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Microorganisms
January 2025
China Geological Survey Comprehensive Survey Command Center for Natural Resources, Beijing 100055, China.
The soil microbiome plays an important role in wetland ecosystem services and functions. However, the impact of soil hydrological conditions on wetland microorganisms is not well understood. This study investigated the effects of wetted state (WS); wetting-drying state (WDS); and dried state (DS) on the diversity of soil bacteria, fungi, and archaea.
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January 2025
Infectious Diseases Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Islamic Republic of Iran.
Background: Nocardia infections are rare infections in immunocompetent patients and occur mostly in immunocompromised individuals. Usually, nocardia affects skin, brain, and lungs, but in disseminated forms, which occurred mostly in immunocompromised patients, it can involve every organ. Nocardia sinusitis is extremely rare as our searches returned only a very few related studies.
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January 2025
Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Health Sciences, Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Purpose: High-accuracy diagnostic screening tests for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection are required, primarily to detect patients with latent infections (LTBIs) in order to avoid their progression to active tuberculosis disease. The performance of the novel IGRA LIOFeron®TB/LTBI was evaluated in children. The originality of this test is the new MTB antigen contained (L-alanine dehydrogenase), identified as a tool to differentiate active TB from LTBI infection.
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January 2025
Department of Pediatric Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, The First People's Hospital of Zunyi, No. 98, Feng Huang Road, Huichuan District, Zunyi, Guizhou, 563000, China.
Background: Functional constipation (FC) significantly impacts children's health. This study investigates the prevalence and microbiota characteristics of FC in children aged 0-4 years in Zunyi area.
Methods: From October to December 2023, 2039 children aged 0-4 years in Zunyi were selected using stratified sampling and cross-sectional survey methods.
Physiol Genomics
January 2025
Department of Radiology, Wuhan Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital (Wuhan First Hospital), Wuhan 430022, Hubei, China.
This research explored the effect of high-fiber diet based on gut microbiota on chronic heart failure (HF) patients. Chronic HF patients, who had undergone a dietary survey indicating a daily dietary fiber intake of less than 15g/d were divided into the control and study groups (n = 50). In addition to conventional heart failure treatment, the study group received dietary guidance, while the control group did not receive any dietary guidance and maintained their usual low-fiber dietary habits.
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