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ISAgA-IgM (bioMérieux) is based on the agglutination of Toxoplasma antigens by specific IgM antibodies in the patient serum. The technique is based on a combination of two methods: direct agglutination and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The commercial kit Toxo-ISAgA (bioMérieux, Mercy I’Etoile, France) uses the IgM monoclonal antibody linked to the solid phase. In the absence of specific antibodies, Toxoplasma precipitates into wells. Agglutination occurs for positive reactions.

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Two cases are described in which the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis was suspected on both clinical and radiological grounds. Sputum smear and culture were negative for acid fast bacilli. Consequently a bronchoscopy and bronchial washings from the affected lobe were undertaken. While this procedure achieved a positive diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis, it also resulted in a significant extension of the disease. © 1988.

Israel isn’t special. It is as bad as all colonialists, and settler-colonialists, past and present who are struggling to deal with resistance, gain legitimacy, and whitewash a crime, while continuing to commit unspeakable crimes and perpetuate injustice.

It’s nice to see a prostate cancer release that notes, “most men with elevated PSA levels referred for prostate biopsy either have no cancer or have low-grade cancer which needs monitoring but not treatment.”

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Dr. Larry Goldenberg, a professor in the department of urologic sciences at the University of B.C., said that the PSA test costs little more than a case of beer. “People should be given a choice,” he said. “If they want to know if they’re at risk or have prostate cancer they should be allowed to make that choice.”

- Phiến vi lượng được gắn kháng nguyên tái tổ hợp HCV: Kháng nguyên tái tổ hợp HCV lõi (50ng±10 ng); Kháng nguyên tái tổ hợp HCV NS3 (25 ng± 5 ng); Kháng nguyên tái tổ hợp HCV NS4 (25 ng± 5 ng); Kháng nguyên tái tổ hợp HCV NS5 (25 ng± 5 ng),

MTX는 류마티즘 치료에 주로 투여하는데, METEOR 연구에서 스테로이드 의존적인 크론병 환자에게 MTX투여 시 위약대비 우월성을 입증하지 못했다. 또한 cannabidiol은 UC 환자의 증상 개선에는 도움이 됐으나, 관해 도달률을 증가시키지는 못했다. 난치성 크론병 환자의 치료에 대한 임상 연구에서 자가 조혈모세포 이식(ASCT; autologous stem cell transplantion)은 2년간 치료 효과를 향상시켰으며, 작용 기전에 대한 연구가 진행 중이다.

An acute myopathy complicating life-threatening asthma has been reported with increasing frequency. We present a further 3 patients with this complication. Each patient had nerve conduction studies, electromyography and muscle biopsy performed. The records of a cohort of 12 patients, ventilated in an intensive care unit over a 16 month period, were reviewed. Eleven out of the 12 patients developed an elevated creatine kinase level (median 1311 U/L, range 185-9973 U/L) and 4 developed symptomatic weakness. The myopathy of status asthmaticus is not a homogeneous clinicopathological entity. Although myopathy is the predominant feature, there is a neuropathic component in some patients. Full recovery is usual. The combination of corticosteroids and neuromuscular blocking agents has been proposed as the possible cause of the complication.