Urinary Catheter Colonization by Multidrug-Resistant Cedecea neteri in Patient with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia by Peter S. Ginn, Serina B. Tart, Stephen M. Sharkady, Dorothea K. Thompson

“…Cedecea neteri, a member of the Enterobacteriaceae family, has only been identified as a human pathogen in a few previous clinical cases, thus complicating assessment of this organism’s pathogenicity and medical relevance. Documented infections attributed to C. neteri primarily involved bacteremia in severely immunocompromised patients. …”
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Knowledge and Attitude of Iranian University Students toward Genital Warts by Zeinab Aryanian, Maedeh Mohammadi, Arefeh Babazadeh, Parvaneh Hatami, Zeinab Mohseni Afshar, Azadeh Goodarzi, Ifa Etesami, Mohammad Barary, Soheil Ebrahimpour, Parisa Sabbagh

“…Moreover, the majority had an appropriate attitude to interact with people infected with HPV.…”
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End Stage Renal Disease: Seroprevalence of Hepatitises B and C along with Associated Aetiology and Risk Factors in Children by Syed Raza Shah, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, Muhammad Tanveer Alam, Adnan Salim, Mehwish Hussain, Areeba Altaf

“…Since ESRD patients are on long term dialysis, infections such as Hepatitis B (HBV) and Hepatitis C (HCV) are commonly reported. …”
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Immune Modulation as Adjunctive Therapy for Pneumocystis pneumonia by Jing Wang, Terry W. Wright, Francis Gigliotti

“…Pcp remains a leading cause of death among HIV infected patients, with mortality rates of 50% or higher for patients developing severe Pcp. …”
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<i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> Phage M198 and Its Therapeutic Potential by Lika Leshkasheli, Ia Kusradze, Darejan Bolkvadze, Lia Askilashvili, Maria Chichashvili, Giorgi Tsertsvadze, Elisabed Zaldastanishvili

“…In this work, we describe a <i>K. pneumoniae</i> phage, which also infects strains of <i>Klebsiella oxytoca</i>. Here, we characterize phage M198 in terms of its biological and genetic properties. …”
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BA inhibits LPS-stimulated inflammatory response and apoptosis in human middle ear epithelial cells by regulating the Nf-Kb/Iκbα axis by He Qian, Cai Yanzhi, Kong Meihua

“…The pathogenesis of OM is multifaceted, encompassing a variety of factors including bacterial or viral infections, host immune responses, and the function of middle ear epithelial cells. …”
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Transmission dynamics and optimal control of brucellosis in Inner Mongolia of China by Linhua Zhou, Meng Fan, Qiang Hou, Zhen Jin, Xiangdong Sun

“…In particular, we expound the effects of sheep recruitment, vaccination of sheep, culling of infected sheep, and health education of human on the dynamics and control of brucellosis. …”
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Antibacterial and Pharmacological Evaluation of Fluoroquinolones: A Chemoinformatics Approach by Damini Sood, Neeraj Kumar, Aarushi Singh, Meena Kishore Sakharkar, Vartika Tomar, Ramesh Chandra

“…These are the most extensively used drugs for treating bacterial infections in the field of both human and veterinary medicine. …”
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Partial Purification of Integral Membrane Antigenic Proteins from Trypanosoma evansi That Display Immunological Cross-Reactivity with Trypanosoma vivax by Norma P. Velásquez, Rocío E. Camargo, Graciela L. Uzcanga, José Bubis

“…We obtained enriched pools containing polypeptide bands with apparent molecular masses of 27 kDa, 31 kDa, and 53 kDa, which were recognized by anti-T. vivax antibodies from experimentally and naturally infected bovines.…”
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Host-Parasite Interactions in Individuals with Type 1 and 2 Diabetes Result in Higher Frequency of Ascaris lumbricoides and Giardia lamblia in Type 2 Diabetic Individuals by Eleuza Rodrigues Machado, Núbia Oliveira Matos, Sinione Morais Rezende, Daniela Carlos, Thauana Cristina Silva, Leônia Rodrigues, Maria Jarlene Rodrigues Almeida, Maria Regina Fernandes de Oliveira, Maria Imaculada Muniz-Junqueira, Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves

“…Enteroparasites or commensals frequency in diabetics was 64%. Diabetics infected with up to six species of intestinal parasites or commensals were found. …”
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Altered Immune Regulation in Type 1 Diabetes by András Zóka, Györgyi Műzes, Anikó Somogyi, Tímea Varga, Barbara Szémán, Zahra Al-Aissa, Orsolya Hadarits, Gábor Firneisz

“…Genetic susceptibility, the impaired elimination of apoptotic β-cell remnants, altered immune regulatory functions, and environmental factors such as viral infections determine the outcome. Autoreactivity might exist under physiologic conditions and when the integrity of the complex regulatory process is damaged the disease might develop. …”
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Mapping the Incidence of Infestation by <i>Neoechinorhynchus buttnerae</i> (Acanthocephala) Parasitizing <i>Colossoma macropomum</i> Raised in Fish Farms and the Relationship with... by Vinicius Perez Pedroti, Jerônimo Vieira Dantas Filho, Átila Bezerra de Mira, Maria Mirtes de Lima Pinheiro, Bruna Lucieny Temponi Santos, Raniere Garcez Costa Sousa, Jucilene Braitenbach Cavali, Ed Johnny da Rosa Prado, Sandro de Vargas Schons

“…The results showed that 95% of the farms had fish infected with <i>Neoechinorhynchus buttnerae</i>, with varying parasitism levels. …”
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CD8+ T-Cell Responses before and after Structured Treatment Interruption in Ugandan Adults Who Initiated ART with CD4+ T Cells <200 Cell/μL: The DART Trial STI Substudy by Jennifer Serwanga, Susan Mugaba, Auma Betty, Edward Pimego, Sarah Walker, Paula Munderi, Charles Gilks, Frances Gotch, Heiner Grosskurth, Pontiano Kaleebu

“…CD8+ T-cell responses were evaluated in some HIV-1 chronically infected participants of the fixed duration STI substudy of the DART trial. …”
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Phylogenetic and Genetic Variation Analysis of ITS1 Gene of Trypanosoma lewisi in Wild Rats Using Polymerase Chain Reaction by Reza Yesica, Andreas Bandang Hardian, Yudit Oktanella, Shelly Kusumarini, Gabriela Jeanne Giacynta Prasetyo

“…Cases of trypanosomiasis have been documented due to Trypanosoma lewisi infecting rats and humans in various countries. Diagnosis of T. lewisi is typically conducted using polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which amplifies target DNA using specific primers. …”
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Reduced tracheal stenosing effect of nintedanib in a patient with scarred posttraumatic tracheal stenosis and airflow limitation - a case report by Stefanie Klampfleitner, Andreas Fertl, Ositha Prinz, Martin Doerfler-Schalm, Dieter Munker, Markus O. Henke

“…Case: A 60-year-old female medical assistant, infected with COVID-19 in 10/2020, experienced a complicated course of disease leading to tracheal stenosis. …”
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Carriage Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Poultry and Cattle in Northern Algeria by Saliha Bounar-Kechih, Mossadak Taha Hamdi, Hebib Aggad, Nacima Meguenni, Zafer Cantekin

“…This high percentage of methicillin resistance and multidrug resistance in S. aureus poultry and bovine origin may have importance for human health and curing of human infections.…”
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On the Dynamical Complexity of a Seasonally Forced Discrete SIR Epidemic Model with a Constant Vaccination Strategy by Jalil Rashidinia, Mehri Sajjadian, Jorge Duarte, Cristina Januário, Nuno Martins

“…In this article, we consider the discretized classical Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) forced epidemic model to investigate the consequences of the introduction of different transmission rates and the effect of a constant vaccination strategy, providing new numerical and topological insights into the complex dynamics of recurrent diseases. …”
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Molecular Detection and Genotyping of Chlamydia psittaci in Captive Psittacines from Costa Rica by Jessica Sheleby-Elías, Ántony Solórzano-Morales, Juan José Romero-Zuñiga, Gaby Dolz

“…The detection of this bacterium in captive psittacine birds shows that there is a potential risk for people living or having contact with them and that there is a possibility of infecting other birds.…”
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Lymphedema in Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome: Is It Possible to Normalize? by Jose Maria Pereira de Godoy, Angela Río, Paloma Domingo Garcia, Maria de Fatima Guerreiro Godoy

“…In 2014, at the age of 24, with massive lymphedema, a leg ulcer, and recurrent infections, she started treatment at the Clínica Godoy in São José do Rio Preto. …”
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Porcine Cysticercosis Control in Western Kenya: The Interlink of Management Practices in Pig Farms and Meat Inspection Practice at Slaughter Slabs by Marie-Françoise Mwabonimana, Charles Muleke Inyagwa, Bockline Omedo Bebe, Eduard Kokan Shakala, Anthony Macharia King’ori

“…The results imply that slaughtered pigs for human consumption were not adequately inspected, and thus, the study recommends for implementation of effective pig management practices at the farm level and pork meat inspection at slaughter slabs to prevent PC infections and assure food safety along the pork value chain.…”
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