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Limited effectiveness of high-dose liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome) for treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in an Ethiopian population with high HIV prevalence. [PDF]
Due to unacceptably high mortality with pentavalent antimonials, Médecins Sans Frontières in 2006 began using liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome) for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) patients in Ethiopia who were severely ill or positive for human ...
Aderie, Endashaw Mengistu +6 more
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Testing for human immunodeficiency virus resistance in drug-naive individuals and in patients in whom antiretroviral treatment (ART) is failing, and the appreciation of the role of testing, are crucial to the prevention and management of failure of ART.
H. Günthard +7 more
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Development of a Disease Activity Score to Assess Treatment Success in Patients with NFKB1 Mutations
BackgroundNFKB1 encodes for the p105/p50 nuclear factor-kappa-B (NF-kB1) transcription factors. Heterozygous mutations in NFKB1 may lead to NF-kB1 insufficiency, which may result in a multiorgan disease. Here, we aimed to develop a disease activity score
Katharina Thoma +33 more
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Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a disorder of uncontrolled immune activation with distinct clinical features including fever, cytopenia, splenomegaly, and sepsis-like symptoms.
Thomas Mika +14 more
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Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the Pathogenesis and Outcome of Patients with Glioblastoma Multiforme. [PDF]
BackgroundImprovement in antiviral therapies have been accompanied by an increased frequency of non-Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) defining malignancies, such as glioblastoma multiforme.
Bui, Timothy T +5 more
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Background Progressive T cell decline in aged humans is associated with a deficiency of naïve (TN) and central memory (TCM) T cells. We have previously reported increased Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α)-induced apoptosis in TN and TCM T cells in aged ...
Sudhir Gupta +3 more
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Cytomegaloviruses and Macrophages—Friends and Foes From Early on?
Starting at birth, newborn infants are exposed to numerous microorganisms. Adaptation of the innate immune system to them is a delicate process, with potentially advantageous and harmful implications for health development.
Sebastian Baasch +4 more
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To determine the role of CD8+ T cells in controlling simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) replication in vivo, we examined the effect of depleting this cell population using an anti-CD8 monoclonal antibody, OKT8F. There was on average a 99.9% reduction of
Xia Jin +13 more
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Gastric cancer is the leading cause of death in Italian adult patients with common variable immunodeficiency [PDF]
An increased prevalence of malignant lymphoma and of gastric cancer has been observed in large cohorts of patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID), the most frequently symptomatic primary immunodeficiency. Surveillance strategies for cancers
Agostini, Carlo +11 more
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We report the updated classification of primary immunodeficiencies compiled by the Primary Immunodeficiency Expert Committee (PID EC) of the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS).
C. Picard +17 more
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