Streptococcus-associated vasculitis: A role for antibiotic therapy?

Numerous post-Streptococcal syndromes (PSS) have been described in the literature. The role of antibiotic therapy in the management of PSS is best established with acute rheumatic fever. We present a patient with streptococcus-associated medium vessel vasculitis with multiple flares despite immunosuppressive therapy that achieved a sustained remission with long term oral penicillin V 250 mg twice daily.

Secukinumab as a potential trigger of inflammatory bowel disease in ankylosing spondylitis or psoriatic arthritis patients.

Objective: Real-world secukinumab gastrointestinal-related adverse events (GIRAE) data during treatment for AS and PsA are lacking. We aimed to obtain this through baseline evaluation of pre-existing IBD rates and predictors of GIRAE.

Methods: Patient electronic and paper records commencing secukinumab from 10 UK hospitals between 2016 and 2019 were reviewed.

Differentiation of patients with chronic lombosciatica due to disc hernia using gait analysis techniques.

Unlabelled: Nowadays gait analysis represent a modern technique used as a useful tool in the assessment of patients with locomotors disease.

Aim: To make a differentiation of patients with chronic sciatica due to disc hernia using gait analysis techniques.

Material And Method: Study was prospective, with consecutive selection of subjects according to eligibility criteria, using a control group.

Biomarkers discovery in cancer--up-dates in methodology.

Biomarkers are biomolecules that can indicate normal/pathological processes, or physiological responses to therapy. Due to the serum abundance in proteins, such as albumin and lypo/glycoproteins, biomarkers are difficult to assess. Serum biomarkers identification can contribute to personalized medicine and improve cancer diagnostic and prognostic.