Extracellular Vesicles of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Are More Effectively Accessed through Polyethylene Glycol-Based Precipitation than by Ultracentrifugation by Lei Jia, Bo Li, Cong Fang, Xiaoyan Liang, Yingjun Xie, Xiaofang Sun, Wen Wang, Lei Zheng, Ding Wang

“…We harvested EVs from amniotic fluid MSCs (AF-MSCs) by UC- or PEG-based precipitation methods and conducted a comparison study of those EVs derived by the two methods: output, RNA, and protein expression of EVs and EV biological reaction in a THP-1-cell model of LPS induction, which was considered an infection model. There was no difference in morphology, size, or specific marker-positive ratio of PEG-EVs and UC-EVs, but PEG obtained more EV particles, protein, and RNA than the UC method. …”
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Identification of Ocular and Auditory Manifestations of Congenital Rubella Syndrome in Mbingo by Imran Jivraj, Chris J. Rudnisky, Emmanuel Tambe, Graham Tipple, Matthew T. S. Tennant

“…Serological evidence of rubella infection was obtained using standardized IgG antibody titers. …”
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Clinicopathological, Histopathological, and Immunohistochemical Analysis of Mandibular Fibrosarcoma in a DSH Cat: A Case Report by Mahmood Ahmadi‐hamedani, Hamid Reza Moslemi, Sahar Ghaffari Khaligh, Mehdi Sedghi, Kimia Sattari

“…A five‐day course of adjunctive treatment, including ceftriaxone (5.5 mg/kg via IV) and clindamycin (25 mg/kg via IV), was given due to a suspicion of infection. Pantoprazole, metoclopramide (administered at 1 mg/kg via IV and IM), and duphalyte 500 mL (10 mL/kg IV) were used concurrently to alleviate nausea and stimulate appetite. …”
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Association of Catharanthus yellow mosaic virus and a novel Tomato leaf curl Lucknow betasatellite with papaya leaf curl disease (PaLCD) in India by Priyanka, Yusuf Akhter, Sangeeta Saxena

“…Papaya leaf curl disease (PaLCD) poses a significant threat to global papaya production, driven by complex infections involving various begomovirus-betasatellite combinations. …”
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An Eleven-Year Retrospective Study of Endogenous Bacterial Endophthalmitis by Takashi Nishida, Kyoko Ishida, Yoshiaki Niwa, Hideaki Kawakami, Kiyofumi Mochizuki, Kiyofumi Ohkusu

“…Collected data included age, site of infection, visual acuities (VAs), microbial profiles, and treatment regimen. …”
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Amyloid β-Related Angiitis Causing Coma Responsive to Immunosuppression by Shennan A. Weiss, David Pisapia, Stephan A. Mayer, Joshua Z. Willey, Kiwon Lee

“…Serum and cerebrospinal fluid studies showed a lymphocytic leukocytosis in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), but no other evidence of infection, and the patient underwent a brain biopsy. …”
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Pattern of Pediatric Dermatoses in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Western Nepal by Yogesh Poudyal, Annu Ranjit, Santosh Pathak, Nagendra Chaudhary

“…Three most common dermatoses were fungal infections (18.5%), eczema (14.4%), and acne (10.1%). …”
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Is COVID-19 pandemic associated with sadness? A prepandemic and postpandemic comparison by Samuel Carvalho Dumith, Elizabet Saes-Silva, Fernanda de Oliveira Meller, Antônio Augusto Schäfer, Micaela Rabelo Quadra, Lauro Miranda Demenech

“…The exposure variables were infection by the coronavirus SARS-COV-19, contact with someone infected by COVID-19, presence of any symptoms of COVID-19, remote work after the pandemic, social distancing, infodemic behavior, and fear of COVID-19. …”
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Detection and Role of Some Interleukins and Tumor Necrotic Factor Alpha among Patients with Tuberculosis by Wael Rasheed Obaead Alfatlawi, Marwa Kadhim Khudhair, Jwan Ahmed Ali

“…Objective: This study aims to measure the levels of IL-2, IL-10, IL-17, and TNF-α in patients infected with TB and determine the influence of these cytokines on the confirmed infection. …”
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Case report: A case of mycobacterium bovis, in a previously healthy 10-year-old girl in Lebanon by Amal Naous, MD, Zeina Naja, MD, Aref Ramadan, MD, Batoul Ahmad-Kassem, MD, Walaa Saba Tayon, MD, Mahmoud Abdelnabi, MD, Lynn Mansour, Zenah Delbani, Elissa El-judri, Ali Zeidan, Mariam Rajab, MD

“…This case portrays a patient initially treated for a fungal infection after presenting with weight loss, anorexia, and positive fecal occult blood. …”
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An image dataset for surveillance of personal protective equipment adherence in healthcare by Wanzhao Yang, Mary S. Kim, Genevieve J. Sippel, Aaron H. Mun, Kathleen H. McCarthy, Beomseok Park, Aleksandra Sarcevic, Marius George Linguraru, Ivan Marsic, Randall S. Burd

“…Abstract Proper personal protective equipment (PPE) use is critical to prevent disease transmission to healthcare providers, especially those treating patients with a high infection risk. To address the challenge of monitoring PPE usage in healthcare, computer vision has been evaluated for tracking adherence. …”
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Systemic inflammatory response index improves prognostic predictive value in intensive care unit patients with sepsis by Tuo Xu, Shuaiwei Song, Ke Zhu, Yin Yang, Chengyu Wu, Naixue Wang, Shu Lu

“…The systemic inflammatory response index (SIRI), a new inflammatory indicator, has shown good predictive value in chronic infection, stroke, and cancer. The purpose of this study was to investigate the connection between sepsis and SIRI and evaluate its predictive usefulness. …”
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Prion meeting 2023: implications of a growing field by Tiago F. Outeiro, Tuane C. R. G. Vieira

“…Neuropathological examination of the brains from CJD and Kuru patients, and of brains of sheep with scrapie disease revealed significant similarities and suggested a possible common mode of infection that, at the time, was thought to derive from an unknown virus that caused slow infections. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Prompt Treatment on Malaria Prevalence in Children Aged below Five Years in Zambia: A Nested Case-Control Study in a Cross-Sectional Survey by Mukumbuta Nawa

“…In a highly malaria endemic country like Zambia, prompt treatment of cases is known to reduce morbidity and mortality; however, it is not known whether it has a role as an effective prevention strategy because of the presence of asymptomatic chronic carriers who do not seek treatment and maintain the reservoirs of infection in the population. This study investigated the role of treatment of malaria cases as a prevention strategy in low, moderate, and high endemic settings. …”
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Validation methods for encapsulated faecal microbiota transplantation: a scoping review by Nina Rågård, Simon Mark Dahl Baumwall, Sara Ellegaard Paaske, Mette Mejlby Hansen, Katrine Lundby Høyer, Susan Mikkelsen, Christian Erikstrup, Jens Frederik Dahlerup, Christian Lodberg Hvas

“…Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is increasingly used for diseases associated with a disrupted intestinal microbiome, mainly Clostridioides difficile infection. Encapsulated FMT is a patient-friendly application method that improves accessibility and convenience. …”
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Characterization of patients with sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease in the Coloproctology Service. Period 2020-2022 by Yasser Muñiz Morales, José Alberto Puerto Lorenzo, Eslinda Cabanes Rojas, Dianelys Molina Macias, Jorge Ernesto González García

“…Patients with poor postoperative satisfaction predominated. Surgical wound infection and the appearance of seromas were the most representative postoperative complications.…”
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A Cost-benefit Analysis of Using Polyethylene Glycol Hydrogel Sealant versus Fibrin Glue as a Dural Sealant for Posterior Fossa Surgery in the United States by Marissa J. Carter

“…Adjustments were made to account for the longer follow-up time of the fibrin glue cohort to better capture the incidence of CSF leaks, pseudomeningocele, wound infection, and meningitis using additional data from the literature. …”
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MOLECULAR TYPING OF METHICILLIN-SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (MSSA), ISOLATED FROM MONKEYS, BASED ON COAGULASE GENE POLYMORPHISM by V. A. Kalashnikova

“…Staphylococcus aureus is a very dangerous microorganism that causes more than 100 nosological forms of disease in humans and animals, including pneumonia, skin and soft tissue infections, food toxicoinfections, wound abscess, etc. …”
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Opportunities for collaboration: the synergy between antimicrobial and diagnostic stewardship in pediatrics by Brandy M. Hoyt, Kevin Messacar, Anna C. Sick-Samuels, Preeti Jaggi, Stacey L. Hamilton, Sarah Janelle, Sarah K. Parker

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Prevalence of Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD) with Some Associated Risk Factors among Children Aged 1 to 5 Years in Rural Maharashtra – A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study by Raghavendra NR. Swamy, Priyanka N Akahade, P Abhinaya, Arvindkumar Waghmare, Satish V Gujalwar

“…According to our study grade 2 and grade 3 PEM, Diarrhoeal diseases, measles infection and lack of vitamin A prophylaxis has emerged as independent risk factors. …”
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