Publications by authors named "J Superata"

Article Synopsis
  • Diamond-Blackfan anaemia (DBA) is a rare genetic condition that leads to bone marrow failure, primarily due to problems with ribosomal function, resulting in issues with red blood cell (RBC) production and excess reactive iron.
  • A pilot study tested the effectiveness of eltrombopag, a drug that acts as an iron chelator, in improving RBC production among DBA patients, with some positive results but limited overall response rates.
  • While eltrombopag showed promise in increasing hemoglobin levels and reducing blood transfusion needs in one patient, complications like thrombocytosis led to dose adjustments or discontinuation in a significant portion of participants, highlighting challenges in treatment and the need for further research.
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Delays in the diagnosis and management of sepsis are associated with higher mortality. Moreover, routine blood tests performed just before hospital discharge are still insufficient for sepsis survivors. In this report, for the first time, dramatic hematological changes found in the blood of a sepsis survivor are described.

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Fournier's gangrene (FG) is a rare form of necrotizing soft tissue infection characterized by an acute, aggressive, and rapidly progressive course. In this case report, we describe advanced therapy combining critical care, surgery, pharmacotherapy, extended biochemical/cellular blood diagnostics, and post-discharge hyperbaric oxygen therapy rehabilitation. Such an intervention resulted in survival and improved health status and quality of life of the patient with FG and septic shock.

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Patients with severe aplastic anaemia (SAA) are often not vaccinated against viruses due to concerns of ineffective protective antibody response and potential for pathogenic global immune system activation, leading to relapse. We evaluated the impact of COVID-19 vaccination on haematological indices and disease status and characterized the humoural and cellular responses to vaccination in 50 SAA patients, who were previously treated with immunosuppressive therapy (IST). There was no significant difference in haemoglobin (p = 0.

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Vaccinations effectively prevent infections; however, patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) have reduced antibody responses following vaccinations. Combined humoral and cellular immune responses to novel adjuvanted vaccines are not well characterized in CLL. In an open-label, single-arm clinical trial, we measured the humoral and cellular immunogenicity of the recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) in CLL patients who were treatment naïve (TN) or receiving Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor (BTKi) therapy.

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