Volume: 25 Issue: 6

A microbiological explanation for the obesity pandemic? That other EVD: Enterovirus-D68 ? what?s it all about? Micafungin compared with caspofungin for the treatment of febrile episodes in neutropenic patients with hematological malignancies: A retrospective studyPatients with neutropenia resulting from chemotherapy for hematological malignancies are at risk for considerable morbidity and mortality due to invasive fungal infections and should, thus, be treated with antifungal agents. Caspofungin has been one of the most common antifungal agents used for this purpose; its analogue micafungin may also be appropriate, but has not been tested as extensively. Accordingly, the authors of this article conducted a retrospective study to compare these two agents; the results contribute to the literature regarding the use of micafungin for the treatment of invasive fungal infections. Triage and protocol recommendations for the parasitology laboratory based on an epidemiological investigation of parasite diagnostics in Ontario laboratoriesParasitic infections associated with gastroenteritis can cause considerable morbidity and mortality, and may be endemic or nonendemic in Ontario. Recently, there have been developments in laboratory protocols for identifying such parasites. The authors of this study used retrospective data from a single laboratory sector in Ontario to develop protocols for the diagnosis of parasitic infections, and also assessed risk factors associated with these infec...
Source: Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research