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Nosocomial Infections: Do Not Forget the Parasites!

Pathogens, 2021
Nosocomial infections (NIs) pose an increasing threat to public health. The majority of NIs are bacterial, fungal, and viral infections; however, parasites also play a considerable role in NIs, particularly in our increasingly complex healthcare ...
Ursula Fürnkranz, Julia Walochnik
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Prevalence of Malaria and Anaemia among HIV Infected Pregnant women Receiving Co-trimoxazole Prophylaxis in Tanzania: A Cross Sectional Study in Kinondoni Municipality. [PDF]

, 2014
HIV-infected pregnant women are particularly more susceptible to the deleterious effects of malaria infection particularly anaemia. In order to prevent opportunistic infections and malaria, a policy of daily co-trimoxazole prophylaxis without the ...
Billy Ngasala, Minzi, Omary, Omary Minzi, Manyanga, Vicent P, Vicent P Manyanga, Ngasala, Billy   +5 more
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Attitudes and acceptance of oral and parenteral HIV preexposure prophylaxis among potential user groups: a multinational study. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: The use of antiviral medications by HIV negative people to prevent acquisition of HIV or pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has shown promising results in recent trials.
Garnett, Geoffrey P, Piot, PK, Ana Wheelock, Wheelock, A, Gomez Gabriela B., Wheelock, Ana, Gomez, Gabriela B, Geoffrey P Garnett, Eisingerich, Andreas B., Garnett Geoffrey P., Peter K Piot, Dybul Mark R., Mark R. Dybul, Dybul, MR, Gomez, Gabriela B., Dybul, Mark R., Dybul, Mark R, Peter K. Piot, Geoffrey P. Garnett, Gomez, GB, Piot, Peter K, Piot, Peter K., Gabriela B Gomez, Wheelock Ana, Andreas B Eisingerich, Garnett, Geoffrey P., Piot Peter K., Gabriela B. Gomez, Eisingerich, Andreas B, Eisingerich, AB, Garnett, GP, Mark R Dybul, Andreas B. Eisingerich, Eisingerich Andreas B.   +33 more
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Ten years of surveillance for invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae during the era of antiretroviral scale-up and cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in Malawi. [PDF]

, 2011
OBJECTIVE: To document trends in invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in a central hospital in Malawi during the period of national scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and cotrimoxazole prophylaxis.
Mavuto Mukaka, Gordon, Stephen, French Neil, Molyneux, Malcolm, Stephen B Gordon, Neil French, van Oosterhout Joep J., Denis, Brigitte, French, Neil, Brigitte Denis, Malcolm Molyneux, Molyneux, Elizabeth M, Robert S. Heyderman, Carrol, Enitan D., Elizabeth M Molyneux, Molyneux, Elizabeth M., Mukaka, Mavuto, Joep J van Oosterhout, Heyderman Robert S., Robert S Heyderman, Dean B Everett, van Oosterhout, Joep J, Everett Dean B., Gordon Stephen B., Carrol, Enitan D, Molyneux Malcolm, Dean B. Everett, Enitan D. Carrol, Gordon, Stephen B, Mukaka Mavuto, van Oosterhout, Joep J., Elizabeth M. Molyneux, Denis Brigitte, Stephen B. Gordon, Joep J. van Oosterhout, Heyderman, Robert S., Everett, Dean B, Heyderman, Robert S, Everett, Dean B., Molyneux Elizabeth M., Carrol Enitan D., Enitan D Carrol   +41 more
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Pascal's Wager, infective endocarditis and the "no-lose" philosophy in medicine [PDF]

, 2010
Doctors and dentists have traditionally used antibiotic prophylaxis in certain patient groups in order to prevent infective endocarditis (IE). New guidelines, however, suggest that the risk to patients from using antibiotics is higher than the risk from ...
Conway, D.I., Shaw, D.M., Shaw, D.
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Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoite-extract acts as a potent immunomodulator against allergic sensitization and airway inflammation

Scientific Reports, 2017
Epidemiological and experimental studies have shown an inverse relationship between infections with certain parasites and a reduced incidence of allergic diseases. We and others have shown that infection with Toxoplasma gondii prevents the development of
Mirjana Drinić, Angelika Wagner, Priya Sarate, Christian Zwicker, Elke Korb, Gerhard Loupal, Roman Peschke, Anja Joachim, Ursula Wiedermann, Irma Schabussova   +9 more
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First molecular data on the human roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides species complex from the Bronze and Iron Age in Hallstatt, Austria

Scientific Reports, 2023
Palaeoparasitological studies can provide valuable information on the emergence, distribution, and elimination of parasites during a particular time in the past.
Elisabeth Barsch, Kerstin Kowarik, Katharina Rodler, Christoph Hörweg, Hans Reschreiter, Helmut Sattmann, Julia Walochnik   +6 more
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Probiotic prophylaxis in predicted severe acute pancreatitis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial [PDF]

, 2008
: Background Infectious complications and associated mortality are a major concern in acute pancreatitis. Enteral administration of probiotics could prevent infectious complications, but convincing evidence is scarce. Our aim was to assess the effects of
van Eijck, Casper H. J., Rosman, Camiel, Schaapherder, Alexander F. M., Brink, M.A., van Ramshorst, B, Cuesta, Miguel A., van Santvoort, H.C., van Goor, H., Schaapherder, AFM, Besselink, Marc G. H., van der Harst, E, Cuesta, MA, Boermeester, Marja A., Boermeester, MA, van Eijck, CH, Witteman, Ben J. M., Schaapherder, A.F.M., Besselink, MGH, van der Harst, E., Akkermans, Louis M. A., van der Harst, Erwin, Buskens, E., Rosman, C., Dejong, C.H.C., Wahab, Peter J., Laarhoven, C.J.H.M. van, Nieuwenhuijs, V.B., Ploeg, RJ, Besselink, M.G.H., Witteman, BJM, Bollen, TL, Timmerman, Harro M., Timmerman, H.M., van Laarhoven, CJ, Ploeg, R.J., Dejong, CH, Buskens, Erik; id_orcid, Besselink, M.G., van Eijck, Casper, Van Eijck, GHJ, Timmerman, HM, Buskens, E, Gooszen, H.G., Van Laarhoven, CJHM, Akkermans, L.M., Grp, DAPS, Schaapherder, AF, Santvoort, H.C. van, Nieuwenhuijs, VB, Boermeester, M.A., Cuesta, M.A., Nieuwenhuijs, Vincent B., Bollen, T.L., Akkermans, LM, Wahab, PJ, Dejong, CHC, Gooszen, Hein G., van Ramshorst, B., Witteman, B.J., Akkermans, L.M.A., van Laarhoven, C.J.H.M., Dejong, C.H., Dejong, Cornelis H. C., Wahab, P.J., Eijck, C.H. van, van Laarhoven, C.J., Gooszen, HG, van der Harst, E (Erwin), Witteman, B.J.M., Bollen, Thomas L., Harst, E. van der, van Goor, H, Brink, M., van Ramshorst, Bert, Rosman, C, Buskens, Erik, van Laarhoven, Cees J. H. M., Brink, Menno A., Ramshorst, B. van, Ploeg, Rutger, van Goor, Harry, van Eijck, C.H.J., Goor, H. van, Besselink, MG, Brink, MA, Schaapherder, A.F., Akkermans, LMA, van Eijck, C.H., van Santvoort, HC, van Santvoort, Hjalmar C., Witteman, BJ, van Eijck, van, Ploeg, Rutger J.   +92 more
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Consequent stages of developing a multi-compartmental mechanistic model for chronically inhaled nanoparticles pulmonary retention

Toxicology Reports, 2019
The paper retraces the development of a mechanistic multicompartmental system model describing particle retention in lungs under chronic inhalation exposures.
Boris A. Katsnelson, Marina P. Sutunkova, Ludmila K. Konysheva, Svetlana N. Solovyeva, Ilzira A. Minigalieva, Vladimir B. Gurvich, Larissa I. Privalova   +6 more
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Data on High Resolution Melting (HRM) and phylogenetic analysis of P. ovale wallikeri and P. ovale curtisi

Data in Brief, 2019
High Resolution Melting (HRM) analysis is a post-PCR analysis method used for identifying genetic variation in nucleic acid sequences. These data are presenting the identity of the 33 samples used for a qPCR-HRM and a nested snapback methods validation ...
Aline Lamien-Meda, Hans-Peter Fuehrer, Harald Noedl   +2 more
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