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Avidity of immunoglobulin G directed against human cytomegalovirus during primary and secondary infections in immunocompetent and immunocompromised subjects.
... The diagnosis of a primary HCMV infection can only be achieved by serologic testing, and there are four main meth- ods: detection of seroconversion (for a review, see reference 10), detection of HCMV-specific IgM (20), ...
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Human adipose-derived stromal/stem cells demonstrate short-lived persistence after implantation in both an immunocompetent and an immunocompromised murine model
... into immunocompetent and immunocompromised mice using fluorescent membrane labeling techniques for histological tracking, and PCR detection of human-specific genetic se- quences for confirmatory and ...
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Clinicomorphological Study of Mycotic Infections of Skin in Immunocompetent and Immunocompromised Patients: A 7-Year Retrospective Study.
... Dermatophytes have a worldwide distribution, being responsible for most of the cutaneous mycoses in both healthy and immunocompromised patients (20). They are a group of fungi that invade the keratinized tissue ...
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Plasma protein C levels in immunocompromised septic patients are significantly lower than immunocompetent septic patients: a prospective cohort study
... thrombin formation in negative feedback loop [23]. This activation of protein C is augmented by 20 fold in the presence of endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR) [24] which is known to have increased plasma concentrations ...
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A Clinico Pathological Study of 300 cases of warts in immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients.
... Verruca vulgaris was the most common type of wart found in this study, followed by plantar warts, anogenital warts and plane warts.. The most common sites affected by verruca vulgaris we[r] ...
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An overview of SARS‐CoV‐2 and animal infection
... 2016. Ferrets as a novel animal model for studying human respiratory syncytial virus infections in immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts. Viruses 8; Zhang, Q., Shi, J., Deng, G., Guo, J., Zeng, X., ...
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Oral Candida albicans isolates from nonhospitalized normal carriers, immunocompetent hospitalized patients, and immunocompromised patients with or without acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
... A total of 128 human oral isolates of Candida albicans were collected from asymptomatic healthy carriers 64 isolates; asymptomatic, nonimmunosuppressed, hospitalized patients 25 isolates[r] ...
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Diagnosis of Cytomegalovirus in Immunocompromised Persons
... of immunocompetent individuals is rarely associated with severe clinical symptoms and in most cases is simply asymptomatic, whereas HCMV infections can cause a wide range of severe diseases, including ...
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Orbital mucormycosis in an immunocompetent individual.
... Background: Orbital mucormycosis caused by Zygomycetes is a rare and fatal infection that generally affects the patients who are immunocompromised. Despite antifungal therapy and aggressive surgical intervention, ...
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Cavitary Legionellosis in Two Immunocompetent Infants
... The immunocompromised pediat- ric population, by either intrinsic or iatrogenic causes, is certainly at greater risk, but our experience has shown this organism to be a cause of disease in immunocompetant infants ...
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Clostridium septicum Empyema in an Immunocompetent Woman
... The mortality rate of Clostridium infections in the chest was estimated at 30% in one review, although the authors note that attributable mortality and mortality with appropriate antibiotics and drainage is significantly ...
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Defining New Therapeutics Using a More Immunocompetent Mouse Model of Antibody Enhanced Dengue Virus Infection
... types can cause several clinical syndromes, ranging from the de- bilitating DF to life-threatening shock syndrome. Severe DENV disease most often is associated with a second infection with a heterologous DENV serotype, ...
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Coinfected Viral Glossitis In An Immunocompetent Teenager
... Glossitis is a clinical condition in which the tongue is swollen and may suffer color changes. There were many causes described in the literature. The most common are bacterial and/or viral infections, mechanical ...
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Extraintestinal Salmonellosis in the Immunocompromised: An Unusual Case of Pyomyositis
... Current literature regarding epidemiology of extraintesti- nal salmonellosis in immunocompromised patients remains scarce. A Malaysian study on NTS bacteraemia found that 55 out of 56000 blood cultures collected ...
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Immunocompetent murine models for the study of glioblastoma immunotherapy
... into immunocompetent hosts, 2) implantation of human gli- oma cells into immunocompromised mice (xenografts), or 3) implantation of cells that have been subjected to manipulation of oncogenes or tumor ...
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Corynebacterium mucifaciensin an immunocompetent patient with cavitary pneumonia
... and crepitant wheezes in the left hemi-thorax. Blood investigations showed a WBC count of 21 700/μL (neu- trophils, 81%), an ESR of 111 mm/h (normal, <15), a glucose of 7.4 mmol/L (normal, 3.6-5.8), a fibrinogen of 10 ...
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Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus and Disseminated in an Immunocompetent Child
... Herpes zoster and varicella are the two main clinical presentations of the varicella zoster virus infection. Varicella is the manifestation of primary infection. It is a sys- temic infection, frequent in childhood. ...
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Pneumocystis murina colonization in immunocompetent surfactant protein A deficient mice following environmental exposure
... in immunocompromised patients and despite effective treatments, patients with advanced Pneumocystis pneumonia (PcP) have poor outcomes with mortality rates as high as 50% ...
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Immunocompromised and immunocompetent mouse models for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
... Traditionally, human tumor xenograft models were estab- lished by injecting tumor cell lines or transplanting tissues from patients into immunocompromised mouse. But this model was not suitable to dissect the role ...
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Review Article Craniocerebral Aspergillosis: A review of advances in diagnosis and management
... Craniocerebral aspergillosis is a rare but dangerous central nervous system infection. The infection has a spectrum of presenting features, mostly affecting immunocompromised individuals. The incidence appears to ...
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