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Trop Med Infect Dis
January 2025
National Reference Centre for Imported Tropical Diseases, Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, 28034 Madrid, Spain.
Background: Chronic schistosomiasis can lead to significant morbidity. Serology is highly sensitive; however, its role in assessing treatment response is controversial. This study aimed to analyze serological values following treatment of chronic imported schistosomiasis.
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January 2025
Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Background: Although randomized controlled trials (RCT) have demonstrated the efficacy of mepolizumab for asthma, they have excluded certain patient subgroups. To bridge the gap between RCT and real-world practice, the effectiveness of mepolizumab in a diverse population, including those potentially excluded from RCT, was assessed. Its effects on imaging findings and symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with asthma were also assessed.
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January 2025
Division of Heart and Vascular, Metrohealth Medical Center, 2500 Metrohealth Dr, Cleveland, OH, 44109, USA.
Purpose Of Review: Eosinophilic myocarditis (EM) is a rare and heterogeneous form of inflammatory heart disease that can present with a wide range of severity. Current literature is limited to case reports or small case series that outline the evaluation process, disease course, and the nonstandardized treatments trialed. This review aims to concisely summarize the current literature on EM including an update on maintenance therapy for refractory or recurrent disease.
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December 2024
Department of Medicine, Tower Health Medical Group, Reading, USA.
Objective: The recent development of xylazine adulteration of the illicit opiate supply has been associated with necrotic extremity wounds of unclear pathogenesis. This study sought to understand the prevalence and characteristics of delusional infestation (DI) among patients with opiate use disorders who also carried a diagnosis of cellulitis.
Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study was performed in one health system to identify patients with opiate use disorder and cellulitis over the past three years who also described symptoms of DI.
Int Forum Allergy Rhinol
January 2025
Rhinology and Skull Base Research Group, St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Background: Type 2 inflammation dominates eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis (eCRS) and adult onset asthma. IL-4, -5, and -13 are prominent disease mediators. Disease control can be achieved with biologic therapies.
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