Cystitis glandularis due to Escherichia coli infection in a diabetic Miniature Schnauzer: a case report by J. P. Rey Amunategui, D. Echeverria, A. Duchene

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Staphylococcal skin infection isolates from dogs without recent antibiotic exposure are 100% susceptible to clindamycin by W. Cooper Brookshire, Larry D. Ballard, Vernon C. Langston, Joo Youn Park, Keun-Seok Seo

“…The objective of this study was to create an antibiogram representative of bacterial skin infections in canine patients that would typically be treated empirically, i.e., without risk factors for antibiotic resistance, such as a history of recent antibiotic use, antibiotic treatment failure, or recurrent infections. …”
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Anaemia and Iron Homeostasis in a Cohort of HIV-Infected Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study in Ghana by Christian Obirikorang, Razak Gyesi Issahaku, Derick Nii Mensah Osakunor, James Osei-Yeboah

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The Investigation of HBV Pre-S/S Gene Mutations in Occult HBV Infected Blood Donors with anti-HBs Positive by Yan Guo, Yu Lan, Yuanyuan Jing, Bin Cai, Hanshi Gong, Yixin Zhang, Yong Duan

“…The coexistence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis B surface antibodies (anti-HBs) in occult hepatitis B virus infection (OBI) is a contradictory phenomenon, and the underlying mechanism is not fully understood. …”
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Multiplex Tests for Respiratory Tract Infections: The Direct Utility of the FilmArray Respiratory Panel in Emergency Department by Siyuan Yang, Hui Li, Yunxia Tang, Fengting Yu, Chengjie Ma, Huimin Zhang, Lin Pang, Hongxin Zhao, Linghang Wang

“…Patients with respiratory tract infections were enrolled from among emergency department visitors, and all steps, including the collection of specimens and testing, were performed by our clinicians. …”
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Global threshold dynamics in an HIV virus model with nonlinear infection rate and distributed invasion and production delays by Zhaohui Yuan, Xingfu Zou

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TRPV1 Antagonism by Capsazepine Modulates Innate Immune Response in Mice Infected with Plasmodium berghei ANKA by Elizabeth S. Fernandes, Carolina X. L. Brito, Simone A. Teixeira, Renato Barboza, Aramys S. dos Reis, Ana Paula S. Azevedo-Santos, Marcelo Muscará, Soraia K. P. Costa, Claudio R. F. Marinho, Susan D. Brain, Marcos A. G. Grisotto

“…C57BL/6 mice received 105 red blood cells infected with Plasmodium berghei ANKA intraperitoneally. …”
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Modeling the Combined Effect of Hepatitis B Infection and Heavy Alcohol Consumption on the Progression Dynamics of Liver Cirrhosis by Lemesa Bedjisa Dano, Koya Purnachandra Rao, Temesgen Duressa Keno

“…In this paper, we proposed and analyzed the combined effect of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and heavy alcohol consumption on the progression dynamics of liver cirrhosis. …”
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Leveraging machine learning to uncover multi-pathogen infection dynamics across co-distributed frog families by Daniele L. F. Wiley, Kadie N. Omlor, Ariadna S. Torres López, Celina M. Eberle, Anna E. Savage, Matthew S. Atkinson, Lisa N. Barrow

“…Results We found approximately 20% of individuals were infected with at least one pathogen (231 single infections and 25 coinfections). …”
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Effectiveness and safety of percutaneous endoscopic debridement and drainage for spinal infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Guozhong Zhou, Xiaorong Liu, Zhi Liang, Xuesong Chen, Chao Song

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Lipoxin Inhibits Fungal Uptake by Macrophages and Reduces the Severity of Acute Pulmonary Infection Caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis by Laura R. R. Ribeiro, Flávio V. Loures, Eliseu F. de Araújo, Cláudia Feriotti, Tânia A. Costa, Carlos Henrique Serezani, Sonia Jancar, Vera L. G. Calich

“…Because the role played by these mediators in paracoccidioidomycosis was not investigated, we aimed to characterize the role of CysLT in the pulmonary infection developed by resistant (A/J) and susceptible (B10.A) mice. 48 h after infection, elevated levels of pulmonary LTC4 and LXA4 were produced by both mouse strains, but higher levels were found in the lungs of susceptible mice. …”
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Development and validation of a high-throughput qPCR platform for the detection of soil-transmitted helminth infections. by Nils Pilotte, Victor Omballa, Monica Voss, Leah Padgett, Malathi Manuel, Jeanne L Goodman, Tim Littlewood, Zayina Zondervenni Manoharan, Lisette van Lieshout, Jaco J Verweij, Manigandan Sekar, Ajith Kumar Muthukumar, Gretchen Walch, Abriana Warren, Mariyam Sheikh, Andrew Gonzalez, Sean R Galagan, Sitara Swarna Rao Ajjampur, Moudachirou Ibikounlé, Steven A Williams, Doug Rains, Ushashi Dadwal, Judd L Walson

“…In addition, accurate interpretation of trial outcomes requires diagnostic platforms capable of accurately determining infection prevalence (particularly as infection intensity is reduced) at large population scale and with significant throughput. …”
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Factors Associated with Malaria Infection among Head Porters in Agbogbloshie Market in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana by Patience Kwofie, John Tetteh, Reindorf Elijah Akakpo, Bismark Sarfo

“…Head porters constitute the mobile population who are at an increasing risk of being infected with malaria. They move around the city to carry out their duties with no accommodation. …”
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How can HPV E6 manipulate host cell differentiation process to maintain the reservoir of infection by Yuwen Chen, Nagayasu Egawa, Ke Zheng, John Doorbar

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Staged Custom, Intramedullary Antibiotic Spacers for Severe Segmental Bone Loss in Infected Total Hip Arthroplasty by Atul F. Kamath, Okechukwu Anakwenze, Gwo-Chin Lee, Charles L. Nelson

“…Total hip arthroplasty (THA) infections with severe bone loss pose significant reconstructive challenges. …”
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Unusual Etiology of Acute Wrist Pain: Acute Calcific Tendonitis of the Flexor Carpi Ulnaris Mimicking an Infection by Man R. Shim

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Tuberculosis Screening and Active Tuberculosis among HIV-Infected Persons in a Canadian Tertiary Care Centre by Paul Brassard, Travis Salway Hottes, Richard G Lalonde, Marina B Klein

“…RATIONALE: HIV infection increases the risk of reactivation of latent tuberculosis (TB). …”
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Evidence of Acute Mycoplasma Infection in a Patient with Incomplete and Atypical Kawasaki Disease: A Case Report by M. Ebrahim, M. Gabay, R. F. Rivas-Chacon

“…Accurate and timely testing for Mycoplasma infections is difficult and has its limitations. …”
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Respiratory Failure due to Possible Donor-Derived Sporothrix schenckii Infection in a Lung Transplant Recipient by Nathan C. Bahr, Katherine Janssen, Joanne Billings, Gabriel Loor, Jaime S. Green

“…De novo and donor-derived invasive fungal infections (IFIs) contribute to morbidity and mortality in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. …”
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Associations between lifestyle factors and COVID-19 infection rates: a cross-sectional analysis in the USA by Abdullah Alismail, Razaz Shaheen, W Lawrence Beeson, Michael Paalani, Hildemar Dos Santos, Rhonda K Spencer-Hwang

“…Excluding individuals under 18 or residing outside the USA, the survey captured data on diet, body mass index, smoking status, alcohol consumption, physical activity, sleep duration, COVID-19 infection status, socio-demographics and other potential confounders. …”
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