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Monitoring Quality of Care Through Linkage of Administrative Data: National Trends in Bloodstream Infection in U.K. PICUs 2003-2012. [PDF]
, 2015 OBJECTIVES Interventions to reduce hospital-acquired bloodstream infection have succeeded in reducing rates in U.S. PICUs, but there is a lack of evidence for the impact of similar interventions in the United Kingdom.
Tibby, Shane M +13 more
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, 2022 Introduction: The reactivation of CMV (Cytomegalovirus) in renal transplant recipients may be manifested across a clinical spectrum from asymptomatic viraemia to organ rejection.
Çeri, Mevlüt +5 more
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Laboratory Diagnosis of Tropical Infections
Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2021 (1) Blood culture is the gold standard for the diagnosis of bacterial infections. (2) Bone marrow culture is more sensitive than blood culture even in patients with enteric fever receiving antibiotics. (3) Microscopic agglutination test is considered the gold standard for diagnosing leptospirosis; however, now IgM ELISA and polymerase chain reaction ...
Basu, Shaoli, Shetty, Anjali
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Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV Infection
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1994 The laboratory diagnosis of HIV infection has progressed greatly since the introduction of the commercially prepared, HIV antibody assay in 1985. However, the antibody assay remains the gold standard since the sensitivity and specificity of properly ...
MV O’Shaughnessy, S Cassol
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Serum proteome changes following human immunodeficiency virus infection
, 2013 Quantification of viral RNA levels and CD4 cell count determinations are the most widely used laboratory assays employed in monitoring HIV patients. However, these tests are expensive, complex to perform, and require advanced laboratory infrastructure ...
Pillay, Tahir S +2 more
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One-year infection control rates of a DAIR (debridement, antibiotics and implant retention) procedure after primary and prosthetic-joint-infection-related revision arthroplasty - A retrospective cohort study [PDF]
, 2021 Introduction: Debridement, antibiotics and implant retention (DAIR) procedures are effective treatments for acute postoperative or acute hematogenous periprosthetic joint infections.
Weinans, Harrie H. +15 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are at risk of severe outcomes from SARS‐CoV‐2 (SCV2). In the post‐pandemic context, where most children have been infected with SCV2, there are limited data on whether vaccination remains beneficial in children with ALL.
Janna R. Shapiro +11 more
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Diagnosing HIV “window phase” in routine laboratory: a teaching case
Microbiologia Medica, 2011 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). It is a retrovirus that inserts itself into the host’s DNA and use the host – cell’s replication mechanisms for its own perpetuation.
Roberta Valentina Marotta +7 more
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Evolution of replication efficiency following infection with a molecularly cloned feline immunodeficiency virus of low virulence [PDF]
, 2002 The development of an effective vaccine against human immunodeficiency virus is considered to be the most practicable means of controlling the advancing global AIDS epidemic.
Hosie, M.J. +7 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) involvement in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is assessed by cell counting and cytomorphology from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and is used for treatment stratification worldwide. The ratio of “CNS2” patients in clinical trials ranges from 3% to 40%, with unclear prognostic significance ...
Laura Almási +14 more
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