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Staphylococcus aureus is an organism that is quite common in many diseases, including skin and soft tissue infections, bacteremias, and pneumonia. It causes fairly severe infection due to its significant number of toxins and virulence factors. I have mentioned the superantigen that causes toxic shock syndrome however another toxin that is useful to know about
I have been hesitant about posting anything related to influenza vaccines. This is in part because the data changes from season to season, and the amount of literature that comes out is staggering (seriously, take a look at pubmed and you will see what I mean). Further, there seems to be a lot of misinformation
This is a difficult post to go over since there is so much data to comb through that will likely change as the years go by (as with any topic I write about, but more so about therapy for influenza). Stay tuned as the flu season comes upon us, as this post may be updated
Last week I talked about invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in influenza and COVID patients. This is not the first time I have talked about this topic. I have mentioned how the halo sign is not terribly specific for IPA, especially in hematological patients and the testing characteristics of galactomannan. I have also spoken about the other
Influenza season is right around the corner, and given the current circumstances, it is a terrifying thought to have both COVID and flu running around. Besides causing significant respiratory distress and subsequent ARDS, severe influenza leads to bacterial superinfection with organisms such as Staph aureus and Streptococcal pneumonia. This usually happens in 10-35% of cases
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