Liver Disease Complicating Familial Mediterranean Fever: A Study on 66 Patients Out of 533 Adult From the JIR Cohort.

Background: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common monogenic autoinflammatory disease, associated with MEFV mutations. FMF patients can experience liver involvement, potentially leading to cirrhosis.

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate liver involvement in FMF patients at a French tertiary centre for adult FMF.

Inferior Overall Survival After Haploidentical Donor Lymphocyte Infusions in Relapsed Myeloid Neoplasms.

Objectives: Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) effectively treats high-risk myeloid neoplasms, but relapses post-HSCT, particularly in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDS), pose significant challenges. Donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) has been utilized, but its effectiveness, especially in haploidentical settings, remains insufficiently clarified, and graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) poses a substantial risk.

Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, 57 patients with AML or MDS who received DLI after allogeneic HSCT at our center from 2002 to 2023 were analyzed.

complex prevalence, spatial-temporal distribution, and contamination sources in Canadian aquatic environments.

(ACB) complex has been identified as a group of emerging opportunistic pathogens that cause nosocomial infections. The current study investigates the prevalence, distribution, and diversity of pathogenic ACB complex in various aquatic systems with different uses. Of the total 157 agricultural, raw drinking water intake, recreational beach, and wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent samples, acinetobacters were isolated, quantified, and confirmed by genus- and ACB complex-specific PCR assays.

Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence estimates between commercial lab serum specimens and blood donor specimens, United States, September-December 2021.

Unlabelled: We estimated monthly cross-sectional seroprevalence rates of anti-nucleocapsid (anti-N) and anti-spike (anti-S) antibodies to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in two U.S. nationwide studies.

Who Gets Sick From COVID-19? Sociodemographic Correlates of Severe Adult Health Outcomes During Alpha- and Delta-Variant Predominant Periods: September 2020-November 2021.

Background: Because COVID-19 case data do not capture most SARS-CoV-2 infections, the actual risk of severe disease and death per infection is unknown. Integrating sociodemographic data into analysis can show consequential health disparities.

Methods: Data were merged from September 2020 to November 2021 from 6 national surveillance systems in matched geographic areas and analyzed to estimate numbers of COVID-19-associated cases, emergency department visits, and deaths per 100 000 infections.

[Devil with angel wings - when vitamin A saves lives].

Anamnesis And Clinical Examination: A 40-year-old male patient presented to our emergency department with a new onset of hemorrhagic diathesis. Clinically, there were marked bleeding stigmata with extensive ecchymosis in the thigh area and oral mucosal hemorrhage with otherwise general well-being.

Diagnostics: The coagulation diagnostics performed were consistent with the picture of disseminated intravascular consumption coagulopathy.

Precise characterization of a corridor-shaped structure in Khufu's Pyramid by observation of cosmic-ray muons.

Khufu's Pyramid is one of the largest archaeological monument all over the world, which still holds many mysteries. In 2016 and 2017, the ScanPyramids team reported on several discoveries of previously unknown voids by cosmic-ray muon radiography that is a non-destructive technique ideal for the investigation of large-scale structures. Among these discoveries, a corridor-shaped structure has been observed behind the so-called Chevron zone on the North face, with a length of at least 5 meters.

Native Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Inoculum Modulates Growth, Oxidative Metabolism and Alleviates Salinity Stresses in Legume Species.

Soil salinity constitutes a major abiotic stress that contributes to soil degradation and crop yield reduction. Using arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) inoculation can help to alleviate these deleterious effects. Most researches on AMF application are dealing with ecological restoration, whereas little consideration has been given to agriculture and legume production.

COVID-19 SeroHub, an online repository of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence studies in the United States.

Seroprevalence studies provide useful information about the proportion of the population either vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, previously infected with the virus, or both. Numerous studies have been conducted in the United States, but differ substantially by dates of enrollment, target population, geographic location, age distribution, and assays used. This can make it challenging to identify and synthesize available seroprevalence data by geographic region or to compare infection-induced versus combined infection- and vaccination-induced seroprevalence.

Occupations Associated With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection and Vaccination, US Blood Donors, May 2021-December 2021.

Background: There are limited data on the risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in the United States by occupation. We identified occupations at higher risk for prior SARS-CoV-2 infection as defined by the presence of infection-induced antibodies among US blood donors.

Methods: Using a nested case-control study design, blood donors during May-December 2021 with anti-nucleocapsid (anti-N) testing were sent an electronic survey on employment status, vaccination, and occupation.

Quantitative Assessment of First Nations Drinking Water Distribution Systems for Detection and Prevalence of Thermophilic Species.

Water is considered a major route for transmitting human-associated pathogens. Although microbial water quality indicators are used to test for the presence of waterborne pathogens in drinking water, the two are poorly correlated. The current study investigates the prevalence of thermophilic DNA markers specific for spp.

Number of Months of Baseball in the Previous Year and Preseason Olecranon Tenderness: Risk Factors for Shoulder and Elbow Injuries in High-School Baseball Players.

Objective: To identify risk factors for shoulder and elbow injuries in high-school baseball position players and pitchers in the preseason history and physical examination.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Community high-school baseball.

Updated US Infection- and Vaccine-Induced SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Estimates Based on Blood Donations, July 2020-December 2021.

This cross-sectional study examines monthly blood donations from individuals aged 16 years and older to estimate the population with antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 from infection or vaccination.

Association of Trends in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Seroprevalence and State-Issued Nonpharmaceutical Interventions: United States, 1 August 2020 to 30 March 2021.

Background: We assess if state-issued nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) are associated with reduced rates of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection as measured through anti-nucleocapsid (anti-N) seroprevalence, a proxy for cumulative prior infection that distinguishes seropositivity from vaccination.

Methods: Monthly anti-N seroprevalence during 1 August 2020 to 30 March 2021 was estimated using a nationwide blood donor serosurvey. Using multivariable logistic regression models, we measured the association of seropositivity and state-issued, county-specific NPIs for mask mandates, gathering bans, and bar closures.

Feasibility of an Automatic Ultrasonographic Image Acquisition System Associated With an Artificial Intelligence Algorithm for Real-Time Monitoring of Cardiac Motion During Cardiac Radio-Ablation.

Background: The management of the cardio-respiratory motion of the target and the reduction of the uncertainties related to patient's positioning are two of the main challenges that stereotactic arrhythmia radio-ablation (STAR) has to overcome. A prototype of a system was developed that can automatically acquire and interpret echocardiographic images using an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to calculate cardiac displacement in real-time.

Methods: We conducted a single center study enrolling consecutive patients with a history of ventricular arrhythmias (VA) in order to evaluate the feasibility of this automatic acquisition system.

Comparative assessment of growth media and incubation conditions for enhanced recovery and isolation of Acinetobacter baumannii from aquatic matrices.

Acinetobacter baumannii causes serious multidrug resistant nosocomial infections around the world. This comprehensive comparative study was designed to assess the effect of temperature (30, 37 and 42 °C), incubation (aerobic and microaerobic) condition and selective [CHROMagar Acinetobacter (CHR) and Leeds Acinetobacter Medium (LAM)] and non-selective [Modified Karmali Agar (MKA)] growth media on the enhanced recovery of A. baumannii from a variety of water (agricultural, recreational, raw drinking intake source, pre-chlorinated and post-chlorinated wastewater effluent) samples spiked with a known number of A.

Living-donor kidney transplantation: comparison of sequential and simultaneous surgical organizations.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to compare living-donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) performed either sequentially, in one operating room, leading to extended cold ischemia time (CIT) or simultaneously, in two different operating room, with shorter CIT.

Methods: We retrospectively included all living-donor nephrectomies and kidney transplantations, performed from March 2010 to March 2014, in three French university centers. In the first one (C1), LDKTs were performed in sequential manner (Sequential group) and in C2 and C3, LDKTs were performed in simultaneous manner (Simultaneous group).

Laparoscopy for living donor left nephrectomy: Comparison of three-dimensional and two-dimensional vision.

The main objective of this preliminary study was to evaluate the feasibility and safety of 3-D laparoscopic living donor left nephrectomy (LDLN). The secondary objective was to compare intraoperative and postoperative outcomes between 3-D and 2-D laparoscopic LDLN. All patients who underwent a laparoscopic LDLN from January 2015 to April 2018 in a university center were included.