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Viruses
January 2025
Virology Department, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania.
Cytomegalovirus infections and reactivations are more frequent in people living with HIV (PLWH) and have been associated with increased risk of HIV progression and immunosenescence. We explored the impact of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) on latent CMV infection in 225 young adults parenterally infected with HIV during childhood. Anti-CMV IgG antibodies were present in 93.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA two-month-old developmentally normal full-term female presented with severe feeding intolerance, progressive weight loss, and persistent fussiness, leading to multiple emergency department visits and eventual hospitalization. Initial evaluations, including laboratory tests and imaging, were unremarkable, prompting a series of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. A multidisciplinary approach, including empiric gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) therapy, was started.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClin Exp Immunol
January 2025
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA.
Oral vaccines have several advantages compared with parenteral administration: they can be relatively cheap to produce in high quantities, easier to administer, and induce intestinal mucosal immunity that can protect against infection. These characteristics have led to successful use of oral vaccines against rotavirus, polio, and cholera. Unfortunately, oral vaccines for all three diseases have demonstrated lower performance in the highest-burden settings where they are most needed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFActa Gastroenterol Belg
January 2025
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Small intestinal neuroendocrine tumors (SI-NETs) typically follow an indolent disease course and are often accompanied by mesenteric lymph node metastases upon diagnosis. These tumors can incite a fibroblastic reaction within the mesenteric root. Here, we present two cases of patients with symptomatic small bowel obstruction due to such mesenteric involvement.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNurs Stand
December 2024
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, School of Health and Society, University of Salford, Salford, England.
Peripheral intravenous (IV) cannulation in adults is one of the most commonly performed healthcare procedures. It involves the insertion of a small tube into a vein using a needle, enabling the administration of fluids, blood products and nutrition, and the collection of blood samples. Healthcare professionals performing this procedure must undergo training to be able to undertake it effectively and safely.
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