The therapeutical results obtained in an epidemical outbreak of dysentery caused by Shigella flexneri type 2 A are reported, emphasizing the bacteriological failure of the treatment with Furazolidin in 52.1% of the cases and the good results obtained with Neomycin (Mycerine).
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Hum Vaccin Immunother
December 2025
National Influenza Centre, Edificio Rondilla, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.
Influenza accounts for 30% of the total morbidity and mortality in the European Union. However, the specific burden in different European countries is largely unknown, and more research is needed to ascertain the reality of this disease. In this retrospective study, we analyzed the burdens of hospitalization, intensive care unit (ICU) admission and in-hospital mortality in Spain over five seasons (2015-2020) via publicly available Minimum Basic Datasets (MDBS).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChondrosarcomas are the second most common primary bone sarcoma. Due to chondrosarcomas relative resistance to chemotherapy and radiation, surgical treatment has become the mainstay treatment option. The purpose of our study was to understand the proportion of patients in this population who undergo non-operative treatment options secondary to various reasons and analyze the difference in survival as well as patient and cancer specific characteristics between the two groups.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJCO Precis Oncol
January 2025
Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are now first-line therapy for most patients with recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (R/M HNSCC), and cetuximab is most often used as subsequent therapy. However, data describing cetuximab efficacy in the post-ICI setting are limited.
Methods: We performed a single-institution retrospective analysis of patients with R/M HNSCC treated with cetuximab, either as monotherapy or in combination with chemotherapy, after receiving an ICI.
Rev Esc Enferm USP
January 2025
Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Departamento de Medicina I, São Luís, MA, Brazil.
Objective: To analyze the prevalence of prenatal tests of pregnant women and factors associated with variation in this prevalence in the years of the Brazilian National Health Survey 2013 and 2019.
Method: A cross-sectional study, carried out with women who underwent prenatal care, interviewed in the Brazilian National Health Survey 2013 (n = 1,851) and 2019 (n = 2,729).
Results: The most prevalent tests were urine and blood, and the least prevalent were syphilis and HIV.
Stroke
February 2025
Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology (H.C., S.M., D.G.), University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore.
Background: Sex-specific differences in stroke risk factors, clinical presentation, and outcomes are well documented. However, little is known about real-world differences in transient ischemic attack (TIA) hospitalizations and outcomes between men and women.
Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of the 2016 to 2021 Nationwide Readmissions Database in the United States.
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