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SBP due to ESBL-EK had poorer outcomes than SBP due to non-ESBL-EK. Ineffective initial therapy seems to be responsible for the higher rate of treatment failure and mortality in SBP due to ESBL-EK.

Risk factors for SSI after arthroplasty differ according to the site of the arthroplasty. Therefore, clinicians should take into account the site of arthroplasty in the analysis of SSI and the development of strategies for reducing SSI.

Recently, the number of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who have tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), via the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test, after recovery has increased; this has caused a dilemma regarding the medical measures and policies. We evaluated the dynamics of viral load and anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in four patients with positive RT-PCR results after recovery. In all patients, the highest l

Our data provide important information about the clinical characteristics of ISA infections. We estimate that over 21,000 ISA infections and 13,000 invasive MRSA infections occurred in Korea in 2010.

Population-based studies of the incidence of tuberculosis in cancer patients according to the type of cancer are limited. We investigated the cancer-specific incidence of tuberculosis in a nationwide population-based cohort in a country with an intermediate burden of tuberculosis.We used mandatory National Health Insurance claims data to construct a cancer cohort of adults (aged 20-99 years) with newly diagnosed malignancies other than lung cancer, from January 2008 to December 2012. Patients wh

There are conflicting data on the association of vancomycin MIC (VAN-MIC) with treatment outcomes in <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> infections. We investigated the relationship between high VAN-MIC and 30-day mortality and identified the risk factors for mortality in a large cohort of patients with invasive <i>S. aureus</i> (ISA) infections, defined as the isolation of <i>S. aureus</i> from a normally sterile site. Over a 2-year period, 1,027 adult patients with ISA infections were enrolled in 10

Our study clarifies the PK characteristics of successful colistin treatment using TDM. Further evaluations in a larger patient population are needed to confirm the clinical usefulness of colistin TDM.

SFTS should be considered one of differential diagnosis of HLH. In certain endemic areas, SFTS infection deserves clinicians' attention because it can be presented hematologic diseases as HLH.

COVID-19 vaccines elicit humoral and cellular immune responses. Durable maintenance of vaccine-induced immunity is required for long-term protection of the host. Here, we examine activation and differentiation of vaccine-induced CD8⁺ T cells using MHC class I (MHC-I) multimers and correlations between early differentiation and the durability of CD8⁺ T cell responses among healthcare workers immunized with two doses of BNT162b2. The frequency of MHC-I multimer⁺ ce

A tremendous clinical and economic burden is caused by MDRO bacteremia compared with antibiotic-susceptible and no-infection groups. Substantial investment and efforts by related government agencies and medical staffs are needed.

This novel form of stewardship program based on intervention by infectious disease specialists and information technology improved antimicrobial prescriptions in BSIs.

Hypersonic aircrafts suffer from heat management problems caused by the air friction produced at high speeds. The supercritical catalytic cracking of fuel is endothermic and can be exploited to remove heat from the aircraft surfaces using specially designed heat management systems. Here, we report that an acid/base-treated activated carbon (AC) catalyst shows superior performance to the conventional ZSM-5 catalyst at 4 MPa and 450 °C. Further, under these conditions, coke formation is thermodyna