Presentation and Outcome of Infection in Hospitalized Patients with Diabetic Foot at a Tertiary Care Hospital by Zahid Miyan, Nazish Waris, Awn Bin Zafar, Uroosa Shafiq, Muhammad Saif Ulhaque, Muhammad Danish Muneeb, Bilal Tahir, Abdul Basit

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Extent and Resistance Patterns of ESKAPE Pathogens Isolated in Pus Swabs from Hospitalized Patients by Salim S. Masoud, Anna Kovacevich, Raidah Gangji, Helmut Nyawale, Mary Nyange, Albert Ntukula

“…ESKAPE (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter spp.) were termed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America as a group of bacteria with rapid antibiotic resistance development. …”
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Evaluation of Provider Screening Practices for Fracture Risk Assessment among Patients with HIV Disease by Faryal Mirza, Sabina Zawadzka, Anne Abbate, Michael Thompson, Dorothy Wakefield, Lisa M. Chirch

“…To address this increased risk, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) released fracture risk screening recommendations in 2015, which differ significantly from recommendations that apply to the general population. …”
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Feasibility and Acceptability of Antenatal Hepatitis C Screening: A Pilot Study by Joseph Valamparampil, Jaswant Sira, Maxine Brown, Saket Singhal, Deirdre Kelly

“…Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is not currently included in the United Kingdom routine antenatal screening program, but the latest guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, and Infectious Diseases Society of America recommend HCV screening for all pregnant women during each pregnancy. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Optimization of Empirical Antimicrobial Therapy for Febrile Neutropenia in Patients With Hematologic Malignancies by Cui Y, Liu X, Feng S

“…Yuqing Cui,1,2 Xin Liu,1,2 Sizhou Feng1,2 1State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300020, People’s Republic of China; 2Tianjin Institutes of Health Science, Tianjin, 300020, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Sizhou Feng, Email doctor_szhfeng@163.comPurpose: Since the publication of the 2011 Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) guidelines for empirical treatment of febrile neutropenia (FN), there have been significant shifts in pathogen profiles and emerging challenges in treatment. …”
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