Publications by authors named "K Taylor Hellmann"
is a major cause of invasive disease of young children in low- and middle-income countries. In southern India, pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) that can prevent invasive pneumococcal disease began to be used more frequently after 2015. To characterize pneumococcal evolution during the early time period of PCV uptake in southern India, genomes were sequenced and selected characteristics were determined for 402 invasive isolates collected from children <5 years of age during routine surveillance from 1991 to 2020.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe miticide efficacy of a single treatment with Felpreva® (tigolaner, emodepside and praziquantel) spot-on solution for cats was evaluated in two European field studies. One study was conducted in cats naturally infested with . The other study was conducted in cats naturally infested with .
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- Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were tested for their safety and effectiveness in treating superficial digital flexor tendon (SDFT) and suspensory ligament (SL) injuries in horses.
- In a clinical trial involving 100 horses, those treated with tenogenic primed MSCs showed significant improvements in fiber alignment, echogenicity, and reduction in lesion size compared to the placebo group.
- Despite no histology samples being collected and limited long-term follow-up, the study concluded that tpMSCs are a safe option that enhances healing and reduces re-injury rates in affected horses.
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- Scientists looked at how a special kind of cell called mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can help dogs with a painful joint disease called osteoarthritis.
- They tested these cells in a study with 32 dogs to see if they help reduce pain and improve joint health after injecting them into the dogs.
- The results showed that using a certain dose of MSCs was safe and helped the dogs feel better and heal their joints, making this a potential new way to treat this illness in dogs.
Staphylococcus epidermidis infections can be challenging to diagnose due to the species frequent contamination of clinical specimens and indolent course of infection. Nevertheless, S. epidermidis is the major cause of late-onset sepsis among premature infants and of intravascular infection in all age groups.
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