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Case Report | 10.36959/719/590 Volume 7 Issue 1

Authors: Emily Woolhiser, BS, Megan Whitney, BS, Kelly Frasier, DO and Elana Gatskevich, MD

Pneumonia can be caused by a multitude of pathogens commonly associated with different environments and geographic locations. Due to a variety of factors including changes in water temperatures, air t... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/719/589 Volume 6 Issue 1

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Mechanisms

Authors: Clarissa Cunha Santana, Camila Santos Silva, Paula Rocha Dantas Silva, Scarlet Torres Moraes Mota, Theolis Barbosa and Tonya Azevedo Duarte

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). It affects mainly the lungs, but it may also occur in extrapulmonary sites. TB is a world challenge due to its hi... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/719/588 Volume 6 Issue 1

Identifying Potential Hurdles to Adequate HIV Treatment Adherence, Santo André/SP, Brazil

Authors: Elaine Monteiro Matsuda, Ana Beatriz Ortega Nishiyama, Laura Ballesteros Bao, Ivana Barros de Campos, Victor Oliveira Chiavegato and Luís Fernando de Macedo Brígido

Overcoming potential limitations for retention can improve the health of people living with HIV and favor epidemic control (Undetectable=Untransmittable), resulting in fewer AIDS complications that al... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/719/586 Volume 6 Issue 1

Sudden Vision Loss: More than Just an Ophthalmic Diagnosis! A Case Report

Authors: Bhakti Padghan, Shashikant Anil Pol, Shreeya Kulkarni and Rushika Patel

Tuberculosis is a public health concern worldwide with India being the highest (26%). However, tuberculosis of paranasal sinuses was unusual even in countries with a high prevalence of the disease. Is... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/719/585 Volume 5 Issue 1

The Immune Response in Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome

Authors: Gislei F Aragão, Amanda CM Teixeira, Camila Fernandes, Gustavo RF Gomes, Natan RC Ramos, Paulo VT Firmino, Sheila M de A Fontenele, Sthefane G Feitosa and Tatiana PR Bachur

Hyper-inflammation caused by COVID-19 is related to worsening of symptoms and, probably, to development of Postacute COVID-19 Syndrome, whose probable mechanisms contributing to the pathophysiology of... Read more

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Case Study | 10.36959/719/586 Volume 5 Issue 1

Tuberculosis Meningitis in Immunocompromised Patient on Rituximab

Authors: Zahid Khan and Amresh Gul

A 66-year-old patient of asian background from the US was admitted with confusion and behavioral changes for the last 10 days. The patient was on rituximab for RA (Rheumatoid arthritis). He had a norm... Read more

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Case Study | 10.36959/719/584 Volume 4 Issue 2

Effective Treatment against SARS-Cov-2 with Amantadine Hydrochloride

Authors: Włodzimierz Bodnar, Gonzalo Emiliano Aranda-Abreu and Albert Cortés-Borra

Based on 100 documented cases treated with amantadine, we suggest that with this method of treatment, at least 90% of severe cases in Poland (or even worldwide) can be stabilized within 48-72 hours, f... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/719/583 Volume 4 Issue 2

Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics of Sexually Transmitted Infections among the Population of the District of St. Petersburg

Authors: E Shevnina, P Fedchenko, Y Rumyantsev and BB Fishman

It is shown that in the conditions of the metropolis young age, early sexual life, the presence of premarital sexual experience, as well as a low level of awareness of the risk of possible infection -... Read more

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Mini Review | 10.36959/719/582 Volume 4 Issue 1

COVID-19 and Obesity

Authors: Khaja Yaminuddin, MD, Sevil Alkan and Emine Kübra Dindar Demiray, MD

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic currently 189.921.964 confirmed cases world wide; 4.088.281 continues with the case resulting in death. SARS-CoV-2, the agent of COVID-19 disease, mainly affect... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/719/581 Volume 4 Issue 1

Quality of Life for Patients Recovered from Covid-19

Authors: F. Benlebna and F. El Abed

86 patients were included (70.9% women and 29.1% men), mean age 37.69. COVID-19 infection begins an average of 12.2 weeks after clinical recovery. According to the VQ11, the quality of life was impact... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/719/580 Volume 4 Issue 1

Respiratory Rehabilitation in the Covid-19 Patient Care Journey: Summary of International Recommendations

Authors: F. El Abed and F. Benlebna

Respiratory disorders are at the fore front of severe COVID-19 disease and can lead to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). This article provides a few international recommendations for the pra... Read more

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Retrospective Study | 10.36959/719/579 Volume 4 Issue 1

Impact of Corticosteroids and Anticoagulant Combined Treatment on Patients Affected by COVID-19 Pneumonia

Authors: Fabio Anastasio, Elisa Scarnecchia, Sarah Barbuto, Fabio Spitaleri, Tommaso Saporito, Valeria Bisogni and Giacomo Pucci

The pathogenesis of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) includes virus-induced systemic endothelial dysfunction, cytokine storm, and complement cascade hyperactivation, creating massive inflammatory ... Read more

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Commentary | 10.36959/719/578 Volume 4 Issue 1

Post-COVID Geriatric Patients - Anaesthetic Considerations

Authors: Sukhminder Jit Singh Bajwa and Madhuri S Kurdi

Such headings often greet us in newspapers and news channels during coronavirus disease (COVID) times. This only means that there are quite a few geriatric patients who have survived COVID-19; However... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/719/577 Volume 3 Issue 2

Prevalence, Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Macrolide Molecular Study in Vaginal Group B Streptococcus: A Five-Year Study among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinics in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Tunisia

Authors: Hela Hannachi, Syrine Lahmar, Manel Hamdoun, Maha Bouyahia, Fathi Zhioua and Olfa Bahri

Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is an important perinatal pathogen. It is considered as a leading cause of stillbirth and early onset neonatal infections. The epidemiology of maternal GBS coloniz... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/719/576 Volume 3 Issue 2

Clinical Aspects of COVID-19 in Patients with Solid Organ Transplantation: A Systematic Review

Authors: René Hage, Carolin Steinack and Macé M Schuurmans

Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19), is an infectious disease caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This virus is causing a pandemic with more than 40 million prove... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/719/575 Volume 3 Issue 2

Protective Effect of Amantadine in a COVID-19 Patient: Case Report

Authors: Albert Cortés Borra

In the recent bibliography are few clinical cases related the hypothetic role as preventive use of amantadine, Aranda presents a 57-year-old man with cold symptoms and muscle pain, with elevated blood... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/719/574 Volume 3 Issue 2

SARS-CoV-2 Gastrointestinal Shedding in Children with COVID-19 and the Risk of Fecal-oral Transmission: A Review

Authors: Wu Ji-Hong, Mao Gui-Long，Yang Zhen-Dong, Xi Xiao-Fei, Zhou Li-Zhi and Xu Xi-Wei MD

To understand the gastrointestinal symptoms of COVID-19 in children, gastrointestinal infection and shedding of SARS-CoV-2 and the risk of fecal transmission to better prevent and treat COVID-19 in ch... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/719/573 Volume 3 Issue 2

A Rare Case Report of Dorsal Epidural Abscess Caused by Streptococcus agalactiae in a Diabetic Patient

Authors: Jihane Belkhair, Arsène Ntini, Taoufik Rokni, Said Ait Benali and Nabila Soraa

This observation reports the case of a diabetic patient who presented with compressive neurological signs. The biological assessment showed an inflammatory syndrome, and a magnetic resonance imaging o... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/719/572 Volume 3 Issue 2

A Summary of Current Knowledge of Pandemic Coronaviruses Disease-19

Authors: Getachew Worku Alebachew

Experts around the globe named it Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, “SARS-CoV-2”; interchangeably it is called COVID-19 or coronavirus. COVID-19 is new emerged respiratory disease f... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/719/571 Volume 3 Issue 2

Global Dynamics of SARS-Cov-2 Virus-Cell Model Including Inflammatory Responses to Lung Cells

Authors: Fangyuan Chen and Rong Yuan

SARS-CoV-2 is the pathogen of COVID-19, which has caused a pandemic worldwide at the beginning of 2020. The clinical symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection are not identical, and the infected person can suf... Read more

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Opinion | 10.36959/719/570 Volume 3 Issue 2

Modern Strategy and Biological Fate of Acute Pneumonia

Authors: Igor Klepikov, MD

The dynamics of any disease development is determined by the presence of biological rules and laws that exist in nature. Due to the influence of such stereotypes, the originality of clinical manifesta... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/719/569 Volume 3 Issue 1

Utility of Sewage Surveillance in Tracking Spread of SARSCoV- 2

Authors: Dr. Tarundeep Singh and Dr. Sathiabalan M

Wastewater Based Epidemiology (WBE) postulates that through the analysis of population pooled wastewater, infectious disease, antimicrobial resistance spread and emergence of new disease outbreak to t... Read more

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Commentary | 10.36959/719/567 Volume 3 Issue 1

Was the World Prepared for the Coronavirus Pandemic?

Authors: Nilson N Mendes Neto

The panic caused by COVID-19 stems from uncertainty about the best methods to deal with the situation, in addition to the growing number of fake news released daily. No country in South America has a ... Read more

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Short Note | 10.36959/719/566 Volume 3 Issue 1

Outbreak Management Scenario in Senior’s Residences

Authors: Benoit Samson

In February 2020, Public Health authorities in Japan were the first to decide that cruise ship passengers infected or carriers of COVID-19 had to be quarantined on the ship. They did so with the conse... Read more

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Original Research | 10.36959/719/568 Volume 3 Issue 1

Clinical Characteristics of Patients with COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia - A Single Center Experience

Authors: Sarfraz Saleemi, Mohammed Alhajji, Reem Almaghrabi, Fahad Alrabiah, Faisal Albaiz, Rayan Alfadda and Jameela Edathodu

This is a retrospective review of consecutive patients admitted with diagnosis of COVID-19 confirmed by Real Time Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR). Clinical, laboratory, radiol... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/719/562 Volume 3 Issue 1

Socio-Economic Household Surveys on the Application of Basic Preventive Measures Dictated by the WHO to Stop the Spread of COVID-19 in the Northern Zone of Cameroon

Authors: Ali Ahmed Davy, Awé Djongmo Victor, Noiha Noumi Valery and Ibrahima Adamou

Currently, the emergence of a new human coronavirus, COVID-19, is of concern to all humanity. In order to understand the effect of this disease on the behavior of populations, we conducted surveys of ... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/719/565 Volume 3 Issue 1

Making Sense out of Pandemic COVID-19 and Public Health Measures: A Message for the General Public

Authors: William Ba-Thein

Pandemic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread to 213 countries and territories, resulting in 2,883,603 confirmed cases and 198,842 deaths as of April 28, 2020. Even after nearly 5 months in... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/719/564 Volume 3 Issue 1

New Onset Viral COVID19 Infection in Two End Stage Renal Disease Patients on Extracorporeal Hemodialysis Treatment

Authors: Ferrara G, Guida CC, De Cosmo S and Aucella F

The first patient is a 62-years-old Caucasian male, affected by adult polycystic kidney disease in extracorporeal hemodialysis through an arterio-venous native fistula. The subject had presented fever... Read more

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Perspective/Opinion | 10.36959/719/563 Volume 3 Issue 1

COVID-19: Risks Facing Doctors who Treat Infected Patients

Authors: Kenneth YY Kok

Coronaviruses are enveloped RNA viruses found in animals and humans. Currently, 6 coronavirus species are known which cause illnesses in humans. Four of the human coronaviruses, HCoV-229E, HCoV-HKU1, ... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/719/561 Volume 3 Issue 1

An Unusual Case of Entamoeba Histolytica Infection in Miami Fl: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Authors: Tahir Maryam, MD, Sendzischew Shane Morgan, MD, Deshpande Amar R, MD, and Milikowski Clara, MD

We report a case of E. histolytica, which is a rare parasitic infection in North America. A 66-year-old Ecuadorian female had an intermittent six-month history of bloating, explosive diarrhea and sign... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/719/560 Volume 3 Issue 1

Infectious Vulvovaginitis in Adult Women in a Hospital in Dakar

Authors: Assane Diop, Doha Amrani Joutei, Mame Tene Ndiaye, Valiollah Abbaspour, Saer Diadie, Boubacar Ahy Diatta, Maodo Ndiaye, Moussa Diallo, Moctar Mboup, Mansour Niang, Cheikh Tidiane Cissé, Suzanne Oumou Niang and Fatimata Ly

We included 177 patients, a hospital frequency of 5.7%. The mean age was 33.68 years. 71.8% of the patients were married, and 9% had no sexual activity before. Sexual intercourse was only vaginal in 5... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/719/559 Volume 2 Issue 1

Mycobacterium Kansasii: A Case of Blood Stream Infection with Multiple Metastatic Abscesses

Authors: Bakri Kulla, Fu-Yu Chiang and Nancy Khardori

Mycobacterium kansasii is the second most common cause of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) disease in the United States including patients with HIV infections. M. kansasii causes pulmonary disease i... Read more

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Original Article | 10.36959/719/558 Volume 1 Issue 2

Hepatitis C Virus Infection and the Risk of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases in Azadi Teaching Hospital, Duhok, Kurdistan

Authors: Muayad A Merza, AbdulAziz Sulaiman Savo, Zaki Ali Barwari and Saad Karim

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection might act as a triggering factor for inflammation in the lungs, hence, either initiating or exacerbating the development of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COP... Read more

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SHORT ARTICLE | 10.36959/719/557 Volume 1 Issue 1

Mitochondrial Dysfunction Partially Explains Macrocytic Anemia in HIV-Exposed Uninfected Infants

Authors: Núria Rovira, Antoni Noguera-Julian, Constanza Morén, Glòria Garrabou, Rebeca Lahoz1, Òscar Miró, and Clàudia Fortuny

Antiretroviral drugs are successfully used to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV worldwide. Hematologic and mitochondrial disturbances have been extensively reported among HIV-exposed uninfec... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/719/556 Volume 1 Issue 1

Liver Abscess and Septic Pulmonary Embolism. Description of Two Clinical Cases and Review of the Literature

Authors: Marta Lisa Graciaa, Paula Iruzubieta Cozb, Luis Martín Ramosb and Carlos Armiñanzas Castilloc

Retrospective data was collected from all patients admitted for liver abscesses in the Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital (Santander, Spain) between January 1, 1992 and December 31, 2012, and ... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/719/555 Volume 1 Issue 1

Primary Varicella Zoster Virus Infection in an Eritrean Male Refugee in Denmark

Authors: Victor Dahl Mathiasen and Christian Wejse

Primary infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV) in neonates, adults and in pregnancy may lead to severe disease and embryopathy. On the Northern hemisphere varicella is a mild childhood disease, b... Read more

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RESEARCH ARTICLE | 10.36959/719/554 Volume 1 Issue 1

Comparative Effects of Repeated In Vitro Exposures of Plasmodium Falciparum to Sub-Lethal Doses of Pure Artemisinin and Artemisia Annua Phytochemical Blend

Authors: Lucy N Kangethe, Sabah Omar, Joseph K Nganga, Kimani Francis, Johnson Kinyua and Ahmed Hassanali

Although tea infusions of Artemisia annua L. and Artemisia apiacea have been used > 2000 years in traditional Chinese medicine, there was no apparent resistance development to malaria parasites. Artem... Read more

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