Branch retinal vein occlusion post severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 vaccination.

In this article, we report two patients who experienced the first onset of branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) 3 days after the administration of the BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine. Case 1: A 50-year-old woman without any history of retinal disease developed vision loss in her right eye 3 days after receiving the first dose of the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine. Case 2: A 56-year-old woman without any history of retinal disease developed vision loss in her right eye 3 days after receiving the first dose of the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine.

B-type (brain) natriuretic peptide and pruritus in hemodialysis patients.

Introduction And Objective: While pruritus is a common complication in hemodialysis patients, the pathophysiological mechanisms remain obscure. Recently, B-type (brain) natriuretic peptide (BNP) has been defined as an itch-selective neuropeptide in pruriceptive neurons in mice, and higher serum levels of BNP are frequently observed in hemodialysis patients. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the role of serum BNP in pruritus in patients undergoing hemodialysis.

Fluctuation of serum C3 levels reflects disease activity and metabolic background in patients with IgA nephropathy.

Background: We focused on the fluctuations of serum C3 levels throughout the clinical course of patients and investigated the relationship between these fluctuations and clinical findings.

Methods: IgA nephropathy patients (n = 122) were enrolled in the present study. Serum C3 and other clinical markers were compared at the time of renal biopsy and at last follow-up (6.

Campylobacter bacteremia in hemodialysis patients by eating raw meat - the importance of sanitary education.

In 2011, simultaneous, widespread outbreaks of food poisoning by contaminated enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in beef, which killed four and hospitalized more than 30 people, occurred in Japan. While the press was widely reporting this disaster, two maintenance hemodialysis patients were suffering from Campylobacter bacteremia by eating undercooked meat. One patient was infected with C.