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World J Hepatol
December 2024
LKS Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China.
Background: Neurocognitive impairment, including minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) and overt hepatic encephalopathy, is one of the most common complications of all types of primary liver diseases, such as hepatitis B, biliary cholangitis, and autoimmune hepatitis. The EncephalApp Stroop test is a smartphone application-based test that is time-saving for MHE screening. However, neurocognitive impairment is different between alcoholic cirrhosis patients and nonalcoholic cirrhosis patients, so the cutoff value for MHE diagnosis might be inflated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInsights Imaging
November 2024
Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Objectives: To explore the impact of hepatic steatosis measured by MRI-proton density fat fraction (MRI-PDFF) on liver stiffness measurement (LSM) value and its diagnostic performance for staging liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB).
Methods: A total of 914 patients with CHB who underwent liver biopsy and MRI-PDFF were retrospectively reviewed. The influence of MRI-PDFF on LSM value was assessed using univariate and multivariate linear analyses.
Sci Rep
November 2024
Laboratory Section, Medical Commission Department, Ministry of Public Health, Doha, Qatar.
Architect-HIV Ag/Ab combo chemiluminescence assay is globally recognized for its sensitivity but has a notable false-positive rate. In this study, we aim to evaluate the performance of a new cost-effective screening alternative, the chemiluminescence Ag/Ab combo assay (CL-900i-HIV) from Mindray, China. We selected 195 archived samples categorized according to the INNO-LIA™ HIV I/II, the gold standard confirmatory assay.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Infect Chemother
October 2024
Department of Internal Medicine, Koga General Hospital, Japan. Electronic address:
Biological false-positive reactions to non-treponemal syphilis tests occur under various conditions, including in patients with infectious mononucleosis. However, false-positive treponemal test results are rarely reported. We present three cases of Epstein-Barr virus-associated infectious mononucleosis that exhibited concurrent false-positive results in both treponemal and non-treponemal tests, effectively imitating syphilis serology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRev Assoc Med Bras (1992)
September 2024
University of Health Sciences, Hamidiye Medicine Faculty, Department of Medical Biology - İstanbul, Turkey.
Objective: In the hepatitis C virus (HCV) diagnostic algorithm, an anti-HCV screening test is recommended first. In countries with low HCV prevalence, anti-HCV testing can often give false-positive results. This may lead to unnecessary retesting, increased costs, and psychological stress for patients.
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