Survey of 1012 moldy dwellings by culture fungal analysis: Threshold proposal for asthmatic patient management.

Different countries have tried to define guidelines to quantify what levels of fungi are considered as inappropriate for housing. This retrospective study analyzes indoor fungi by cultures of airborne samples from 1012 dwellings. Altogether, 908 patients suffering from rhinitis, conjunctivitis, and asthma were compared to 104 controls free of allergies.

Pegfilgrastim administration after 24 or 72 or 96 h to allow dose-dense anthracycline- and taxane-based chemotherapy in breast cancer patients: a single-center experience within the GIM2 randomized phase III trial.

Purpose: To evaluate the safest timing of pegfilgrastim administration in dose-dense anthracycline- and taxane-based chemotherapy, three different cohorts of patients enrolled in the Gruppo Italiano Mammella (GIM) 2 study and treated at the coordinating center received pegfilgrastim 24 h (cohort A) or 72 h (cohort B) or 96 h (cohort C) after chemotherapy.

Methods: A total of 41 patients were included. The safety of pegfilgrastim administration in terms of occurrence of early and late leukocytosis and the behavior of white blood cells (WBC) counts in the three cohorts across all chemotherapy cycles were evaluated.

[Medical indoor environment counsellor (MIEC) in Burgundy: evaluation by physicians and patients].

Unlabelled: Since December 2009, chest physicians and allergologists in Burgundy have been able to call upon a medical indoor environment counsellor (MIEC). The consultations are free for the patient and are undertaken following a medical referal after systematic cutaneous prick tests.

Aims: To describe the indications, the distribution of prescriptions and to measure the impact of the counsellor's visits on the first 100 patients at 6 months and on the physicians at 18 months.

Quantitative methylation analysis of HOXA3, 7, 9, and 10 genes in glioma: association with tumor WHO grade and clinical outcome.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether specific HOXA epigenetic signatures could differentiate glioma with distinct biological, pathological, and clinical characteristics.

Methods: We evaluated HOXA3, 7, 9, and 10 methylation in 63 glioma samples by MassARRAY and pyrosequencing.

Results: We demonstrated the direct statistical correlation between the level of methylation of all HOXA genes examined and WHO grading.