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Infection
January 2025
Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Children's Hospital, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, 530003, People's Republic of China.
Background: Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a prevalent pathogen in pediatric community-acquired pneumonia. Currently, limited literature exists on the clinical utilization of pathogen-targeted sequencing technologies.
Methods: Targeted next-generation sequencing (tNGS) technology was employed to analyze bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) from 1,070 hospitalized pediatric patients with acute lower respiratory tract infections.
Mil Med
January 2025
Department of Ophthalmology, Naval Medical Center San Diego, 34800 Bob Wilson Dr, Suite 202, San Diego, CA 92134, USA.
Susac syndrome can resemble various disorders resulting in a delayed or missed diagnosis and subsequent delays in treatment. Here, we present how successful consideration of patient history, symptoms, and ancillary testing led to prompt diagnosis and treatment of Susac syndrome by ophthalmologists. A 27-year-old active duty infantryman presented with sudden vision loss in the right eye during strenuous exercise after experiencing similar symptoms in the left eye 5 months earlier.
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February 2025
Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS
December 2024
Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Sree Mookambika Medical College, Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India.
Syphilis and other bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are on the verge of resurge throughout the world. Coinfection of syphilis and HIV is quite common as they both share a common mode of transmission. The behavior of syphilis is quite altered in the presence of HIV.
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December 2024
Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Over the past decade, there has been a significant increase in cases with syphilis and HIV coinfection. Concordant infection with HIV can alter the clinical course and response to treatment in syphilis. Variable and unusual presentations of syphilis in HIV disease can make early diagnosis and treatment challenging.
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