Ileal pouch-anal anastomosis in elderly patients: is there a difference in morbidity compared with younger patients?
Elderly patients who underwent IPAA had more comorbid conditions than younger patients. Except for rehospitalization for dehydration, medical and surgical postoperative complications were not different in the two groups.
Etest is a sensitive and reliable assay for evaluation of antibiotic susceptibility in the genus Bartonella. The higher sensitivity of this method allowed us to detect heterogeneity of susceptibility among fluoroquinolones that was associated with natural mutation in the QRDR of the DNA gyrase. Because a high level of resistance to fluoroquinolones due to a second mutation may be obtained easily in vitro, we believe that fluoroquinolone compounds should be avoided for the treatment of any Bartonella-related diseases.