Cross-Sectional Analysis of Instagram Use in American Plastic Surgery Practices.

Background: The growth of social media has transformed advertising within plastic surgery. Recent studies have characterized these developments, but objective analysis is needed.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional analysis of online media use by American Society of Plastic Surgeons members who received board certification in 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, or 2019.

Delayed diagnosis of severe falciparum malaria in a patient presenting with acute gastroenteritis in West Texas.

Falciparum malaria is a life-threatening infection that affects both people in endemic areas and people who travel to endemic areas. Malaria in exceedingly rare in West Texas, but the initial recognition and prompt initiation of antimalarial treatment are crucial in managing malaria. Here we present a case of a 31-year-old woman who was initially diagnosed with acute gastroenteritis and was later found to have cerebral malaria.

Immunological and Clinical Phenotyping in Primary Antibody Deficiencies: a Growing Disease Spectrum.

Purpose: Although common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is considered the most prevalent symptomatic primary antibody deficiency (PAD), there is a population with symptomatic PADs that do not meet criteria for CVID. We analyzed clinical and immunological profiles of patients with different PADs to better understand the differences and similarities between CVID and other PADs.

Methods: We extracted clinical and laboratory data of patients with PADs from electronic medical records.

Assessment of Neuromuscular Function in Patients With Prior Cosmetic Procedures: A Case Report.

The use of Botulinum toxin type A (Botox) for cosmetic procedures has become so prevalent that many patients do not always consider it to be a past surgical procedure, and it goes excluded from the medical record. Without the knowledge of prior Botox use, interpretation of facial nerve train-of-four testing may be inaccurate. We describe a 61-year-old woman with a history of multiple cosmetic procedures whose postoperative course was complicated by multiorgan system failure, requiring neuromuscular blockade while on mechanical ventilatory support.

Sm-p80-Based Schistosomiasis Vaccine: Preparation for Human Clinical Trials.

Mass antiparasitic drug administration programs and other control strategies have made important contributions in reducing the global prevalence of helminths. Schistosomiasis, however, continues to spread to new geographic areas. The advent of a viable vaccine and its deployment, coupled with existing control efforts, is expected to make significant headway towards sustained schistosomiasis control.

Development of a schistosomiasis vaccine.

Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) of public health importance. Despite decades of implementation of mass praziquantel therapy programs and other control measures, schistosomiasis has not been contained and continues to spread to new geographic areas. A schistosomiasis vaccine could play an important role as part of a multifaceted control approach.