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Renal AA-amyloidosis in intravenous drug users - a role for HIV-infection? [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Chronic renal disease is a serious complication of long-term intravenous drug use (IVDU). Recent reports have postulated a changing pattern of underlying nephropathy over the last decades.
Amann, Kerstin Ute, Betz, Christoph, Bickel, Markus, Büttner, Maike, Grützmacher, Peter, Haack, Hans Stefan, Jung, Oliver, Stephan, Christoph   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Vanquish the vancomycin trough: a real‐world experience of pharmacist‐driven Bayesian software‐guided dosing using area under the curve (AUC) targets

Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Background A tertiary healthcare institution, located in New Zealand, switched from targeting trough vancomycin concentrations to 24‐h area under the concentration‐time curve (AUC24), facilitated by pharmacists using a Bayesian software‐guided approach.
Duncan Yorkston, Marie‐Claire Morahan, Vicki Campbell, Nirvana Selagan, Karensa Houghton, Sharon Gardiner, Paul Chin   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Case Report of Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis in a 15-month-old Child Following COVID-19 Infection

Research in Cardiovascular Medicine
The novel SARS-CoV-2 virus, also known as COVID-19, has started a global pandemic since late December 2019. The infection is primarily manifested with fever, coughing, and myalgia, and in more severe cases causes acute respiratory distress syndrome ...
Maryam Ghadimi, Rasool Ferasatkish, Nader Givtaj, Nahid Aghdaei, Yasmin Chaibakhsh   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Colon Cancer with Streptococcus gallolyticus Aortic Valve Endocarditis: A Missing Link?

Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine, 2019
Bacterial endocarditis is commonly encountered in clinical practice. Many bacterial species have been implicated; however, Streptococcus gallolyticus species (formerly “bovis”) has driven attention given a historical association with colon cancer ...
Chukwunonso Chime, Harish Patel, Kishore Kumar, Ahmed Elwan, Manoj Bhandari, Ariyo Ihimoyan   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Ward teaching unit on the care of the Cardiac patient [PDF]

, 1950
Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston ...
Nassar, Leenda Mary
core   +1 more source

Safety of Baricitinib for the Treatment of Atopic Dermatitis in Adults Over a Median of 1.6 and up to 4.6 Years Treatment: Final Integrated Analysis of Eight Clinical Trials

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Baricitinib is a selective Janus kinase (JAK)1/JAK2 inhibitor approved in more than 70 countries for the treatment of moderate‐to‐severe atopic dermatitis (AD) in adults, and in over 30 countries for adolescents and children from age 2 years with moderate‐to‐severe AD, who are candidates for systemic therapy.
Antonio Costanzo, Antonio Torrelo, Eric L. Simpson, Marjolein De Bruin‐Weller, Diamant Thaçi, Norito Katoh, Silvia Sabatino, Andrew Buchanan, Kasia Morawska, Samuel Ogwu, Karen Denning, Jonathan I. Silverberg   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pascal's Wager, infective endocarditis and the "no-lose" philosophy in medicine [PDF]

, 2010
Doctors and dentists have traditionally used antibiotic prophylaxis in certain patient groups in order to prevent infective endocarditis (IE). New guidelines, however, suggest that the risk to patients from using antibiotics is higher than the risk from ...
Conway, D.I., Shaw, D.
core   +1 more source

Streptocyclin BTW is a novel member of a diverse family of circular bacteriocins in the genus Streptococcus

Molecular Nutrition &Food Research, EarlyView.
The graphical abstract highlights the five main outputs from the characterization of a novel circular bacteriocin from Streptococcus devriesei DSM 19639, streptocyclin BTW. The study expands the knowledge of the diversity of circular bacteriocins in the Streptococcus genus also the potential of these peptides for biotechnological applications ...
Felipe Miceli de Farias, David Hourigan, Paula M. O'Connor, Colin Hill, Reynolds Paul Ross   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bacterial agents as etiological factors of infective endocarditis

Український журнал клінічної хірургії
Objective. To analyse bacterial agents as etiological factors of infective endocarditis in patients with mitral valve disease. Materials and methods. The study included 287 patients who underwent mitral valve surgery, 205 men and 82 women.
S. E. Soltani, O. A. Krikunov
doaj   +1 more source

Purulent Meningitis as an Unusual Presentation of Staphylococcus aureus Endocarditis: A Case Report and Literature Review

Case Reports in Medicine, 2011
On presentation of Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis, unusual manifestations may represent the main clinical features of the disease. Isolated bacterial meningitis as the first manifestation of endocarditis is considered to be an unusual neurological ...
Giancarlo Ceccarelli, Gabriella d'Ettorre, Vincenzo Vullo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source