FATAL CASE OF DONOR-DERIVED COLISTIN-RESISTANT CARBAPENEMASE-PRODUCING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE TRANSMISSION IN CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION

Fatal case of donor-derived colistin-resistant carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae transmission in cardiac transplantation

Herein we report a fatal case of donor-derived transmission of XDR-resistant carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (KPC-Kp) in cardiac transplantation.A 59-year-old male patient with non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy underwent heart transplantation.On day 5 post-operation, blood cultures from the donor were positive for colistin-r

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Tailoring a traditional Chinese medicine prescription for complex diseases: A novel multi-targets-directed gradient weighting strategy

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) exerts integrative effects on complex diseases owing to the characteristics of multiple components with multiple targets.However, the syndrome-based system of diagnosis and treatment in TCM can easily lead to bias because of varying medication preferences among physicians, which has been a major challenge in the g

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OCCURRENCE IN THE SOIL AND DISPERSAL OF Lecanicillium lecanii, A FUNGAL PATHOGEN OF THE GREEN COFFEE SCALE (Coccus viridis) AND COFFEE RUST (Hemileia vastatrix)

The fungus Lecanicillium lecanii attacks the green scale (Coccus viridis), a pest of coffee, and is also a hyperparasite of coffee rust (Hemileia vastatrix).Knowledge of the epizootiology of this fungus is potentially important for conservation biological control in coffee agroecosystems.The presence of viable propagules of L.lecanii in the soil, a

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