The optimal management of anti-drug antibodies to infliximab and identification of anti-drug antibody values for clinical outcomes in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Purpose: Secondary loss of response (LOR) to infliximab (IFX) commonly occurs. One cause is the development of anti-drug antibodies (ADAs). Evidence regarding the optimal management of ADAs is lacking.

Patient perceptions of phage therapy for diabetic foot infection.

Infections of diabetic foot ulcers are common, generally recalcitrant and often complicated by antibiotic resistance. Alternative antimicrobial strategies are needed. Phage therapy is a promising alternative that is being rediscovered.

Prevalence of coexisting autoimmune thyroidal diseases in coeliac disease is decreasing.

Background: Coeliac disease (CD) is associated with an increased risk of other immune-mediated conditions. : To investigate the prevalence of coexistent immune-mediated diseases in CD patients, and changes in the prevalence of autoimmune thyroidal diseases over the last 50 years.

Methods: Medical record data were collected retrospectively from 749 CD patients in Ireland.

A retrospective analysis of the microbiology of diabetic foot infections at a Scottish tertiary hospital.

Background: This study represents the first Scottish retrospective analysis of the microbiology of diabetic foot infections (DFIs). The aims were to compare the microbiological profile of DFIs treated at a Scottish tertiary hospital to that in the literature, gather data regarding antimicrobial resistance and investigate potential trends between the microbiological results and nature or site of the clinical sample taken and age or gender of the patients.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of wound microbiology results was performed, data were obtained from one multidisciplinary outpatient foot clinic during the 12 months of the year 2017.

A new visual illusion of aspect-ratio context.

Perception of local properties of the visual field is influenced by aftereffects of adaptation. The tilt aftereffect describes repulsion of the perceived orientation of a line from the orientation of an adapting line. Analogous effects of spatial context are often called illusions.