim, Sung-soo Yoon, Inho Kim, Myoung-don Oh   +14 more
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Cost Attributable to Nosocomial Bacteremia. Analysis According to Microorganism and Antimicrobial Sensitivity in a University Hospital in Barcelona. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
AIM:To calculate the incremental cost of nosocomial bacteremia caused by the most common organisms, classified by their antimicrobial susceptibility.
Marta Riu, Pietro Chiarello, Roser Terradas, Maria Sala, Enric Garcia-Alzorriz, Xavier Castells, Santiago Grau, Francesc Cots   +7 more
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Evaluation of updated sepsis scoring systems and systemic inflammatory response syndrome criteria and their association with sepsis in equine neonates [PDF]

, 2018
BackgroundThe original equine sepsis score provided a method of identifying foals with sepsis. New variables associated with sepsis have been evaluated, but the sepsis score has not been updated.ObjectivesTo evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of 2 ...
Bates, Bone, Bone, Book, Borchers, Borchers, Brewer, Brewer, Castagnetti, Cohen, Corley, Corley, Dellinger, Dembek, Giguere, Goldstein, Hackett, Hanley, Hollis, Hytychová, Jaimes, Marsh, Muckart, Pusterla, Rangel-Frausto, Rohrbach, Russell, Singer, Toth, Troger, Venkatesh, Vincent, Weber, Weinstein, Wilson, Wong, Zabrecky   +36 more
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Effect of Levofloxacin Prophylaxis on Bacteremia in Children With Acute Leukemia or Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2018
Importance Bacteremia causes considerable morbidity among children with acute leukemia and those undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). There are limited data on the effect of antibiotic prophylaxis in children. Objective To determine
S. Alexander, Brian T. Fisher, Aditya H Gaur, C. Dvorak, Doojduen Villa Luna, H. Dang, Lu Chen, Michael M Green, M. Nieder, Beth Fisher, L. Charles Bailey, J. Wiernikowski, L. Sung   +12 more
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Antibiotic Stewardship Related to Delayed Diagnosis and Poor Prognosis of Critically Ill Patients with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcal Bacteremia: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2022
Mu-Chun Yang,1,2 Yao-Kuang Wu,2,3 Chou-Chin Lan,2,3 Mei-Chen Yang,2,3 Sheg-Kang Chiu,2,4 Ming-Yieh Peng,4 Wen-Lin Su2,3 1Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Republic of ...
Yang MC, Wu YK, Lan CC, Yang MC, Chiu SK, Peng MY, Su WL   +6 more
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