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Fulminant Aeromonas hydrophila infection during acute lymphoblastic leukemia treatment
24 January 2012
Vassilios Papadakis, Nikolaos Poniros, Karerina Katsibardi, Athina-Eleni Charissiadou, John Anastasopoulos, Sophia Polychronopoulou
Aeromonas hydrophila septicemia has a fulminant course and it has been usually reported in immunocompromised hosts and rarely among children with leukemia. High morbidity and mortality is associated w...
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Comparison of cryoglobulinemia in children and adults
11 January 2012
Yu-Ting Liou, Jing-Long Huang, Liang-Shiou Ou, Yu-Hsuan Lin, Kuang-Hui Yu, Shue-Fen Luo, Huei-Huang Ho, Lieh-Bang Liou, Kuo-Wei Yeh
Background: Cryoglobulinemic vasculitis is a systemic vasculitis resulting from circulating immune complex deposition in the small vessels and is characterized by variable clinical features, including...
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Mycobacterium avium complex infection-related immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome of the central nervous system in an HIV-infected patient: Case report and review
09 January 2012
Yi-Chien Lee, Ching-Lan Lu, Chung-Chih Lai, Yu-Tzu Tseng, Hsin-Yun Sun, Chien-Ching Hung
Disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection involves the central nervous system (CNS) less frequently than tuberculosis, and MAC-related immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS)...
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Non-typhoidal Salmonella bacteremia among adults: An adverse prognosis in patients with malignancy
03 January 2012
Chia-Wen Li, Po-Lin Chen, Nan-Yao Lee, Hsin-Chun Lee, Chia-Ming Chang, Ching-Chi Lee, Wen-Chien Ko
Background: Clinical information about non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) bacteremia in patients with malignancy has rarely been described. This study investigated clinical characteristics and prognostic ...
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Astrovirus gastroenteritis in hospitalized children of less than 5 years of age in Taiwan, 2009
03 January 2012
Wei-Chen Tseng, Fang-Tzy Wu, Chao A. Hsiung, Wan-Chi Chang, Ho-Sheng Wu, Ching-Yi Wu, Jen-Shiou Lin, Shun-Cheng Yang, Kao-Pin Hwang, Yhu-Chering Huang
Background/Purpose: Acute gastroenteritis is a common illness in children under 5 years old. Although rotavirus is a leading cause, other viruses including astrovirus are also important, but have been...
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