[Translated article] Perceived quality of life in patients with psoriasis treated with interleukin 17 or 23 inhibitors.

Objective: To determine the effectiveness in terms of quality of life perceived by adult patients with moderate/severe plaque psoriasis treated with interleukin 17 or 23 inhibitors and to identify associated factors.

Method: Cross-sectional observational study including adult patients diagnosed with moderate/severe plaque psoriasis treated with interleukin 17 or 23 inhibitors for at least 12 or 16 weeks in follow-up, respectively.

Results: Forty-one patients were included: 65% male, median age 54 years (SD=13).

Characterisation of Paenibacillus jamilae strains that produce exopolysaccharide during growth on and detoxification of olive mill wastewaters.

A total of 10 bacterial strains were isolated from a compost of corn treated with olive mill wastewaters (OMW) and selected by their capacity to synthesize exopolysaccharides (EPS). Morphological, physiological, biochemical and nutritional tests were used for a phenotypic study. A numerical analysis showed that all strains were 90% similar to each other.

Fibrosing mediastinitis presenting as pulmonary stenosis: stenting works.

A rare case of fibrosing mediastinitis from histoplasmosis with extrinsic compression of the right pulmonary artery is reported. A 41-year-old patient presented with worsening symptoms of cough, fever, migratory arthralgia, chest pain, and progressive dyspnea. The pulmonary artery involvement was suspected by transthoracic echo and was confirmed by transesophageal echo, CT scan of chest, and right heart catheterization.