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0.25mg/ml PCN had a clearer inhibition zone than 0.05mg/ml PCN, suggesting a dose-dependent inhibition of PCN on the AB strains. The four PA strains that demonstrated a high degree of inhibition had a relatively high amount of PCN.

Selected strains of PA exert inhibitory actions on MDR-AB with PCN being a possible inhibitory agent. This finding raises the possibility of developing effective therapeutic antibiotics and disinfectant from specific components of PA for the treatment and control of Acinetobacter-associated infections in hospital settings.

Selected strains of PA exert inhibitory actions on MDR-AB with PCN being a possible inhibitory agent. This finding raises the possibility of developing effective therapeutic antibiotics and disinfectant from specific components of PA for the treatment and control of Acinetobacter-associated infections in hospital settings.

To describe a novel in-plane ultrasound (U/S)-guided temporal approach to peribulbar block in dogs.

Prospective experimental cadaver study.

A group of 10 Beagle cadavers.

After describing the U/S anatomy, peribulbar injection was performed bilaterally in 10 thawed Beagle cadavers by two randomly assigned operators. A 5-8 MHz microconvex U/S probe was positioned caudal to the orbital ligament in the longitudinal plane. Using an in-plane technique, methylene blue dye was injected in five dogs (10 eyes total), while methylene blue dye and iohexol contrast mixture (5050) were injected in the remaining five dogs. Injection volume was 0.2 mL cm



of cranial length. A computed tomography (CT) scan was performed on dogs injected with dye and contrast to identify spread of contrast. Dissection to visualize dye spread in the orbit was performed in all dogs. Injection success was defined as spread of contrast into the peribulbar space. The pattern of distribution of contrast-dye was also assessed. Comparisons quired to evaluate this technique clinically.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection has been implicated in the pathogenesis of allograft rejection in heart transplant (HT) recipients. The effect of a CMV infection on the gene expression profiling (GEP, AlloMap) scores in the absence of acute rejection is not known.

Data from 14,985 samples collected from 2,288 adult HT recipients enrolled in Outcomes AlloMap Registry were analyzed. Patients with known CMV serology at the time of HT who had at least 1 AlloMap score reported during follow-up were included. AlloMap scores for those patients with CMV (but no ongoing rejection) were compared with those who were never infected. An exploratory analysis on the impact of CMV on available donor-derived cell-free DNA (AlloSure) was also performed.

A total of 218 patients (10%) were reported to have CMV infection after transplantation. AlloMap score in those samples with CMV infection (n = 311) had a GEP score (34; range 29-36) significantly higher than the GEP score from samples (n = 14,674) obtained in the absence of CMV infection (30; range 26-34; p < 0.0001). Both asymptomatic viremia and CMV disease demonstrated significantly higher AlloMap scores than no CMV infection samples (median scores 33, 35, and 30, respectively; p < 0.0001). AlloSure levels, available for 776 samples, were not significantly different (median 0.23% in 18 samples with CMV infection vs 0.15% in 776 samples without CMV infection; p = 0.66).

CMV infection in HT recipients is associated with an increase in AlloMap score, whereas AlloSure results do not appear to be impacted. This information should be considered when clinically interpreting abnormal/high AlloMap scores in HT recipients.

CMV infection in HT recipients is associated with an increase in AlloMap score, whereas AlloSure results do not appear to be impacted. This information should be considered when clinically interpreting abnormal/high AlloMap scores in HT recipients.

We sought to assess the outcomes after heart transplantation (HT) of patients supported with a temporary total artificial heart (t-TAH) as a bridge to transplantation in high-volume centers.

A retrospective analysis of 217 consecutive patients who underwent t-TAH (SynCardia Systems, Tucson, Arizona) implantation between January 2014 and May 2019 in 6 high-volume North American centers was performed. End points included survival and adverse events after t-TAH and HT.

The mean age of patients was 49 ± 12 years, and heart failure etiologies were non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (36%), ischemic (25%), restrictive (12%), and cardiac graft failure (9%). A total of 101 (48%) patients had Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support patient profile 1, and 65 (31%) had Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support patient profile 2. At the end of the study period, 138 of 217 (63.5%) patients had undergone HT, and 75 (34.5%) patients died before HT. The mean time between t-TAH implantation and HT averaged 181 ± 179 days (range 0-849) and the mean follow-up after HT was 35 ± 25 months. The overall survival in the entire cohort was 75%, 64%, and 58% at 1, 2, and 5 years, respectively. Post-transplant survival was 88%, 84%, 79%, and 74% at 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, and 5 years, respectively. Among the 32 patients (23%) who died after HT, the main causes of death were chronic allograft vasculopathy (25%), multiorgan failure (21.8%), sepsis (15.6%), and stroke (9%).

In this multicenter study, almost two thirds of patients implanted with a t-TAH could be transplanted. find more The overall and post-transplantation survival after t-TAH was satisfactory in these critically ill patients.

In this multicenter study, almost two thirds of patients implanted with a t-TAH could be transplanted. The overall and post-transplantation survival after t-TAH was satisfactory in these critically ill patients.

To evaluate the utility of in-bore multiparametric magnetic resonance-guided biopsy of the prostate (IB) in patients with visible lesion/s and previous negative software-based multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging/ultrasonography fusion-targeted biopsy of the prostate (FTB).

We retrospectively analysed prospectively maintained database including consecutive men undergoing IB from March 2013 to October 2017 in 2 European centres expert in this procedure. We selected men with the following criteria No previous treatment for prostate cancer (CaP), multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) lesion(s) PIRADS score ≥ 3, FTB showing no clinically significant cancer (csCaP), and subsequent IB. Patient's characteristics, mpMRI findings, biopsy technique, and histopathological results were extracted. The primary outcome was to determine the detection rate of csCaP, defined as any Gleason pattern ≥ 4. A multivariable analysis was performed to identify predictors of positive findings at IB.

Fifty-three men were included.