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Operative control over intravascular leiomyomatosis.
Recent publications demonstrate that cotrimoxazole and clindamycin remain reliable and realistic therapeutic approaches for SSTIs.
Neisseria meningitidis (Nm) is primarily associated with asymptomatic nasopharyngeal carriage and invasive meningococcal disease (sepsis and meningitis), but like N. gonorrhoea (Ng), Nm can colonize urogenital and rectal mucosal surfaces and cause disease. First noted in 2015, but with origins in 2011, male urethritis clusters caused by a novel Nm clade were reported in the USA (the US_NmUC). This review describes research developments that characterize this urogenital-tropic Nm.

The US_NmUC evolved from encapsulated Nm serogroup C strains. Loss of capsule expression, lipooligosaccharide (LOS) sialylation, genetic acquisition of gonococcal alleles (including the gonococcal anaerobic growth aniA/norB cassette), antimicrobial peptide heteroresistance and high surface expression of a unique factor-H-binding protein, can contribute to the urethra-tropic phenotype. Loss-of-function mutations in mtrC are overrepresented in clade isolates. Similar to Ng, repeat US_NmUC urethritis episodes can occur. The US_NmUC is now circulating in the UK and Southeast Asia. Genomic sequencing has defined the clade and rapid diagnostic tests are being developed for surveillance.

The US_NmUC emerged as a cause of urethritis due to acquisition of gonococcal genetic determinants and phenotypic traits that facilitate urogenital tract infection. The epidemiology and pathogenesis of this urogenital-tropic pathogen continues to be defined.
The US_NmUC emerged as a cause of urethritis due to acquisition of gonococcal genetic determinants and phenotypic traits that facilitate urogenital tract infection. The epidemiology and pathogenesis of this urogenital-tropic pathogen continues to be defined.
A growing body of evidence suggests that integrase inhibitors (INSTIs) are significantly associated with weight gain and obesity. Obesity is a significant risk factor for metabolic syndrome and diabetes. This article comprehensively reviews recent available evidence weight gain and the risks of metabolic syndrome and diabetes associated with INSTIs.

Recent evidence continues to contribute to the evidence for weight gain associated with INSTIs, especially when used with newer nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, tenofovir alafenamide (TAF). Although the literature suggests a neutral effect on lipids, there is evidence that INSTIs are associated with metabolic syndrome due to treatment-emergent obesity. The literature for short-term treatment-emergent diabetes and insulin resistance remains inconsistent, but there is some evidence that weight gain could lead to an increased risk of developing diabetes in the future.

Longer term studies are required to understand the metabolic impact of INSTIs, secondary to weight gain. Evidence suggests that INSTIs, when used with TAF, contribute to metabolic syndrome and may have long-term risks of diabetes. INSTIs, when used with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, have fewer metabolic implications. Epigenetics inhibitor Clinicians must monitor for weight gain and metabolic effects, especially in those with underlying risk factors.
Longer term studies are required to understand the metabolic impact of INSTIs, secondary to weight gain. Evidence suggests that INSTIs, when used with TAF, contribute to metabolic syndrome and may have long-term risks of diabetes. INSTIs, when used with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, have fewer metabolic implications. Clinicians must monitor for weight gain and metabolic effects, especially in those with underlying risk factors.Cardiac metastases are an infrequent site of metastasis in neuroendocrine tumors, and the treatment implications in the era of peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) are unclear. Potential safety concerns exist regarding cardiac integrity and function in response to PRRT. We describe our institutional experience with 4 patients with well-differentiated, midgut neuroendocrine tumors with cardiac involvement detected on Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT scans who were treated with PRRT.
Treatment of a coronary bifurcation lesion is often required in routine clinical practice, but data on the performance of very thin-strut biodegradable polymer drug-eluting stents are scarce.

Comparison of biodegradable polymer and durable polymer drug-eluting stents in an all comers population (BIO-RESORT) is a prospective, multicenter randomized clinical trial that included 3514 all-comer patients, who were randomized to very thin-strut biodegradable polymer-coated sirolimus- or everolimus-eluting stents, versus thin-strut durable polymer-coated zotarolimus-eluting stents. The approach of bifurcation stenting was left at the operator's discretion, and provisional stenting was generally preferred. This prespecified analysis assessed 3-year clinical outcome of all patients in whom treatment involved at least one bifurcation with a side-branch diameter ≥1.5 mm.

Of all BIO-RESORT trial participants, 1236 patients were treated in bifurcation lesions and analyzed. Single- and two-stent techniques were used after stenting all-comers with bifurcation lesions, clinical outcome was similar with the sirolimus-eluting and everolimus-eluting stents versus the zotarolimus-eluting stent.
We report a series of 355 consecutive patients treated over 9 years in a single institution with intended PDC.

Surgery for MPM has shifted from extra-pleural pneumonectomy to PDC with the goal of MCR.

Clinical and outcome data were reviewed. Kaplan-Meier estimators and log rank test were used to compare the overall survival, and logistic regression models were used.

MCR was achieved in 304. There were 223 males, median age was 69 and histology was epithelioid in 184. The 30 and 90-day mortality were 3.0% and 4.6%.Most complications were low grade. Prolonged air leak in 141, deep venous thrombosis in 64, Atrial fibrillation in 42, chylothorax in 24, Empyema in 23, pneumonia in 21, Hemothorax in 12 and pulmonary embolus in 8.Median/5-year survival were 20.7 months/17.9% in the intent-to-treat cohort and 23.2 months/21.2% in the MCR group. The survivals were best for patients with T1stage and epithelioid histology (69.8 months/54.1%). In a multivariable analysis, factors that were found to be associated with longer patient overall survival included epithelioid histology, T stage, quantitative clinical stage/tumor volume staging, adjuvant chemotherapy, intraoperative heated chemo, female sex, and length of stay shorter than 14 days.
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