Human parvovirus 4: An emerging etiological agent in cases presenting with influenza like illness.

This study was planned to study the association of parvovirus 4 (PARV4) with Influenza-like illness (ILI). A total of 1111 patients with a clinical diagnosis of ILI and 220 healthy controls were tested for Influenza A/HINI/and H3N2, Influenza B, and PARV4. Further sequencing was done to analyze the genotype distribution of parvovirus 4.

Human Parvovirus 4: A harmless bystander or a pathogen of severe acute respiratory illness.

Introduction: Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, caused by a large number of viral and bacterial agents. PARV4 is a recently identified virus detected in human blood and variety of tissues, but its disease association with SARI could not be established.

Objective: In the present case control study, we aim to investigate the association of PARV4 with SARI.

Expression of MMP-8 in Pressure Injuries in Spinal Cord Injury Patients Managed by Negative Pressure Wound Therapy or Conventional Wound Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the level of matrix metalloproteinase-8 (MMP-8) and wound-healing outcome measures (length, width, and depth, exudate amount, and tissue type) in pressure injuries (PIs) of spinal cord-injured patients treated with negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) using a novel negative pressure device versus PI treated with wet to moist gauze (conventional wound care).

Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Subjects And Setting: Forty-four spinal cord-injured patients with stage 3 and 4 sacral PI participated in the study.

A non-randomised, controlled clinical trial of an innovative device for negative pressure wound therapy of pressure ulcers in traumatic paraplegia patients.

The conventional methods of treatment of pressure ulcers (PUs) by serial debridement and daily dressings require prolonged hospitalisation, associated with considerable morbidity. There is, however, recent evidence to suggest that negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) accelerates healing. The commercial devices for NPWT are costly, cumbersome, and electricity dependent.