Meningitis caused by Streptococcus pyogenes triggered by malignant otitis externa: A case report by Ayako Shirai, Daisuke Ono, Kazuyuki Mimura, Kei Yamamoto, Takayuki Kawamura, Yujin Nozaki, Sunao Tanaka, Masaomi Yamamoto, Hideaki Ohno, Kunihisa Tsukada, Hideaki Oka

“…Imaging studies, including computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, revealed a soft tissue mass in the left maxillary, ethmoid and sphenoid sinuses, and diffuse pus within the subdural space over the bilateral frontoparietal regions. …”
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A pediatric bithalamic high grade glioma with concomitant H3K27M and EGFR mutations by Buket Kara, Ayça Ersen Danyeli, Mehmet Öztürk, Kübra Ertan, Yavuz Köksal

“…A hyperintense mass lesion involving the bilateral thalamus was detected in the axial T2-weighted and coronal FLAIR sequences on brain MRI. …”
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BIOSPECIFIC HEMOSORBENTS. THE SUCCESSES AND PROBLEMS by V. V. Kirkovsky, I. G. Kolesnikova, G. A. Lobacheva, E. L. Sedjolkina

“…The hemosorbent, capable of selectively removing from the blood the most significant class of serine proteases in purulent septic pathology, was developed and tested in the clinic. …”
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Application of MALDI-TOF MS and FT-IR spectroscopy in identification and antibiotic resistance profiling of lactic acid bacteria by Tamás Kocsis, Anna Győrffy, Andrea Pomázi

“…This demonstrates FT-IR as a rapid, non-invasive tool for the early detection of resistant strains, facilitating real-time monitoring of bacterial adaptation during fermentation. …”
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Distribution of virulence factors in pathogenic Escherichia coli isolates from diarrheal piglets and their antibacterial resistance by ZHANG Jing, JIANG Zhongqi, YU Huizhen, WU Yongfu, JIANG Mingjun

“…The traditional and commonly detected pili of ETEC are F4 (K88), F5(K99), F6(987P), F18 and F41, and the enterotoxins include heat-stable STa and STb, heat-labile enterotoxin LT and Stx2e. …”
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Clinical, laboratory, and morphological characteristics of kidney damage in lymphoproliferative disorders by B. T. Dzhumabaeva, L. S. Biryukova, V. A. Varshavsky, S. A. Mar’ina, L. S. Roshchina, U. L. Julhakyan, E. S. Stolyarevich

“…Diffuse small cell lymphoid proliferation was detected in 1 patient, local infiltration – in 9 pts, in 3 of them in combination with glomerulonephritis, and in 4 cases with kidney carcinoma. …”
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Neuroendocrine tumors of the digestive system: pathologic and molecular characteristics by V. V. Delektorskaya

“…In contrast, poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinomas have diffuse growth pattern, high-grade nuclear atypia and cellular proliferation, necrosis. …”
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Content of Some Endothelium-Dependent Vasoactive Substances of Blood Plasma, Indicators of Renin-Aldosterone System, Natriuretic Hormone in Patients with Decompensated Liver Cirrho... by Ferko M.

“…Determination of the concentration levels of endothelin-1, cyclic guanosine monophosphate, tumor necrotizing factor α, renin, aldosterone and plasma natriuretic hormone in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis can serve as a reliable diagnostic subsidiary criteria for the detection of portal hypertension and as one of “markers” of the determination of its severity grade.…”
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Clinical trajectories of hand function impairment in systemic sclerosis: an unmet clinical need across disease subsets by Lorraine Green, Ariane L Herrick, Michelle Wilson, Francesco Del Galdo, Enrico De Lorenzis, Philip Helliwell, Benazir Saleem, Emma Derrett-Smith, Begonya Alcacer-Pitarch, Karen Douglas, Vishal Kakkar, Chris Denton, Theresa Barnes, Stefano Di Donato, Muhammad Nisar, Catherine Morley

“…Impairment of hand function burdens both limited and diffuse cutaneous subsets and therefore could be targeted as ‘basket’ endpoint in SSc. …”
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Foco epileptógeno parassagital com reversão de fase no vertex: correlações clínico-eletrencefalográficas Parasagittal epileptogenic focus with a phase reversal at the vertex: clini... by Décio Mega, Michel P. Lison

“…The parasagittal focus may lead to bilateral diffuse synchronous discharges (secondary bilateral synchronism) through some subcortical centers (presumably the thalamic reticular formation). …”
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Development of a Stochastic Hourly Solar Irradiation Model by Kristijan Brecl, Marko Topič

“…The new model shows better simulation results with regard to the share of the diffuse irradiation in the region than the other models. …”
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From the Editor by Judith A. Holton

“…As such, the QDA remodellers may have to rethink their conception of GT as simply a menu of method bits to be selected and combined as desired to produce, at best, conceptual description. …”
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Differential Diagnosis of Congenital Pneumonia in Newborns with Low and Extremely Low Body Weight (Morphological Study) by S. A. Perepelitsa, E. F. Smerdova

“…The purpose of the study is a comprehensive assessment of morphological changes in the placenta and lungs to detect early signs of congenital pneumonia in extremely premature infants.Materials and methods. …”
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Simplification of the diagnostic approach and treatment of Hepatitis C Virus. by Clara C. Sanchez-Rodriguez, Ana M. Mendoza-Martínez, Héctor R. Sánchez-Nuncio, Jorge H. Luna-Domínguez

“…Conclusions: The diagnostic approach and treatment of chronic HCV infection has been simplified with the rapid test for detection and mainly due to the safety of the new treatments, DAAs, since these have proven to be safe and highly effective in the heterogeneous population that suffers from this infection.…”
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The Usefulness of T1-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Images for Diagnosis of Acute Leukemia Manifesting Musculoskeletal Symptoms prior to Appearance of Peripheral Blood Abnormalities by Toshihide Yoshikawa, Akihiko Tanizawa, Koji Suzuki, Nanae Tanaka, Taihei Hayashi, Masayo Tsuda, Genrei Ohta, Naoko Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Okamoto, Takehiko Sakai, Yoshihiro Taniguchi, Yusei Ohshima

“…In all cases, the T1-weighted magnetic resonance images taken prior to detection of peripheral blood abnormality revealed diffuse low signal intensity of the bone marrow in regions adjacent or contralateral to localized musculoskeletal symptoms. …”
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Pushing the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array to the Limit: 140 pc Resolution Observations of a z = 6.6 Quasar–Galaxy Merger Resolve Strikingly Different Morphologies of... by Romain A. Meyer, Bram Venemans, Marcel Neeleman, Roberto Decarli, Fabian Walter

“…We report the detection of far-infrared (FIR)-detected star-forming clumps with r < 200 pc and properties similar to that of rest-frame UV–optical clumps reported in the literature. …”
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Chronic lung disease of the very low birth weight infant--is it preventable? by Y Ogawa

“…Type I is the typical case of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) as described previously, whereas Type II shows atypical radiological findings, namely only diffuse haziness without typical emphysema and fibrosis. …”
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β-lactam and fluoroquinolone resistance in Enterobacteriaceae from imported and locally-produced chicken in Mozambique by Sara Lino Faife, Tomas Zimba, John Osei Sekyere, Usha Govinden, Hafizah Yusuf Chenia, Gunnar Skov Simonsen, Arnfinn Sundsfjord, Sabiha Yusuf Essack

“…Isolates were identified by biochemical tests, antibiotic susceptibility was ascertained by the disc diffusion assay and β-lactamases were detected using the double-disk synergy test. …”
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Neuropsychic manifestations in the Kyrgyz cohort of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus by G. M. Koylubaeva, T. M. Reshetnyak, E. A. Aseeva, K. S. Solovyov, A. S. Dzhumagulova, N. P. Tkachenko, E. R. Karimovа, A. Zh. Zhumakadyrova, E. Zh. Dzhishambaev, K. A. Dzhailobayeva, E. L. Nasonov

“…The frequency of focal and diffuse CNS disorders was 61.79% and 38.21%, respectively. …”
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The features of PD-L1 expression in tumor stromal cells, peritumoral microvessels and isolated clusters of tumor cells in breast cancer tissue and their correlation with clinical a... by E. Yu. Zubareva, M. A. Senchukova, T. A. Karmakova, N. V. Zaitsev

“…Nuclear expression of PD-L1 was also detected in stromal cells, and was observed in 28.8 and 55.0 % of cases with nodular and diffuse forms of BC (p=0.003), in 17.6, 52.5 and 75.0 % of cases in early, locally advanced and metastatic BC (p&lt;0.001), in 21.2, 28.7, 80.0 and 55.0 % of cases in T1, T2, T3 and T4 (p=0.002), in 21.7, 35.3, 51.4 and 55.0 % of cases with N0, N1, N2 and N3 (p=0.005), in 49.0 and 29.0 % of cases with negative and positive status of PR (p=0.014), in 30.3 and 52.8 % of cases with HER2-negative and HER2-positive BC status (p=0.014), respectively.Conclusion. …”
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