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Background Adverse drug reaction (ADR) related hospitalizations is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Australia. This study investigated the prevalence, characteristics, and reporting of ADR related hospitalizations at a tertiary hospital in Australia.Research design and methods A retrospective review of all ADR related hospitalizations from October to December 2019 was conducted using eMedical Records. They were classified by medicine class, ADR type, preventability, and the strength of causal relationship. ADRs were searched within the regulator's safety database to verify whether it was reported.Results A total of 496 ADR related hospitalizations were identified from 5521 records (9.0%). Nervous system agents (32.3%) were responsible for most ADR hospitalizations and were more likely to cause psychiatric disorders (RR 9.71, 95%CI 4.98-18.87). They were also more likely to cause preventable ADRs (HR 1.62, 95%CI 1.46-1.81). Patient age (OR 1.04, 95%CI 1.03-1.05) and the number of medicines (OR 1.13, 95%CI 1.11-1.15) were associated with ADR related hospitalizations. Under-reporting to the national regulator was over 99%.Conclusions ADR under-reporting is highly prevalent in Australian hospitals. Further research into identifying specific barriers toward reporting ADRs are needed to inform strategies with a focus on healthcare professionals involved in prescribing, dispensing, and administrating nervous system agents.Xuebijing Injection have been found to improve the clinical symptoms of COVID-19 and alleviate disease severity, but the mechanisms are currently unclear. This study aimed to investigate the potential molecular targets and mechanisms of the Xuebijing injection in treating COVID-19 via network pharmacology and molecular docking analysis. The main active ingredients and therapeutic targets of the Xuebijing injection, and the pathogenic targets of COVID-19 were screened using the TCMSP, UniProt, and GeneCard databases. According to the 'Drug-Ingredients-Targets-Disease' network built by STRING and Cytoscape, AKT1 was identified as the core target, and baicalein, luteolin, and quercetin were identified as the active ingredients of the Xuebijing injection in connection with AKT1. R language was used for enrichment analysis that predict the mechanisms by which the Xuebijing injection may inhibit lipopolysaccharide-mediated inflammatory response, modulate NOS activity, and regulate the TNF signal pathway by affecting the role of AKT1. Based on the results of network pharmacology, a molecular docking was performed with AKT1 and the three active ingredients, the results indicated that all three active ingredients could stably bind with AKT1. These findings identify potential molecular mechanisms by which Xuebijing Injection inhibit COVID-19 by acting on AKT1.Streptococcus suis (S. suis) is an important rising pathogen that causes serious diseases in humans and pigs. Although some putative virulence factors of S. suis have been identified, its pathogenic mechanisms are largely unclear. Here, we identified a putative virulence-associated factor MutT, which is unique to S. suis serotype 2 (SS2) virulent strains. Selleckchem Pexidartinib To investigate the biological roles of MutT in the SS2 virulent strain ZY05719, the mutT knockout mutant (ΔmutT) was generated and used to explore the phenotypic and virulent variations between the parental and ΔmutT strains. We found that the mutT mutation significantly inhibited cell growth ability, shortened the chain length, and displayed a high susceptibility to H2O2-induced oxidative stress. Moreover, this study revealed that MutT induced the adhesion and invasion of SS2 to host cells. Deletion of mutT increased microbial clearance in host tissues of the infected mice. Sequence alignment results suggested that mutT was encoded in a strain-specific manner, in which the detection was strongly linked to bacterial pathogenicity. In both zebrafish and mice infection models, the virulence of ΔmutT was largely reduced compared with that of ZY05719. Overall, this study provides compelling evidence that MutT is indispensable for the virulence of SS2 and highlights the biological role of MutT in bacteria pathogenesis during infection.Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is a highly heterogeneous malignancy with diverse prognoses. Ferroptosis is a new type of cell death dependent on iron. Nevertheless, the predictive ability of ferroptosis-related genes for PTC is unclear. Based on the mRNA expression information from The Cancer Genome Atlas, we compared tumor and normal tissues in terms of the gene expression, for identifying differentially expressed genes (DEGs). Then, the risk score of a 5-gene signature was calculated and a prognostic model was established to test the predictive value of this gene signature by virtue of the LASSO Cox regression. The 5 genes were validated in PTC tissues by RT-qPCR.At last, functional analysis was implemented to investigate the underlying mechanisms. We found a total of 45 ferroptosis-related genes expressed differentially between tumor and normal tissues. 6 DEGs exhibited a significant relevance to the overall survival (OS) (P less then 0.05). We classified patients into group with high risk and group with low risk based on the median risk score of a 5-gene signature. Patients in the group with low risk presented a remarkably higher OS relative to the group with high risk (P less then 0.01). The Cox regression analysis displayed the independent predictive ability of the risk score. The receiver operating characteristic analysis helped to validate the predictive power owned by the gene signature. After validation, the 5 genes were abnormally expressed between PTC and normal tissues. Functional analysis showed two groups had different immune status. A new ferroptosis-related gene signature can predict the outcomes of PTC patients.This study examined racial/ethnic differences in the use of high-quality hospitals among thyroid cancer patients. The study included adult patients diagnosed between 2004 and 2015 identified in the California Cancer Registry linked with hospital discharge records. Hospital quality was defined using a composite thyroid cancer-specific hospital quality score. Black (risk ratio [RR] 0.75, 95% CI 0.70-0.80), Hispanic (RR 0.73, 95% CI 0.71-0.75), and Asian/Pacific Islander patients (RR 0.86, 95% CI 0.84-0.89) were less likely to be treated in high-quality hospitals than non-Hispanic White patients. This disparity persisted after adjusting for insurance status and socioeconomic status.