Extracellular vesicles as potential diagnostic markers for kidney allograft rejection.

Kidney transplantation is a highly effective treatment for end-stage kidney disease. However, allograft rejection remains a significant clinical challenge in kidney transplant patients. Although kidney allograft biopsy is the gold-standard diagnostic method, it is an invasive procedure.

Anti-interferon-gamma autoantibody and salmonellosis: Case report and literature review.

Adult-onset immunodeficiency syndrome is characterized by the presence of anti-interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) autoantibody and the distribution of infections. Here, we describe bacteremia in a Thai woman who also had anti-IFN-γ autoantibody. The patient was also suffering from osteomyelitis and a peri-orbital abscess.

Safety and immunogenicity of the third and fourth doses of vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 following a 2-dose regimen of inactivated whole-virion SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.

This study followed healthcare personnel (HCP) who had completed a primary series of CoronaVac and then received the third and fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccine. The primary objective was to determine the seroconversion rate of neutralizing antibodies against wild-type SARS-CoV-2 and VOCs at day 28 after the third dose of vaccine and day 28 after the fourth dose of vaccine. This prospective cohort study was conducted at Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital, a tertiary care hospital affiliated to Chiang Mai University from July 2021 to February 2022.

Sweet syndrome as a cutaneous manifestation in a patient with bacteremia: A case report.

is a gram-positive bacillus causing three clinical syndromes in humans, including localized cutaneous infection, diffuse cutaneous form, and systemic infection. Various skin lesions in systemic form have been reported; however, no comprehensive study has been conducted. Here we report a case of a 60-year-old woman who suffered from bacteremia with distinct generalized annular purplish plaques.

Rapid skin thickness progression rate is associated with high incidence rate of cardiopulmonary complications in patients with early diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis: inception cohort study.

Objectives: We aimed to investigate patients with early diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) with regard to: 1. the association between skin thickness progression rate (STPR) at baseline visit and incidence rate of cardiopulmonary complications; 2. comparison of the mortality rate between patients with skin improvers and those with skin non-improvers.