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Probable Syphilitic Aortitis Documented by Positron Emission Tomography
(Wolters Kluwer Health, 2016)
Positron emission tomography (PET) has been used to aid in diagnosis of inflammatory and infectious disease. We describe the case of a patient with early latent syphilis with increased metabolic activity along the aorta ...
Antiepileptic drug use for treatment of epilepsy and dyslipidemia: Systematic review
(Elsevier, 2015)
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the association between commonly used anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) and plasma lipid levels in patients with epilepsy. METHODS: We sought observational studies that reported association between ...
Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant and Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis within Households: A Prospective Cohort Study
(Public Library of Science, 2015)
BACKGROUND: The "fitness" of an infectious pathogen is defined as the ability of the pathogen to survive, reproduce, be transmitted, and cause disease. The fitness of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) relative to ...
Anthelmintic therapy in ruminant species: Understanding of the host-drug-parasite interaction
(Bentham Science Publishers, 2010-05)
Inadequate use of anthelmitic drugs in livestock animals has led to therapeutic failures and to the dramatic widespread development of parasite resistance. Additional scientific knowledge on how to improve the use of ...
Multidrug-Resistant Microorganisms Colonizing Lower Extremity Wounds in Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Lima, Peru
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2017)
Multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) infections cause high morbidity and mortality, and high costs to patients and hospitals. The study aims were to determine the frequency of MDRO colonization and associated factors in ...
Treponema pallidum pallidum Genotypes and Macrolide Resistance Status in Syphilitic Lesions among Patients at 2 Sexually Transmitted Infection Clinics in Lima, Peru
(Wolters Kluwer Health, 2016)
We report the circulating genotypes and the frequency of macrolide-resistance patterns among Treponema pallidum pallidum DNA isolated from syphilitic lesions from patients who attended 2 sexual health clinics in Lima, Peru. ...
Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli phylogroups are associated with antibiotic resistance and duration of diarrheal episode
(Hindawi, 2015)
Conventionally, in Escherichia coli, phylogenetic groups A and B1 are associated with commensal strains while B2 and D are associated with extraintestinal strains. The aim of this study was to evaluate diarrheagenic (DEC) ...
Evaluation of the tuberculosis culture color plate test for rapid detection of drug susceptible and drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a resource-limited setting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(Public Library of Science, 2019)
Timely diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) is limited in Ethiopia. We evaluated the performance of a low technology, thin layer agar, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) culture color plate (TB-CX) test with concurrent drug ...
Successful Antiparasitic Treatment for Cysticercosis is Associated with a Fast and Marked Reduction of Circulating Antigen Levels in a Naturally Infected Pig Model
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2015)
Taenia solium cysticercosis is a common parasitic infection of humans and pigs. We evaluated the posttreatment evolution of circulating parasite-specific antigen titers in 693 consecutive blood samples from 50 naturally ...
Mucocutaneous manifestations of helminth infections: Trematodes and cestodes
(Elsevier, 2015)
In the 21st century, despite increased international travel for vacation, work, and medical missions and immigration into the United States, there is little published in the dermatology literature regarding the cutaneous ...