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Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Ng) is the second most common sexually transmitted bacterial infection (STI), leading to serious health problems in men, women and newborns. While early antibiotic treatment is effective, infections are increasingly antibiotic-resistant. No systematic reviews present health problems associated with Ng infections or their likelihood of occurrence. The objective, therefore, was to conduct a systematic literature review to address these gaps.
A systematic literature review was conducted of all studies with an English abstract published since 1950 (Pubmed)/1966 (Embase). The search included patients with a history of/current sexually transmitted Ng infection. Expected outcomes were defined from published reviews of gonorrhoea health problems. Observational studies with a control group were included. A decision tree determined the best quality studies for each outcome, prioritising generalisable populations, laboratory-confirmed diagnosis, clearly defined outcomes, no STI co-infections, e needed to address the limitations in current knowledge.
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens containing integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) have become the recommended treatment for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected patients in the updated guidelines in China. Ipatasertib Akt inhibitor In this study, we investigated the prevalence of acquired and transmitted INSTI-associated resistance of HIV-1 strains in the Henan Province (China) to provide guidance on the implementation of routine INSTI-associated HIV-1 genotypic resistance testing.
Serum samples from HIV-1-infected patients seeking treatment in our hospital from August 2018 to December 2020 were collected and the HIV-1 integrase gene coding sequence was amplified, sequenced and analyzed for INSTI resistance.
We obtained integrase sequence data from a total of 999 HIV-1-infected patients, including 474 ART-naive patients, 438 ART-treated patients, and 87 patients with unknown treatment history. We detected INSTI resistance in 12 patients (1.2%, 12/999) of the study group, which included 9 ART-treated resistance testing should be considered, as the prescription of INSTI-based regimens is anticipated to increase considerably in the near future.
While more advanced COVID-19 necessitates medical interventions and hospitalization, patients with mild COVID-19 do not require this. Identifying patients at risk of progressing to advanced COVID-19 might guide treatment decisions, particularly for better prioritizing patients in need for hospitalization.
We developed a machine learning-based predictor for deriving a clinical score identifying patients with asymptomatic/mild COVID-19 at risk of progressing to advanced COVID-19. Clinical data from SARS-CoV-2 positive patients from the multicenter Lean European Open Survey on SARS-CoV-2 Infected Patients (LEOSS) were used for discovery (2020-03-16 to 2020-07-14) and validation (data from 2020-07-15 to 2021-02-16).
The LEOSS dataset contains 473 baseline patient parameters measured at the first patient contact. After training the predictor model on a training dataset comprising 1233 patients, 20 of the 473 parameters were selected for the predictor model. From the predictor model, we delineated a composite predictive score (SACOV-19, Score for the prediction of an Advanced stage of COVID-19) with eleven variables. In the validation cohort (n = 2264 patients), we observed good prediction performance with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.73 ± 0.01. Besides temperature, age, body mass index and smoking habit, variables indicating pulmonary involvement (respiration rate, oxygen saturation, dyspnea), inflammation (CRP, LDH, lymphocyte counts), and acute kidney injury at diagnosis were identified. For better interpretability, the predictor was translated into a web interface.
We present a machine learning-based predictor model and a clinical score for identifying patients at risk of developing advanced COVID-19.
We present a machine learning-based predictor model and a clinical score for identifying patients at risk of developing advanced COVID-19.The Arctic Ocean is undergoing rapid change sea ice is being lost, waters are warming, coastlines are eroding, species are moving into new areas, and more. This paper explores the many ways that a changing Arctic Ocean affects societies in the Arctic and around the world. In the Arctic, Indigenous Peoples are again seeing their food security threatened and cultural continuity in danger of disruption. Resource development is increasing as is interest in tourism and possibilities for trans-Arctic maritime trade, creating new opportunities and also new stresses. Beyond the Arctic, changes in sea ice affect mid-latitude weather, and Arctic economic opportunities may re-shape commodities and transportation markets. Rising interest in the Arctic is also raising geopolitical tensions about the region. What happens next depends in large part on the choices made within and beyond the Arctic concerning global climate change and industrial policies and Arctic ecosystems and cultures.Around the globe, human behavior and ecosystem health have been extensively and sometimes severely affected by the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. Most efforts to study these complex and heterogenous effects to date have focused on public health and economics. Some studies have evaluated the pandemic's influences on the environment, but often on a single aspect such as air or water pollution. The related research opportunities are relatively rare, and the approaches are unique in multiple aspects and mostly retrospective. Here, we focus on the diverse research opportunities in disease ecology and ecosystem sustainability related to the (intermittent) lockdowns that drastically reduced human activities. We discuss several key knowledge gaps and questions to address amid the ongoing pandemic. In principle, the common knowledge accumulated from invasion biology could also be effectively applied to COVID-19, and the findings could offer much-needed information for future pandemic prevention and management.
We previously examined how expanding access to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) Tcell therapy administration sites impacted patient travel distances and time. In the current study, we estimated travel-related economic burden associated with site-of-care options among patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large Bcell lymphoma.
We used geographic information system methods to quantify travel-related economic burden across three site-of-care scenarios academic hospitals; academic and community multispecialty hospitals; and academic and community multispecialty hospitals plus nonacademic specialty oncology network centers. Socioeconomic status, administration sites, and county of residence were derived from the US Census Bureau and publicly available sources. Travel costs were based on governmental guidelines, US census wage data, and Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Travel distance and time to the nearest CAR Tcell therapy administration sites were estimated from previous research.
Total national estimated costs associated with traveling for CAR Tcell therapy were $21.
