Publications by authors named "Parisa Mortaji"

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  • Pediatric osteoarticular infections are often caused by Staphylococcus aureus, but research on how its genetic variations impact these infections is limited.
  • A study of 47 children with either skin colonization or infections involved whole genome sequencing and investigation of virulence genes, indicating that osteoarticular infections carry more immune evasion genes.
  • The findings suggest significant genetic diversity in S. aureus strains causing these infections, but no dominant sequence types, and imply that pathogenicity may rely more on gene expression rather than mutations.
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Opioid use disorder has affected many lives across the US. Medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), including buprenorphine, have been shown to decrease mortality in this patient population. Here we present a case of a 32-year-old woman on buprenorphine/naloxone undergoing multiple surgical operations, whose course included buprenorphine discontinuation, methadone initiation, and buprenorphine re-induction using a novel "microdosing" approach.

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Conflicting reports regarding whether high tumor-associated neutrophils (TAN) are associated with outcomes in colorectal cancer (CRC) exist. Previous investigators have counted TAN using non-neutrophil-specific immunohistochemistry (IHC) stains. We examined whether TAN levels as determined by multi-field manual counting would predict prognosis.

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The majority of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) are sporadic while 10-15% are attributable to one of several familial cancer syndromes. Hereditary forms are more commonly associated with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type I and von Hippel Lindau Syndrome. However, patients with Tuberous sclerosis complex also have an increased incidence of PNETs.

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