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Distinct Systemic Sclerosis Phenotypes Related to Ethnicity: An Opportunity to Personalize Care?

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objective is to describe and compare demographic, clinical, and serological characteristics of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) according to ethnic background. Methods Participants enrolled in the Canadian Scleroderma Research Group cohort who self‐identified to a single ethnicity group were included.
Danick Goulet, Camille Guertin, Maggie Larché, Isabelle Ferdinand, Marie Hudson, May Y. Choi, Mohammed Osman, Janet Pope, Carter Thorne, Murray Baron, Sasha Bernatsky, Sabrina Hoa   +11 more
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Penetration of Chlorhexidine into Human Skin [PDF]

, 2008
This study evaluated a model of skin permeation to determine the depth of delivery of chlorhexidine into full-thickness excised human skin following topical application of 2% (wt/vol) aqueous chlorhexidine digluconate.
Karpanen, T. J., Conway, Barbara R, Karpanen, Tarja J., Worthington, Tony, Hilton, Anthony C., Elliott, Tom S.J., Worthington, T., Elliott, T. S. J., Lambert, Peter A., Conway, Barbara R., Lambert, P. A., Hilton, A. C.   +11 more
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Mass spectrometry-based bacterial proteomics: focus on dermatological associated microbial pathogens

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016
The composition of human skin acts as a natural habitat for various bacterial species that function in a commensal and symbiotic fashion. In a healthy individual, bacterial flora serves to protect the host.
Youcef eSoufi, Boumediene eSoufi
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Determinants of Body Mass Index in Early Systemic Sclerosis: Implications for Nutritional Risk Stratification

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Gastrointestinal (GI) involvement can lead to malnutrition in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Body mass index (BMI) remains the most widely used marker to screen nutritional status. We aimed to identify predictors of lower BMI in patients with SSc. Methods Patients with SSc from a prospective US cohort meeting 2013 American College of
Ali Y. Ayla, Meng Zhang, Bingrui Chen, Claudia Pedroza, Brian Skaug, Maureen Mayes, Michael Hughes, Shervin Assassi, Zsuzsanna H. McMahan   +8 more
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Secondary bacterial infections of buruli ulcer lesions before and after chemotherapy with streptomycin and rifampicin [PDF]

, 2013
Buruli ulcer (BU), caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans is a chronic necrotizing skin disease. It usually starts with a subcutaneous nodule or plaque containing large clusters of extracellular acid-fast bacilli.
Kwabena Quenin-Fosu, Gerd Pluschke, Newman Mercy, Ruf, Marie-Thérèse, Cynthia Kwakye-Maclean (349465), Grace S. Kpeli, Asan-Ampah, Kobina, Mercy Newman (409617), Kwabena Quenin-Fosu (335716), Marie-Thérèse Ruf (2280196), Isaac Lamptey, Kwakye-Maclean Cynthia, Mercy Newman, Albert Paintsil (409614), Kpeli Grace S., Cynthia Kwakye-Maclean, Grace S. Kpeli (409612), Isaac Lamptey (409615), Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Benjamin Anku, Pluschke, Gerd, Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy, Evelyn Owusu-Mireku, Marie-Thérèse Ruf, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu (120059), Grace S Kpeli, Anku Benjamin, Albert Paintsil, Owusu-Mireku Evelyn, Evelyn Owusu-Mireku (409613), Quenin-Fosu Kwabena, Owusu-Mireku, Evelyn, Lamptey, Isaac, Paintsil, Albert, Quenin-Fosu, Kwabena, Benjamin Anku (409616), Ruf Marie-Thérèse, Pluschke Gerd, Kwakye-Maclean, Cynthia, Gerd Pluschke (7855), Kobina Asan-Ampah (335715), Anku, Benjamin, Asan-Ampah Kobina, Yeboah-Manu Dorothy, Paintsil Albert, Kpeli, Grace S., Newman, Mercy, Lamptey Isaac, Kobina Asan-Ampah   +48 more
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Cutaneous bacterial neglected tropical diseases: Epidemiology, clinical features, and diagnosis

JAAD Reviews
Bacterial neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) often present with skin manifestations, which may progress to disfigurement and functional impairment, causing significant patient morbidity.
Maggie H. Zhou, BS, Fyona Okundia, MD, Vidal Haddad, Jr., MD, PhD, Omar Lupi, MD, PhD, Janak K. Maniar, MD, FRCP (Edin), Stephen K. Tyring, MD, PhD, Shari R. Lipner, MD, PhD   +6 more
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Association of Elevated Platelets and C‐Reactive Protein With Severe Disease and Poor Survival in Systemic Sclerosis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Elevated C‐reactive protein (CRP) levels in systemic sclerosis (SSc) have been linked with severe disease and worse survival, but the role of platelet levels remains unclear. This study examined whether elevated platelet levels, CRP levels, or both are associated with disease severity, progression, and survival in SSc.
Brian S. Lee, Shufeng Li, Srijana Davuluri, Jennifer Lee, Lorinda Chung   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The prevalence of bacterial contamination in donated blood in Dar es salaam, Tanzania [PDF]

, 2012
Blood transfusion services are required to provide blood and components which are safe in cost effective way for transfusion into patients who require the blood products.
Malimu, Emmanuel Zephania, Zephania, M.E
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The Study of Skin Disease in the Mentally Subnormal

پزشکی بالینی ابن سینا, 1999
Mental deficiency is not a disease in its own right but a condition resulting from a variety of causes, some inborn and others acquired. The skin abnormalities of mental defectives fall into three broad groups: 1.
Amaneh Yazdanfar
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Incidence, Risk Factors and Management of Adverse Events in Contemporary Real‐World Care of Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective We describe the frequency, risk factors, severity, and management of actionable and serious adverse events (AAE and SAE) in children with newly diagnosed Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) in Canada. Methods We enrolled patients within 3 months of JIA diagnosis in the Canadian Alliance of Pediatric Rheumatology Investigators (CAPRI) Registry,
Bashayer Alnuaimi, Roberta A. Berard, Jean‐Philippe Proulx‐Gauthier, Heinrike Schmeling, Michelle Batthish, Gilles Boire, Adam M. Huber, Dax G. Rumsey, Jaime Guzman, Gaëlle Chédeville, The CAPRI registry Investigators   +10 more
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