Published in Intervirology
Objectives: Differences have been observed in the susceptibility of macrophage cell lines to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. In this study, we evaluated whether the type of macrophage cell line and RSV strain used have an influence on the infectivity and production of progeny virus. Methods: Both human and murine macrophage-like cell l...
Published in Visceral Medicine
Obesity is a chronic life-threatening disease, and bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment in those patients. The two main operations are laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). LSG carries a smaller risk for nutritional deficiencies, while gastric bypass procedures are associated with increased nutritio...
Published in Kidney Diseases
Background: Graduate medical education varies in different countries. There is a general consensus in training methods, including residency and fellowship training systems. The graduate medical education system in western countries including the UK and the USA has been shown to be successful. The new graduate medical education training system in Ch...
Published in Inflammatory Intestinal Diseases
Background/Objectives: Protein tyrosine phosphatase nonreceptor type 23 (PTPN23) has recently been associated with several human epithelial cancers via regulation of growth factor signaling. Colorectal carcinoma (CRC) is a leading cause for cancer-related death worldwide and is associated with aberrant epidermal (EGF) and vascular endothelial growt...
Published in Inflammatory Intestinal Diseases
Background: Young patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) show a high prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) which is the main cause of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL). A major complication for patients undergoing immunocompromising therapy is the development of genital dysplasia. Methods: We report the case of a 32-year-old patient...
Published in Gastrointestinal Tumors
Introduction: With the advancement in surgical expertise at high-volume centers and advances in perioperative management, pancreaticoduodenectomy is becoming safer and remains the gold standard for treating periampullary pathologies. We describe our experience in optimizing perioperative management in order to avoid admission to the intensive care ...
Published in Intervirology
Introduction: To date, the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has not been integrated into the national vaccination program of most countries of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO), except for the United Arab Emirates and Libya. The knowledge of HPV genotype distribution in cervical neoplasia is valuable to predict the impact of current HPV...
Published in Karger Kompass Neumología
Background: Guidelines recommend macrolides and fluoroquinolones in patients hospitalized with communityacquired pneumonia (CAP), but their use has been associated with cardiac events. We quantified associations between macrolide and fluoroquinolone use and cardiac events in patients hospitalized with CAP in non-ICU wards. Methods: This was a post-...
Published in Karger Kompass Neumología
Antecedentes: Hasta ahora, la prevalencia de infecciones por Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) resistente a los macrólidos entre pacientes adultos ha sido baja, y los reportes de neumonía grave por MP debida a una cepa resistente a los macrólidos han sido escasos. En este trabajo describimos un caso raro de neumonía grave y potencialmente mortal en un adu...
Published in Karger Kompass Neumología
Background: Self-management of exacerbations in COPD patients is important to reduce exacerbation impact. There is a need for more comprehensive and individualized interventions to improve exacerbation-related self-management behavior. The use of mobile health (mHealth) could help to achieve a wide variety of behavioral goals. Understanding of pati...
