Can pigs add another "P" to the PPR? Serological evidence of frequent Peste des petits ruminants infections in pigs in Nigeria.

To achieve the global eradication of Peste des petits ruminants (PPR), the epidemiological role of atypical hosts must be fully understood. Among domestic animals, pigs are, until now, the only species that has proven to fulfil criteria relevant for hosts to act as disease reservoir. This entails the susceptibility to infection via contact with infected animals as well as the shedding of infectious virus, resulting in new infections.

Giant cell arteritis: role of surgery in the management of vascular complications.

Apart from life-threatening and/or functional emergencies, treatment of vascular lesions in giant cell arteritis (GCA) is medical. Revascularization may be considered if the lesion remains symptomatic or progressive despite optimal medical treatment, provided that there is no disease-related inflammation, and always managed by a team of trained experts. The main risk associated with aortic involvement (aortitis) is the development of an aneurysm, most often in the thoracic aorta, after several years of progression.

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: An Evidence-Based Primer for Emergency Physicians.

Background: Hyperbaric medicine is a subspecialty that many emergency physicians may not encounter frequently in their daily practice. As such, we hope to provide a review, where we present an overview of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, complications from the therapy, and a description of how the treatments are administered. We also discuss seven emergency indications that may benefit from transfer to a hyperbaric facility for treatment.

Pembrolizumab with chemoradiotherapy followed by pembrolizumab for stage III-IVa cervical cancer: is the ENGOT-cx11/GOG-3047/KEYNOTE-A18 trial practice changing?

At the second interim analysis, the ENGOT-cx11/GOG-3047/KEYNOTE-A18 demonstrated an overall survival (OS) benefit after 36 months in stage III-IVa cervical cancer patients treated with chemoradiotherapy and concurrent pembrolizumab followed by 90 weeks of pembrolizumab as compared to placebo (82.6% vs. 74.

Association between large vessel vasculitis and inflammatory bowel disease: a case-control study.

Objectives: To describe the characteristics and outcome of patients with the association of large vessel vasculitis (LVV, Takayasu arteritis [TA] or giant cell arteritis [GCA]) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Methods: An observational, multicentre, retrospective case-control study. Cases were LVV-IBD patients from European countries, whereas controls had isolated LVV (iLVV).