The Kidney Transplant Lottery: A Highly Sensitized Patient, Without Mismatches and Vein Thrombosis of the Graft; A Case Report.

A kidney transplant is the best option for patients with end-stage renal disease. The waiting list period can be long, especially for highly sensitized patients. We describe a 60-year-old woman who received a second transplant and was highly sensitized to vascular access exhaustion, anuric, and performing peritoneal dialysis.

Bet v 1-independent sensitization to major allergens in Fagales pollen: Evidence at the T-cell level.

Background: In birch-dominated areas, allergies to pollen from trees of the order Fagales are considered to be initiated by the major birch pollen allergen Bet v 1. However, the sensitizing activity of Bet v 1-homologs in Fagales pollen might be underestimated. Allergen-specific T-cells are crucial in the sensitization process.

Hemodialysis vascular access in elderly patients: A comprehensive review.

The number of elderly patients initiating hemodialysis (HD) increased considerably over the past decade. Arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) are the preferred vascular access (VA) type in most HD patients. Choice of VA for older hemodialysis patients presents a challenge.

Wilkie's Syndrome: An Unexpected Finding.

Wilkie's syndrome is a rare pathology caused by extrinsic compression of the third part of the duodenum by the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) at its origin. The symptoms are variable and non-specific consisting of postprandial abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, early satiety, anorexia, and weight loss. A contrast-enhanced CT scan is the standard imaging modality.

IgE-cross-blocking antibodies to Fagales following sublingual immunotherapy with recombinant Bet v 1.

Background: Evidence has accumulated that birch pollen immunotherapy reduces rhinoconjunctivitis to pollen of birch homologous trees. Therapeutic efficacy has been associated with IgE-blocking IgG antibodies. We have recently shown that sera collected after 16 weeks of sublingual immunotherapy with recombinant Bet v 1 (rBet v 1-SLIT) display strong IgE-blocking bioactivity for Bet v 1.

When eating makes you sick - Gastric stump obstruction caused by a phytobezoar. A case report and literature review.

Introduction And Importance: Bezoars result from undigested material having an incidence of 0.4-1% (Gunner et al., 2012).

Long-term release of carbon from grassland soil amended with different slurry particle size fractions: a laboratory incubation study.

Application of animal manure to agricultural soils enhances both native soil carbon (C) and overall (native soil C and added C) respiration. CO(2) effluxes were measured in a laboratory incubation study for 1465 days after the application of different slurry fractions (>2000, 425-2000, 250-425, 150-250, 45-150 and <45 µm) to a grassland soil. The slurry-derived C present in the soil was traced using the natural abundance δ(13)C method.

Short term N2O, CH4 and CO2 production from soil sampled at different depths and amended with a fine sized slurry fraction.

Little is known about the interaction of the soil's physicochemical environment and livestock slurry throughout the soil profile. In this study, five soil layers (2-6, 6-10, 10-14, 14-18, 18-22 cm) amended with a<45 microm slurry fraction (FS) or water (control) were incubated for 58 d at 20 degrees C to determine the effect of the slurry position in the soil profile on the production of CO(2), N(2)O, CH(4) and total greenhouse gas (GHG) expressed as CO(2) equivalent. FS application increased the CO(2) production in all soil layers by 3-8 times compared to the controls.