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Daptomycin versus standard therapy for bacteremia and endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus aureus.
BACKGROUND Alternative therapies for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and endocarditis are needed. METHODS We randomly assigned 124 patients with S. aureus bacteremia with or without endocarditis to receive 6 mg of daptomycin intravenously per kilogram
V. Fowler+25 more
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Auricular Perichondritis in the Cartilage Piercing Era
The demographics, clinical presentation, treatment, and complications of piercing‐induced auricular perichondritis (P‐IAP) and piercing‐free auricular perichondritis (P‐FAP) were studied. P‐IAP has different demographics, comorbidities, disease course, and microbiology compared to P‐FAP.
Omer J. Ungar+7 more
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Pulmonic valve infective endocarditis from staph lugdunensis
Pulmonic valve endocarditis is an extremely rare entity. Only 1.1% of all cases of all infective endocarditis affect the pulmonic valve. Furthermore, it is even more uncommon for such a disease process to occur in a young and healthy individual without ...
Syed Iftikhar+5 more
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Abstract The literature is inconsistent regarding differences in infection risk between central venous catheter types used for home parenteral nutrition (HPN). Our goal was to determine if significant differences exist in rates of infection and other complications between peripherally inserted central catheters, tunneled central venous catheters, and ...
Theresa A. Fessler+3 more
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CASE of RHEUMATIC FEVER COMPLICATED by CHOREA, IRITIS, and ENDOCARDITIS: RECOVERY [PDF]
Fred. C. Forster
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Antimicrobial resistance remains one of the major challenges to global public health, compromising the effectiveness of treatments and contributing to increased morbidity and mortality associated with bacterial infections. Among the mechanisms involved, efflux pumps—such as NorA, expressed in resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus—are particularly ...
Nara Juliana Santos Araújo+15 more
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