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Hemorrhagic manifestations during COVID-19 infections are increasingly described in the literature. We report the first case of spontaneous subcapsular hematoma of the liver revealing a COVID-19 infection in a 44-year-old woman with no underlying health ...
Anisse Tidjane+4 more
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The Infectious Disease Ontology in the Age of COVID-19 [PDF]
The Infectious Disease Ontology (IDO) is a suite of interoperable ontology modules that aims to provide coverage of all aspects of the infectious disease domain, including biomedical research, clinical care, and public health.
Babcock, Shane+3 more
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Tuberculoma Versus Neurocysticercosis: Can Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Diffusion Weighted Imaging Solve the Diagnostic Conundrum? [PDF]
Introduction: Tuberculoma and Neurocysticercosis (NCC) are the two most common infectious causes of intracranial ring enhancing lesions seen on CT and MRI in developing countries.
Ravishankar Pillenahalli Maheshwarappa+2 more
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Q fever and coxiellosis in Brazil: an underestimated disease? A brief review
Q fever, caused by the γ-proteobacterium Coxiella burnetii, is a zoonosis of great importance and global impact. This agent has high transmissibility and can spread over long distances via wind, in which a small number of aerosolized particles are needed
Eline Almeida Rodrigues de Souza+3 more
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The impact of economic crises on communicable disease transmission and control: a systematic review of the evidence. [PDF]
There is concern among public health professionals that the current economic downturn, initiated by the financial crisis that started in 2007, could precipitate the transmission of infectious diseases while also limiting capacity for control.
Abubakar, Ibrahim+11 more
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Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID), a complex primary immunodeficiency syndrome defined by defective B cell responses to infection and vaccination, has heterogeneous clinical manifestations.
David A. Sanchez+4 more
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Residents in residential care homes for the elderly (RCHEs) are at high risk of severe illnesses and mortality, while staff have high exposure to intimate care activities.
Cyrus Lap Kwan Leung+6 more
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Update on Fever of Unknown Origin in Children: Focus on Etiologies and Clinical Approach
Fever of unknown origin (FUO) can be caused by four etiological categories of diseases. The most common cause of FUO in children is represented by infections, followed by inflammatory conditions and neoplastic causes; a decreasing quote remains still ...
Sandra Trapani+3 more
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Infectious diarrhoea contributes to high morbidity and mortality in young children from sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of single and multiple diarrhoeal-causing pathogen combinations in children suffering from ...
Natasha Potgieter+8 more
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Fatal Disseminated Acanthamoeba lenticulata Acanthamebiasis in a Heart Transplant Patient
We report a fatal case of disseminated acanthamebiasis caused by Acanthamoeba lenticulata (genotype T5) in a 39-year-old heart transplant recipient. The diagnosis was based on skin histopathologic results and confirmed by isolation of the ameba from ...
Stéphane Barete+11 more
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