Is ß-d-glucan Relevant for the Diagnosis and Follow-Up of Intensive Care Patients with Yeast-Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infection? [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2022 The usefulness of (1,3)-ß-d-glucan (BDG) detection for the diagnosis of intra-abdominal candidiasis and treatment monitoring is unknown. A prospective, single-center study of consecutive patients admitted to an ICU with complicated intra-abdominal ...
Hervé Dupont +8 more
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Usefulness of ß-d-Glucan Assay for the First-Line Diagnosis of Pneumocystis Pneumonia and for Discriminating between Pneumocystis Colonization and Pneumocystis Pneumonia [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2022 According to the immunodepression status, the diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PjP) may be difficult. Molecular methods appear very sensitive, but they lack specificity because Pj DNA can be detected in Pneumocystis-colonized patients.
Jeanne Bigot +4 more
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Effect of a Pleuran-Based Supplement on Salivary IgA Secretion in Children With Recurrent Respiratory Infections [PDF]
Current Therapeutic ResearchBackground: ß-glucans isolated from natural sources have demonstrated pluripotent immunomodulatory potential, making them a promising supportive treatment for the management of recurrent respiratory infections (RRIs) in children.
Peter Kunc, MD, PhD +6 more
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021 Systemic infections caused by Candida species are an important cause of morbidity and mortality among immunocompromised and non-immunocompromised patients.
Ahmed Gamal +7 more
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Scientifica, 2021 The objectives of the current study were (1) to evaluate the effect of sprouting on protein, amino acids, fats, fatty acids, starch, total soluble carbohydrates, and ß-D-glucan content of barley grains and (2) to know the content of these nutrients in ...
Luis T. Ortiz +4 more
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Disseminated coccidioidomycosis: Monitoring of serologic markers for treatment response
Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2020 We describe a patient with a disseminated coccidioidomycosis. Biomarkers in serum during itraconazole therapy showed a rapid clearing of Coccidioides DNA as detected by PCR.
Dunja Wilmes +7 more
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Conservation and divergence of Starch Synthase III genes of monocots and dicots. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Starch Synthase (SS) plays an important role in extending the α-1,4 glucan chains during starch biosynthesis by catalyzing the transfer of the glucosyl moiety from ADP-glucose to the non-reducing end of a pre-existing glucan chain.
Bhavya Priyadarshini Mishra +3 more
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The Impact of MicroRNA-223-3p on IL-17 Receptor D Expression in Synovial Cells. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune inflammatory disease affecting joints. Elevated plasma levels of microRNA-223-3p (miR-223-3p) in patients with RA are implicated in the pathogenesis of the disease.
Nozomu Moriya +3 more
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Diagnostic Approaches for Invasive Aspergillosis—Specific Considerations in the Pediatric Population
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children with hematological malignancies and those undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Thomas Lehrnbecher +3 more
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Last generation triazoles for imported eumycetoma in eleven consecutive adults. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014 BACKGROUND:Optimal management of eumycetoma, a severely debilitating chronic progressive fungal infection of skin, disseminating to bone and viscera, remains challenging. Especially, optimal antifungal treatment and duration are ill defined.
Yoann Crabol +12 more
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