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Iliac artery aneurysms can rarely present with rupture into adjacent iliac vein resulting in arteriovenous fistula leading to acute cardiac failure or multi-organ failure. End-organ damage can be reversed with timely diagnosis and intervention. Endovascular therapy is an attractive option to treat this pathology besides allowing for a quick recovery and mitigating the risk of mortality associated with open surgical treatment options. We report treatment of this pathology with Endovascular repair with preservation of ipsilateral hypogastric artery flow using an iliac branch graft device. The postoperative course was complicated by type 3 endoleak due to the separation of components between iliac branch graft and aortic stent graft with resultant recurrence of the fistula. Additional endovascular techniques, including placement of a venous stent and stent grafts to bridge the components, was used to treat the endoleak. Selleck β-Sitosterol We present this report due to the unique nature of the recurrent arteriovenous fistula, technical complexity, and resultant multi-organ dysfunction.The pathogenic potential of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) is increasingly recognized worldwide. The aim of the present study was to evaluate different combinations of fosfomycin (FOS) with vancomycin (VAN) or oxacillin (OXA) against vancomycin-resistant clinical isolates of CoNS. Characterization of VAN resistance in selected isolates was also sought. Antibiotic susceptibility of isolates was tested by disc diffusion method, MICs of antibiotics were determined by the agar dilution method, and fosfomycin combinations were evaluated by a time-kill assay according to the guidelines of the CLSI. Moreover, oxacillin and glycopeptides (vancomycin and teichoplanin) resistances were also characterized phenotypically and genotypically in this study. Out of 258 staphylococci, 52 were CoNS (20.2%). All isolates were multidrug resistant with 75% (n = 39) oxacillin-resistant, most of them with oxacillin MIC levels of >32 mg/L. Moreover, vancomycin non-susceptibility was observed in 46.2% (n = 24) of the tested isolates with MIC range of 4-32 mg/L. Identification of selected isolates revealed that S. epidermidis was the most abundant among tested CoNS, followed by S. hominis, S. saprophyticus, and interestingly S. caseolyticus. Furthermore, Synergistic and bactericidal effects of FOS + VAN combination were observed in 3 of 9 isolates after 6 h of treatment and in all studied isolates at 24 h. On the other hand, FOS + OXA combinations were ineffective. This study provides evidence that fosfomycin combination with vancomycin could be considered as a therapeutic alternative for CoNS infections. It also sheds some light on the possible emergence of the otherwise harmless bacterium S. caseolyticus as a human pathogen.Aim To assess the role of lithium treatment in the relationship between bipolar disorder (BD) and leukocyte telomere length (LTL). Materials & methods We compared LTL between 131 patients with BD, with or without a history of lithium treatment, and 336 controls. We tested the association between genetically determined LTL and BD in two large genome-wide association datasets. Results Patients with BD with a history lithium treatment showed longer LTL compared with never-treated patients (p = 0.015), and similar LTL compared with controls. Patients never treated with lithium showed shorter LTL compared with controls (p = 0.029). Mendelian randomization analysis showed no association between BD and genetically determined LTL. Conclusion Our data support previous findings showing that long-term lithium treatment might protect against telomere shortening.As the most diverse vertebrate group and a major component of a growing global aquaculture industry, teleosts continue to attract significant scientific attention. The growth in global aquaculture, driven by declines in wild stocks, has provided additional empirical demand, and thus opportunities, to explore teleost diversity. Among key developments is the recent growth in microbiome exploration, facilitated by advances in high-throughput sequencing technologies. Here, we consider studies on teleost gut microbiomes in the context of sustainable aquaculture, which we have discussed in four themes diet, immunity, artificial selection and closed-loop systems. We demonstrate the influence aquaculture has had on gut microbiome research, while also providing a road map for the main deterministic forces that influence the gut microbiome, with topical applications to aquaculture. Functional significance is considered within an aquaculture context with reference to impacts on nutrition and immunity. Finally, we identify key knowledge gaps, both methodological and conceptual, and propose promising applications of gut microbiome manipulation to aquaculture, and future priorities in microbiome research. These include insect-based feeds, vaccination, mechanism of pro- and prebiotics, artificial selection on the hologenome, in-water bacteriophages in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), physiochemical properties of water and dysbiosis as a biomarker.BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) is recommended as a preferred practice for advance care planning with seriously ill patients. Decision aids can assist patients in advance care planning, but there are limited studies on their use for POLST decisions. We hypothesized that after viewing a POLST video, decision aid participants would demonstrate increased knowledge and satisfaction and decreased decisional conflict. DESIGN Pre-and postintervention with no control group. SETTING/PARTICIPANTS Fifty community-dwelling adults aged 65 and older asked to complete a POLST based on a hypothetical condition. INTERVENTIONS Video decision aid for Sections A and B of the POLST form. MEASUREMENTS Pre- and postintervention participant knowledge, decisional satisfaction, decisional conflict, and acceptability of video decision aid. RESULTS Use of the video decision aid increased knowledge scores from 11.24 ± 2.77 to 14.32 ± 2.89, P less then .001, improved decisional satisfaction 10.