COVID‐19 and myasthenia gravis: A review of neurological implications of the SARS‐COV‐2
Abstract Introduction This review highlights the potential mechanisms of neuromuscular manifestation of COVID‐19, especially myasthenia gravis (MG). Methods An extensive literature search was conducted by two independent investigators using PubMed/MEDLINE and Google Scholar from its inception to December 2020. Results Exacerbations of clinical symptoms
Syed Muhammad Ismail Shah+10 more
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Prokineticin 2 promotes macrophages-mediated antibacterial host defense against bacterial pneumonia
: Objectives: Bacterial pneumonia is a common serious infectious disease with high morbidity and mortality. Prokineticin 2 (PK2) has recently been identified as a novel immunomodulator in a variety of diseases; however, its role in bacterial pneumonia ...
Qianqian Tu+11 more
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Respiratory Dysbiosis in Canine Bacterial Pneumonia: Standard Culture vs. Microbiome Sequencing
It is unknown how the respiratory microbiome influences and is influenced by bacterial pneumonia in dogs, as culture of lung samples and not microbial sequencing guides clinical practice.
Aida I. Vientós-Plotts+10 more
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Automatic Detection of COVID-19 and Pneumonia from Chest X-Ray using Deep Learning [PDF]
In this study, a dataset of X-ray images from patients with common viral pneumonia, bacterial pneumonia, confirmed Covid-19 disease was utilized for the automatic detection of the Coronavirus disease. The point of the investigation is to assess the exhibition of cutting edge convolutional neural system structures proposed over the ongoing years for ...
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Early-detection and classification of live bacteria using time-lapse coherent imaging and deep learning [PDF]
We present a computational live bacteria detection system that periodically captures coherent microscopy images of bacterial growth inside a 60 mm diameter agar-plate and analyzes these time-lapsed holograms using deep neural networks for rapid detection of bacterial growth and classification of the corresponding species.
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Current treatment for canine bacterial pneumonia relies on protracted courses of antimicrobials (3–6 weeks or more) with recommendations to continue for 1–2 weeks past resolution of all clinical and thoracic radiographic abnormalities. However, in humans,
Aida I. Vientós-Plotts+2 more
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Automatic Detection of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Using X-ray Images and Deep Convolutional Neural Networks [PDF]
The 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), with a starting point in China, has spread rapidly among people living in other countries, and is approaching approximately 34,986,502 cases worldwide according to the statistics of European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
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HIV-associated pneumonia: bacterial, fungal, viral
The paper presents a critical analysis of the data on incidence and etiology of pneumonia among patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The features and prospects of differential diagnosis for various types of pneumonia are considered.
V. V. Lavreniuk+6 more
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Expression and significance of serum vitamin D and LL-37 levels in infants with bacterial pneumonia
ObjectiveTo investigate the significance of vitamin D and human antimicrobial peptide LL-37 in the occurrence and development of bacterial pneumonia in infants.MethodsFrom January 2021 to January 2022, 80 infants with bacterial pneumonia were selected ...
Shaojie Zhao+7 more
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Autosomal recessive hyper‐IgE syndrome due to DOCK8 deficiency: An adjunctive role for omalizumab
We report a rare case of AR‐HIES with DOCK8 deficiency in a young male that was successfully treated by infection management, skincare, diet elimination, and omalizumab. Abstract Autosomal recessive hyper‐IgE syndrome (AR‐HIES) is a rare primary immunodeficiency disorder characterized by high serum IgE levels, recurrent viral skin infections, severe ...
Kim Han Nguyen+8 more
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