Genital ulceration is the loss of integrity of the mucous membranes (or genital skin) leaving the dermis uncovered and almost always accompanied by satellite lymphadenopathies. Beyond a month of evolution, it is said ...
National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.82173437;and Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province,No.2020A15150875.
BACKGROUND We report on a case of Vibrio vulnificus(V.vulnificus)detected by metagenomics next-generation sequencing(mNGS)in a 53-year-old male patient with polymicrobial gas gangrene and successful treatment by surge...
Dear editor,Necrotizing fasciitis is a relatively rare,rapidly advancing,infectious disease with high lethality.[1]It is characterized by subcutaneous and fascial tissue necrosis and can even extend to involve skin an...
BACKGROUND Infection of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt(TIPS)stent is a rare and serious complication that most commonly occurs during TIPS creation and revision.Patients typically present with recurre...
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common maladies afflicting the human population globally. A wide variety of microbial pathogens are responsible for causing UTIs that are often recurrent, especially ...
Corneal ulcers may become non-healing if inappropriately managed. Empirically giving broad spectrum antibiotics or prescription of a “cocktail” of topical antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral medication may only ...
Supported by CHMC Anesthesia Foundation(Soriano SG and Yuki K);William F.Milton Fund(Yuki K);BCH Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neuroanesthesia(Soriano SG)
AIM: To determine the role of leukocyte functionassociated antigen-1(LFA-1) in polymicrobial sepsis model in mice.METHODS: Cecal ligation and puncture model was used to study polymicrobial sepsis in wild type and LFA-...
Renewed studies of chronic infection have shifted the focus from single pathogens to multi-microbial communities as culture-independent techniques reveal complex consortia of microbes associated with chronic disease.D...
Supported by Research Grants Council of Hong Kong,National University of Singapore and NMRC
AIM:To evaluate the prophylactic properties of integrin CD18-βA peptide in a murine model of abdominal polymicrobial peritonitis and sepsis.METHODS:Bacterial sepsis was induced in Institute of Cancer Research(ICR) mi...