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Background Q fever is a worldwide zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii. This study was carried out to investigate the occurrence of C. burnetii among apparently healthy pregnant, parturient, and postparturient dogs and cats to highlight their role in the transmission of such disease to humans. Materials and Methods A total of 88 apparently healthy pet animals (48 dogs and 40 cats) were enrolled in this study, vaginal swabs were obtained from pregnant and postparturient animals while birth fluids were collected from parturient ones. All samples were subjected to DNA extraction followed by nested PCR for molecular detection of C. burnetii. selleck Results Out of 40 cats, 3 were positive for C. burnetii with an overall prevalence of 7.5%, all positive samples were birth fluids of parturient queens with a prevalence of 15.8% (3/19) while all pregnant and postparturient animals were negative. In contrast, none of 48 dogs yielded positive result. Moreover, the phylogenetic analysis and sequence identity matrix of the obtained sequence from a parturient cat showed high genetic relatedness to strains derived from human cases rather than those of ruminants to indicate the public health burden of such strain. Conclusion This study underscores the occurrence of C. burnetii among parturient cats to point out the possible zoonotic transmission to human contacts.The tropism of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a virus responsible for the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, toward the host cells is determined, at least in part, by the expression and distribution of its cell surface receptor, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2). The virus further exploits the host cellular machinery to gain access into the cells; its spike protein is cleaved by a host cell surface transmembrane serine protease 2 (TMPRSS2) shortly after binding ACE2, followed by its proteolytic activation at a furin cleavage site. The virus primarily targets the epithelium of the respiratory tract, which is covered by a tightly regulated airway surface liquid (ASL) layer that serves as a primary defense mechanism against respiratory pathogens. The volume and viscosity of this fluid layer is regulated and maintained by a coordinated function of different transport pathways in the respiratory epithelium. We argue that SARS-CoV-2 may potentially alter evolutionary conserved second-messenger signaling cascades via activation of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) or by directly modulating G protein signaling. Such signaling may in turn adversely modulate transepithelial transport processes, especially those involving cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and epithelial Na+ channel (ENaC), thereby shifting the delicate balance between anion secretion and sodium absorption, which controls homeostasis of this fluid layer. As a result, activation of the secretory pathways including CFTR-mediated Cl- transport may overwhelm the absorptive pathways, such as ENaC-dependent Na+ uptake, and initiate a pathophysiological cascade leading to lung edema, one of the most serious and potentially deadly clinical manifestations of COVID-19.The COVID19 pandemic has caused more than a million of deaths worldwide, primarily due to complications from COVID19-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Controversy surrounds the circulating cytokine/chemokine profile of COVID19-associated ARDS, with some groups suggesting that it is similar to patients without COVID19 ARDS and others observing substantial differences. Moreover, although a hyperinflammatory phenotype associates with higher mortality in non-COVID19 ARDS, there is little information on the inflammatory landscape's association with mortality in patients with COVID19 ARDS. Even though the circulating leukocytes' transcriptomic signature has been associated with distinct phenotypes and outcomes in critical illness including ARDS, it is unclear whether the mortality-associated inflammatory mediators from patients with COVID19 are transcriptionally regulated in the leukocyte compartment. Here, we conducted a prospective cohort study of 41 mechanically ventilated patients with COVID19 infection using highly calibrated methods to define the levels of plasma cytokines/chemokines and their gene expressions in circulating leukocytes. Plasma IL1RA and IL8 were found positively associated with mortality, whereas RANTES and EGF negatively associated with that outcome. However, the leukocyte gene expression of these proteins had no statistically significant correlation with mortality. These data suggest a unique inflammatory signature associated with severe COVID19.Objective To compare the effects of leukocyte and platelet-rich fibrin (L-PRF) and photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT)-applied L-PRF (PBMT/L-PRF) as barrier membranes on new bone formation (BV/TV) for the treatment of critical-sized bone defects. Materials and methods The right iliac crests of five sheep were used in this experimental animal study. Eight critical-sized defects were surgically created in each sheep and a total of 40 defects were obtained. A deproteinized bovine bone graft was placed in all defects, and the defects were divided into four groups to be covered with L-PRF membrane, PBMT/L-PRF membrane, collagen membrane, or left uncovered as controls. Animals were sacrificed at 1 month. The sections obtained were histomorphometrically analyzed. Results The results showed that the collagen group presented significantly higher values for main bone healing parameters (BV/TV, bone volume, and bone surface; p  0.05). Conclusions The findings show that PBMT may provide additional regenerative properties to L-PRF when used as barrier membranes. However, these results did not reach the collagen membranes, which warrants further studies for adapting the laser parameters to increase regenerative capacity of L-PRF.According to the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), basic anesthetic monitoring addresses a set of parameters (oxygenation, ventilation, circulation, and temperature) that should be continually evaluated. Among these, temperature monitoring might be the most neglected by medical staff, entailing various consequences that might be undervalued and not seen as directly correlated with poor patient outcome. This clinical case depicts a postoperative patient with a state of hypothermia and severe shivering, clinically and objectively registered, that could have led to disastrous consequences, highlighting the importance of normothermia throughout the perioperative period.