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Invasive fungal diseases in patients with autoimmune diseases: a case series from the French RESSIF network

RMD Open, 2023
Objectives We aimed to describe patients with autoimmune diseases (AID) developing invasive fungal disease (IFD) and identify factors associated with short-term mortality.Methods We analysed cases of IFD associated with AID from the surveillance network ...
, Vincent Poindron, Benjamin Terrier, François Maillot, Jean-Pierre Gangneux, Nassim Kamar, Valéry Salle, Lilia Hasseine, François Danion, Lilia Merabet, Guillaume Desoubeaux, Éric Bailly, Milène Sasso, Antoine Néel, Simon Galmiche, Benjamin Thoreau, Stéphane Bretagne, Alexandre Alanio, André Paugam, Valérie Letscher-Bru, Sophie Cassaing, Hélène Guegan, Loïc Favennec, Alida Minoza, Florent Morio, Julie Bonhomme, Odile Eloy, Laurence Millon, Anne-Pauline Bellanger, Philippe Poirier, Maxime Moniot, Taieb Chouaki, Antoine Huguenin, Frédéric Dalle, Bernard Bouteille, Muriel Nicolas, Nicole Desbois-Nogard, Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux, Karine Boukris-Sitbon, Fanny Lanternier, Caroline Mahinc, Marc Pihet, Magalie Demar, Céline Damiani, Marie-Fleur Durieux, Elena Charpentier, Cécile Nourrisson, Benoit Suzon   +47 more
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Diagnostic performance of the (1-3)-β-D-glucan assay in patients with Pneumocystis jirovecii compared with those with candidiasis, aspergillosis, mucormycosis, and tuberculosis, and healthy volunteers. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
BACKGROUND:Diagnosis of pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) relies on microscopic visualization of P. jirovecii, or detection of Pneumocystis DNA in respiratory specimens, which involves invasive procedures such as bronchoalveolar lavage.
Hyo-Ju Son, Heungsup Sung, Se Yoon Park, Taeeun Kim, Hyun Jeong Lee, Sun-Mi Kim, Yong Pil Chong, Sang-Oh Lee, Sang-Ho Choi, Yang Soo Kim, Jun Hee Woo, Sung-Han Kim   +11 more
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MOSY: A method for synthetic opinions to yield a robust fuzzy expert system

MethodsX, 2023
In many domains, decision-making is challenging, as experts are often limited in availability. However, without a sufficient number of expert opinions, the associated solutions would not be robust. Motivated by this, MOSY, a Method for SYnthetic Opinions
N. Gnaneshwara, B.V. Vijay
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Explicit phonetic instruction vs. implicit attention to native exposure: Phonological awareness of English schwa in CLIL [PDF]

, 2020
: The present study aims at determining whether instruction in the form of explicit phonetic training and of implicit exposure to native input impacted Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) students?
Gallardo del Puerto, Francisco, Gómez Lacabex, Esther   +1 more
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QUALITY CONTROL OF THE WORK OF A FAMILY PHYSICIAN IN UKRAINE AS A KEY TO SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE

Клінічна та профілактична медицина, 2022
Summary. In the context of the reform of the medical industry in Ukraine, the issue of ensuring effective quality control of the provision of medical care and its proper organization in healthcare institutions, and primarily primary care providers (PCP),
I.L. Vysochina, N.S. Bashkirova, A.N. Anoshko   +2 more
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Upper Extremity Superficial Vein Thromboses Presenting as Acute Neck Pain in a Young and Healthy Male: A Case Report

International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, 2021
# Background and Purpose Neck pain in the United States is pervasive and contributes to disability. While the majority of neck pain in young and healthy individuals is neuromusculoskeletal in nature, screening for red flags is necessary for ruling-out ...
Kristen L Zosel, Max K Dummar, Benjamin G Adams, Nancy C Henderson, Richard B Westrick   +4 more
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A New Name for Pneumocystis from Humans and New Perspectives on the Host-Pathogen Relationship

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002
The disease known as Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) is a major cause of illness and death in persons with impaired immune systems. While the genus Pneumocystis has been known to science for nearly a century, understanding of its members remained ...
James R. Stringer, Charles B. Beard, Robert F. Miller, Ann E. Wakefield   +3 more
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Topological Ring Currents and Bond Currents in Some Neutral and Anionic Altans and Iterated Altans of Corannulene and Coronene. [PDF]

, 2018
The novel series of conjugated systems called altans, defined nearly a decade ago, was subsequently extended to multiple ("iterated") altans, and their magnetic properties were calculated by Monaco and Zanasi using the ab initio ipso-centric formalism ...
Dickens, Timothy K, Mallion, Roger B
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Validity between self-report and biochemical testing of cannabis and drugs among patients with traumatic injury: brief report

Journal of Cannabis Research, 2022
Background The relationship between drug use and traumatic injury is well documented, yet only a small proportion of patients are biochemically tested for cannabis and other substances. The study objective was to determine whether patient self-report can
Kristin Salottolo, Emmett McGuire, Robert Madayag, Allen H. Tanner, Matthew M. Carrick, David Bar-Or   +5 more
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Diagnostic and treatment barriers to persistent somatic symptoms in primary care – representative survey with physicians

BMC Family Practice, 2021
Background Many patients consult their primary care physician with persistent somatic symptoms such as pain or sickness. Quite often these consultations and further diagnostic measures yield no medical explanation for the symptoms – patients and ...
Marco Lehmann, Nadine Janis Pohontsch, Thomas Zimmermann, Martin Scherer, Bernd Löwe   +4 more
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