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Infect Disord Drug Targets
January 2025
HCA Healthcare Las Palmas/Del Sol Internal Medicine Program.
Background: Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS) is a life-threatening condition caused by bacterial toxins. The STSS triad encompasses high fever, hypotensive shock, and a "sunburn-like" rash with desquamation. STSS, like Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS), is a rare complication of streptococcal infec-tions caused by Group A Streptococcus (GAS), Streptococcal pyogenes (S.
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January 2025
Hospital Henri Mondor, Cardiologie, Creteil, France (T.T., A.S.T.-M., A. Molho, P.-M.C., P.Z., A.D.P., L.R., A. Mangiameli, E.T., M. Boukantar, R.G.).
Scientifica (Cairo)
January 2025
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
In chronic kidney disease (CKD), hyperuricemia is a common phenomenon, presumably due to reduced renal clearance of uric acid. This study investigated the effect of xanthine oxidase (XO) inhibitors allopurinol and febuxostat to prevent oxidative stress in the kidney of two-kidney, one-clip (2K1C) rats. In this investigation, 2K1C rats were used as an experimental animal model for kidney dysfunction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJACC Case Rep
January 2025
Department of Cardiology, Málaga Regional University Hospital, Málaga, Spain.
Pickering syndrome, characterized by recurrent episodes of flash pulmonary edema (FPE) and renal impairment, is associated with renal artery stenosis (RAS). This case highlights its manifestation and management in an older adult patient. An 86-year-old woman with hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and a single functioning kidney presented with recurrent FPE episodes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMediterr J Rheumatol
December 2024
Department of Paediatric Medicine.
Background: To assess the association between Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) with a degree of activity of paediatric systemic lupus erythematosus (pSLE) in terms of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index (SLEDAI-2K) score.
Methods: This observational cross-sectional study was conducted in Paediatric Rheumatology Clinic, Medical College Kolkata. Systemic lupus erythematosus was diagnosed in children based on the 2019 EULAR/ACR criteria and/or SLICC 2012 criteria.
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