Perianal Tuberculosis: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature by K. Ibn Majdoub Hassani, S. Ait Laalim, I. Toughrai, K. Mazaz

“…We report a case of a 37-year-old male patient with large bilateral infected perianal tubercular ulcerations as well as pulmonary and peritoneal tuberculosis. …”
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Importance of human breast milk in premature infant by Simonetta Costa, Francesca Serrao, Chiara Tirone, Eloisa Tiberi, Mirta Corsello, Francesca Priolo, Milena Tana, Francesca Paola Fusco, Simonetta Frezza, Giovanni Vento

“…Our findings confirmed the several health benefits in preterm infants, including the improvement of neurodevelopmental outcomes and the protection against necrotizing enterocolitis and infections. Many more investigations will be necessary to understand the mechanisms underlying the beneficial association of HBM with neurodevelopmental outcomes and to confirm the beneficial effects of HBM on bronchopulmonary dysplasia. …”
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Antibacterial and Antibiofilm Activities of Cinnamomum Sp. Essential Oil and Cinnamaldehyde: Antimicrobial Activities by Diego F. Firmino, Theodora T. A. Cavalcante, Geovany A. Gomes, Nairley C. S. Firmino, Lucas D. Rosa, Mário G. de Carvalho, Francisco E. A. Catunda Jr

“…This work describes substances with potential use against infections caused by bacterial biofilms.…”
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Influenza Viral Manipulation of Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling to Modulate Host Defense System by Madhuvanthi Vijayan, Bumsuk Hahm

“…Recent studies uncovered new functions of the sphingolipid signaling/metabolism during pathogenic virus infections. While sphingolipids such as sphingomyelin and ceramide were reported to influence the entry step of several viruses, sphingolipid-metabolizing enzymes could directly alter viral replication processes. …”
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Antimicrobial effect of selected essential oils on pathogenic bacteria of the urogenital tract by Bogdanović Svetlana, Zlatković Ivana, Veličković Ana, Ranđelović Dobrila

“…Urinary tract infections (UTI) represent a significant cause of morbidity affecting individuals of all ages, including the pediatric population. …”
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Modelling seasonal influenza in Israel by Oren Barnea, Rami Yaari, Guy Katriel, Lewi Stone

“…In such situations invariant parameters such as the percentage of susceptibles infected, and the effective reproductive rate might be preferred, as they do not depend on reporting rate. …”
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Modelling and analysis of an epidemic model with awareness caused by deaths due to fear by Ling Xue, Junqi Huo, Yuxin Zhang

“…In this paper, we establish a compartmental model in which the transmission rate is associated with the fear of being infected by COVID-19. We provide a detailed analysis of the epidemic model and established results for the existence of a positively invariant set. …”
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Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage due to Acute Mitral Valve Regurgitation by Creticus P. Marak, Parijat S. Joy, Pragya Gupta, Yana Bukovskaya, Achuta K. Guddati

“…Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) can be caused by several etiologies including vasculitis, drug exposure, anticoagulants, infections, mitral valve stenosis, and regurgitation. …”
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Noninvasive interventions in the treatment of acute destructive pancreatitis by D. Yu. Semyonov, A. A. Rebrov, V. V. Vasil'yev, N. P. Emel'yanova, O. V. Poliglotov

“…At early terms of disease the main aim of interventions was debridement and drainage of abdominal cavity and/or localized retroperitoneal fluid collections as a method of surgical detoxication at failure of conservative treatment (endovideosurgical or percutaneous puncture draining procedures were used). Revealing of the infected pancreatonecrosis, peripancreatic abscesses acted as absolute indication to their drainage which was carried out by percutaneous or lumboscopic approach. …”
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Carp Edema Virus Disease (CEVD) / Koi Sleepy Disease (KSD) by Shohreh Hesami, Pedro Viadanna, Natalie K. Steckler, Staci Spears, Patrick M. Thompson, Karen L. Kelley, Roy P. E. Yanong, Ruth Francis-Floyd, Johnny Shelley, Joseph M. Groff, Andy Goodwin, Olga L. M. Haenen, Thomas B. Waltzek

“…The disease causes skin lesions and swelling and is sometimes called “koi sleepy disease” because infected fish become lethargic and unresponsive. This 6-page fact sheet describes symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and what fish producers, wholesalers, or retailers can do if they suspect carp may have contracted the disease. …”
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Cellular Immunity of Patients with Tuberculosis Combined with Diabetes by Peng Cheng, Liang Wang, Wenping Gong

“…Hyperglycemia can affect the function of human immune cells, promote primary infections and reactivation of TB, and increase the susceptibility and severity of TB. …”
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Mass deaths of saiga antelopes by A. V. Mischenko, V. A. Mischenko, A. K. Karaulov, A. V. Potekhin, A. P. Mezhnev

“…It was shown that clinical and pathological samples collected from dead and killed wild animals shall be tested according to the procedure of precise testing centres also for the purposes of excluding infections pathology and intoxications of different nature.…”
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Plasmablastic Lymphoma: A Systematic Review by Jorge J. Castillo, John L. Reagan

“…Plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) is a very aggressive variant of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma initially described in the oral cavity of HIV-infected individuals. PBL represents a diagnostic challenge given its characteristic morphology and lack of CD20 expression, and also a therapeutic challenge, with early responses to therapy, but with high relapse rates and poor prognosis. …”
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Rare Neurological Manifestations of Scrub Typhus: Case Series from a Tertiary Care Centre in Kerala, India by NR Salini, T Sreena Sreekumar, Sudharmma Ramakrishnan, S Srikantan, Jacob Antony

“…Scrub Typhus is caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, a rickettsia transmitted through the bites of infected chigger larvae. The neurological manifestations of Scrub Typhus can be highly variable. …”
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The Effects of AHCC®, a Standardized Extract of Cultured Lentinura edodes Mycelia, on Natural Killer and T Cells in Health and Disease: Reviews on Human and Animal Studies by Min Sun Shin, Hong-Jai Park, Takahiro Maeda, Hiroshi Nishioka, Hajime Fujii, Insoo Kang

“…AHCC® is reported to modulate the numbers and functions of immune cells including natural killer (NK) and T cells which play important roles in host defense, suggesting the possible implication of its supplementation in defending the host against infections and malignancies via modulating the immune system. …”
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Avian Paramyxovirus Serotype-1: A Review of Disease Distribution, Clinical Symptoms, and Laboratory Diagnostics by Nichole L. Hines, Cathy L. Miller

“…Avian paramyxovirus serotype-1 (APMV-1) is capable of infecting a wide range of avian species leading to a broad range of clinical symptoms. …”
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HIV Treatment in the Criminal Justice System: Critical Knowledge and Intervention Gaps by Jaimie P. Meyer, Nadine E. Chen, Sandra A. Springer

“…Future empirical research should focus on these critical issues in HIV-infected prisoners and releasees while interventional research should incorporate evidence-based solutions into the criminal justice setting.…”
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Multiple Hepatic and Renal Hydatid Cysts Managed with Laparoscopic Surgery by Lamia Kouba, Bayan Alsaid, Taisser Almeree, Mazen Allouche, Abdulghani Alshalabi

“…The liver and lungs are the most commonly infected organs. We present the first-of-a-kind case of laparoscopic excision of 8 hydatid cysts, of which seven were in the liver and one was in the kidney of a 40-year-old patient. …”
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Optic neuritis: relation between inflammatory genetic markers and occurrence of the disease by V. Punytė, R. Liutkevičienė

“…Typical ON is often related to multiple sclerosis while atypical ON can be caused by various infections, autoimmune disorders or different inflammatory diseases. …”
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Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its Drug Resistance by Targeted Nanopore Sequencing Technology by Chen Tang, Feng Xu, Xiaoqun Zheng, Guangxin Xiang

“…Our method for MTB drug resistance assessment offers the benefits of being culture-free, efficient, high-throughput, and highly accurate, which could significantly aid in clinical patient management and the control of TB infections.…”
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