Protective effects of 18β-glycyrrhetinic acid on Pasteurella multocida–induced vascular inflammatory injury in mice by Qirong Lu, Qirong Lu, Luyao Wang, Luyao Wang, Xueping Jiang, Xueping Jiang, Wantong Han, Wantong Han, Pu Guo, Pu Guo, Yu Liu, Yu Liu, Shulin Fu, Shulin Fu, Jianglin Xiong, Jianglin Xiong, Zhongyuan Wu, Zhongyuan Wu, Yinsheng Qiu, Yinsheng Qiu

“…Pasteurella multocida (Pm) is a widespread zoonotic pathogen with the ability to infect wild animals, livestock, and humans. Pm infection can cause haemorrhagic pneumonia, indicating that the pathogenesis involves serious vascular injury and inflammation. 18β-Glycyrrhetinic acid (GA) has cardiovascular protective and anti-inflammatory effects, but its effect on vascular injury caused by Pm infection is not clear. …”
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Canadian Patterns of Antimicrobial Resistance: Overview of Current Trends Related to Hospital Pathogens by Tony Mazzulli

“…Continued surveillance, antibiotic stewardship, and adherence to good infection prevention and control measures will lead to a better understanding of the epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance in Canadian hospitals, as well as help to control its spread.…”
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Evaluating the Cause of Death in Obese Individuals: A Ten-Year Medical Autopsy Study by Jad Saab, Steven P. Salvatore

“…The leading causes of death in the obese population were malignancy (31.4%), infection (25.9%), ischemic heart disease (12.8%), and pulmonary embolism (6.2%). …”
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Wickerhamomyces anomalous: A Rare Cause of Fungemia Causing Febrile Neutropenia in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia by Vibha Mehta, Aroop Mohanty, Suneeta Meena, J. S. Rahul, Nath Uttam Kumar, Debranjani Chattopadhyay, Anamika Bakliwal, Ranjana Choudhary, Pratima Gupta

“…Candida bloodstream infection is the major cause of increased morbidity and mortality (20–49%) in hospitalized patients in both paediatric and adult age groups. …”
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Identifying clinical phenotypes for hospitalized patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease acute exacerbation by Mayar Mamdoh, Mohamed A.H. El Nady, Hebatallah H. Assal, Gihan Saad, Amira I.A. Eldin, May S. Soliman, Amani A. Elkholy, Sara E.E. Haddad, Noha S. Soliman, Gehan Hamdy

“…Four phenotypes were identified as bacterial, viral, co-infection, and noninfectious. Regarding the clinical outcome, the viral phenotype had the highest ICU admission rate (58.3%), while the co-infection phenotype had the highest mean duration of hospital stay (18.13±16.8 days), and in-hospital mortality of 37.5%. …”
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Anti-Inflammatory and Antimicrobial Actions of Vitamin D in Combating TB/HIV by Anna K. Coussens, Adrian R. Martineau, Robert J. Wilkinson

“…Vitamin D metabolites can increase antimicrobial activity in innate immune cells, which, in the context of HIV-1 coinfection, have insufficient T cell-mediated help to combat Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection. Moreover, maintaining vitamin D sufficiency prior to MTB infection enhances the innate antimicrobial response to T cell-mediated interferon-γ. …”
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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: A telephonic survey in patients with systemic lupus erythematosusxs by Reuben Praharsh Kumar, Sandra Manuel, D Elizabeth, Vineeta Shobha

“…The questionnaire included a series of 15 questions pertaining to their baseline characteristics, COVID-19 infection and vaccination details, and their perceptions regarding the COVID-19 vaccine. …”
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Effectiveness of Palivizumab in Preventing RSV Hospitalization in High Risk Children: A Real-World Perspective by Nusrat Homaira, William Rawlinson, Thomas L. Snelling, Adam Jaffe

“…Infection with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the major causes globally of childhood respiratory morbidity and hospitalization. …”
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Long-Term Results of Reconstruction with Pelvic Allografts after Wide Resection of Pelvic Sarcomas by Mehmet Ayvaz, Senol Bekmez, M. Ugur Mermerkaya, Omur Caglar, Emre Acaroglu, A. Mazhar Tokgozoglu

“…However, high complication rates such as infection and allograft resorption had been reported in the literature. …”
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Studies of biofilms and phenotypic characteristics of Candida fungi by E. M. Lenchenko, N. P. Sachivkina

“…Candida spp. pathogenicity factors contribute to infection of susceptible species due to adhesion, invasion, secretion of hydrolases, dimorphism. …”
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Profil Bakteri Patogen dan Kepekaannya pada Pasien Ventilator Associated Pneumonia dengan Infeksi COVID- 19 di Rumah Sakit UKRIDA¬ by Jeremy Christopher, Ade Dharmawan, Donna Mesina Pasaribu, Nicolas Layanto

“…Conclusion: The discovery of MDR bacteria in patients with VAP and the limited availability of susceptible antibiotics highlights the importance of conducting antibiotic resistance surveillance and infection control, especially in the era of COVID-19. …”
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Pyelonephritis and Bacteremia Caused by Klebsiella variicola following Renal Transplantation by Cody Lo, Shazia Masud, Gregory D. Deans

“…However, K. variicola is not a commonly known organism to cause this infection. Despite the risk of allograft failure in this circumstance, this patient was successfully treated with a 14-day course of antibiotic therapy.…”
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Prevalence of Antibody to Hepatitis C Virus in Saudi Blood Donors by Bandar Al-Knawy, Awad A El-Mekki, Jamal Hamdi, Raja Thiga, Anwar Sheikha

“…The prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) was retrospectively determined using a second generation enzyme immunoassay in 3868 blood donors from the southern part of Saudi Arabia in an area with high prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Of 3354 Saudis, 48 (1.43%) were seropositive for anti-HCV. …”
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A two-strain TB model with multiplelatent stages by Azizeh Jabbari, Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Fereshteh Nazari, Baojun Song, Hossein Kheiri

“…We show that exogenous re-infection may help established resilient communities of actively-TB infected individuals that cannot be eliminated using approaches based exclusively on the ability to bring the control reproductive number just below $1$.…”
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Implications of Prevalence and Intensity of Soil-Transmitted Helminthes (STHs) on Rural Farmers’ Productivity in Selected Districts of Sierra Leone by Mohamed Ngegba, Emmanuel Hinckley, Muctar Koroma, Alfred Ngegba, Oladimeji Oladele

“…The recommendation is that farmers and children be periodically dewormed for STH infection in rural areas.…”
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Beyond immortality: Epstein–Barr virus and the intricate dance of programmed cell death in cancer development by Arezoo Esmaeili, Prankur Awasthi, Samira Tabaee

“…Furthermore, the insights gleaned from this review could catalyze the design of vaccines aimed at preventing EBV infection or curtailing its oncogenic impact. Innovatively, the review synthesizes recent discoveries on the multifaceted roles of non-coding RNAs and cellular signaling pathways in modulating cell death within the context of EBV infection. …”
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Biosynthetic mesh in hernia repair: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Iyad S. Al-Bustami, Thomas Clements, Dalya Ferguson, Alamin Harmouch, Oscar A. Olavarria, Julie L. Holihan

“…Secondary outcomes included surgical site infection (SSI), surgical site occurrence (SSO), and reoperation. …”
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A case series of melioidosis: An underdiagnosed entity in Kerala by Ebrahimkutty Shanimole Puthenpurayil, Pulikottil Shoba Kurian, Alexander Vipin Sam

“…Melioidosis is an emerging infection in India and is caused by a Gram-negative oxidase-positive bacilli, Burkholderia pseudomallei which is present in soil and surface water in the endemic region. …”
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Noninvasive Monitoring of Pneumococcal Meningitis and Evaluation of Treatment Efficacy in an Experimental Mouse Model by Jagath L. Kadurugamuwa, Kshitij Modi, Jun Yu, Kevin P. Francis, Carlos Orihuela, Elaine Tuomanen, Anthony F. Purchio, Pamela R. Contag

“…No untreated animal survived beyond 48 hr after induction of infection. Colony counts of infected cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) correlated positively with bioluminescent signals. …”
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The Effect of Gram Negative Bacteria on Semen Parameters of a Sample of Infertile Men and Antibiotic Susceptibility Tests by Huda Mohammed Jawed, Mohammed Shamkhi Jabur

“…The detrimental effect of bacterial infection on male infertility was in no whole agreement. …”
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