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Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis due to toxoplasma: An autopsy study
Toxoplasma is an obligate intracellular parasite that remains asymptomatic in humans but, at times, can cause devastating disease. Here, we describe an autopsy study of a young immunocompetent gentleman with no comorbidities whose presentation was acute ...
Yareeda Sireesha +5 more
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Acute encephalitis in immunocompetent adults
Encephalitis is a condition of inflammation of the brain parenchyma, occurs as a result of infectious or autoimmune causes, and can lead to encephalopathy, seizures, focal neurological deficits, neurological disability, and death. Viral causes account for the largest proportion, but in the last decade there has been growing recognition of anti-neuronal
Venkatesan, Arun +4 more
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Viruses associated with pneumonia in adults. [PDF]
Viral pneumonia, which is typically associated with disease in childhood, is increasingly recognized as causing problems in adults. Certain viruses, such as influenza virus, can attack fully immunocompetent adults, but many viruses take advantage of more-
Cesario, Thomas C
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Peripheral lymphadenopathy in immunocompetent adults
Although unexplained lymphadenopathies are not particular prevalent in the general population (
Silvia, Richner, Gerd, Laifer
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Factors influencing in vivo transduction by recombinant adeno-associated viral vectors expressing the human factor IX cDNA. [PDF]
Long-term expression of coagulation factor IX (FIX) has been observed in murine and canine models following administration of recombinant adeno-associated viral (rAAV) vectors into either the portal vein or muscle. These studies were designed to evaluate
Davidoff, A +5 more
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Cryptococcal infection of the ventriculoperitoneal shunt in an immunocompetent patient [PDF]
Patient: Male, 52 Final Diagnosis: Cryptococcal ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection Symptoms: Confusion • fever • Lethargy Medication: Amphotericin B • Flucytosine Clinical Procedure: Ventriculoperitoneal shunt removal Specialty: Infectious disease ...
Foong, Kap Sum +2 more
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Fusarium solani is commonly found in soil, and it is associated with infections in immunocompromised individuals. Fusaroium solani causing infection in immunocompetent adult male is rare and usually overlooked.
Mohan H Kudur, P Y Prakash, M Savitha
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Intestinal histoplasmosis in immunocompetent adults
To present a retrospective analysis of clinical and endoscopic features of 4 cases of immunocompetent hosts with intestinal histoplasmosis (IH).Four immunocompetent adults were diagnosed with IH between October 2005 and March 2015 at West China Hospital of Sichuan University.
Lin-Lin, Zhu +4 more
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Immunocompetent murine models for the study of glioblastoma immunotherapy. [PDF]
Glioblastoma remains a lethal diagnosis with a 5-year survival rate of less than 10%. (NEJM 352:987-96, 2005) Although immunotherapy-based approaches are capable of inducing detectable immune responses against tumor-specific antigens, improvements in ...
Bloch, Orin +9 more
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Varicella pneumonia in an immunocompetent adult [PDF]
A30-year-old woman presented with a 3-day history of fever, chills, cough, chest pain on coughing and deep breathing, and shortness of breath on exertion. She also had a vesicular skin rash that had started a week before her presentation.
Naveen, Voore, Richard, Lai
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