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Chlamydia trachomatis Antibody Testing in Vaginal Mucosal Material versus Blood Samples of Women Attending a Fertility Clinic and an STI Clinic

Obstetrics and Gynecology International, Volume 2014, Issue 1, 2014., 2014
Background. Chlamydia infections often follow an asymptomatic course but may damage the reproductive tract. Chlamydia antibodies in serum are used as markers for past infections and can relate to tubal pathology and infertility. This “proof of principle” study aimed to assess whether Chlamydia antibodies are detectable in easier to obtain, noninvasive,
Ingrid V. F. van den Broek, Jolande A. Land, Jan E. A. M. van Bergen, Servaas A. Morré, Marianne A. B. van der Sande, Deborah A. Wing   +5 more
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Liposomes: from August Wassermann to Vaccines Against COVID-19

ADMET and DMPK, 2023
Background and Purpose: The development of vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus has become a big challenge for many countries in 2020-2022. mRNA vaccines were shown to be effective and safe and have been widely used worldwide in the fight against the ...
Ganna Grygorieva, Daria Pylypenko, Yuriy Krasnopolsky   +2 more
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Evaluating Frequency, Diagnostic Quality, and Cost of Lyme Borreliosis Testing in Germany: A Retrospective Model Analysis

Journal of Immunology Research, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012
Background. Data on the economic impact of Lyme borreliosis (LB) on European health care systems is scarce. This project focused on the epidemiology and costs for laboratory testing in LB patients in Germany. Materials and Methods. We performed a sentinel analysis of epidemiological and medicoeconomic data for 2007 and 2008.
I. Müller, M. H. Freitag, G. Poggensee, E. Scharnetzky, E. Straube, Ch. Schoerner, H. Hlobil, H.-J. Hagedorn, G. Stanek, A. Schubert-Unkmeir, D. E. Norris, J. Gensichen, K.-P. Hunfeld, Piotr Lewczuk   +13 more
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Chlamydia Trachomatis Tonsillopharyngitis

Case Reports in Otolaryngology, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012
Reports about the extragenital spread of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) to oropharynx are limited. We report a male patient with progressive tonsillopharyngitis resistant to amoxicillin/clavulanic acid therapy. The patient presented 9 days after an orogenital and oroanal sexual intercourse with a female sex worker.
Özmen Öztürk, Hüseyin Seven, M. B. Naguib, A. Rapoport   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Serodiagnosis of Echinococcus spp. infection: explorative selection of diagnostic antigens by peptide microarray [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Production of native antigens for serodiagnosis of helminthic infections is laborious and hampered by batch-to-batch variation. For serodiagnosis of echinococcosis, especially cystic disease, most screening tests rely on crude or purified ...
Maag, Eva, List, C, List, C., Gottstein, Bruno, Gottstein Bruno, Felger Ingrid, Felger, Ingrid, Qi, W, Gottstein, B., Ingrid Felger, Maag Eva, Qi Weihong, Müller, N., Felger, I, Müller, Norbert, Norbert Müller, List, Claudia, Gottstein, B, Müller Norbert, Felger, I., Maag, E., Müller, N, Qi, W., Eva Maag, Bruno Gottstein, List Claudia, Claudia List, Maag, E, Qi, Weihong, Weihong Qi   +29 more
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Immunodiagnosis of Neurocysticercosis: Ways to Focus on the Challenge

BioMed Research International, Volume 2011, Issue 1, 2011., 2011
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a disease of the central nervous system that is considered a public health problem in endemic areas. The definitive diagnosis of this disease is made using a combination of tools that include imaging of the brain and immunodiagnostic tests, but the facilities for performing them are usually not available in endemic areas ...
M. Esquivel-Velázquez, P. Ostoa-Saloma, J. Morales-Montor, R. Hernández-Bello, C. Larralde, Luis I. Terrazas   +5 more
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Innovating the fight against syphilis

DST, 2020
Introduction: Syphilis is a major public health problem. Its incidence has increased in Brazil, particularly in the Southern Region. New tools are available, and immediate action is necessary.
Antonio Gerbase, Vanessa Martins de Oliveira, Suelen Porto Basgalupp, Thayane Martins Dornelles, Michelle Pretto, Luana Pedrotti, Emerson Silveira de Brito, Eliana Márcia Wendland   +7 more
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Congenital syphilis. New questions about a neglected but re-emerging condition

Case Reports, 2022
In this issue of Case Reports, Cifuentes-Cifuentes et al. (1) describe a case of congenital syphilis (CS) in a newborn resulting from the first pregnancy of a woman who, despite having been diagnosed with syphilis through serological tests four years ...
Hernando Gaitán Duarte
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Congenital Syphilis After Treatment of Maternal Syphilis With a Penicillin Regimen Exceeding CDC Guidelines

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Volume 6, Issue 3, Page 134-137, 1998., 1998
Background: Although congenital syphilis usually occurs as a result of a failure to detect and treat syphilis in pregnant women, failures of the currently recommended regimen to prevent congenital syphilis have been reported. Case: This report describes an infant with congenital syphilis despite maternal treatment with a regimen exceeding current CDC ...
Craig S. Conover, Charles A. Rend, Grayson B. Miller Jr., George P. Schmid   +3 more
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An investigation of antenatal screening and management of syphilis in two districts in the North West Province [PDF]

, 2005
Includes bibliographical references.Syphilis is a common sexually transmitted disease in South Africa and infection acquired during pregnancy is associated with an increased rate of miscarriage, stillbirth, preterm labour, intra uterine growth ...
Chueu, Mmaphoko Patricia
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