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Diagnosis of a Rare Rickettsia felis Infection Complicated with Unusual Pericardial Effusion and Cardiac Tamponade Using an mNGS Test. 使用 mNGS 检测诊断并发异常心包积液和心脏填塞的罕见立克次体感染。

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Case Reports in Infectious Diseases Pub Date : 2024-08-13 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1155/2024/8877876

Tien-Lung Po, Chien-Hsien Huang, Chia-Hsun Lin, Huei-Fong Hung

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Swift Onset, Swift Recovery: Unusual Nonrheumatic Myocarditis in a Young Adult Post Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis. 迅速发病，迅速恢复：A 组链球菌咽炎后一名年轻成人的非风湿性心肌炎。

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Case Reports in Infectious Diseases Pub Date : 2024-08-12 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1155/2024/4942739

Andres Rios, Colby Wood, Ricardo Isaiah Garcia, Emily C Mitchell, Jacob Nichols

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Bartonella henselae Hepatic Abscesses and Associated Osteomyelitis in a Pediatric Patient. 一名小儿患者的肝脓肿和相关骨髓炎（Bartonella henselae Hepatic Abscess and Associated Osteomyelitis）。

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Case Reports in Infectious Diseases Pub Date : 2024-08-05 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1155/2024/7810497

Molly Antonson, Lauren Klingemann, Kari Neemann

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A Rare Case of Bacterial Meningitis Caused by Hematogenous Spread of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium in an Immunocompromised Patient. 免疫力低下患者因耐药万古霉素肠球菌血源性传播引发细菌性脑膜炎的罕见病例。

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Case Reports in Infectious Diseases Pub Date : 2024-07-25 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1155/2024/2193650

Myeongji Kim, Christopher Graham, Ryan W Stevens, Aditya Shah

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Diagnosis and Treatment Challenges of Candida guilliermondii in Immunocompromised Patients: A Case Study in a Neutropenic AML Patient. 免疫力低下患者中吉利蒙地念珠菌的诊断和治疗难题：中性粒细胞减少性急性髓细胞白血病患者的病例研究。

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Case Reports in Infectious Diseases Pub Date : 2024-07-22 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1155/2024/7806235

Dhruvi Modi, Sophie Dessureault, John Greene

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Clostridium paraputrificum Bacteremia and Ectopic Ileal Varices in Underlying Chronic Portal and Superior Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis: Report of a Rare Case. 伴有慢性门静脉和肠系膜上静脉血栓的副猪梭状芽孢杆菌菌血症和异位回肠静脉曲张：罕见病例报告。

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Case Reports in Infectious Diseases Pub Date : 2024-07-18 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1155/2024/9443664

Grigorios Smanis, Eirini Avgoustou, Ioannis Papadopoulos, Antonios Papadopoulos, Athanasios Athanasakos, Elias Athanasiadis, Foula Vassilara

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Clostridium perfringens Bacteraemia following Normal Vaginal Delivery. 正常阴道分娩后的产气荚膜梭状芽孢杆菌菌血症。

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Case Reports in Infectious Diseases Pub Date : 2024-07-09 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1155/2024/1545571

Mokhamad Zhaffal, Anastasia Salame, Johnny Awwad

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Loss of Recurrent Laryngeal Papillomatosis following Postsurgical Treatment with dsRNA Interferon Inducer. 使用dsRNA干扰素诱导剂进行手术后治疗后，复发性喉乳头状瘤病消失了。

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Case Reports in Infectious Diseases Pub Date : 2024-07-08 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1155/2024/6044987

Alina Sultanova, Liba Sokolovska, Maksims Cistjakovs, Andrejs Lifsics

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An Unusual Case of Lethal Strongyloides stercoralis-Associated Chronic Fulminant Colitis in an Immunocompetent Patient. 一例免疫功能正常患者感染致命性盘尾丝虫相关慢性暴发性结肠炎的罕见病例

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Case Reports in Infectious Diseases Pub Date : 2024-06-27 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1155/2024/4223529

Joseph Do Woong Choi, Rukmini Kulkarni, Aswin Shanmugalingam, Charlotte Kwik, Indy Sandaradura, Jasveen Renthawa, Matthew R Watts, James Wei Tatt Toh

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Concomitant Administration of Vancomycin with a High Dose of Meropenem May Cause Acute Kidney Injury. 同时服用万古霉素和大剂量美罗培南可能会导致急性肾损伤。

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Case Reports in Infectious Diseases Pub Date : 2024-06-20 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1155/2024/7956014

Yoshiro Sakai, Seiji Karakawa, Takato Koutaki, Kyoko Higuchi, Aya Hashimoto, Hiroshi Watanabe

{"title":"Concomitant Administration of Vancomycin with a High Dose of Meropenem May Cause Acute Kidney Injury.","authors":"Yoshiro Sakai, Seiji Karakawa, Takato Koutaki, Kyoko Higuchi, Aya Hashimoto, Hiroshi Watanabe","doi":"10.1155/2024/7956014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/7956014","url":null,"abstract":"Coadministering two different classes of antibiotics as empirical therapy can be critical in treating healthcare-associated infections in hospitals. Herein, we report a case of acute kidney injury (AKI) caused by coadministration of vancomycin with high-dose meropenem that manifested as a rapid increase in serum creatinine levels and an associated increase in vancomycin trough concentrations. The patient was diagnosed with meningioma at 50 years and was followed up regularly. The patient underwent surgery and antibiotic treatment between 63 and 66 years for suspected meningitis and pneumonia. Coadministration of vancomycin with high-dose meropenem (6.0 g/day) caused AKI; however, no AKI occurred when vancomycin was administered alone or with a low dose of meropenem (1.5 or 3.0 g/day). To our knowledge, this report is the first to show that administering different dosages of meropenem in combination with vancomycin may contribute to the risk of developing AKI. We suggest that coadministered vancomycin and high-dose meropenem (6.0 g/day) may increase the risk of AKI. Our report adds to the limited literature documenting the coadministration of vancomycin with varying doses of meropenem and its impact on the risk of AKI and highlights the importance of investigating AKI risk in response to varying dosages of meropenem when it is coadministered with vancomycin.","PeriodicalId":9608,"journal":{"name":"Case Reports in Infectious Diseases","volume":"2024 ","pages":"7956014"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11211007/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141466400","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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