Aeromonas dhakensis, an Increasingly Recognized Human Pathogen

Aeromonas dhakensis, an Increasingly Recognized Human Pathogen

Aeromonas dhakensis was first isolated from children with diarrhea in Dhaka, Bangladesh and described in 2002. In the past decade, increasing evidence indicate this species is widely distributed in the environment and can cause a variety of infections both in human and animals, especially in coastal areas. A. dhakensis is often misidentified as A. hydrophila, A. veronii, or A. caviae by commerc...

Human Coronavirus (HCoV) Infection Among Adults in Cleveland, Ohio: An Increasingly Recognized Respiratory Pathogen

Metoclopramide, an Increasingly Recognized Cause

T ardive dyskinesia (TD), a hyperkinetic movement disorder causally related to dopamine receptorblocking drug (DRBD) exposure, is a well-recognized iatrogenic disorder in adults1 and less commonly seen in children and i n f a n t ~ . ~ J Although the literature on TD mainly focuses on patients treated with DRBDs used as antipsychotics, DRBDs are also used to treat a wide array of medical, chief...

Astrovirus VA1/HMO-C: An Increasingly Recognized Neurotropic Pathogen in Immunocompromised Patients

BACKGROUND An 18-month-old boy developed encephalopathy, for which extensive investigation failed to identify an etiology, 6 weeks after stem cell transplant. To exclude a potential infectious cause, we performed high-throughput RNA sequencing on brain biopsy. METHODS RNA-Seq was performed on an Illumina Miseq, generating 20 million paired-end reads. Nonhost data were checked for similarity t...

Microalbuminuria: An increasingly recognized risk factor for CVD

Microalbuminuria—abnormally high amounts of albumin in the urine— is commonly thought of as an important risk factor for kidney disease. But recently, studies have emerged highlighting microalbuminuria as an important, independent marker for endothelial dysfunction and CVD. Heightened awareness of microalbuminuria as an early prognostic indicator of CVD risk, knowing when, how, and in whom to s...