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Infectious Diseases Associated With Renal Homotransplantation: I. Incidence, Types, and Predisposing Factors [PDF]

, 1964
Infectious diseases occurred in 26 of 30 renal homotransplantation patients and contributed to eight of the 12 deaths in this series. There were 52 infections, 17 occurring before and 35 after transplantation.
Marchioro, TL, Rifkind, D, Starzl, TE, Waddell, WR   +3 more
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Therapeutic Effects of Hyaluronic Acid in Bacterial Pneumonia in the Ex Vivo Perfused Human Lungs.

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2019
Rationale: Recent studies have demonstrated that extracellular vesicles (EV) released during acute lung injury (ALI) were inflammatory. Objectives: The current study was undertaken to test the role of EVs induced and released from severe Escherichia coli
Ai-ran Liu, Jeonghyun Park, Xiwen Zhang, S. Sugita, Y. Naito, Jae-Hoon Lee, Hideya Kato, Q. Hao, M. Matthay, Jae-Woo Lee   +9 more
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A systematic scoping review of metrics utilized to measure antibiotic consumption in hospital settings

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programs were introduced to promote the judicious use of antimicrobials and to combat antimicrobial resistance. Quantifying antibiotic consumption is an important part of AMS initiatives to achieve these objectives.
Marjan Kandimahforoujaki, Kiplin A. Patanwala, Jan‐Willem C. Alffenaar, Asad E. Patanwala   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Respiratory Viral Infection-Induced Microbiome Alterations and Secondary Bacterial Pneumonia

Frontiers in Immunology, 2018
Influenza and other respiratory viral infections are the most common type of acute respiratory infection. Viral infections predispose patients to secondary bacterial infections, which often have a more severe clinical course.
S. Hanada, M. Pirzadeh, Kyle Y. Carver, Jane C. Deng   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The integration of the British Pharmacological Society's prescription safety assessment into the WHO 6‐step model of rational pharmacotherapy in a Turkish medical school

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims At Koç University School of Medicine, a one‐week rational pharmacotherapy (RPHM) programme, modelled after WHO 6‐step, has been introduced in the fourth‐year curriculum to improve prescription skills. For efficient problem‐based learning (PBL) sessions on a prespecified topic, students need to brush up on basic pharmacology knowledge, so we ...
Sinem Ezgi Gülmez, Gülnihal Özcan, Hakan S. Orer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk of Parkinson’s Disease after a Diagnosis of Bacterial Pneumonia: A Nationwide Longitudinal Follow-up Study

Journal of Medical Sciences
Background: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is receiving increasing attention owing to the possibility of its immense burden on society in the future. The inconsistent findings of previous studies highlight that different pathogens and infection sites may have ...
Chih-Sung Liang, Fu-Chi Yang, Shih-Jen Tsai, Ya-Mei Bai, Chia-Kuang Tsai, Mu-Hong Chen   +5 more
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Ventilator-associated Pneumonia After Elective Cardiac Surgery Caused by Pneumocystis Jirovecii [PDF]

, 2014
Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a severe complication among patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Although hospital-acquired bacterial pathogens, often multidrug resistant, are the most frequent cause, non-bacterial atypical and opportunistic agents ...
Cifuentes, M, Miller, RF, Silva, F, Tobar, E, Vargas, SL, Zamorano, A   +5 more
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Clinical pharmacology and prescribing education: An updated medical school curriculum from the British Pharmacological Society

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Prescribing is a complex, essential skill that doctors must acquire to practice medicine safely and effectively. The British Pharmacological Society has historically provided a core curriculum to guide clinical pharmacology and prescribing education in UK medical schools.
Dagan O. Lonsdale, Clare Guilding, Jennifer Koenig, Michael Okorie, Reecha Sofat, Simon Maxwell   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of vaccination on morbidity and mortality from community-acquired pneumonia

Acta Biomedica Scientifica
Background. Community-acquired pneumonia remains one of the most common and life-threatening forms of pathology among respiratory diseases.The aim of the study. To identify the features of the epidemiology of communityacquired pneumonia in the conditions
T. A. Bayanova, E. S. Stukova, N. A. Kravchenko   +2 more
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Pharmacokinetics of dolutegravir, tenofovir and lamivudine during venous–venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV‐ECMO): A case report

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
While providing potentially life‐saving cardiorespiratory support for critically ill patients, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) may detrimentally affect pharmacokinetic (PK) performance and concurrent drug efficacy and safety. We describe a patient with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) in the context of acquired immunodeficiency ...
Tom C. Zwart, Emiel Leegwater, Thomas H. Ottens, Emile F. Schippers, Erik B. Wilms, David M. Burger, Cees van Nieuwkoop, Liesbeth B. E. Bosma   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source