Case series of complicated bronchopulmonary lophomoniasis. Differential diagnosis of tuberculosis?
European Clinical Respiratory JournalPulmonary lophomoniasis is a rare and life-threatening disease, most commonly reported across Asian and Latin American countries. Here, we have reported two cases of pulmonary lophomoniasis presenting with atypical manifestations. Case #1 represents a 19-
Cristian Morán-Mariños +7 more
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Ivermectin - old drug, new tricks? [PDF]
, 2017 Ivermectin is one of the most important drugs in veterinary and human medicine for the control of parasitic infection and was the joint focus of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, some 35 years after its remarkable discovery.
Devaney, Eileen +2 more
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Parasitic-induced Loeffler’s syndrome: A systematic review based on clinical reports
Journal of Infection and Public HealthLoeffler’s syndrome, an uncommon pulmonary disorder characterized by transient lung infiltrates and peripheral eosinophilia, is often misdiagnosed as pneumonia.
Lia Faridah +3 more
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Lessons from helminth infections: ES-62 highlights new interventional approaches in rheumatoid arthritis [PDF]
, 2014 Parasitic worms are able to survive in their mammalian host for many years due to their ability to manipulate the immune response by secreting immunomodulatory products. It is increasingly clear that, reflecting the anti-inflammatory actions of such worm-
Al-Riyami, L. +3 more
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EMBO Molecular Medicine, 2014 Constitutive activation of canonical WNT‐TCF signaling is implicated in multiple diseases, including intestine and lung cancers, but there are no WNT‐TCF antagonists in clinical use.
Alice Melotti +5 more
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Pathogen-reactive T helper cell analysis in the pig [PDF]
, 2017 There is growing interest in studying host-pathogen interactions in human-relevant large animal models such as the pig. Despite the progress in developing immunological reagents for porcine T cell research, there is an urgent need to directly assess ...
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Prevalence of Common Food-Borne Parasitic Diseases in Slaughtered Ruminants in West Part of Iran
Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control, 2017 Background: To obtain update information on the prevalence of common food-borne parasitic diseases, this study designed to determine the prevalence of hydatidosis and liver flukes (Fasciola spp.
Y. Shahbazi, A.A. Chalehchaleh
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Revisiting the mortality of France and Italy with the multiple-cause-of-death approach [PDF]
In this paper, we use the multiple cause-of-death approach to compare the mortality profiles of France and Italy in 2003. Our analysis leads to a substantial re-evaluation of the role played by certain conditions in the process leading to death ...
Aline Desesquelles +6 more
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Comments and illustrations of the EFSUMB guidelines. Parasitic diseases of the lungs and pleura.
Medical UltrasonographyParasitic infections of the lungs and pleura are uncommon but clinically significant, affecting both endemic and non-endemic areas due to global travel and migration. While computed tomography (CT) remains the imaging modality of choice, thoracic ultrasound, particularly in peripheral and pleural lesions, offers a valuable, non-invasive complement ...
Kathleen Möller, Christoph F Dietrich
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Berberine induces caspase-independent cell death in colon tumor cells through activation of apoptosis-inducing factor [PDF]
, 2011 Berberine, an isoquinoline alkaloid derived from plants, is a traditional medicine for treating bacterial diarrhea and intestinal parasite infections. Although berberine has recently been shown to suppress growth of several tumor cell lines, information ...
D. Brent Polk +8 more
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