Opt-out HIV screening in adults attending the Emergency Department of a London teaching hospital.

Background: Opt-out Emergency Department blood borne virus (EDBBV) screening was introduced at the Royal Free Hospital under the NHSEI (NHS England and NHS Improvement) programme to expand opt-out testing in local authority areas with high HIV prevalence. This initiative was part of the "Toward Zero" policy towards ending HIV transmission in England by 2030.

Methods: All patients attending the Royal Free Hospital Emergency Department (ED) aged 16 and over were screened for blood borne viruses (HIV/HBV/HCV) unless they opted out.

Evaluation of a real-time PCR assay performance to detect , rifampicin, and isoniazid resistance in sputum specimens: a multicenter study in two major cities of Indonesia.

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major global health issues due to its high mortality rate, especially in low- and middle-income countries. One of the key success points of the TB eradication program is early TB diagnosis, which requires rapid and accurate diagnostic testing. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of a newly developed RT-PCR kit (Indigen MTB/DR-TB RT-PCR) in a routine TB clinical setting.

Clinical parameters as predictors for sperm retrieval success in azoospermia: experience from Indonesia.

Background: Azoospermia is the most severe type of male infertility. This study aimed to identify useful clinical parameters to predict sperm retrieval success. This could assist clinicians in accurately diagnosing and treating patients based on the individual clinical parameters of patients.

X-ray free Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL) with Alken Telescopic Metal Dilator for large stone in horseshoe kidney: A case report.

Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL) has been shown as a safe and effective method for treating nephrolithiasis in horseshoe kidney patients. We report the first X-ray Free PCNL with Alken Telescopic Metal Dilator (ATMD) in horseshoe kidney. A 58-Year-Old female was diagnosed with left large staghorn stone and horseshoe kidney treated with X-ray Free PCNL with ATMD.

Performance of modified hollow fiber membrane silver nanoparticles-zeolites Na-Y/PVDF composite used in membrane bioreactor for industrial wastewater treatment.

Membrane bioreactor (MBR) deteriorates due to fouling on the membrane pores, which can reduce the membrane performance. To reduce membrane fouling, the addition of inorganic filler can enhance the antifouling properties. This study investigates two different membrane preparation by thermally induced phase separation (TIPS) and dip coating methods to modify hollow fiber membrane with Silver Nanoparticles (AgNPs)-Zeolites used in MBR for industrial wastewater treatment.

Zoonotic acquisition of cutaneous infection in the UK.

A veterinarian presented with multiple erythematous tender nodules over his right hand and arm. One month prior to the appearance of the lesions, he had treated a cat imported from Brazil who had ulcerated pustular cutaneous lesions. Despite antibiotic treatment there had been no improvement in his symptoms.

Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Genomes from West Java, Indonesia.

West Java Health Laboratory (WJHL) is one of the many institutions in Indonesia that have sequenced SARS-CoV-2 genome. Although having submitted a large number of sequences since September 2020, however, these submitted data lack advanced analyses. Therefore, in this study, we analyze the variant distribution, hotspot mutation, and its impact on protein structure and function of SARS-CoV-2 from the collected samples from WJHL.

Risk factor, diagnosis, and current treatment of H. pylori Infection in Indonesia: A Literature Review.

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection has become an emerging problem in Indonesia despite its relatively low prevalence as opposed to other Southeast Asian and Asian countries. Strains containing less virulent genotypes predominantly found in Indonesia is suggested to be the rationale for why the disease prevalence, as well as its gastric cancer complication, remain inferior in respect of neighboring counterparts.

The Barts Health NHS Trust COVID-19 cohort: characteristics, outcomes and risk scoring of patients in East London.

Barts Health National Health Service Trust (BHNHST) serves a diverse population of 2.5 million people in London, UK. We undertook a health services assessment of factors used to evaluate the risk of severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection.

Patients' attitudes to sickness certification in general practice.

Background: In 2010, the sick note was replaced with the fit note, designed to enable return to work. Despite considerable research relating to general practitioners' (GPs') attitudes and practice towards the fit note, little is known regarding the patients' perspective.

Aims: We sought to identify patients' attitudes to and feelings about the process of sickness certification.

Corona ions from overhead transmission voltage powerlines: effect on direct current electric field and ambient particle concentration levels.

Along with their essential role in electricity transmission and distribution, some powerlines also generate large concentrations of corona ions. This study aimed at the comprehensive investigation of corona ions, vertical direct current electric field (dc e-field), ambient aerosol particle charge, and particle number concentration levels in the proximity of some high/subtransmission voltage powerlines. The influence of meteorology on the instantaneous value of these parameters and the possible existence of links or associations between the parameters measured were also statistically investigated.

Hospital social work and community care: the practitioners' view.

This paper presents the findings of an exploratory research study which considers the effect of organisational change on social work practice in hospitals in four local authorities in England. Its aims were (1) to obtain the views of hospital social workers and their managers about the effect of implementing the NHS (National Health Service) and Community Care Act of 1990 and policies for Care in the Community on the practice of social work and (2) to elicit issues of concern to form the basis of a national study. Semi-structured interviews were carried out in hospital social work departments which were providing a service to adults with health needs.

Extradigital glomus tumor as a cause of knee pain.

Although there exists much debate in the dermatohistopathologic literature about the exact characterization of the glomus tumor, this case illustrates what should be considered the sine qua non indications of clinically significant glomus tumors, i.e., exquisite pain and complete relief of pain with surgical excision.

Excisional breast biopsy and roentgenographic examination for mammographically detected microcalcification.

Sixty-two women had excisional breast biopsy for areas of microcalcification detected by mammography with no associated palpable mass. Carcinoma was discovered in 20 patients (32 percent). These cancers ranged in size from 0.

Benign spindle cell breast tumor.

A distinctive, benign, spindle cell tumor of the breast is described. Three patients were men, the fourth a woman. Histologically, each tumor displayed islands of spindle or stellate cells embedded in a collagenous matrix.

Legionnaires' disease pneumonia: histopathologic features and comparison with microbial and chemical pneumonias.

The histopathologic findings in lung tissue are reported from five cases of Philadelphia Legionnaire's Disease and the results are compared to pneumonias caused by other microbial and chemical agents. Histopathology of lung tissue was similar in all cases, despite the fact that death occurred between the fourth and 14th day of clinical illness. The inflammatory response was almost totally limited to the lower respiratory tract and primarily involved respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts and alveoli.

Receptor for the Fc portion of IgG on the plasma membrane of the hepatocyte.

Applying the immune rosette assay to suspensions of isolated liver cells, 30 to 50 % of hepatocytes obtained from rabbit liver from rosettes with sheep erythrocytes sensitized with IgG. Rosette formation can be inhibited by preincubation of the hepatocytes with aggregated IgG. The interaction between hepatocytes and IgG is not species-specific.