Bloodstream infections in patients receiving manufactured parenteral nutrition with vs without lipids: is the use of lipids really deleterious?
When administered with premixed PN, lipid emulsion was not significantly associated with an increase in the risk of infectious morbidity when compared to omitting lipids from therapy.
Even in an area in which Lyme disease is endemic, the risk of infection with B. burgdorferi after a recognized deer-tick bite is so low that prophylactic antimicrobial treatment is not routinely indicated.