Current Trends and Outcomes for Infective Endocarditis.
New York; Heart Valve Prosthesis; California; Antibiotic Prophylaxis; Endocarditis; Hemodialysis; Oral Health; Bacterial – Epidemiology
Using large databases from New York and California, investigators found the overall incidence of infective endocarditis remained stable between 1998 and 2013, and 90-day mortality declined. Changes were noted in pathogen etiology and patient characteristics over time.
Watkins Richard R
Infectious Disease Alert
2017
2017-06
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Admission to the Intensive Care Unit is Associated With Changes in the Oral Mycobiome.
*Intensive Care Units; 80 and over; Adult; Aged; Candida albicans; Candida Albicans; Candida albicans/*isolation & purification; Candidiasis; critical care; Critical Care; Cross Infection/microbiology/prevention & control/*transmission; Female; Human; Humans; Length of Stay; Male; Middle Aged; mycobiome; Mycobiome/*immunology; Mycological Typing Techniques; Mycoses; Oral Health; Oral/microbiology/prevention & control/*transmission; Prospective Studies; Risk Factors; United States/epidemiology; Young Adult
A prospective exploratory study was conducted to characterize the oral mycobiome at baseline and determine whether changes occur after admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). We found that ICU admission is associated with alterations in the oral mycobiome, including an overall increase in Candida albicans.
Watkins Richard R; Mukherjee Pranab K; Chandra Jyotsna; Retuerto Mauricio A; Guidry Chrissy; Haller Nairmeen A; Paranjape Charudutt; Ghannoum Mahmoud A
Journal of intensive care medicine
2017
2017-05
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