<p><i>Background - </i>The skin commensal <i>Staphylococcus haemolyticus</i> is an emerging nosocomial pathogen. Despite its clinical relevance, published information about <i>S. haemolyticus</i> virulence factors is scarce. In this study, the adhesive and biofilm forming properties of ten clinical and ten commensal <i>S. haemolyticus</i> strains were examined using standard adhesion and biofilm ...

<p><i>Background - </i>The risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) is increased after a myocardial infarction (MI). Some prothrombotic genotypes associated with VTE have also been associated with risk of MI. Whether prothrombotic single‐nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) further increase the risk of VTE in MI patients is scarcely investigated. <p><i>Aim - </i>To study the combined effect of MI and ...

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding RNAs that execute their function by targeted downregulation of gene expressions. There is growing evidence from epidemiological studies and animal models suggesting that the expression level of miRNAs is dysregulated in venous thromboembolism (VTE). In this review, we summarize the current knowledge on the role of miRNAs as biomarkers for VTE and provide general ...

The characterizing features of Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) are broad and diverse, making early recognition and diagnosis challenging tasks. To illustrate the heterogeneous nature of PRES, we present three cases and discuss their clinical and radiological presentation.

<p><i>Background:</i> Patients who suffer from different diseases may use different electronic health (eHealth) resources. Thus, those who plan eHealth interventions should take into account which eHealth resources are used most frequently by patients that suffer from different diseases. <p><i>Objective:</i> The aim of this study was to understand the associations between different groups of chronic ...

Bloodstream infections (BSI) and sepsis are major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Blood culture-based diagnostics usually requires 1–2 days for identification of bacterial agent and an additional 2–3 days for phenotypic determination of antibiotic susceptibility pattern. With the escalating burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) rapid diagnostics becomes increasingly important to ...

<i>Purpose</i> - The purpose of this study was to validate a new prognostic model (GI-GPA) originally derived from a multi-center database (USA, Canada, Japan).<p><p> <i>Patients and Methods</i> - This retrospective study included 92 German and Norwegian patients treated with individualized approaches, always including brain radiotherapy. Information about age, extracranial spread, number of brain ...

Rewarming by extracorporeal circulation (ECC) is the recommended treatment for accidental hypothermia patients with cardiac instability. Hypothermia, along with initiation of ECC, introduces major changes in fluid homeostasis and blood flow. Scientific data to recommend best practice use of ECC for rewarming these patients is lacking, and no current guidelines exist concerning the choice of priming ...

Imaging of clinically relevant preclinical animal models is critical to the development of personalized therapeutic strategies for endometrial carcinoma. Although orthotopic patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) reflecting heterogeneous molecular subtypes are considered the most relevant preclinical models, their use in therapeutic development is limited by the lack of appropriate imaging modalities. ...

<i>Objective</i>: The aim of this study was to compare the laeverin level in maternal serum from first trimester (11–14 weeks) of pregnancy between normal pregnancies and pregnancies that later developed preeclampsia (PE).<p><p> <i>Material and methods</i>: This was a case-cohort study. The laeverin concentration was measured in cases with preterm PE (<i>n</i> = 55), term PE (<i>n</i> = 95), and ...