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Secondary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma of the colon.
Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT)-type lymphomas most commonly occur in the stomach and have been associated with Helicobacter pylori infection. However, MALT-type lymphoma of the colon is a ra...
Acetaminophen prevents oxidative burst and delays apoptosis in human neutrophils.
Acetaminophen is a frequently prescribed over-the-counter drug to reduce fever and pain in the event of inflammatory process. As neutrophils are relevant cells in inflammatory processes, the putative...
Background: Beta-trace protein (BTP) and cystatin C (CysC) are novel biomarkers of renal function. We assessed the ability of both to predict major bleeding (MB) in patients with non-ST-segment elev...
Facile synthesis of tetrasaccharide aided by fluorous chemistry toward a dengue virus vaccine.
We report the synthesis of a tetrasaccharide with side chain using a light-fluorous-tagged glycosyl donor through the double glycosylation and gradient fluorous solid-phase extraction by adding a litt...
Accelerated junctional rhythm in children with acute rheumatic fever: is it specific to the disease?
Objective: During the course of acute rheumatic fever, some electrocardiographic changes are seen. First-degree atrioventricular block is the most common electrocardiographic abnormality. Second- and...
Long-term left ventricular support in patients with a mechanical aortic valve.
Objectives. The presence of a mechanical prosthesis has been regarded as an increased risk of thromboembolic complications and as a relative contraindication for a left ventricular assist device (LVAD...
In this study, hemoglobin vesicle (HbV), a type of artificial oxygen carrier, was infused in a hemorrhagic shock model, and the findings were compared with those of red blood cell (RBC) transfusion to...
OBJECTIVES: To compare combined sublingual misoprostol plus oxytocin infusion with intravenous carbetocin for prevention of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) in patients with risk factors during cesarean se...
SUMMARY Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is endemic in Turkey, and since 2004 many cases have been reported from different regions of Turkey. There are limited data about the seroprevalence of...
A 35-year-old Japanese female patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) presented with fever, erythematous papules and nodules, and polyarthralgia. Skin biopsy of a nodule was compatible with Sw...
News Articles
Sunlight Can Wake Up the Latent Herpes Virus; polyDNA Surveys the Public Knowledge
polyDNA answers new questions on herpes, HSV, herpes virus, cold sores, etc. collected from the public in its May, 2013 survey. Rochester, NY (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 Sun exposure can reactivate the herp...
Health officials discuss new strategies to prevent rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease
Today, at the World Health Assembly, top health officials from New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, Fiji and Rwanda met to discuss the vital need for countries to integrate rheumatic fever and rheuma...
Do not use paracetamol just to reduce fever, says NICE
Advice on the use of paracetamol and ibuprofen to treat feverish illness in children less than five years of age has been overhauled and the relationship between heart rate and fever in predicting se...
Dengue virus: Two hosts, two structures
Dengue virus has a highly ordered structure when grown in mosquito cells at 28 °C. The finding that the virus expands into a less ordered form at 37 °C indicates that the human immune system does no...
Among children presenting with fever, especially in a primary care setting, serious illness is uncommon. The prevalence of serious illness has been reported at 0.8% in primary care1 and 7.2% in......
NICE updates guidance on assessing and treating fever in children
Updated clinical guideline on assessing and managing children under the age of five years with fever has been published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
Governments hold long-overdue meeting on reducing early death from rheumatic heart disease
(World Heart Federation) Today, at the World Health Assembly, top health officials from New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, Fiji and Rwanda met to discuss the vital need for countries to integrate r...
Mysterious respiratory illness strikes 7 in Alabama; 2 dead
Two people have died and five others have been hospitalized in a mysterious cluster of respiratory illnesses in southeast Alabama, state health officials said. The victims, all adults, had sympt...
Investigation and treatment of imported malaria in non-endemic countries
Summary pointsMalaria is a common cause of fever in people returning from the tropicsFalciparum malaria is potentially fatal unless treated early, and patients over 65 years are at particular risk In....
Dengue fever, the neglected infectious disease
Dengue fever is the most common infectious disease transmitted by mosquitoes. The disease is spreading in Europe and Germany, an upward trend that is due to increased long-distance travel. There are n...
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Blockade Medical is a privately held medical device company focused on expanding the endovascular management of hemorrhagic stroke and related disease of the neurovascular system....
NanoViricides, Inc. (www.nanoviricides.com) is a development stage company that is creating special purpose nanomaterials for viral therapy. The Company's novel nanoviricid...
Inviragen is focused on developing vaccines to protect against infectious diseases worldwide. Inviragen's lead product candidate is a vaccine to protect against dengue fever. Invi...
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Blockade Medical is a privately held medical device company focused on expanding the endovascular management of hemorrhagic stroke and neurovascular disease. The company ma...
Clinical Trials
A Study to Assess the Safety of Live Intranasal Sendai Virus Vaccine in Children and Toddlers
Croup is an illness of young children that is caused by a virus. With this illness, the child has fever, cough, and hoarseness. Although the illness usually gets better in 2 to 4 days, so...
Hyperthermia With Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced or Metastatic Pancreas Cancer
Thermal therapy (hyperthermia, or heat) enhances the chemotherapy anti-tumor kill. Thermal therapy by itself also kills cancer cells. Whole-body thermotherapy is a systemic treatment th...
Immediate vs. Deferred Empirical Antifungal Treatment With Voriconazole In Neutropenic Patients
A well-known side-effect of cytostatics (drugs against malignancies) is a decrease in the number of white blood cells, especially of the so-called neutrophil granulocytes, which are very i...
This is a randomized 2-arm study to compare two different times of giving the drug vancomycin. Half of the patients will begin vancomycin two days before a bone marrow transplant. The ot...
Assessment of the Contribution of Monophosphoryl Lipid A (MPL) to a Grass Pollen Allergy Vaccine
Allergen-specific immunotherapy (SIT), the administration of gradually increasing quantities of an allergen extract to an allergic patient, is a curative approach which directly treats the...
Longitudinal Antimalarial Combinations in Uganda
The purpose of this study is to compare different ways of treating uncomplicated malaria in a group of Ugandan children. The study will be divided into 2 parts. Part 1 of the study will co...
Assessment of the Contribution of Monophosphoryl Lipid A (MPL) to a Tree Pollen Allergy Vaccine
Allergen-specific immunotherapy (SIT), the administration of gradually increasing quantities of an allergen extract to an allergic patient, is a curative approach which directly treats the...
Anthrax Vaccine Clinical Trials
This study will examine the recombinant, that is, produced by genetic engineering, protective antigen (rPA) that brings about antibodies to neutralize the anthrax toxin and that could ther...
Vaccine to Prevent West Nile Virus Disease
This study will test the safety of an experimental vaccine intended to prevent West Nile virus (WNV) infection and determine if it causes side effects. WNV symptoms may vary from fever and...
VITATOPS: A Study of VITAmins TO Prevent Stroke
The VITATOPS study is a multi-center, randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled secondary stroke prevention trial to determine whether the addition of vitamin supplements (B12 500 ug, B...
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Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Part 1
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Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Neorickettsia Sennetsu
A species of gram-negative bacteria in the genus NEORICKETTSIA, family ANAPLASMATACEAE, causing Sennetsu fever and found in the FAR EAST and SOUTHEAST ASIA.
Cholecystitis, Acute
Acute inflammation of the GALLBLADDER wall. It is characterized by the presence of ABDOMINAL PAIN; FEVER; and LEUKOCYTOSIS. Gallstone obstruction of the CYSTIC DUCT is present in approximately 90% of the cases.
Vibrio Salmonicida
A species of gram-negative bacteria in the genus VIBRIO, the causative agent of cold water vibriosis, a HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA of ATLANTIC SALMON.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
A viral disorder characterized by high FEVER, dry COUGH, shortness of breath (DYSPNEA) or breathing difficulties, and atypical PNEUMONIA. A virus in the genus CORONAVIRUS is the suspected agent.
Bartonella Bacilliformis
The type species of the genus BARTONELLA, a gram-negative bacteria found in humans. It is found in the mountain valleys of Peru, Ecuador, and Southwest Columbia where the sandfly (see PHLEBOTOMUS) vector is present. It causes OROYA FEVER and VERRUGA PERUANA.
