Arthroscopic Treatment for Primary Septic Arthritis of the Hip in Adults by Jörg Hartmut Schröder, David Krüger, Carsten Perka, Martin Hufeland

“…During the mean follow-up of 26.4±19.4 months (range 13–66 months) no patient showed recurrence of infection. The 5 patients with an unimpaired hip joint prior to the infection had a mean modified Harris Hip Score of 94±5.6 points (range 91–100) at final follow-up. …”
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Profiling Laboratory Biomarkers Associated with COVID-19 Disease Progression: A Single-Center Experience by Maria Khan, Noman Shah, Hina Mushtaq, Valeed Jehanzeb

“…Increased CRP and ferritin levels were also associated with secondary bacterial infection and poor clinical outcomes.…”
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ANTHRAX GLOBAL EPIZOOTOLOGY. 2. DISEASE INCIDENCE IN HUMANS AS INDICATOR OF EPIZOOTIC AND RISK FACTORS by V. V. Makarov, N. Ya. Makhamat

“…Substantial share of the disease incidence in humans is accounted for unidentifed sources of the infection. Consumption of infected products from domestic (up to 70%) and wild animals prevails among the trivial risk factors of zoonogenous infection in humans, while consumption of meat from domestic animals and contacts with diseased animals prevail among the lethality risk factors. …”
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Tracking of The Most Significant Laboratory Parameters For The Identification of Covid-19: An Overview on The Different Blood Tests by Seenaa Ali

“…There is an accelerated need for detecting the laboratory tests that can aid in identifying infected people and asymptomatic carriers to control the virus transmission process. …”
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Incidence of seed-borne fungi of stored sunflower seeds (Helianthus annuus) in Tanzania and their influence on seed viability and vigor by Siwajali Selemani, Richard Madege, Yasinta Nzogela

“…Seeds with minimal fungal infection consistently demonstrated higher G% and SVI. …”
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Clinical and Optical Coherence Tomography Angiographic Features in Patients with Postcataract Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Endophthalmitis by Lu Chen, Dahui Ma, Jieting She, Miaohong Chen, Jian Zeng, Jiantao Wang, Guoming Zhang

“…Pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) was performed to control the infection. Patients were followed up for six months. …”
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A Case of Thyroid Storm Associated with Cardiomyopathy and Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis by Lisa J. Underland, Gerson A. Vallencia Villeda, Abhijeet Pal, Leslie Lam

“…A 5-year-old male with recent strep throat infection presented with dilated cardiomyopathy, hematuria, and symptoms and lab findings consistent with severe hyperthyroidism. …”
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SPREAD OF LOW PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA А/Н9N2 IN THE WORLD AND RUSSIAN FEDERATION. CHALLENGES OF DISEASE ERADICATION by M. S. Volkov, A. V. Varkentin, V. N. Irza

“…Challenges of the infection eradication are addressed. Global spread of А/Н9 virus in poultry, its rapid evolution and zoonotic potential require close attention. …”
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Clinical Validation of an Office-Based 14C-UBT (Heliprobe) for H. pylori Diagnosis in Iranian Dyspeptic Patients by Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Omid Sanaei, Farahnaz Joukar

“…We encountered repeatedly, in our clinical practice, discordant results between UBT and histopathology about H. pylori infection. Goal. To study the diagnostic accuracy of Heliprobe 14C-urea breath test (14C-UBT) for detection of H. pylori infection in an Iranian population. …”
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A Review on Expression, Pathological Roles, and Inhibition of TMPRSS2, the Serine Protease Responsible for SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Activation by Jyotirmoy Sarker, Pritha Das, Sabarni Sarker, Apurba Kumar Roy, A. Z. M. Ruhul Momen

“…Besides, age-, sex-, and comorbidity-associated variation in infection rate correlates with the expression rate of TMPRSS2 in those groups. …”
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Risk Factors for Amputation in the Surgical Treatment of Hemophilic Osteoarthropathy: A 20-Year Single-Center Report by Yiming Xu, Bin Feng, Wei Zhu, Yingjie Wang, Xisheng Weng

“…The reasons of amputation contained severe pseudotumor with factor inhibitor and large bone defects, recurrent pathological fracture with pseudotumor, skin ulcer with chronic osteomyelitis, and pseudotumor with systematic infection. In cases reported in retrieved literature, severe pseudotumor with complications, bacterial infection and factor inhibitor were common factors. …”
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The N-terminus of the Clostridioides difficile transferase A component directs toxin activity and potency by Robin M. Mullard, Michael J. Sheedlo

“…ABSTRACT Clostridioides difficile infection is the leading cause of antibiotic-associated, hospital-acquired diarrhea in the USA; the pathology of which is mediated by toxins. …”
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Clinical and Epidemiological Characterization of Patients with Herpes Simplex in Cienfuegos by Marlene Curbelo Alonso, Manuel M. Sabatés Martínez, María J. Cabrera Pereda, Eunice Díaz de Villegas Álvarez, Yoan Bernández Cruz

“…<strong>Background:</strong> Herpes simplex is a common condition, considered to be a sexually transmitted infection. Nevertheless, it is not commonly noticed. …”
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Centrality of Hygienic Honey Bee Workers in Colony Social Networks by Adrian Perez, Brian R. Johnson

“…Using dynamic networks, we analyze the capability of hygienic workers to spread a potential infection throughout the colony. We find no substantial differences in how connected hygienic workers are in the network, and we show that hygienic workers would spread a novel infection throughout the colony to the same extent as non-hygienic workers. …”
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The Ability of Secretory Leukocyte Protease Inhibitor to Inhibit Apoptosis in Monocytes Is Independent of Its Antiprotease Activity by Niamh McGarry, Catherine M. Greene, Noel G. McElvaney, Sinéad Weldon, Clifford C. Taggart

“…This reduction in monocyte apoptosis may preserve monocyte function during inflammation resolution and promote infection clearance at mucosal sites.…”
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Retrospective Study on Acute Kidney Injury among Cholera Patients in an Outbreak in Whitefield, Bengaluru by Girish P Vakrani, Tanuja Nambakam

“…This study points towards the rare occurrence of proteinuria and acute kidney injury in Vibrio cholerae infection with spontaneous remission of kidney disease with appropriate therapy.…”
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Spontaneous Ruptured Pyomyoma in a Nulligravid Female: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by S. Read, J. Mullins

“…Pyomyoma should be considered as a diagnosis in patients with sepsis, history of fibroids, and no other identifiable source of infection.…”
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Feeding Patterns and Xenomonitoring of Trypanosomes among Tsetse Flies around the Gashaka-Gumti National Park in Nigeria by Solomon Ngutor Karshima, Idris A. Lawal, Oluseyi Oluyinka Okubanjo

“…In order to understand the epidemiology of trypanosomoses in Gashaka-Gumti National Park, Nigeria, we determined the density, infection rates, and feeding patterns of tsetse flies using biconical traps, ITS, and mitochondrial cytochrome b PCRs. …”
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Role of Platelet Indices as a Potential Marker for Malaria Severity by Biruk Bayleyegn, Fikir Asrie, Aregawi Yalew, Berhanu Woldu

“…Platelet parameter alteration such as platelet count and platelet indices are more common than in other blood cell lines due to diverse causative pathophysiological mechanisms in severe malaria infection. In malaria patients, no more studies evaluated platelet indices in relation to disease severity and prognosis. …”
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Detection by Single-Cell RNA Sequencing of Virally Mediated Skin Diseases by Linda Zhou, Thomas H. Leung

“…We describe a single-cell RNA-sequencing–based strategy to interrogate human skin biopsies for viral transcripts, permitting detection of viral infection within a sample, single-cell resolution of virally infected cells and identification of subsequent transcriptomic perturbations. …”
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