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Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice Volume 29 Issue 6

Subject Areas: Infectious Diseases
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins - Wolters Kluwer Health
ISSN: 1056-9103
SJR: 23

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Diagnosing Common Deadly Infections in the Era of COVID-19

Zyablitskaya, Mariya; Suarez, Maria J.; Gupta, Aanchal; Samaroo-Campbell, Jevon; Nakeshbandi, Mohamed; Chapnick, Edward K.; Ghitan, Monica

2021 Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

doi:10.1097/ipc.0000000000001042 pmid:34803352

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged clinicians to recognize COVID-19 as one of the diagnostic explanation for common presentations, including fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Latent tuberculosis is responsible for 80% of active tuberculosis cases in the United States, and...
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Scrub Typhus With Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

Jayachandran, Akshaya; Sundaresan, Durgadevi; Pannu, Ashok Kumar; Ahluwalia, Jasmina; Chinnadurai, Krishna Kumar; Saroch, Atul

2021 Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

doi:10.1097/ipc.0000000000001008

Abstract Scrub typhus is a rickettsial disease transmitted to humans by arthropods, via the bite of larval mites (chiggers). A young man, aged 18 years admitted with the fever of 5 days and altered sensorium for 1 day. The patient was evaluated for tropical illness with encephalopathy and...
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Intrathecal Hyaluronidase for Tuberculous Arachnoiditis

Sarma, G.R.K

2021 Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

doi:10.1097/ipc.0000000000001058
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Capnocytophaga canimorsus Meningitis Complicating a Remote Dog Bite

Kusulja, Marija; Atelj, Anita; Butić, Iva; Krajinović, Vladimir; Vukelić, Dalibor

2021 Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

doi:10.1097/ipc.0000000000000981

Abstract Capnocytophaga canimorsus is a rare cause of disease in humans. This article reports a case of C. canimorsus meningitis in an adult previously immunocompetent woman but with concurrent influenza A infection. The diagnosis was made from a blood and cerebrospinal fluid culture using DNA...
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Possible Neurological Toxicity of Ceftazidime/Avibactam in Acute Kidney Injury

Aucoin, Alexander; Higuita, Nelson Iván Agudelo; White, Bryan Pinckney

2021 Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

doi:10.1097/ipc.0000000000000986

Abstract As emerging therapies to combat the rise of antimicrobial resistance develop, one of the welcome addition is ceftazidime/avibactam, a novel β-lactamase inhibitor combined with a third-generation cephalosporin. Although the addition of avibactam increases activity against highly resistant...
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Non-Respiratory Droplet Transmission of COVID-19 in the Isolation Ward of a Secondary Hospital in Oman

Al Mayahi, Zayid K.; Al Kindi, Nawal; Al Shaqsi, Nasser; Al Hattali, Noaman; Al Hattali, Azza; Salim, Khalid; Beatty, Mark

2021 Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

doi:10.1097/ipc.0000000000001022 pmid:34803345

Front-line health care workers are among the most vulnerable groups at risk for acquiring COVID-19, yet the exact mechanisms of how infections occur in health care settings are yet to be identified. Objectives To review the epidemiologic and environmental factors surrounding a cluster of...
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Breast Infections With Mycobacterium goodii After Reduction Mammaplasty

Al Zoubi, Moamen; Spier, Addie B.

2021 Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

doi:10.1097/ipc.0000000000001039

Abstract Mycobacterium goodii was identified in 1999 as a rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria species related to the Mycobacterium smegmatis group isolated from human wound infections. Infection with this organism is exceptionally rare after breast surgery in the absence of a prosthetic...
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A case of COVID-19 Reinfection and Systematic Review of Patterns of Reinfection

Chamblain, Melissa; Dawkins, Elissa; Lane, Jason; Ghany, Reyan; Tamariz, Leonardo; Palacio, Ana; Guzman-Suarez, Belisa

2021 Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

doi:10.1097/ipc.0000000000001055 pmid:34803348

Abstract We present a case of a middle age Hispanic patient with COVID-19 reinfection. We conducted a systematic review of the literature of reinfection cases and found that women represent the majority of the cases and that reinfection usually presents with more severe disease, particularly...
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Cryptococcus neoformans Infective Endocarditis After Lung Transplantation

Fountain, John H.; Rajagopalan, Kartik N.; Carroll, Maggie; Robbins, Hilary; Benvenuto, Luke J.; Shimbo, Daichi; Marboe, Charles C.; Arcasoy, Selim M.; Pereira, Marcus R.

2021 Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

doi:10.1097/ipc.0000000000001030 pmid:36061224

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High-Dose Oral Vancomycin for Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Is Associated With High Risk of Subsequent Cultures With Gram-Negative Organisms

Bader, Mazen S.; Someili, Ali; Alosali, Abdulmajeed; Hadzic, Amir; Irfan, Neal; Leto, Daniela; Mertz, Dominik; Brooks, Annie A.

2021 Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

doi:10.1097/ipc.0000000000001045

Background Vancomycin is associated with disruption of the indigenous microbiota, potentially predisposing patients to overgrowth of endogenous pathogens. Our objective was to determine whether high-dose oral vancomycin is associated with cultures growing gram-negative organisms in adult...

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