A retrospective, multicentric controlled study of the effect of specific allergen immunotherapy on medication needs in cats with atopic skin syndrome.

Background: Intradermal allergen testing (IDT) and allergen-specific immunotherapy (ASIT) remain underrated in feline dermatology.

Hypothesis/objectives: The objectives of this retrospective study were to report the results of IDT and the effects of ASIT on the medication needs in a population of 158 cats diagnosed with feline atopic skin syndrome (FASS).

Materials And Methods: FASS was diagnosed after the exclusion of other pruritic conditions.

[Two new cases of X-linked intellectual developmental disorder-105 linked to a previously unreported pathogenic variant in the USP27X gene].

Introduction: X-linked intellectual developmental disorder is clinically and genetically heterogeneous. The ubiquitin specific peptidase 27 X-linked gene (USP27X) has been associated with X-linked intellectual developmental disorder, and only 17 affected males have been described in the literature to date.

Case Report: A 6-year-old boy was assessed due to intellectual developmental disability, language delay, behavioural disorder, microcephaly and particular features.

Storage and Utilization of Glycogen by Mouse Liver during Adaptation to Nutritional Changes Are GLP-1 and PASK Dependent.

Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) and PAS kinase (PASK) control glucose and energy homeostasis according to nutritional status. Thus, both glucose availability and GLP-1 lead to hepatic glycogen synthesis or degradation. We used a murine model to discover whether PASK mediates the effect of exendin-4 (GLP-1 analogue) in the adaptation of hepatic glycogen metabolism to nutritional status.

Nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 infection in urology departments: Results of a prospective multicentric study.

Objective: To evaluate the coronavirus disease 2019 perioperative infection rate and mortality rate of patients undergoing urological surgeries during the early pandemic period in Spain.

Methods: This was a non-interventional multicenter prospective study carried out from 9 March to 3 May 2020 in two urology departments in Madrid, Spain. Clinical, microbiological and radiological data of patients who underwent surgery were collected from computerized medical records.

[Robotic and laparosocpic urological surgery during COVID-19 pandemia.].

Objective: SARS-CoV-2 pandemic hashigh repercussion on urologic minimally invasive surgery (MIS). Controversy about safety of MIS procedures during COVID-19 pandemic has been published. Nowadays, our priority should be create agreement in order to restart and organize MIS with safety conditions for patients and healthcare workers.

Smoking cessation opportunities in severe mental illness (tobacco intensive motivational and estimate risk - TIMER-): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Background: There is an increased risk of premature death in people with severe mental illness (SMI). Respiratory disorders and cardiovascular disease are leading causes of increased mortality rates in these patients, and tobacco consumption remains the most preventable risk factor involved. Developing new tools to motivate patients towards cessation of smoking is a high priority.

Comparative evaluation of the new version of the INNO-LiPA Mycobacteria and genotype Mycobacterium assays for identification of Mycobacterium species from MB/BacT liquid cultures artificially inoculated with Mycobacterial strains.

The performance of two DNA line probe assays, a new version of INNO-LiPA Mycobacteria (Innogenetics, Ghent, Belgium) and the GenoType Mycobacterium (Hain Diagnostika, Nehren, Germany), were evaluated for identification of mycobacterial species isolated from liquid cultures. Both tests are based on a PCR technique and designed for simultaneous identification of different mycobacterial species by reverse hybridization and line probe technology. The INNO-LiPA Mycobacteria v2 targeting the 16S-23S rRNA gene spacer region was developed for the simultaneous identification of 16 different mycobacterial species.