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Outcomes of COVID-19 Patients Hospitalized at Acute Care Services: Real-World Experience in the New York Metropolitan Area During the Early Pandemic Before Initiation of Clinical Trials
Background As New York became the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic early on, clinicians were challenged to provide optimal medical and pharmaceutical care, despite the paucity of supporting literature and guidance. We sought to describe prescribing patterns and outcomes of physician response to the urgent need to treat COVID-19 patients before initiation of randomized clinical trials. Methods This was a retrospective cohort study of adult patients with COVID-19 initially admitted to acute care services during March 2020. Critically ill patients requiring intensive care unit level of care on admission were excl...
Source: Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice - March 1, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Outcomes of Central Nervous System Infections Treated by an Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Program in a Public Teaching Hospital
Conclusions Treating CNS infections with OPAT seems to be safe and effective based on the low failure and complication rates observed in this study. (Source: Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice)
Source: Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice - March 1, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Children: Is It Really Mild?
Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has spread rapidly to the world. The disease can vary from mild cases to severe respiratory distress; this may increase rapidly and overwhelm the pediatric intensive care units. Lately, there have been various reports about a de novo multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children or pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. We classified the disease into 2 spectrums: the acute phase in severely ill patients and the postinflammatory phase. Neither of them could be classified as mild because there is enoug...
Source: Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice - March 1, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Review Articles Source Type: research

Infection Risk of COVID-19 in Dentistry Remains Unknown: A Preliminary Systematic Review
Conclusions Although it seems that there are almost no reported cases of infection by SARS-CoV-2 during dental treatments, occupational or nosocomial transmission could not be ruled out. Hence, further prospective assessment of COVID-19 transmission is urgently required, and careful and protective measurements are necessary to avoid infection during dental practice. (Source: Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice)
Source: Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice - March 1, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Review Articles Source Type: research

Snapshots From ID Week 2020
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Source: Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice - March 1, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: IDC Snapshots Source Type: research

Wrapping Our Heads Around Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy for Central Nervous System Infections
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Source: Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice - March 1, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Editorial Comment Source Type: research

Spiritual Care for COVID-19 Patients: A Neglected Necessity
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Source: Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice - December 11, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research

Immunoglobulin A Cross-Immunity: A Vital Parameter in the Fate of COVID-19 Disease
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Source: Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice - December 11, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research

COVID-19 in a Veterans Affairs Hospital at Suffolk County, Long Island, New York
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Source: Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice - December 11, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research

The Right Time
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Source: Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice - December 11, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Reflections of an ID Specialist Source Type: research

A Regal Rash
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Source: Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice - December 11, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Images in ID—What's the Diagnosis? Source Type: research

Sushi Lovers, Beware!
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Source: Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice - December 11, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Images in ID—What's the Diagnosis? Source Type: research

Nontyphoidal Salmonella Osteomyelitis in an Immunocompetent Adult Without Preceding Symptoms
A 23-year-old man presented with a painful swelling of his left shin approximately 5 weeks after a very mild trauma. He had not experienced fever, abdominal pain, or diarrhea. Magnetic resonance images were compatible with chronic osteomyelitis. The cultures of the bone biopsy showed growth of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis. Blood cultures remained sterile, there were no signs of a carrier state, and no immune deficiency could be found. After surgical debridement, the patient was treated with ceftriaxone and co-trimoxazole and later ciprofloxacin because of an allergic reaction. Nontyphoidal Salmonella osteomyelit...
Source: Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice - December 11, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Case Reports Source Type: research

A Rare Etiology of Right-sided Pseudopneumoperitoneum: The Chilaiditi Sign
We present the case of a 71-year-old man with an incidental chest x-ray finding of gaseous distention below the right hemidiaphragm. He was asymptomatic and managed conservatively. (Source: Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice)
Source: Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice - December 11, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Case Reports Source Type: research

Streptococcus pneumoniae Peritonitis and Enterocolitis in a Previously Healthy Female
We present a case of a previously healthy 40-year-old woman who presented with symptoms of gastroenteritis. Initial workup revealed multiple dilated, thick walled, and fluid-filled loops of small bowel and S. pneumoniae bacteremia. She rapidly developed multiloculated ascites, significant peritonitis, enterocolitis, and a pelvic abscess. Polymerase chain reaction of her pelvic abscess identified S. pneumoniae. The patient was treated with multiple paracenteses, abscess drain placement, and antibacterial therapy. This case is noteworthy given the rarity of S. pneumoniae peritonitis and the severity of the patient's presenta...
Source: Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice - December 11, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Case Reports Source Type: research