Does clinical exposure to different skin tones during training improve diagnostic ability?
Medical Education, EarlyView.Abstract Background Previous studies have shown that medical students demonstrate poorer performance when diagnosing pathology in skin of colour (SOC) compared to white skin (WS); it is important to understand the reasons underpinning this. If not addressed, poorer differential diagnostic ability in certain skin tones could entrench existing racial ...
Yusra Shammoon +10 more
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Post vaccinal temporary sensorineural hearing loss [PDF]
, 2018 In our systematic research we identified four studies concerning the onset of neurological adverse events following vaccination and two excluding this association.
De Cesare, Donato Pompeo +8 more
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Genital Herpes Zoster in an Immunocompetent Adult: A Rare Presentation
JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Sunil Jaiswal +4 more
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Successful Treatment of Severe Purpura Fulminans With Anakinra
Pediatric Dermatology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Purpura fulminans (PF) is a rare, often fatal pediatric condition characterized by intravascular thrombosis and hemorrhagic infarction of the skin. A timely diagnosis and treatment are paramount to prevent the involvement of internal organs, causing disseminated intravascular coagulation and gangrene of the extremities.
Francesco Zulian +4 more
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Reflectance confocal microscopy for the diagnosis of skin infections and infestations [PDF]
, 2020 Reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) is a noninvasive real-time imaging technique that has been widely used for the diagnosis of skin cancer. More recently, it has been reported as a useful tool for the diagnosis and management of several inflammatory ...
Arzberger, Edith +6 more
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Fatal Chronic Varicella‐Zoster Viral Infection in a Young Man With Chediak–Higashi Syndrome
Pediatric Dermatology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Chediak–Higashi syndrome (CHS) is a rare autosomal recessive primary immunodeficiency characterized by partial oculocutaneous albinism, neurologic involvement, and a predisposition to severe infections. Patients are particularly susceptible to developing hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), which significantly worsens prognosis. We report
Albane Badet +4 more
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Correlation between the varicella incidence and temperature in Minhang District, Shanghai
Shanghai yufang yixueObjectiveTo explore the exposure-lag-response relationship between temperature and risk of varicella incidence,and to provide a scientific evidence for early warning and precise prevention and control of varicella epidemic.MethodsDaily varicella cases ...
ZHAO Xia +7 more
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Burden of varicella in Latin America and the Caribbean: findings from a systematic literature review
BMC Public Health, 2019 Background Varicella is typically mild and self-limiting, but can be associated with complications and even death. The limited data available on varicella in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) indicate substantial burden in countries where varicella ...
Luiza Helena Falleiros Arlant +5 more
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Estimating infectious disease parameters from data on social contacts and serological status
, 2010 In dynamic models of infectious disease transmission, typically various mixing patterns are imposed on the so-called Who-Acquires-Infection-From-Whom matrix (WAIFW).
Anderson +31 more
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Polyspecific, antiviral immune response distinguishes multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica [PDF]
, 1887 Background: A polyspecific, intrathecal humoral immune response against neurotropic viruses such as measles, rubella and varicella zoster virus (MRZ reaction, MRZR) is present in 80--100% of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), but has not to date been
Bergamaschi, R. +12 more
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