Modified A-DROP score and mortality in hemodialysis patients with pneumonia
Renal Replacement Therapy, 2017 Background Pneumonia is common in hemodialysis (HD) patients and has a poor prognosis, but there is little information on an accurate method for evaluating the severity of pneumonia, which is closely associated with prognosis, in HD patients.
Makoto Harada +5 more
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Upper gastrointestinal pathophysiology due to mouse malaria Plasmodium berghei ANKA infection
Tropical Medicine and Health, 2019 Background Epigastric pain, vomiting, and other gastrointestinal problems are among the most important symptoms of malaria infection as they suggest the possibility that the condition is serious.
Mizuho Shimada +5 more
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Renal nursing and the prevention of cross infection [PDF]
, 2011 Within the renal nursing environment, good, safe infection prevention and control practice is essential for patient survival and the health of all others who access this environment.
Elliott, P.
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Lower expression of TLR2 and SOCS-3 is associated with Schistosoma haematobium infection and with lower risk for allergic reactivity in children living in a rural area in Ghana. [PDF]
, 2008 BACKGROUND: Helminth infections are prevalent in rural areas of developing countries and have in some studies been negatively associated with allergic disorders and atopy. In this context little is known of the molecular mechanisms of modulation involved.
Larbi, Irene A. +42 more
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection may elicit neutralizing antibodies targeting epitopes conserved in all viral genotypes [PDF]
, 2009 Anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) cross-neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies, directed against conserved epitopes on surface E2 glycoprotein, are central tools for understanding virus-host interplay, and for planning strategies for prevention and ...
Patel, Ah +39 more
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Креативная хирургия и онкология, 2019 Introduction. In the Russian Federation there is a constantly updated register of infections associated with surgery and the treatment of oncological diseases reporting which is mandatory.
G. G. Badamshina +6 more
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Constrained pattern of viral evolution in acute and early HCV infection limits viral plasticity [PDF]
, 2011 Cellular immune responses during acute Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV infection are a known correlate of infection outcome. Viral adaptation to these responses via mutation(s) within CD8+ T-cell epitopes allows these viruses to subvert host immune ...
Paul Klenerman +53 more
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Legal liability for health care-associated infections
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review, 2022 As defined by World Health Organization, a nosocomial infection or healthcare-associated infection is an infection occurring in a patient during the process of care in a hospital or other healthcare facility which was not present or incubating at the ...
Grzegorz Zieliński +2 more
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Time spent by infection control professionals undertaking healthcare associated infection surveillance: A multi-centred cross sectional study [PDF]
, 2016 Background\ud \ud - There is limited contemporary information on how infection control professionals (ICPs) in hospitals utilise their time, with even less providing any specific data on time taken to undertake HAI surveillance.
Mitchell, Brett G. +5 more
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Nosocomial infections in the departments of orthopedics and traumatology [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2005 Aim. To determine the incidence and the localization of nosocomial infections (NI) in the departments of orthopedics and traumatology. Methods. A prospective cohort study carried out between February 1 and July 31, 2002 included all of the surgical ...
Maksimović Jadranka M. +3 more
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