The microbiology of arabica and robusta coffee cherries: a comparative study of indigenous bacteria with presumptive impact on coffee quality.

Arabica and robusta are the two major coffee beans being sold worldwide. It is well recognized that coffee quality is influenced by their origin and the microbiological activities that drive their fermentation. However, in many coffee plantations, information about the natural diversity of bacteria that inhabit the arabica and robusta coffee cherries is limited.

E-cigarette aerosol impairs male mouse skeletal muscle force development and prevents recovery from injury.

To date, there has been a lag between the rise in E-cigarette use and an understanding of the long-term health effects. Inhalation of E-cigarette aerosol delivers high doses of nicotine, raises systemic cytokine levels, and compromises cardiopulmonary function. The consequences for muscle function have not been thoroughly investigated.

Respiratory failure, clinical course and community management of COVID-19 patients in a large Australian cohort.

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has wreaked health and economic damage globally. A thorough understanding of the characteristics of COVID-19 patients in Australia plus the strategies that successfully 'flatten the curve' are vitally important to contain this pandemic.

Aim: To describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients in the Sutherland Shire, and the management model adopted to manage these patients.

CF derived scoring systems do not fully describe the range of structural changes seen on CT scans in PCD.

Background: Structural lung changes seen on computed tomography (CT) scans in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) and Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) are currently described using scoring systems derived from CF populations. This practise assumes lung damage in the two conditions is identical, potentially resulting in a failure to identify PCD-specific changes. Our study addresses this assumption.

Conservative care as a treatment option for patients aged 75 years and older with CKD stage V: a National survey in the Netherlands.

Background And Objectives: Conservative care for patients aged 75 years and older with CKD stage 5 as a treatment option besides dialysis was proposed officially in the Netherlands in October 2016. This national survey showed the current implementation of this option in Netherlands nephrology departments.

Design Setting Participants And Measurement: A web-based survey was sent to medical managers of 60 nephrology departments in the Netherlands in August 2016.

The correlation between serum AMH and HOMA-IR among PCOS phenotypes.

Background: Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is known to be one of the most prevalent endocrine disorders affecting reproductive age women. One of the endocrine disorder is hyperinsulinemia, which corresponds with the severity of PCOS. However, the pathogenesis of PCOS is not fully understood, but one theory of anti-mullerian hormone (AMH) has been proposed as one of the factor related to the degree of severity of PCOS.

The Effect of Metformin and Cinnamon on Serum Anti-Mullerian Hormone in Women Having PCOS: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial.

Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is known to be associated with insulin resistance and anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH), leading to the use of insulin-sensitizing agents (ISAs) to manage PCOS. Metformin is the most widely used ISA to treat irregular menstruation; however, the gastrointestinal side effects are quite debilitating. The development of herbal medicines such as bioactive fraction DLBS3233 offers a possibly effective treatment with minimal side effects.

[A pitfall in the treatment of hypothyroidism].

Primary hypothyroidism is a disease commonly encountered by GPs and internal medicine doctors. It is treated with levothyroxine, the synthetic T4 hormone. If a patient with primary hypothyroidism suddenly requires higher dosages the reason for this should be investigated.

Assessing the use of initial oxygen therapy in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: a retrospective audit of pre-hospital and hospital emergency management.

Background: Carbon dioxide retention in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations can be a complication of oxygen therapy. Current recommendations suggest an inspired oxygen level (FiO2 ) < 0.28, aiming for saturation (SpO2 ) of 88-92% until arterial blood gas analysis is available.

Using the ISBAR handover tool in junior medical officer handover: a study in an Australian tertiary hospital.

Background: Despite being essential to patient care, current clinical handover practices are inconsistent and error prone. Efforts to improve handover have attracted attention recently, with the ISBAR tool increasingly utilised as a format for structured handover communication. However, ISBAR has not been validated in a junior medical officer setting.

Cerebral palsy and assisted reproductive technologies: a case-control study.

Aim: To determine whether assisted reproductive technologies (ART) were more likely to be the method of conception in singletons with cerebral palsy (CP) than in those without CP.

Method: Singletons with CP born between 1991 and 2004 were selected from the Victorian Cerebral Palsy Register and matched for birth year to two singletons randomly selected from the Victorian Perinatal Data Collection Unit. Data from both sources were linked to records from three ART centres.

The skin is the clue.

A 67-year-old woman presented with aseptic osteomyelitis and palmoplantar pustular psoriasis. The diagnosis of SAPHO syndrome was made. Treatment with pamidronate led to symptomatic improvement.

Acute, painful, and swollen testicle as the presenting feature in polyarteritis nodosa.

A 74-year-old man presented with spiking fever, myalgias, and a painful left testicle. A diagnosis of polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) was made. Corticosteroids, in combination with cyclophosphamide, induced clinical remission.