While shorter time to blood culture positivity was linked with infective endocarditis, it was not associated with mortality or sepsis in Streptococcus agalactiae bacteremia.
The nurse practitioner profession claims the No. 1 spot across three categories in the U.S. News & World Report 2026 Best Jobs rankings for the third consecutive year.
A fatal NEJM case highlights how invasive meningococcal disease—particularly serogroup W—can present without rash, masquerade as gastrointestinal illness, and rapidly progress to shock and DIC.