Nodular-bronchiectatic pattern in pulmonary nocardiosis: Immune status and treatment outcomes in a multicenter retrospective study.

Background: Pulmonary nocardiosis is a rare opportunistic infection, with approximately 15 % of patients being immunocompetent. The isolation rate of Nocardia spp. has recently increased, indicating rising clinical concern.

Cytotoxic Effect of Calcineurin B Against Melanoma and Adenocarcinoma Cells In Vitro.

Chagas disease caused by the obligate intracellular flagellate protozoan infects about 6 million people. From the 1930s to the present, the antitumor capacity of has been studied; however, the identification of the responsible molecules for this effect remains undiscovered. Calcineurin, a calcium/calmodulin-dependent serine/threonine phosphatase, is a heterodimer consisting of a catalytic subunit (CaNA) and a regulatory subunit (CaNB).

Utilizing Insects as Bioindicators: An Approximation for Conservation in Urban Lentic Ecosystems in Central Chile.

This study considered using insect families as bioindicators to establish the health status of an ecosystem of lentic bodies. The water quality in urban lentic bodies in the Metropolitan Region, Chile, was evaluated from aquatic insect family assemblages and physicochemical variables for conserving aquatic life. Evaluations were carried out in parallel at four sampling stations of three water bodies (Batuco Wetland, Carén Lagoon, and Chada Reservoir) in a 2-3-year series, spring (2015, 2017, and 2018) and fall (2016 and 2018), with three replicates.

Renal Pelvic Cancer with Multiple Lung Metastases in a Patient with Polycystic Kidney Disease, Initially Diagnosed as Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: An Autopsy Case Report.

A 64-year-old man with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) on hemodialysis presented with multiple lung masses. A computed tomography (CT)-guided biopsy revealed non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). A cavitary mass in the right lung indicated primary NSCLC (cT2N1M1a, stage IVA).