Glycemic Characteristics and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with COVID-19 Admitted to Referral Shahid Sayad Shirazi Hospital in Gorgan, North of Iran
CONCLUSION: The findings of our study showed that hyperglycemia is highly prevalent in hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Hyperglycemia in previously nondiabetics appears to be associated with decreased eGFR in COVID-19 patients.PMID:37965061 | PMC:PMC10643031 | DOI:10.1155/2023/1374819 (Source: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases)
Source: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases - November 15, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Saba Kordrostami Maryam Zahedi Abdolhalim Rajabi Shahab Eskandari-Nejad Source Type: research

Prevalence of Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI) among Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Patients in Comparison to Non-IBD Patients in King Abdulaziz Medical City in Jeddah
CONCLUSION: In this study, we found that adults were more prone to CDI infection, especially within hospital settings, and most of the CDI infections occurred in immunocompromised individuals, with cancer as the most common cause of it.PMID:37869530 | PMC:PMC10589069 | DOI:10.1155/2023/9958104 (Source: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases)
Source: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases - October 23, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Ghassan Abdulrahman Sukkar Syed Sameer Aga Abdulrahman Hamid Alsamadani Faisal Ghazi Almalki Ali Saleh Alsudais Abdulrahman Sulaiman Alquzi Mohamed Eldigire Ahmed Mushtaq Ahmad Mir Moudi M Alasmari Source Type: research