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Hematology
Meta-analysis
Susceptibility-guided combination therapy improves neurological status and reduces abscess size in a patient with nocardiosis
Case report: Brain infection in autoimmune hepatitis patient
This case report describes the management of disseminated nocardiosis in a 55-year-old man with autoimmune hepatitis. The patient showed gra…
A man with autoimmune hepatitis developed a rare brain infection after immunosuppression. Doctors treated it successfully with targeted anti…
Frontiers
Jul 17, 2026
Infectious Disease
Electronic health record study links prior antimicrobial resistance to bacteraemia in cancer patients
Prior Antibiotic Resistance Linked to Higher Bacteraemia Risk in Cancer Patients
This electronic health record study analyzed 2752 adults with cancer diagnostic codes in Oxfordshire, UK, between 2015 and 2025.
Past antibiotic resistance in cancer patients strongly predicts future bloodstream infections, with specific cancer types increasing odds of…
medRxiv
Apr 26, 2026
Drug Pipeline
Guideline
Brief research report on toxicity-guided TMP-SMX dose reduction in disseminated nocardiosis
Gold miner's rare infection treated with adjusted antibiotic dose
This brief research report describes a single case of disseminated nocardiosis with CNS involvement in a patient with pneumoconiosis.
A gold miner with a rare brain infection improved after doctors lowered his antibiotic dose due to severe side effects.
Frontiers
Apr 24, 2026