Acute Brucellosis Presenting with Bleeding Tendency due to Isolated Severe Thrombocytopenia by M. Aon, T. Al-Enezi

“…The patient was diagnosed as suffering from brucellosis on the basis of a strongly positive serologic reaction and was treated with antibiotics and a short course of corticosteroids, with a rapid rise in platelet count. Brucella infection can cause immune-mediated thrombocytopenia that is reversible after appropriate antimicrobial therapy and steroid treatment.…”
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Multiple bronchopleural fistulas resolved with combination stent therapy by Aga Jimu, Xiuli Liu, Yingqi Fan, Pengfei Yu

“…We employed a comprehensive management strategy comprising rigorous infection control, meticulous chest drainage, antitumor treatment, and targeted deployment of bronchial stents. …”
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The impact of vaccines and vaccinations: Challenges and opportunities for modelers by Roy Curtiss III

“…After describing major infectious diseases and the current status for control by vaccination, the barriers to infection and the attributes of innate and acquired immunity contributing to control are discussed. …”
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Listeria monocytogenes endophthalmitis – case report with a good visual outcome by Milena Grad, Patrycja Duda, Barbara Terelak-Borys, Edyta Czapczyńska, Iwona Grabska-Liberek

“…Endogenic endophthalmitis due to Listeria monocytogenes infection is an uncommon entity, affecting mainly immunocompromised patients. …”
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Infektif Endokarditis Pada Penyakit Jantung Tiroid by Pradita Diah Permatasari

“…Infective endocarditis is an endocardial surface infection of the heart including heart valves that can be fatal. …”
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Changing Pattern of Clinical Illness in Children with Group A Streptococcal Bacteremia by Kim J Burrows, Scott A Halperin, Margaret Swift, Robert Bortolussi

“…Objective: To test the hypothesis that bacteremia caused by group A streptococci (gas) has become more common and the presentation of the infection more severe in the Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children during the past decade.…”
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An Incidental Finding of Whipple’s Disease Masquerading as Nonspecific, Long-Standing Symptoms by Thomas Tuggle, Alison I. Orvin, Christian Caveness, Christopher Ingram

“…Whipple’s disease is a rare bacterial infection that is often present for years prior to diagnosis. …”
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2019–2020 Florida Citrus Pest Management Guide: Citrus Scab by Megan M. Dewdney

“…There is no need to control citrus scab on processing fruit, except possibly on Temples, where severe early infection reduces fruit size. Reduction or elimination of foliage wetting on susceptible varieties during the active growth period of the fruit will decrease disease severity. …”
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Sneezing during Micturition: A Possible Trigger of Acute Bacterial Prostatitis by William Derval Aiken

“…A perfectly well 39-year-old man sneezed during micturition and developed classic features of acute bacterial prostatitis corroborated by laboratory evidence of prostatic inflammation/infection. The prostate-specific antigen level at presentation was 9.6 ng/mL and declined to 1.23 ng/mL one month later on levofloxacin. …”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines for Peritonitis Treatment. by Frank Carlos Alvarez Li, Carlos Jaime Geroy Gómez, Diosdania Alfonso Falcón, Alexis Díaz Mesa

“…It is a general or local inflammatory process of the peritoneal membrane after a chemical irritation, bacterial invasion (intra-abdominal infection), local necrosis or direct contusion. It includes concept, classification, diagnosis, and medical and surgical treatment. …”
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Application of Medical-Nursing Integration Multidisciplinary-Assisted Surgical Wound Nursing Mode in Improving the Quality of Wound Treatment by Jinyan Wang, Ting Yuan, Jun Shi

“…Surgical treatment is a common clinical intervention for trauma, but postoperative pain and poor nursing lead to slow wound recovery and wound infection. Therefore, it is extremely important to select effective nursing intervention methods to improve the quality of wound treatment. …”
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A Case of Upper Limb Osteomyelitis and Septic Arthritis Presenting as Pseudoparalysis in a Two-Week-Old by Kuldeep Stohr, Guang Xia Xu

“…Pseudoparalysis presenting in infants is a rare manifestation, where infection and trauma are the principle differentials. …”
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The Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic on Family Stability in Ntungamo Sub-county Ntungamo District. by Nasasira, Kennedy

“…The COVID-19 global pandemic has brought many challenges to people's lives including quarantine and other social distancing measures put in place to prevent the rapid spread of infection and serious illness or death. The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of covid-19 pandemic on the family stability in Ntungamo District.…”
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Epidemic Analysis and Mathematical Modelling of Influenza with Vaccination. by Musiime, Catherine

“…We show that if the product of the recruitment rate and the ratio of infection rate to mean latent period is less than the product the sums µ + m, µ + m and + a + y; where µ, a, y, m and 1/ware natural death rate, disease-related death rate, recovery rate, vaccination rate and mean latent period, respectively; then the disease-free equilibrium will be locally and globally asymptotically stable, an indication that that disease can be eradicated from the population.…”
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What Makes Umbilical Cord Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Superior Immunomodulators When Compared to Bone Marrow Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells? by R. N. Bárcia, J. M. Santos, M. Filipe, M. Teixeira, J. P. Martins, J. Almeida, A. Água-Doce, S. C. P. Almeida, A. Varela, S. Pohl, K. E. J. Dittmar, S. Calado, S. I. Simões, M. M. Gaspar, M. E. M. Cruz, W. Lindenmaier, L. Graça, H. Cruz, P. E. Cruz

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Diverse fox circovirus (Circovirus canine) variants circulate at high prevalence in grey wolves (Canis lupus) from the Northwest Territories, Canada by Canuti, Marta, King, Abigail V.L., Franzo, Giovanni, Cluff, H. Dean, Larsen, Lars E., Fenton, Heather, Dufour, Suzanne C., Lang, Andrew S.

“…While the percentage of co-infections with canine parvoviruses, investigated in a previous study, was high (63/72, 87.5%), the rate of parvovirus infection in CanineCV-negative animals was significantly lower (42/87, 48.3%, χ2 = 27.03, p < 0.001), and CanineCV infection was associated with a 7.5- and 2.4-fold increase in the risk of acquiring canine parvovirus 2 or canine bufavirus infections, respectively (odds ratios: 3.5-16.9 and 1.3-5.8). …”
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Peptide platform for 3D-printed Ti implants with synergistic antibacterial and osteogenic functions to enhance osseointegration by Chenying Cui, Yifan Zhao, Jingyu Yan, Ziyang Bai, Guning Wang, Yingyu Liu, Yurong Xu, Lihong Zhou, Kaifang Zhang, Yanling Mi, Binbin Zhang, Xiuping Wu, Bing Li

“…Bone defects caused by trauma, infection, or tumors present a major clinical challenge. …”
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Evaluating the controlled reopening of nightlife during the COVID-19 pandemic: a matched cohort study in Sitges, Spain, in May 2021 (Reobrim Sitges) by Mercè Marzo-Castillejo, Joan Colom, Betlem Salvador-González, Josep Basora, Oriol Cunillera Puértolas, Sara Contreras-Martos, Darío López Gallegos, Mateo Acedo Anta, Jesús Almeda Ortega

“…Objectives To assess the impact of relaxing the state of alarm restrictions on SARS-CoV-2 infections at 14 days among people attending reopened nightclub venues.Design Matched cohort study with a paired control group (1:5 ratio).Setting Five small nightclubs with indoor areas and outdoor terraces, in a nightlife-restricted area in Sitges, Spain, on 20 May 2021. …”
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Understanding the potential impact of trimester-specific maternal immune activation due to SARS-CoV-2 on early human neurodevelopment and the role of cytokine balance by Alexandre Díaz-Pons, Sergio Castaño-Castaño, Víctor Ortiz-García de la Foz, Ángel Yorca-Ruiz, Carlos Martínez-Asensi, Eva Munarriz-Cuezva, Rosa Ayesa-Arriola

“…Neurodevelopment was assessed using the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS) at six weeks of age. Trimester of infection was considered in the main analyses. Results: Results showed no significant overall delays in early neurodevelopment due to maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with severe fatigue 2 years into the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional population-based study in Geneva, Switzerland by Silvia Stringhini, Idris Guessous, C Martinez, A Flahault, S Hurst, N Vuilleumier, L Kaiser, K M Posfay-Barbe, O Zimmermann, S Stringhini, A Uppal, P Schaller, J Berthelot, D Pittet, H Baysson, Hélène Baysson, S Yerly, E Lorthe, Mayssam Nehme, Nick Pullen, María-Eugenia Zaballa, A Bal, Clément Romain Hugo Graindorge, Stephanie Schrempft, I Arm-Vernez, A S Azman, D Bachmann, J-F Balavoine, R P Barbe, A R Bouhet, G Bryand-Rumley, F Chappuis, P Collombet, S Coudurier-Boeuf, D S Courvoisier, C de Mestral, P D’ippolito, R Dubos, R Dumont, N El Merjani, N Francioli, C Graindorge, I Guessous, S Harnal, G Kathari, O Kherad, J Lamour, P Lescuyer, A G L’Huillier, A J Loizeau, S Mechoullam, L Metral-Boffod, M Nehme, N Noël, F Pennacchio, J Perez-Saez, G Poulain, C Pugin, N Pullen, V Richard, D Rochat, S Rouzinov, K Samir, H S Ramirez, E Satin, S Schrempft, C Semaani, S Testini, D Urrutia-Rivas, C Verolet, P Vetter, J Villers, G Violot, A Wisniak, M-E Zaballa

“…Heightened fatigue among young adults is partly explained by depressive symptoms. Recent COVID-19 infection is substantially associated with severe fatigue, regardless of infection severity or co-occurrence of depressive disorder.Trial registration number CCER project ID 2020-00881.…”
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