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l biomarkers of AS intake in US populations, including those with low AS intake.The Women's Health Initiative is registered at clinicaltrials.gov (NCT00000611).

Improving maternal nutrition and promoting alcohol abstinence during pregnancy are key to reducing subsequent economic and social impacts. However, antenatal nutrition and alcohol interventions are underused, partly because economic evidence to support investment is limited.

The purpose of this systematic literature review was to assess the extent to which economic evaluations have been applied to antenatal public health interventions, and implementation strategies addressing maternal nutrition and alcohol intake.

Two separate systematic reviews were conducted to address the 2 stated aims. Both reviews adhered to PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines. The searches were conducted using the following databases Medline, EMBASE, Cochrane, EconLit, CINAHL, and the National Health Service Economic Evaluation Database, accompanied by a handsearch of gray literature.

Review 1 returned 9599 records after duplicates were removed, from which 12 economic evaluationnciples and methods into health promotion interventions will inform decisions about how to derive value from investment in healthcare.

Hand hygiene is essential for preventing hospital-acquired infections but is difficult to accurately track. The gold-standard (human auditors) is insufficient for assessing true overall compliance. RP-3500 in vitro Computer vision technology has the ability to perform more accurate appraisals. Our primary objective was to evaluate if a computer vision algorithm could accurately observe hand hygiene dispenser use in images captured by depth sensors.

Sixteen depth sensors were installed on one hospital unit. Images were collected continuously from March to August 2017. Utilizing a convolutional neural network, a machine learning algorithm was trained to detect hand hygiene dispenser use in the images. The algorithm's accuracy was then compared with simultaneous in-person observations of hand hygiene dispenser usage. Concordance rate between human observation and algorithm's assessment was calculated. Ground truth was established by blinded annotation of the entire image set. Sensitivity and specificity were calculated for bor continuous coverage of a unit in space and time.

The rising incidence of antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae may result in untreatable gonorrhoea in certain circumstances and development of novel antimicrobials is urgently needed.

To evaluate the in vitro activity of a novel small-molecule antimicrobial with a new mechanism of action, DIS-73285, against a large geographically, temporally and genetically diverse collection of clinical N. gonorrhoeae isolates and reference strains, including various types of high-level resistant, MDR and XDR gonococcal isolates (n = 262).

MICs (mg/L) of DIS-73285 were determined by agar dilution and by Etest for ceftriaxone, cefixime, azithromycin, ciprofloxacin, ampicillin, spectinomycin and tetracycline.

DIS-73285 was substantially more potent than any of the currently or previously used therapeutic antimicrobials, with MICs ranging from ≤0.001 to 0.004 mg/L, and the MIC50, MIC90 and modal MIC all ≤0.001 mg/L (lowest MIC tested). No correlation with the MICs of DIS-73285 and the MICs of any of the currently or previously used antimicrobials was observed.

The novel chemotype, small-molecule antimicrobial DIS-73285, demonstrated high in vitro potency against all tested N. gonorrhoeae isolates. Further in vitro and in vivo studies, evaluating efficacy, resistance emergence, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic parameters, toxicity and safety, should be conducted to evaluate DIS-73285 as a therapy specifically for urogenital and extra-genital gonorrhoea.

The novel chemotype, small-molecule antimicrobial DIS-73285, demonstrated high in vitro potency against all tested N. gonorrhoeae isolates. Further in vitro and in vivo studies, evaluating efficacy, resistance emergence, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic parameters, toxicity and safety, should be conducted to evaluate DIS-73285 as a therapy specifically for urogenital and extra-genital gonorrhoea.

Optimal treatment for patients with diseased proximal landing zones in acute/subacute Stanford type B dissection and intramural haematoma remains unclear. This study describes the preliminary outcomes of a localized endovascular treatment [spot-stent grafting (SSG)] of main entries/intramural blood pooling located downstream (aortic zones 4 and 5) using one single short device comprising diseased landing zones, looking particularly at the technical and morphological outcomes.

Patients undergoing thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for acute/subacute aortic dissection Stanford type B/intramural haematoma Stanford type B between 1997 and 2018 were identified from a prospectively maintained institutional database. In a total of 183 cases, 22 patients (7 women; median age 62 years; range 35-79 years) received SSG. The primary study end point was technical success. The primary morphological end point was false lumen thrombosis/aortic remodelling. Secondary end points were TEVAR-related mortality/morbidvidual. Prospective large-scale long-term data may allow refinement of the application.

This study shows favourable technical and morphological results for SSG in selected patients with acute/subacute aortic dissection Stanford type B/intramural haematoma Stanford type B. link2 Patient allocation to SSG remains individual. Prospective large-scale long-term data may allow refinement of the application.

In South Africa, Cape Town's health facilities are stretched by the volume of cases of diarrhoea during the summer months, particularly with severely dehydrated children, who often require complex inpatient management. The prevalence of severe disease in children living in the settlements around Cape Town is particularly high.

An observational study of a systematic sample of children under 5 who presented to any primary care facility in Khayelitsha, an informal settlement of Cape Town, with diarrhoea and referred to secondary care between 1 November 2015 and 30 April 2016. We recruited participants from the sub-district office and identified risk factors associated with the index presentation, captured the triage and management of patients in primary care and investigated post-discharge follow-up.

We recruited 87 children into the study, out of a total of 115 cases of severe dehydration. There was a significantly higher number of households in this group with no income than in Khayelitsha overall (65% vhoea post-discharge was challenging and further research is needed on the cost-effectiveness and outcomes of different follow-up approaches.

This cohort of children with diarrhoeal disease complicated by severe dehydration was a particularly socially deprived group. The results demonstrating zero vertical transmission of HIV in this very socioeconomically deprived area of Cape Town are encouraging. In the HIV-exposed, uninfected group, children were younger and had a higher prevalence of malnutrition, which should be the subject of future research, especially given existing evidence for immunological differences in children exposed to HIV in utero. Locating children with severe diarrhoea post-discharge was challenging and further research is needed on the cost-effectiveness and outcomes of different follow-up approaches.Due to stigma, discrimination and economic insecurity, persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) are highly vulnerable to housing instability. For instance, PLWHAs are more likely to either remain stable in inadequate homes or change residence. Yet, few studies explore the contexts of housing stability and change among PLWHAs, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, where the majority reside. This study used qualitative in-depth interviews to explore the narratives of 38 PLWHAs on the contexts of housing stability and the circumstances leading to change in residence. On diagnosis with HIV, the majority of PLWHAs (58%) changed housing locations, mostly from bad to worse conditions. Reasons for change include eviction due to stigma and discrimination, inability to afford rent, quest to hide HIV status and death of a cohabiting partner. Our findings suggest policy makers should pay attention to the deplorable and poor housing conditions of PLWHAs in Ghana.

Data regarding the prognostic value of programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression on circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are lacking. link3 However, CTCs could represent an alternative approach to serial biopsies, allowing real-time monitoring of cancer phenotype.

We evaluated, in a dedicated prospective clinical trial, the clinicopathological correlations and prognostic value of PD-L1(+)-CTCs in 72 patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC).

Eighteen of 56 patients with available archival tissue presented at least one positive (≥1%) PD-L1 tumor sample. Baseline CTCs and PD-L1(+)-CTCs were detected in 57 (79.2%) and 26 (36.1%) patients. No significant correlation was found between PD-L1 tumors and CTC expression. In univariate analysis, triple negative (TN) phenotype, number of metastatic treatments, >2 metastatic sites, ≥5 CTCs and PD-L1(+)-CTCs were significantly associated with progression-free survival, while tissue PD-L1 expression was not. In multivariate analysis, TN phenotype, number of metastatic treatments and of metastatic sites were the only 3 variables independently associated with progression-free survival. Progesterone receptor negativity, TN phenotype, >2 metastatic sites and ≥5 CTCs were significantly associated with overall survival in univariate analysis. In multivariable analysis, TN phenotype and >2 metastatic sites were the only 2 independent variables.

Unlike PD-L1(+)-tumor, PD-L1(+)-CTCs correlate to survival in MBC. Reappraisal of the role of PD-L1 expression by tumor tissue and by CTCs under anti-PD-1/PD-L1 treatment is necessary to evaluate its predictive value and potential role as a stratifying factor in strategies and trials for MBC patients with MBC.

NCT02866149.

NCT02866149.

Patients with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) develop severe infections, including Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG). Although the autosomal recessive CGD (AR-CGD) patients should hypothetically develop relatively fewer infections compared to the X-linked CGD (X-CGD) patients due to more residual reactive oxygen intermediates, the impacts of BCG vaccination on AR-CGD and X-CGD patients are unclear. Herein, we demonstrated the clinical features of BCG infections, treatments, and genetic factors in CGD patients after BCG vaccination under the Japanese immunization program.

We collected data retrospectively from 43 patients with CGD and assessed their history of initial infection, age at diagnosis of CGD, BCG vaccination history, clinical course, treatment for BCG infections, and genetic mutations associated with CGD.

Fourteen CGD patients avoided BCG vaccination because of other preceding infections and family history. Of 29 patients with CGD who received BCG vaccination, 20 patients developed BCG infections.