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Sep 19, 2022Open Access
Introduction: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is the autoimmune disease with the highest prevalence of pulmonary involvement, which ranges from 20% to 90% of the patients, depending on the criteria employed in the cohorts being studied (symptomatology or histopathology). More than 50% of the patients develop pleuropulmonary manifestations at least once during the course of the disease; likewise, pleuropulmonary involvement has been associated with a higher rate of mortality. The purpose of th...
Sep 14, 2022Open Access
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a worldwide problem. Intestinal TB (ITB) is a serious public health problem in developing countries and has been associated with significant morbidity and mortality. TB is challenging due to the lack of specific clinical and laboratory features. At present, a combination of clinical, endoscopic, radiological, and pathological features continues to be the key to diagnosing ITB. The surgical forms, in particular perforation, are mainly due to the delayed diagnostic. We re...
May 24, 2022Open Access
Hemolysis of biological samples has long been considered to impact the results of conventional biochemical examinations for various reasons. For some years now, suppliers of biochemistry automats and reagents have been providing thresholds or indexes for hemolysis, icterus and lactescence beyond which the results are no longer reliable. Hemolysis can interfere with assays performed in the laboratory. These interferences are due to the release in serum or plasma of constituents present in red blo...
Jun 25, 2015Open Access
Background: Over the last years,
increasing attention has been focused on the prevalence of obstructive sleep
apnea (OSA) in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Objective: To determine the
prevalence of OSA in a group of patients diagnosed with IPF. Materials and
Methods: Analytic retrospective study. Data were collected from the medical
records of all patients diagnosed with IPF who had polysomnography requested as
part of the study protocol in patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILD).
R...
May 18, 2015Open Access
Recently, along
with the development of biochemical and molecular immunological techniques, the
diagnosis methods have been improved in which preparing natural parasite
antigens, and genetically engineered recombinant antigens have been applied by using
agglutination test, complement fixation methods to detect the human’s serum
antibodies for parasite identification of paragonimus infections. To improve
the detection rate, some scholars have used phage peptide library technology to
further impro...
Mar 23, 2015Open Access
Background: Tobacco use is one of the important preventable causes of death
and a leading public health problem all over the world. Multiple factors are involved
in the initiation of smoking in adolescents and young adults. Adolescents may incorrectly
believe that cigarette smoking is less risky than other behaviors, such as alcohol
consumption and drug use, and they do not understand the short-term effect and addictive
nature of smoking. Objectives: The main objective of the study was to find o...
Mar 05, 2015Open Access
Objective: The
purpose of this survey is to investigate the university students’ face
infections with Demodex, and explore the
possible factors of Demodex infections. Methods: On this survey, the following
pressure method is adopted. The operator has used sterilized thumb against the client
part of the facial skin, observing mites under microscopy. Results: The results
of the survey for the total Demodex infection rate were 32.50%. Demodex folliculorum infection rate was
39.49%, Demode...
Dec 02, 2014Open Access
Lophomonas blattarum is a recently discovered parasitic protozoan that may infect humans and
cause serious respiratory symptoms which are deadly. This review has summarized
recent findings on the etiological characteristics, routes of transmission,
clinical symptoms, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment of L. blattarum infection and diseases in China.
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