Gut Microbial Translocation in Critically Ill Children and Effects of Supplementation with Pre- and Pro Biotics by Paola Papoff, Giancarlo Ceccarelli, Gabriella d'Ettorre, Carla Cerasaro, Elena Caresta, Fabio Midulla, Corrado Moretti

“…Despite good evidence from experimental studies to support the theory of bacterial translocation as a cause of sepsis, there is little evidence in human studies to confirm that translocation is directly correlated to bloodstream infections in critically ill children. This paper provides an overview of the gut microflora and its significance, a focus on the mechanisms employed by bacteria to gain access to the systemic circulation, and how critical illness creates a hostile environment in the gut and alters the microflora favoring the growth of pathogens that promote bacterial translocation. …”
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Novel Arsenic Nanoparticles Are More Effective and Less Toxic than As (III) to Inhibit Extracellular and Intracellular Proliferation of Leishmania donovani by Sudipta Chakraborty, Kaushik Bhar, Sandip Saha, Rajarshi Chakrabarti, Anjali Pal, Anirban Siddhanta

“…As-NPs inhibited the in vitro growth, oxygen consumption, infectivity, and intramacrophage proliferation of L. donovani parasites at a concentration which is about several fold lower than that of As (III). …”
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Seroprevalence and Seroconversion of Dengue and Implications for Clinical Diagnosis in Amazonian Children by Antonio Camargo Martins, Thasciany Moraes Pereira, Humberto Oliart-Guzmán, Breno Matos Delfino, Saulo Augusto Silva Mantovani, Athos Muniz Braña, Fernando Luiz Cunha Castelo Branco, José Alcântara Filgueira Júnior, Ana Paula Santos, Alanderson Alves Ramalho, Andréia Silva Guimarães, Thiago Santos de Araújo, Cristieli Sérgio de Menezes Oliveira, Benedito Antônio Lopes da Fonseca, Mônica da Silva-Nunes

“…The seroprevalence of dengue in this pediatric population was low, and the vast majority of cases were not clinically detected, suggesting a difficulty in making the clinical diagnosis in children and a high frequency of asymptomatic infections.…”
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A Homemade Snare: An Alternative Method for Mechanical Removal of Dirofilaria immitis in Dogs by Ana Margarida Alho, António Fiarresga, Miguel Landum, Clara Lima, Óscar Gamboa, José Meireles, José Sales Luís, Luís Madeira de Carvalho

“…Transvenous heartworm extraction was performed on a dog severely infected with adult heartworms by inserting the modified snare into a 6-F Judkins right coronary guiding catheter BMW (Cordis) and advancing it into the right ventricle under fluoroscopic guidance. …”
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Treatment of Sarcoptic Mange in Wombats With Topical Moxidectin by Hayley J. Stannard, Marie B. Wynan, Ray J. Wynan, Amanda Cox, Howard Ralph, Gregory S. Doran

“…The disease causes thickening of the skin, pruritus, alopecia and deep fissures in the skin of infected animals, and ultimately death if left untreated. …”
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Large Right Atrial Thrombus Associated with Central Venous Catheter Requiring Open Heart Surgery by Nasir Hussain, Paul Eric Shattuck, Mourad Hussein Senussi, Erwin Velasquez Kho, Mubeenkhan Mohammedabdul, Devang K. Sanghavi, Usman Mustafa, Arvind Balavenkataraman, Dragic M. Obradovic

“…Presentation of CRAT may be asymptomatic or may be associated with one of the complications of CRAT like pulmonary embolism, systemic embolism, infected thrombi, or hemodynamic compromise. There are no established treatment guidelines for CRAT. …”
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Barriers to Testing and Treatment for Chagas Disease among Latino Immigrants in Georgia by Rebecca M. Minneman, Monique M. Hennink, Andrea Nicholls, Sahar S. Salek, Francisco S. Palomeque, Amina Khawja, Lauren C. Albor, Chester C. Pennock, Juan S. Leon

“…The lack of testing and treatment of Chagas disease (CD), caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, amongst infected immigrants in the USA increases the risk of serious health complications and transmission (congenital or via blood transfusions). …”
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Implications for the diagnosis of aspiration and aspergillosis in critically ill patients with detection of galactomannan in broncho-alveolar lavage fluids by Simon Dubler, Michael Etringer, Christoph Lichtenstern, Thorsten Brenner, Stefan Zimmermann, Paul Schnitzler, Bettina Budeus, Fabian Rengier, Paulina Kalinowska, Yuan Lih Hoo, Markus A. Weigand

“…Abstract Invasive infections with Aspergillus fumigatus in ICU patients are linked to high morbidity and mortality. …”
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Vitamin D Status and Associated Factors in Neonates in a Resource Constrained Setting by Khadija Murtaza Bhimji, Helga Naburi, Said Aboud, Karim Manji

“…Neonates born to HIV-infected mothers were significantly less likely to have vitamin D deficiency (OR 0.21, 95% CI 0.06 – 0.77, p = 0.009). …”
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Dual-functional silver nanoparticle-enhanced ZnO nanorods for improved reactive oxygen species generation and cancer treatment by Yichao Tao, Wenbin Zhuang, Wensi Fan, Longxiang Zhou, Lihong Fan, Huanlong Qin, Yefei Zhu

“…Furthermore, the ZnO@Ag NRs’ antibacterial properties were also confirmed, suggesting additional benefits in treating cancers associated with bacterial infections. Collectively, these findings establish ZnO@Ag NRs as a potent and safe agent for ultrasound-driven cancer therapy.…”
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Green Synthesis, Characterization, and Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Activity of Camellia sinensis Silver Nanoparticles by Toga Khalid Mohamed, Marivt Osman Widdatallah, Maida Musa Ali, Afraa Mubarak Alhaj, DhiaEldin AbdElmagied Elhag

“…Eventually, it is becoming extremely difficult to treat debilitating infections. In search of promising solutions to this arising crisis, Camellia sinensis silver nanoparticles were synthesized using the green synthesis method. …”
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Ruminal Acidosis in Feedlot: From Aetiology to Prevention by Joaquín Hernández, José Luis Benedito, Angel Abuelo, Cristina Castillo

“…Animals will show ruminal hypotony/atony with hydrorumen and a typical parakeratosis-rumenitis liver abscess complex, associated with a plethora of systemic manifestations such as diarrhea and dehydration, liver abscesses, infections of the lung, the heart, and/or the kidney, and laminitis, as well as neurologic symptoms due to both cerebrocortical necrosis and the direct effect of D-lactate on neurons. …”
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PAIVS: prediction of avian influenza virus subtype by Hyeon-Chun Park, Juyoun Shin, Sung-Min Cho, Shinseok Kang, Yeun-Jun Chung, Seung-Hyun Jung

“…Although most of the avian influenza viruses (AIVs) are of low pathogenicity and cause mild infections in birds, some subtypes including hemagglutinin H5 and H7 subtype cause HPAI. …”
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Adrenal Insufficiency: A Forgotten Diagnosis in HIV/AIDS Patients in Developing Countries by David D. Nassoro, Mkhoi L. Mkhoi, Issa Sabi, Alfred J. Meremo, Paul S. Lawala, Issakwisa Habakkuk Mwakyula

“…The prevalence of AI in HIV/AIDS patients during HAART era is higher in developing than developed countries, probably due to limited access to both diagnosis and adequate treatments which increases the risk of opportunistic infections. The clinical features of functional adrenal insufficiency in HIV/AIDS patients can be masked by various infectious, noninfectious, and iatrogenic causes, which reduce clinical recognition of the condition. …”
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Recurrent Interstitial Pneumonitis in a Patient with Entero-Behçet’s Disease Initially Treated with Mesalazine by Akihiro Nakamura, Tomoya Miyamura, Brian Wu, Eiichi Suematsu

“…After the exclusion of infections, we suspected either a recurrence of mesalazine-induced IP or BD-related IP as a clinical manifestation of BD. …”
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Mycological Analysis of the Oral Cavity of Patients Using Acrylic Removable Dentures by Bartłomiej W. Loster, Jolanta Loster, Aneta Wieczorek, Wojciech Ryniewicz

“…The problems of fungal infections in edentulous have been discussed in literature. …”
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ORTHOPAEDIC EMERGENCY CASES AT HASAN SADIKIN HOSPITAL BANDUNG CAUSED BY TRADITIONAL BONE SETTER PRACTICE by Hantonius Hantonius, Hermawan Nagar Rasyid, Gibran Tristan Alpharian

“…Twenty patients (56%) with infected wound and compartment syndrome had successful operation., thirteen patients (36%) with gangrene of the extremities had amputations, and three patients (11%) with multiple organ failure died. …”
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Evaluation of Interleukin-23 and Creatine Kinase –MB (CK-MB) Levels in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients with COVID-19 in Baghdad City by Zahraa kareem Yaseen, Farhan Abood Risan, Suhad Hassan Aubaid

“… Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is considered a common cardiovascular disease, in which there is a blood supply reduction to the myocardium, mostly due to atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries. the present study was designed to detect serum markers in Acute coronary syndrome patients infected with COVID-19 in Baghdad Governorate, by evaluating the level of Interleukin-23(IL-23) and level of creatine kinase isoenzyme (CK-MB). …”
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Clonally Related Plasmablastic Lymphoma Simultaneously Occurring with Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma by Norisato Hashimoto, Tomoki Ueda, Shinichiro Hiraiwa, Takuma Tajiri, Naoya Nakamura, Kenji Yokoyama

“…Although it was first described in HIV- (human immunodeficiency virus-) infected patients, PBL has been diagnosed in patients with other immunodeficiencies as well as in immunocompetent patients. …”
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Antimicrobial activity of Chitosan-silver nanoparticles made from jewelry industry silver waste by Perdana Muhammad Iqbal, Kusuma Ikhwan Yuda, Dwandaru Wipsar Sunu Brams, Yulianti Evy, Tóth Barbara, Csupor Dezső, Takó Miklós, Vágvölgyi Csaba

“…Local management of bacterial infections is challenging. The antimicrobial effect of silver has long been recognized, but its use is limited due to its expensive nature and reduced applicability in liquids. …”
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