Journal ArticleAm J Transplant · July 16, 2024
Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma species are urogenital mollicutes that can cause serious donor-derived infections in lung transplant recipients. Best practices for mollicute screening remain unknown. We conducted a single-center prospective study analyzi ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Transplant · April 2024
Mollicute infections, caused by Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma species, are serious complications after lung transplantation; however, understanding of the epidemiology and outcomes of these infections remains limited. We conducted a single-center retrospective ...
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Journal ArticleJ Cutan Pathol · March 2024
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the sensitivity, specificity, and likelihood ratios of Gram stain on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (GS-FFPE) sections of skin in diagnosing bacterial skin infection. METHODS: We reviewed a retrospective series of s ...
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Journal ArticleMedical Mycology Case Reports · December 1, 2023
A 59 year old male renal transplant recipient developed endogenous cryptococcal endophthalmitis which was complicated by immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS). Herein we report a novel diagnostic test using lateral flow assay, the management o ...
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Journal ArticleOpen Forum Infect Dis · April 2023
Necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTIs) are associated with high morbidity and mortality. We retrospectively examined the impact of empiric antimicrobials coupled with early surgery on mortality in NSTI. Early surgery independently reduced 30-day mortal ...
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Journal ArticleClin Infect Dis · January 23, 2021
SARS-CoV-2 is a novel coronavirus and causative pathogen to the pandemic illness COVID-19. Although RNA has been detected in various clinical samples, no reports to date have documented SARS-CoV-2 in human milk. This case report describes an actively breas ...
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Journal ArticleAccess Microbiol · 2021
BACKGROUND: Campylobacter curvus is a Gram-negative bacteria associated with periodontal disease in humans. Cases of extra-oral manifestations of infection are rare with only six reported cases of extra-oral infection including this report that have been i ...
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Journal ArticleEMBO J · October 5, 2005
Protein translocation occurs across the energy-conserving bacterial membrane at the SecYEG channel. The crystal structure of the channel has revealed a possible mechanism for gating and opening. This study evaluates the plug hypothesis using cysteine cross ...
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