Epidemiology, Microbiology, and Genetics of Contact Lens-Related and Non-Contact Lens-Related Infectious Keratitis

Infectious keratitis is a rare but severe condition associated with a range of ocular and systemic predisposing conditions, including ocular

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Real Life Clinical Impact of Antimicrobial Stewardship Actions on the Blood Culture Workflow from a Microbiology Laboratory

Background: Accelerating the diagnosis of bacteremia is one of the biggest challenges in clinical microbiology departments. The fast establishment of

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Rapid organism identification from Bactec NR blood culture media in a diagnostic microbiology laboratory.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate rapid organism identification on positive blood culture Bactec NR media (phial types 26, 27, 42 and 17),

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Coinfection of SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza A virus increased disease severity, impaired neutralizing antibody, and CD4+ T cell responses

Given the current COVID-19 pandemic, coinfection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and influenza A virus (IAV) is a

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Mono(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate accelerates early folliculogenesis and inhibits steroidogenesis in cultured mouse whole ovaries and antral follicles.

Humans are ubiquitously uncovered to di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), which is an environmental toxicant current in frequent client merchandise. DEHP doubtlessly

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Leukocyte mono-immunoglobulin-like receptor 8 (LMIR8)/CLM-6 is an FcRγ-coupled receptor selectively expressed in mouse tissue plasmacytoid dendritic cells.

Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) produce massive quantities of type-I interferon (IFN) in response to viral an infection or self nucleic

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Transcriptome profiling and pathway analysis of the effects of mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate in mouse Sertoli cells.

Phthalates are confirmed to have poisonous effects on the reproductive system and are prone to have additional damaging actions in

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