Quantitative profiling of the vaginal microbiota improves resolution of the microbiota-immune axis by Eric Armstrong, Rachel Liu, James Pollock, Sanja Huibner, Suji Udayakumar, Erastus Irungu, Pauline Ngurukiri, Peter Muthoga, Wendy Adhiambo, Sergey Yegorov, Joshua Kimani, Tara Beattie, Bryan Coburn, Rupert Kaul

“…Conclusions Our results suggest that total vaginal bacterial load is at least as strong a predictor of the genital immune milieu as current BV clinical diagnostic tools, supporting exploration of the vaginal bacterial load as a predictor of adverse reproductive and sexual health outcomes. …”
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Significance of Endoscopic Redness of Duodenum in Health Checkup by Atsushi Nakayama, Motohiko Kato, Yoshiki Sakaguchi, Yu Takahashi, Shinya Kodashima, Ai Fujimoto, Nobutake Yamamichi, Kazumasa Miki, Naohisa Yahagi

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Atmospheric Deposition: Sampling Procedures, Analytical Methods, and Main Recent Findings from the Scientific Literature by M. Amodio, S. Catino, P. R. Dambruoso, G. de Gennaro, A. Di Gilio, P. Giungato, E. Laiola, A. Marzocca, A. Mazzone, A. Sardaro, M. Tutino

“…Deposition fluxes of POPs showed spatial and seasonal variations, diagnostic ratios of PAHs on deposited particles, allowed the discrimination between pyrolytic or petrogenic sources. …”
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Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy in Ischemic Heart Disease by Sonia María Sánchez Valcarcel, Katia Ravelo Llanes, Iván Rodríguez Cortina, Geovedy Martínez García, Cesia Rivera Garmendia

“…Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy is a non-invasive diagnostic method that facilitates diagnosis and medical decision-making. …”
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Lumbopelvic Stability and Trunk Muscle Contractility of Individuals with Chronic Ankle Instability by Ryan S McCann, Kelly Johnson, Ashley M B Suttmiller

“… # Methods Ten individuals with CAI, 10 ankle sprain copers (COP), and 10 healthy controls (CON) participated. Diagnostic ultrasound imaging was used to assess transversus abdominis (TrA) and lumbar multifidus (LM) muscle contractility. …”
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Real-world clinical validation of the Qatar pre-diabetes risk score: a cross-sectional study by Mohamed Ahmed Syed, Narjiss Sallahi, Abduljaleel Abdullatif Zainel, Halima None Bensmail, Abdelilah Arredouani

“…We did not see any significant improvement in PRISQ sensitivity when we considered the family history of diabetes.Conclusions We confirmed a good PRISQ diagnostic rate for pre-diabetes from a representative sample of the Qatar population recruited in a real-world clinical setting. …”
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Naturally Acquired Antibody Responses to a Synthetic Malaria Antigen AS202.11 by Rebeka Nazareth, Pius Horumpende, Tolbert Sonda, Arnold Ndaro, Edson Mollel, Eliakim Paul, Emmanuel Athanase, Jaffu Chilongola

“…Detection of P. falciparum infection was done by microscopy, malaria rapid diagnostic test, and polymerase chain reaction. ELISA was used to detect IgG antibody. …”
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Prevalence and Imaging Characteristics of Palatine Tonsilloliths Detected by CT in 2,873 Consecutive Patients by Akira Takahashi, Chieko Sugawara, Takaharu Kudoh, Daisuke Uchida, Tetsuya Tamatani, Hirokazu Nagai, Youji Miyamoto

“…As palatine tonsilloliths are common conditions, screenings for tonsilloliths during the diagnosis of soft tissue calcifications should be included in routine diagnostic imaging.…”
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Influence of Image Acquisition on Radiation Dose and Image Quality: Full versus Narrow Phase Window Acquisition Using 320 MDCT by Faisal Khosa, Atif Khan, Khurram Nasir, Waqas Shuaib, Matthew Budoff, Ron Blankstein, Melvin E. Clouse

“…Our study supports that good HR control and predefined narrow window acquisition result in lower radiation dose without compromising diagnostic image quality for coronary disease evaluation.…”
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Impact of NRAS Mutations on the Diagnosis of Follicular Neoplasm of the Thyroid by Ja-Seong Bae, Seung Kyu Choi, Sora Jeon, Yourha Kim, Sohee Lee, Youn Soo Lee, Chan Kwon Jung

“…Most patients with a preoperative diagnosis of thyroid follicular neoplasm (FN) undergo diagnostic surgery to determine whether the nodule is benign or malignant. …”
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Diagnosis of Non-Tumor Stenosing Lesions of the Major Duodenal Papilla Using Endoscopic Ultrasonography by V. A. Belozerov, O. I. Okhotnikov, N. A. Korenevskiy, V. A. Prokopov, S. N. Grigoriev, S. M. Shevyakin

“…The results of the examination and treatment of 2146 patients treated at the Kursk Regional Multidisciplinary Clinical Hospital in the period from 2015 to 2022, who underwent transpapillary interventions and/or endoscopic ultrasonography on the basis of the endoscopy department, are presented. A therapeutic and diagnostic algorithm for the management of patients with dilation of the common bile duct has been introduced into clinical practice, based on the developed criteria for stenosis of the major duodenal papilla (MDP), for which endoscopic ultrasonography was used in combination with the methodology of synthesis of hybrid fuzzy decision rules.The algorithm was implemented in a group of patients, which included 217 people.Results. …”
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Hospitalization outcomes in people living with HIV on Dolutegravir-based regimen in Mwanza, Tanzania: a comparative cohort by Godfrey A. Kisigo, Eric Barongo, Benson Issarow, Cody Cichowitz, Bahati Wajanga, Samuel Kalluvya, Robert N. Peck

“…In the meantime, hospital clinicians should be aware of the very high mortality among PLWH with IRIS and those with ART side effect to ensure that all possible diagnostic and therapeutic options are explored.…”
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Versatile application of fast green FCF as a visible cholangiogram in adult mice to medium-sized mammals by Tomoyuki Niimi, Nanae Miyazaki, Hironobu Oiki, Mami Uemura, Shihan Zeng, Watcharapon Promsut, Noriaki Ota, Shunji Nonaka, Hajime Takei, Hiroshi Nittono, Seiko Narushima, Ayaka Yanagida, Ryuji Hiramatsu, Masami Kanai-Azuma, Shohei Takami, Jun Fujishiro, Yoshiakira Kanai

“…To further evaluate diagnostic utility, FG cholangiography was performed in various mouse models of bile flow disorders. …”
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Implementation outcomes of 1-3-7 focus investigation for malaria in a low transmission setting in Southern Province, Zambia: A mixed methods study. by Anne C Martin, Japhet Matoba, Caison Sing'anga, Mukuma Lubinda, Sydney Mweetwa, Xinyue Chen, Ignatius Banda, Busiku Hamainza, Harry Hamapumbu, Edgar Simulundu, William J Moss, Southern and Central Africa International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research

“…However, reactive case detection, which involved screening community members residing within 140 meter of index cases with a rapid diagnostic test, detected few parasitemic individuals, suggesting this may not be the most efficient day 7 response in this setting. …”
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Vaccination and Mortality of Patients with a Novel Coronavirus Infection (COVID-19): A Global Approach by N. A. Benuni, A. S. Kotusov, F. S. Adzhieva, A. E. Kucher, K. A. Tolmacheva, V. N. Dushuk, R. V. Maslennikov

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Serum biochemical profile in case of cardiorenal syndrome in cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by Yu. A. Vatnikov, E. D. Sotnikova, V. I. Kuznetsov, A. A. Razumova, I. V. Shchurov, O. A. Petrukhina, A. A. Rudenko

“…Biochemical indicators such as serum concentrations of creatinine, troponin I, cystatin C, symmetric dimethylarginine and C-reactive protein can be considered reliable diagnostic markers for the presence of cardiorenal syndrome.…”
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Comparison of the performance of three classification criteria for Behçet's Disease in a single centre cohort from South India by Vishnu S Chandran, Suma Balan

“…Performance of the ISG, revised ICBD, and PEDBD 2015 was evaluated in terms of sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), negative likelihood ratio (NLR), positive likelihood ratio (PLR), diagnostic odds ratio (DOR), accuracy, and Youden's index (YI). …”
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Severe Tuberculosis Requiring Intensive Care: A Descriptive Analysis by Raquel Pacheco Duro, Paulo Figueiredo Dias, Alcina Azevedo Ferreira, Sandra Margarida Xerinda, Carlos Lima Alves, António Carlos Sarmento, Lurdes Campos dos Santos

“…Most risk factors for mortality were related to organ failure, but others could be attributed to delay in the diagnostic and therapeutic approach, important targets for intervention.…”
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Comparison of two point-of-care lung ultrasound techniques and their associated outcomes for bronchiolitis in the pediatric emergency department by Jaron A. Smith, Michael C. Cooper, Kenneth Yen, Joan Reisch, Bethsabee S. Stone

“…Point-of-care lung ultrasound (LUS) offers a promising diagnostic and prognostic tool in the emergency department (ED), however, the time to perform LUS is of concern in the emergency setting. …”
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Variation in Assessing Renal Allograft Rejection: A National Assessment of Nephrology Practice by John Peabody, Paul Billings, Czarlota Valdenor, Zach Demko, Solomon Moshkevich, David Paculdo, Mary Tran

“…This evidence suggests that better diagnostic tools may be helpful to determine which transplant patients should be biopsied and which should not. …”
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