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Introduction Infectious endocarditis is one of the most serious and potentially fatal diseases. For the diagnosis of infectious endocarditis, the cornerstone method currently involves culture-based techniques. However, blood culture-negative endocarditis, which constitutes up to 20% of all infective endocarditis cases, poses a significant clinical challenge. 1,2 Therefore, a lot of efforts have been made to develop non-culture-based diagnostics. 3,4 It is critical to identify the specific underlying microbial etiology in blood culture-negative endocarditis in order to refine the regimen of empirical antibiotics. 5 Haemophilus aphrophilus, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, Cardiobacterium hominis, Eikenella corrodens , and Kingella kingae , known collectively as the HACEK group, were historically the most prevalent pathogens in blood culture-negative endocarditis; however, modern blood culture can identify the aforementioned organism in at least five days of incubation. 6,7...

Fullei Fresh has initiated a voluntary recall of some of its alfalfa sprouts "due to the detection of Shiga toxin-producing E.coli (STEC)," according to a company announcement published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week. To date, no known-illnesses linked to Fullei Fresh's recalled product have been reported, the Miami-based grower and manufacturer said. "STEC is a bacterial strain that is not part of our routine microbial testing conducted in compliance with the (FDA's regulations) on every lot we produce," Tuesday's company announcement read. "It was detected upon sampling of finished product by the FDA." In a statement sent to USA TODAY on Wednesday, Fullei Fresh said that STEC was discovered in two out of 34 alfalfa samples sampled by the FDA in an unannounced December inspection. "Fullei Fresh has always been at the forefront of food safety, espec...

Environment  |  News releases  |  Research  |  Science January 9, 2023 A researcher holds open a preserved fish specimen that has been inspected for parasites. New research finds a decline in the number of fish parasites as oceans warmed. Katherine Maslenikov/UW Burke Museum More than a century of preserved fish specimens offer a rare glimpse into long-term trends in parasite populations. New research from the University of Washington shows that fish parasites plummeted from 1880 to 2019, a 140-year stretch when Puget Sound — their habitat and the second largest estuary in the mainland U.S. — warmed significantly. The study, published the week of Jan. 9 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the world's largest and longest dataset of wildlife parasite abundance. It suggests that parasites may be especially vulnerable to a changing climate. "People generally th...

From left: Peconic Bay Medical Center medical director Jeffrey Zilberstein, M.D., nurse practitioner Kayla Provenzano and Khurram Mehtabdin, D.O, chief of nephrology. (Courtesy photo) For critically ill patients who can no longer undergo traditional dialysis, Peconic Bay Medical Center now offers a solution. The hospital announced it now offers continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), a blood purification process much slower than typical dialysis, for patients experiencing a kidney injury. While a patient may undergo standard dialysis a few hours a day, CRRT runs 24 hours a day. The much slower method is also more comfortable and gentler on the body. According to PBMC chief of nephrology Dr. Khurram Mehtabdin, a patient will typically "stay on CRRT for 24 hours, then [hospital staff] will check lab work a...

It would be easier to shrug off depression among youth as just another iteration of teenage angst, if it weren't so dangerous. Rates of mental illness appear to be climbing across all age groups, with teenagers seeing steep increases following the pandemic and its long periods of social isolation.  In an unstinting look at how youth experience, struggle with and overcome — or succumb to — mental health disorders, a new documentary film features first-person accounts from more than 20 young people, ranging in age from 11 to 27, who live with mental health conditions.  In the two-part documentary, "Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness" from executive producer Ken Burns, youth from a wide variety of demographic backgrounds share their personal accounts of anxiety, depression, addiction, suicidal ideation and other, often disabling, mental health conditions. The film will be screened at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31 with "Part I...

University of Washington School of Medicine researchers' experiment on C.elegans demonstrated that harnessing light energy to rejuvenate mitochondrial membranes slowed aging. As part of their research on aging, the team is interested in learning how to modulate mitochondrial activity directly. The energy centers inside living cells are called mitochondria. Among their numerous essential roles, they are vital for cellular respiration and energy production, as per the release. Roundworms, which have an average lifespan of just two to three weeks, are frequently used in aging studies. This means that it is usually possible to receive study results swiftly. Researchers sought to know more about how roundworm aging is affected by mitochondrial dysfunction and whether part of this decline may be stopped or reversed. Brandon J. Berry, the study's lead author, is a postdoctoral fellow in Professor Matt Kaeberlein's laboratory at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Sha...

"I believe health care and social work go hand in hand," said John David Moritz. "I chose to give to the Department of Health Social Work because of the partnership created between Dell Med and the Steve Hicks School. When my father was in hospice, I saw firsthand the importance of social work in the care he received. In fact, this is what my family remembers most about that time." The Moritz family hopes that their gift will bring awareness to the essential connection between health care and social work. "The Moritz Family Scholarship for Social Work will motivate and encourage students who have chosen to dedicate their careers to health social work," said Allan Cole, Ph.D., dean of the Steve Hicks School of Social Work. "The Moritz family's support will allow more social workers to contribute their expertise to health care teams and patient care." As for Frissell's patient, after 12 sessions of pain reprocessing therapy she...

"Without treatment, the symptoms usually get progressively worse," the NHS says. "There may also be periods when they get suddenly worse, known as a flare-up or exacerbation." People who have persistent symptoms of COPD, particularly if over the age of 35, are strongly advised to "see a GP" if they smoke, or used to smoke. Treatment is advised as soon as possible, before the lungs become "significantly damaged". Adblock test (Why?)

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