Respiratory antiviral immunity and immunobiotics: Beneficial effects on inflammation-coagulation interaction during influenza virus infection [PDF]
, 2016 Influenza virus (IFV) is a major respiratory pathogen of global importance, and the cause of a high degree of morbidity and mortality, especially in high-risk populations such as infants, elderly, and immunocompromised hosts.
Alvarez, Gladis Susana +3 more
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Health disparities in chronic liver disease
Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian +3 more
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Differential diagnosis of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia and viral lung injury in hospitalized adults [PDF]
Клиническая микробиология и антимикробная химиотерапия, 2023 Objective. Identification of clinical, laboratory, and instrumental factors more common in bacterial pneumonia compared to viral pneumonia, including COVID-19. Materials and Methods.
Strelkova D.A. +9 more
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PROBLEMS OF ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY IN KOVID-ASSOCIATED HOSPITAL PNEUMONIA
Сучасні медичні технології, 2022 Introduction. The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has posed challenges to healthcare professionals. The most common manifestation of a new variant of coronavirus disease is pneumonia, and therefore, the doctor is faced with the question of the diagnostic
O.A. Savchenko +5 more
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HIV infection is associated with elevated biomarkers of immune activation in Ugandan adults with pneumonia. [PDF]
, 2019 IntroductionPneumonia is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. How immune activation differs among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected adults with pneumonia is unknown.MethodsThe ...
Byanyima, Patrick +16 more
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AIDS-defining illnesses at initial diagnosis of HIV in a large Guatemalan cohort [PDF]
, 2017 BackgroundAnecdotal evidence suggests that a high proportion of patients diagnosed with HIV in Guatemala present with AIDS. There remain limited data on the epidemiology of AIDS-defining illnesses (ADIs) in Central America.MethodsWe conducted a ...
Cordon, Andrea Alonzo +6 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, has become a global pandemic. Based on symptoms, COVID-19 cases can be classified as symptomatic or asymptomatic.
Huihui Zeng +9 more
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A prospective randomized trial of fk506 versus cyclosporine after human pulmonary transplantation [PDF]
, 1994 We have conducted a unique prospective randomized study to compare the effect of PK506 and cyclosporine (CsA) as the principal immunosuppressive agents after pulmonary transplantation.
Armitage, JM +11 more
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Cytokine release syndrome in COVID-19 patients, a new scenario for an old concern. The fragile balance between infections and autoimmunity [PDF]
, 2020 On 7 January 2020, researchers isolated and sequenced in China from patients with severe pneumonitis a novel coronavirus, then called SARS-CoV-2, which rapidly spread worldwide, becoming a global health emergency.
Diamanti, A. P. +4 more
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Extrahepatic complications of liver transplantation. [PDF]
, 1985 The massive surgical assault associated with hepatic transplantation makes a high frequency of complications almost inevitable. In this review of 225 patient records, selected at random from cases of liver transplantation in Pittsburgh over a 2 1/2 year ...
Shaw, BW, Starzl, TE, Wood, RP
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