Propionibacterium acnes Is an Unusual Cause of Acute Scrotal Abscess in a Preterm Infant by Naoto Nishizaki, Tadaharu Okazaki, Yu Adachi, Kaoru Obinata, Hiromichi Shoji, Toshiaki Shimizu

“…We herein report a unilateral acute scrotal abscess in a preterm infant born at 26 weeks in whom Propionibacterium acnes was isolated from the collected scrotal fluid culture. …”
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Takotsubo’s Cardiomyopathy in a Patient with Kartagener’s Syndrome by Luis W. Dominguez, Robert P. Doggette, Fernando Gonzalez-Ibarra, Imam H. Shaik, Amer K. Syed

“…Ventricular contraction and EF were restored in 4 weeks. To our knowledge, this is the first incidence of Takotsubo’s reported in a young patient with Kartagener’s syndrome. …”
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Conservative Management of a Delayed Neovesicocutaneous Fistula by Koichi Kodama, Yasukazu Takase, Isamu Motoi

“…After a combination of transurethral catheter drainage and broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy for 3 weeks, the fistulous tract completely closed. Therefore, conservative treatment may be regarded as a valid option for a delayed neovesicocutaneous fistula.…”
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Bilateral Knee Dislocations Treated with Acute, Single-Stage Multiligament Reconstructions by Casey Imbergamo, Andrzej Brzezinski, Tiffany Smith, Patrick S. Buckley, Kenneth G. Swan

“…The patient subsequently underwent multiligament knee reconstruction surgeries for each knee at one and three weeks following the initial injury. At one-year follow-up, the patient has achieved a successful outcome and has returned to regular activities which include hiking and exercising at the gym.…”
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Neurobehavioral Aspects of the Delayed Encephalopathy of Carbon Monoxide Intoxication: Case Report and Review by M. F. Mendez, R. C. Doss

“…We report the neurobehavioral aspects of the delayed encephalopathy of carbon monoxide (CO) intoxication in a 29 year old woman and review the literature. Four weeks after CO poisoning, the patient developed a frontal lobe syndrome, visuoperceptual impairment, and diffuse white matter lesions with an otherwise normal neurological examination. …”
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Intra-Abdominal Bleeding during Pregnancy, Preterm Delivery, and Placental Polyp in a Long-Term Survivor of Neuroblastoma: A Case Report by Noriyoshi Watanabe, Junna Tsutsui, Satsuki Kakiuchi, Seung Chik Jwa, Hironori Takahashi, Naomi Kato, Nobuaki Ozawa, Haruhiko Sago, Michihiro Kitagawa

“…Her pregnancy continued with conservative management, but she delivered a 510 g female infant at 23 weeks of gestation due to sudden onset of labor pain. …”
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Study of Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Wastewater in an Urban Agglomeration in Romania by Paula Popa, Mihaela Timofti, Mirela Voiculescu, Silvia Dragan, Catalin Trif, Lucian P. Georgescu

“…Samples are collected before they discharge into the Danube during a monitoring campaign of two weeks. Organic and inorganic compounds, heavy metals, and biogenic compounds have been analyzed using potentiometric and spectrophotometric methods. …”
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Open surgical repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm during the second trimester of pregnancy by Ndeye Fatou Sow, MD, Abdoul Ahad Mbengue, MD, Jean Michel Davaine, MD, PhD, Morgane Lemierre, MD, Papa Adama Dieng, MD

“…A 37-year-old obese woman, trigravida and secundiparous, at 17 weeks of gestation presented with acute abdominal pain. …”
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Intensified and Accelerated Rescue Infliximab Therapy for Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis in Pregnancy: A Case Report by Saiumaeswar Yogakanthi, Timothy Phan, Emma Flanagan, Linda Yang, Chamara Basnayake, Iniyaval Thevathasan, Julien Schulberg

“…In this report, we present the case of a pregnant patient of 10 weeks' gestation with ASUC successfully managed with intensified and accelerated infliximab therapy for a total dose of 35 mg/kg during a single admission. …”
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Recommendations for the Detection and Mitigation of Laurel Wilt Disease in Avocado and Related Tree Species in the Home Landscape by Jonathan Henry Crane, Jeff Wasielweski, Daniel Carrillo, Romina Gazis, Bruce Schaffer, Fredy Ballen, Edward Evans

“…However, avocado trees as well as others in the Lauraceae family are susceptible to laurel wilt disease, which can kill a tree in as few as three weeks. This new publication of the UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department provides home owners recommendations for identifying and mitigating laurel wilt disease in the home landscape. …”
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Gizzard erosion in chickens by Metin Münir Kıran, Şenay Berkin, İbrahim Çetin

“…In this study, gizzard erosion was investigated in twelve 4-5 weeks old chickens. The mortality rate was determined as 7 per cent.…”
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The Enigmatic Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease: A Case Report and Review by Hassan Tariq, Vinaya Gaduputi, Arsalan Rafiq, Roopalekha Shenoy

“…We report this case of a 33-year-old African American woman who presented to the clinic with preauricular and submandibular masses that she had noticed 6 weeks earlier. She gave a remote history of noticing bilateral cervical masses 3 years prior to this presentation that had not been investigated at the time and resolved spontaneously. …”
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Severe Hypothyroidism Causing Pre-Eclampsia-Like Syndrome by Annalisa Inversetti, Audrey Serafini, Marco F. Manzoni, Anna Dolcetta Capuzzo, Luca Valsecchi, Massimo Candiani

“…Severe pre-eclampsia led to miscarriage at 24 weeks of gestational age in a 42-year-old woman, although we attempted to correct hypothyroidism with increasing doses of levothyroxine and liothyronine sodium. …”
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Long Complete Remission Achieved with the Combination Therapy of Cisplatin and Gemcitabine in a Patient with Aggressive Natural Killer Cell Leukemia by Justin LaPorte, Lawrence Morris, John Koepke

“…ANKL can progress quickly to multiorgan failure and survival is usually measured in weeks. Although a rapid and accurate diagnosis is critical, unfortunately there is no hallmark diagnostic marker of ANKL. …”
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Changes in TNF and IL-6 production after diphtheria toxoid vaccination: drug modulation of the cytokine levels by A. L. Pukhalsky, M. S. Bliacher, A. V. Danilina, E. A. Kalashnikova, T. K. Lopatina, I. M. Fedorova

“…On the other hand, serum levels of TNF were markedly increased over a period of 3 weeks. It was also demonstrated that the postvaccinal cytokine production disturbances may be corrected by pretreatment with a new synthetic hexapeptid (Imunofan®). …”
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Recommendations for the Detection and Mitigation of Laurel Wilt Disease in Avocado and Related Tree Species in the Home Landscape by Jonathan Henry Crane, Jeff Wasielweski, Daniel Carrillo, Romina Gazis, Bruce Schaffer, Fredy Ballen, Edward Evans

“…However, avocado trees as well as others in the Lauraceae family are susceptible to laurel wilt disease, which can kill a tree in as few as three weeks. This new publication of the UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department provides home owners recommendations for identifying and mitigating laurel wilt disease in the home landscape. …”
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Lymphoepithelioma-Like Carcinoma of the Lung: An Unusual Case and Literature Review by Yuan-Chun Huang, Ching Hsueh, Shang-Yun Ho, Chiung-Ying Liao

“…We described a case of lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC) of the lung of a 65-year-old man with initial symptoms of intermittent chest pain and mild shortness of breath for 2 weeks. A right-lung mass was noted on chest computed tomography (CT) scan and was proved histopathologically as LELC of lung after video-assisted thorascopic lobectomy. …”
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Gingival Cyst of the Adult as Early Sequela of Connective Tissue Grafting by Mariana Gil Escalante, Dimitris N. Tatakis

“…This case report describes the development and management of a gingival cyst following SCTG to obtain root coverage. Three weeks after SCTG procedure, a slightly raised, indurated, ~5 mm diameter asymptomatic lesion was evident. …”
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Neglected Primary Omental Pregnancy after Laparoscopic and Medical Treatment: A Difficult Diagnosis? by Federica Martelli, Caterina De Carolis, Carmelo Parisi, Emilio Piccione

“…The following case report describes a rare case of omental pregnancy in a fertile 34-year-old woman at 5 + 3 weeks of gestation who presented with abdominal pain. …”
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Processus d’intégration de villages périphériques dans le système d’approvisionnement de Bamako by Gwenaëlle Raton

“…The first question concerns the policies which influenced the diffusion and normalization of a selling model characterized by weekly markets, locally known as “fairs”. The second question bears on the appropriation of this selling model by peasant communities and on the densification and extension of the resulting network. …”
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