Six-Year Epidemiologic Analysis of Antibiotic Resistance Patterns of <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> Infections in a Tertiary Healthcare Center in Western Romania by Elena Hogea, Alexandra-Cristina Muntean, Oana Plavitu, Adelina Fratutu, Iulia Georgiana Bogdan, Felix Bratosin, Cristian-Iulian Oancea, Septimiu-Radu Susa, Daniel Porav-Hodade, Mihai-Calin Bica, Alexandru Blidisel

“…The rising trend of resistance to critical antibiotics like carbapenems underscores the urgent need for enhanced antimicrobial stewardship and infection control measures. Targeted interventions are essential to curb the spread of these resistant strains and to optimize therapeutic strategies.…”
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Rare Presentation of Neonatal Necrotizing Fasciitis: Case Series and Review of Literature by Kruti N Shah, Shwetal Bhatt, Dipal Zanzrukriya, Salesh K Soni

“…It is primarily a polymicrobial infection involving deep skin layers with extension to muscular planes. …”
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Hyper-induction of IL-6 after TLR1/2 stimulation in calves with bovine respiratory disease. by Cian Reid, John Donlon, Aude Remot, Emer Kennedy, Giovanna De Matteis, Cliona O'Farrelly, Conor McAloon, Kieran G Meade

“…Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is a leading cause of mortality and compromised welfare in bovines. It is a polymicrobial syndrome resulting from a complex interplay of viral and bacterial pathogens with environmental factors. …”
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Epidemiology and Outcomes of Clostridial Bacteremia at a Tertiary-Care Institution by Monica Shah, Eliahu Bishburg, David A. Baran, Trini Chan

“…Clostridium species are commonly isolated from blood cultures as a part of polymicrobial bacteremia. The mortality rate among patients with CB has been reported to be as high as 50%. …”
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A Comparison of Causative Pathogens in Bone and Prosthetic Joint Infections: Implications for Antimicrobial Therapy by Annalise Unsworth, Bernadette Young, Matthew Scarborough, Martin McNally

“…This was a retrospective, observational cohort study of patients who had surgical intervention for PJI or OM or FRI with a positive microbial culture between 2019 and 2022. …”
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Acute fungal post-cataract endophthalmitis in the endophthalmitis management study: EMS report 7 by Umesh Chandra Behera, Taraprasad Das, Vivek Pravin Dave, Akash Belenje, Joveeta Joseph, Suchita Pandey, Dhanush Pandya, Rudvij Pandya

“…The C+ fungi had higher presenting IS (p=0.023), shorter time to symptoms, worse presenting vision, corneal abscess (p=0.030) and higher probability of repeat intervention (p=0.042) than the other two groups. In the C+ group, the final vision of &gt;20/400 was less (p=0.046) and phthisis bulbi was higher (p=0.010). …”
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Clinical presentation, treatment, and antimicrobial susceptibility of 155 sequential Staphylococcus lugdunensis infections by Kurt D. Palumbo, Natasia F. Jacko, Michael Z. David

“…SSTI was the predominant S. lugdunensis infection type; more than 50% of SSTIs required procedural intervention. Of nine BSIs, three involved a foreign body, and there were two cases of infective endocarditis. …”
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Necrotizing Fasciitis: A Retrospective Review of the Microbiological Aspects and Factors Associated with Multi-Drug Resistance from a Saudi Tertiary Care Hospital by Abd El-Hamid El-Kady R, Ahmed Mansour A, ElGuindy AMF

“…Overall, monomicrobial NF (58%) was more frequent than the polymicrobial type (42%). A relatively high rate of MDR organisms was identified amongst the Gram-negative isolates (33.3%). …”
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Understanding limb necrotizing infections: A comprehensive approach by A. Garrido-Hidalgo, J. García-Coiradas, M. Echevarría-Marín, S. Llanos, J.A. Valle-Cruz, F. Marco

“…Intraoperative cultures were positive in twenty patients: twelve Streptococcus pyogenes, four Staphylococcus aureus, one Escherichia coli, and four polymicrobial infection. In-hospital mortality rate was 22.73%. …”
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