Cardiac Function Remains Impaired Despite Reversible Cardiac Remodeling after Acute Experimental Viral Myocarditis by Peter Moritz Becher, Frauke Gotzhein, Karin Klingel, Felicitas Escher, Stefan Blankenberg, Dirk Westermann, Diana Lindner

“…Background. Infection with Coxsackievirus B3 induces myocarditis. …”
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Epidemiological surveys, antibiotic resistance, and related risk factors of Helicobacter pylori in Quanzhou, China: a cross-sectional study by DanDan Xie, WeiXiong Xu, ZhenZhu Zhang, Fang Huang, XuBo Dai

“…A minimally invasive string test combined with qPCR was used to investigate the relationship between H. pylori infection and several factors that were evaluated using a survey. …”
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Improving Accuracy of Malaria Diagnosis in Underserved Rural and Remote Endemic Areas of Sub-Saharan Africa: A Call to Develop Multiplexing Rapid Diagnostic Tests by Rasheed O. Makanjuola, Andrew W. Taylor-Robinson

“…While this is the main cause of infection in many areas, it excludes the possibility of infection with another parasite (P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae, and P. knowlesi) or of mixed infections containing different species. …”
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Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on the prognosis of mucor mycosis in diabetic patients in Egypt: a comparative multicenter study by Mahmoud ElSamkary, Radwa Elsherif, Tarek M. Saad, Samah M. Fawzy

“…Aim The current study was designed to figure out the influence of Corona virus infection (COVID-19) on the course and outcome of mucor mycosis in controlled diabetic Egyptian patients. …”
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Streptococcus constellatus Peritonitis and Subsequent Septic Shock following Intrauterine Device Removal by Joan Tymon-Rosario, Jessica M. Atrio, Hyun Ah Yoon, David Erlichman, Veronica Lerner

“…Streptococcus constellatus is a highly pathogenic organism once a systemic septic infection has become established that can cause an ascending genital tract infection resulting in tubo-ovarian abscess formation, peritonitis, and septic shock.…”
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Psychiatric nurses’ knowledge of COVID-19 within a patient care context: A qualitative study by Sandisiwe Dyonase, Isabelle Swanepoel, Gian Lippi

“…Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection caused unparalleled hastening of the transmission of infection worldwide, commonly affecting healthcare workers’ well-being. …”
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Pathogenic Process-Associated Transcriptome Analysis of Stemphylium lycopersici from Tomato by Dezhen Zhang, Wenjuan Chi, Cuicui Wang, Huijie Dai, Jintang Li, Chunlei Li, Fajun Li

“…In this study, a comparative transcriptomic analysis was performed and more genetic information on the pathogenicity determinants of S. lycopersici during the infection process in tomato were obtained. Through an RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis, 1,642 and 1,875 genes upregulated during the early infection and necrotrophic phases, respectively, were identified and significantly enriched in 44 and 24 pathways, respectively. …”
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Faecalibacterium prausnitzii: A Next-Generation Probiotic in Gut Disease Improvement by Xiaoya He, Shuyang Zhao, Yan Li

“…A lower abundance of F. prausnitzii has been shown in IBD, Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), and virus infection such as COVID-19. …”
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MRSA Spinal Epidural Abscess as a Neurosurgical and Infectious Disease Emergency with Unresolved Antimicrobial Solution by James Ebot, W. D. Freeman, Robert Wharen, Mark Anthony Diaz, Claudia Libertin

“…Ceftaroline, a new 5th generation antibiotic with recently described clearance of widespread MRSA infection in epidural complex spine infections, was added to vancomycin as dual therapy for his MRSA infection. …”
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Evaluation of Yeast Alcohol Acetyltransferases for Ethyl Acetate Production in Clostridium ljungdahlii by Santiago T. Boto, Kareem Gerges, Bettina Bardl, Miriam A. Rosenbaum

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HSV-1 miR-H6 Inhibits HSV-1 Replication and IL-6 Expression in Human Corneal Epithelial Cells In Vitro by Fang Duan, Jingyu Liao, Qiang Huang, Yuhong Nie, Kaili Wu

“…HSV-1 infection in the cornea could lead to blindness. The infected cell polypeptide 4 (ICP4) of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) is a regulator of viral transcription that is required for productive infection. …”
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Why Does Pnemococcus Kill? by Yves Bergeron, Michel G Bergeron

“…Acute lower respiratory tract infections remain the most common cause of death due to infection worldwide, and Streptococcus pneumoniae is responsible for approximately 30% of all cases of community-acquired pneumonia. …”
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Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in Women Who Have Aborted in Comparison with the Women with Normal Delivery in Ahvaz, Southwest of Iran by J. Saki, N. Mohammadpour, F. Moramezi, S. Khademvatan

“…In order to determine the relationship between Toxoplasma infection and abortion, anti-Toxoplasma IgG avidity and PCR to discriminate between recent and prior infections are recommended.…”
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Coronavirus Disease-19 associated arthritis – An observational study by Debanjali Sinha, Sumantro Mondal, Alakendu Ghosh

“…Conclusion: COVID-19 infections mostly caused reactive arthritis, though acute and chronic arthritis is also seen. …”
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Risk Factors for Asthma in a Helminth Endemic Area in Bahia, Brazil by Luciana S. Cardoso, Daniela M. Costa, Maria Cecília F. Almeida, Robson P. Souza, Edgar M. Carvalho, Maria Ilma Araujo, Ricardo R. Oliveira

“…Prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni infection was 57.4% and Ascaris lumbricoides, 30.8%. …”
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Seroprevalence Study of Dengue at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Jaipur, Rajasthan by Ashina Singla, Afreen Ali, Himanshi Galav, Ved Prakash Mamoria

“…Dengue cases for the NS1 infection are 52.53%, for the IgM infection is 33.39%, and for the IgG infection is 14.07%. …”
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Varicella Zoster Virus Meningitis in a Young Immunocompetent Adult without Rash: A Misleading Clinical Presentation by Thomas Pasedag, Karin Weissenborn, Ulrich Wurster, Tina Ganzenmueller, Martin Stangel, Thomas Skripuletz

“…CSF examination is a key procedure in the diagnosis of CNS infections but in rare cases the standard values cell count and total protein might misleadingly indicate a bacterial infection. …”
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Systemic Heparinisation in Laparoscopic Live Donor Nephrectomy by Charlotte Crotty, Yasmin Tabbakh, Sarah A. Hosgood, Michael L. Nicholson

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Investigation of genes expression of the JAK/STAT signalling pathway and AMPs in the presence of Borrelia spirochetes in Ixodes ricinus by Magdalena Szczotko, Sandra Antunes, Ana Domingos, Małgorzata Dmitryjuk

“…The results obtained suggest that AMPs may be involved in infection management in ticks.…”
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Application and Clinical Effectiveness of Antibiotic-Loaded Bone Cement to Promote Soft Tissue Granulation in the Treatment of Neuropathic Diabetic Foot Ulcers Complicated by Osteo... by Regis Ernest Mendame Ehya, Hao Zhang, Baiwen Qi, Aixi Yu

“…The application of antibiotic-loaded bone cement is suitable for diabetic wound with soft tissue infection or osteomyelitis.…”
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