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Rapid streptococcal pharyngitis testing and antibiotic prescribing before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2022
Background: Pharyngitis is 1 of the most common conditions leading to inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions. When personal protective equipment (PPE) was at first constrained during the COVID-19 pandemic, Intermountain Healthcare recommended limiting ...
Allan Seibert, Eddie Stenehjem, Anthony Wallin, Park Willis, Kim Brunisholz, Naresh Kumar, Valoree Stanfield, Nora Fino, Daniel Shapiro, Adam Hersh   +9 more
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Automated pharyngeal phase detection and bolus localization in videofluoroscopic swallowing study: Killing two birds with one stone? [PDF]

Computer methods and programs in biomedicine 225 (2022): 107058, 2021
The videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) is a gold-standard imaging technique for assessing swallowing, but analysis and rating of VFSS recordings is time consuming and requires specialized training and expertise. Researchers have recently demonstrated that it is possible to automatically detect the pharyngeal phase of swallowing and to localize ...
arxiv   +1 more source

The epidemiology of superficial Streptococcal A (impetigo and pharyngitis) infections in Australia: A systematic review

PLoS ONE, 2021
Background Streptoccocal A (Strep A, GAS) infections in Australia are responsible for significant morbidity and mortality through both invasive (iGAS) and post-streptococcal (postGAS) diseases as well as preceding superficial (sGAS) skin and throat ...
Sophie Wiegele, Elizabeth McKinnon, Rosemary Wyber, Katharine Noonan   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Synergistic moisturizing activity and antioxidant activity between crude polysaccharides and flavonoids in discarded stem of Trollius chinensis bunge

Engineering Reports, Volume 5, Issue 1, January 2023., 2023
The mixture of polysaccharides and flavonoids from TCS in a certain mass ratio showed a better synergy, which provided necessary clues for the further application and development of the main active substances of the nasturtium stem with applications in the food industry. Potential as edible film, edible packaging material. Abstract In this article, the
Saimin Zhang, Qiwei Guo, Yu Xin, Qixuan Li, Yang Liu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of compounds from chufa (Eleocharis dulcis) peels by widely targeted metabolomics

Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 11, Issue 1, Page 545-554, January 2023., 2023
The big Chinese water chestnut (BCWC) and small Chinese water chestnut (SCWC) peels using ultraperformance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (UPLC/MS)‐based metabolomics analysis. A total of 321 significant metabolites, including 90 flavonoids, 25 phenylpropanoids, and 33 organic acids and derivatives, were identified/annotated from BCWC and SCWC.
Guanli Li, Shuangquan Huang, Xiaochun Li, Yanghe Luo, Hui Nie   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Systemic therapy‐based split‐course stereotactic body radiation therapy

Precision Radiation Oncology, Volume 6, Issue 4, Page 306-320, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Purpose Given the therapeutic toxicity of concurrent chemoradiotherapy, the dose of chemotherapy is always limited. Hence, the question of how to administer adequate chemotherapy to synchronize stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) treatment strategy for maximizing the benefits of neoadjuvant therapy to improve prognosis is a challenging ...
Rong Zheng, Bisi Wang, Feihong Liang, Benhua Xu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trends in the use of antibiotics for pharyngitis in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2021
Introduction: Pharyngitis is one of the most common diagnoses for antibiotic prescriptions worldwide. Antibiotics should be prescribed for bacterial pharyngitis to reduce its complications.
Rawaa Ibrahim Olwi, Duaa Ibrahim Olwi
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Role of C Reactive Protein (CRP) and Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) in diagnosis of Pharyngitis in Cirrhotic Patients: A Trial to end of Antibiotics Abuse

SVU - International Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
Background: Patients with cirrhosis are at high risk for the development of infections, acute pharyngitis is probably the most common infection presented to the everyday clinic. Objectives: To evaluate the role of CRP and ESR, in differentiation between
Heba Ahmed Osman, Nehad Hassan Abd Elrahman, Asmaa Nafady, Amira E. Mohammed   +3 more
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Seasonal variations and risk factors of infection: a multicenter research network study

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2022
Background: Streptococcus pyogenes , or Group A Streptococcus (GAS), causes acute pharyngitis and necrotizing fasciitis. Seasonal variations in GAS infections are not robustly characterized.
Matthew Kennis, Alex Tagawa, Vanessa M. Kung, Gabrielle Montalbano, Isabella Narvaez, Carlos Franco-Paredes, Lilian Vargas Barahona, Nancy Madinger, Leland Shapiro, Daniel B. Chastain, Andrés F. Henao-Martínez   +10 more
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Streptococcal Pharyngitis

Definitions, 2020
Consider group A streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis in a child >3 years of age who presents with fever, sore throat, and the absence of upper respiratory viral symptoms (eg, cough, rhinorrhea, hoarseness).
Brian L. Burnette, D. M, Nelson Leung, S. Rajkumar   +3 more
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