BACKGROUND Histoplasmosis is a rare infectious condition with mainly pulmonary involvement which is generally self-limiting in immunocompetent individuals.Its manifestation varies and lacks specificity.This study repo...
Background Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli(E.coli)is a threat to humans and animals that causes intestinal dis-orders.Antimicrobial resistance has urged alternatives,including Lactobacillus postbiotics,to mitigate th...
supported by two projects in the National Plan of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competition(CGL2014-55969-P and CGL2017-84938-P);the Andalusian government(A-RNM-48-UGR20);financed with FEDER funds from the European Union(EU);funded by Erasmus+grants from the EU;supported by a FPU pre-doctoral contract from the Spanish Ministry of Education(FPU18/03034)。
Several ectoparasites parasitise nestlings decreasing their body condition,growth and survival.To minimise any loss of fitness due to ectoparasites,birds have developed a wide variety of defence mechanisms,potentially...
BACKGROUND Cryptococcal osteomyelitis is a bone infection caused by cryptococcus.As an opportunistic infection,bone cryptococcosis usually occurs in patients with immunodeficiency diseases or in those undergoing immun...
Rationale:Salmonella(S.)typhi is a rare cause of osteomyelitis in immunocompetent adults.Extensive drug resistance(XDR)may lead to more complicated cases of S.typhi osteomyelitis.Patient concern:A 55-year-old female p...
Parasites and pathogens can follow different patterns of infection depending on the host developmental stage or sex.In fact,immune function is energetically costly for hosts and trade-offs exist between immune defense...
Habitat alterations in agroecosystems may damage amphibian immune capacity. As agroecosystem extension is increasing worldwide, broader-context knowledge on the effects of agroecosystem stressful conditions on amphibi...
Tuberculosis is a significant health problemin developing countries.Splenic tuberculosis usually occurs as a part of miliary tuberculosis,and ranks third after lung and liver involvement,respectively.Splenic involveme...
Androgen-dependent male sexual traits (STs) as well as immunocompetence are theoreticallyassumed to be key indicators of a male's quality for the mate-choosing female. We studied matechoice by sexually motivated ...