Uncommon cause of fungemia in a patient with renal cell cancer: A case report of Candida lusitaniae Fungemia.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) and cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) are both the effective techniques in treatment of cervical spondylosis. The purpose of this present retrospective cohort research was to assess the efficacy and safety of ACDF and CDA in treating the symptomatic cervical spon...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tong Y,Jia X,Zhou Y,Feng D,Yuan D

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant glycosylated IgA1 molecules, mainly galactose-deficient IgA1 (Gd-IgA1), are important causal factors in IgA nephropathy; however, the underlying mechanism for the production of aberrantly glycosylated IgA1 is unknown. A recent genome-wide association study identified a novel IgAN susceptibility gene, TNFSF13,...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhai YL,Zhu L,Shi SF,Liu LJ,Lv JC,Zhang H

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Prepubertal unilateral gynecomastia is extremely rare, whose etiology and management strategy are not familiar. We would like to present a case and a literature review of unilateral prepubertal gynecomastia. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 11-year old male patient with complaints of unilateral enlargement of breast tissu...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang C,Yu N,Zhu L,Zeng A

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our study questioned whether the outcome of postoperative early oral feeding is different from traditional postoperative feeding in children with Hirschsprung's disease who underwent transanal endorectal pull-through.This was an observational and comparative study. Patients were allocated into 2 groups. Age, gender, f...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ashjaei B,Ghamari Khameneh A,Darban Hosseini Amirkhiz G,Nazeri N

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Echinococcosis, also called hydatid disease, is a common parasitic infection of the liver. However, echinococcus lesions rarely involve the heart, especially in children. PATIENT CONCERNS:An 8-year-old child from grazing areas of northwest China was referred to our hospital for the complaint of inpersiste...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Su L,Yu J,Dai C,Liu Y,Peng L

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Angiosarcomas are malignant vascular tumors, and angiosarcoma occurring in the anterior mediastinum is rare. Here we report a case of angiosarcoma that originated in the anterior mediastinum treated with surgery, followed by radiotherapy and synchronous chemotherapy. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 56-year-old female was...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tan YB,Yu XF,Fan JQ,Li JF

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a clinically common and recurrent disease. However, many trials have shown that auriculotherapy (AT) can effectively treat CLBP. There are currently no systematic reviews of this therapy. The plan aims to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of this treatment in patients with...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang G,Zhang L,Deng Y,Shen Y,Wang X,Yu Y

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Poststroke depression is a serious and common complication of stroke, especially the ischemic poststroke depression. Antidepressants are used in poststroke depression, and acupuncture may be an alternative approach. However, the efficacy and mechanism of acupuncture for poststroke depression has not been c...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lu H,Li M,Zhang B,Ren X,Meng L,Bai W,Wang L,Wang Z,Ding S,Gan Y,Zhang Z,Li P,Wang L,Meng Z,Zhao H,Wang F,Zhang C

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For early diagnosis and treatment of invasive candidiasis (IC), the well-known risk factors may not apply in the intensive care unit (ICU). This retrospective study identified the risk factors predicting IC and candidemia in cancer patients under intensive care after gastrointestinal surgery.Enrolled were 229 cancer p...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xia R,Wang D

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this paper was to evaluate the activity and tolerability of oral vinorelbine in patients with advanced castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) who progressed after a minimum of three lines including: abiraterone acetate, docetaxel, cabazitaxel, and enzalutamide.Treatment consisted of weekly oral vinorel...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Roviello G,Corona SP,Conca R,Petrioli R,Rosellini P,Bonetta A,Aieta M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Foreign-body ingestion is a common phenomenon and foreign bodies are mostly excreted in stool. Once sharp bodies are ingested without being realized, perforation of intestine is possible and misdiagnosis may be made. We report 2 toothpick ingestion cases that were both diagnosed accurately. PATIENT CONCERNS:...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lin N,Lin L,Wu W,Yang W,Cai Z,Hong J,Wang Y

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Ecthyma gangrenosum (Eg) is a necrotic lesion that is mostly seen in immunocompromised patients. It reflects a severe sepsis, possibly caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa). PATIENT CONCERNS:A healthy 3-year-old girl admitted to the Pediatric Emergency Department presented a sepsis-associated purpura with ne...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Biscaye S,Demonchy D,Afanetti M,Dupont A,Haas H,Tran A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hexachloroethane (HC)/zinc chloride (ZnCl, smoke bomb) exposure in the military setting results in lung injury which is uncommon and has been rarely described in previous studies. The aim of this study is to investigate the correlation between the serum zinc in patients with HC/ZnCl smoke inhalation lung injury and di...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xie F,Zhang X,Xie L

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is relatively little data on the etiology of bacterial infections in patients with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in West Africa, and no data from countries that have implemented conjugate vaccines against both Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib).We conducted a retrospective analysis of SC...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Soothill G,Darboe S,Bah G,Bolarinde L,Cunnington A,Anderson ST

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors associated with lymph nodes posterior to the right recurrent laryngeal nerve (LN-prRLN) metastasis in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC).A total of 81 PTC patients who underwent total/near-total thyroidectomy with LN-prRLN dissection in the Department...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yuan J,Li J,Chen X,Zhong Z,Chen Z,Yin Y,Du J,Cong S,Wu Z

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrospective radiographic analysis.To determine the fusion rate of stand-alone lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF). Biomechanical studies have indicated that LLIF may be more stable than anterior or transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. Early clinical reports of stand-alone LLIF have shown success in obtaining f...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Watkins R 4th,Watkins R 3rd,Hanna R

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines recommend surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy for gastric cancer patients. Neoadjuvant treatments as the administration of therapeutic agents before a main treatment gained in more and more attention. However, the role of neoadjuvant treatments...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Long B,Yu ZY,Li Q,Du HR,Wang ZJ,Zhan H,Jiao ZY

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a female endocrine disease with a high incidence. At present, drug treatment is still the main therapeutic strategy for PCOS. Traditional Chinese medicine has a long history in the treatment of menstrual disorders. Shouwu Jiangqi Decoction (SWJQD) is a traditional herbal m...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xu W,Tang M,Wang J,Wang L

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Pathological fracture of the mandible caused by radicular cyst is rare. This report describes a unique case of a mandibular pathological fracture caused by radicular cyst, arising from an endodontically treated molar. PATIENT CONCERN:A 49-year-old female was referred to our department with persistent pain in...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xiao X,Dai JW,Li Z,Zhang W

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to compare the clinical features and treatment outcomes among patients with bacteremic urinary tract infection (UTI) caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) and non-MDR Enterobacteriaceae and to identify whether MDR pathogens were independently associated with severe sepsis or septic shock at ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lee YC,Hsiao CY,Hung MC,Hung SC,Wang HP,Huang YJ,Wang JT

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection over a 10-year period in terms of population-level trends, we established hypothetical birth cohorts that represented each 10-year interval age group.We used data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys conducted between 1998 to 2...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Park B,Jung KW,Oh CM,Choi KS,Suh M,Jun JK

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic vasculitis (SV) involving abdominal structures usually has a poor prognosis. Gallbladder vasculitis (GV) has been reported as part of SV (GB-SV) and focal single-organ vasculitis (GB-SOV). We analyzed clinical and histologic characteristics of patients with GV to identify features that differentiate GB-SOV fr...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hernández-Rodríguez J,Tan CD,Rodríguez ER,Hoffman GS

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Traumatic thoracic injuries in adolescents are rare but could be connected with traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and development of chronic hypopituitarism. Early recognition of these endocrine problems is a significant challenge to clinicians. We present difficulties in diagnosis of hypothalamic-pituitary insu...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Gilis-Januszewska A,Kluczyński Ł,Wilusz M,Pantofliński J,Turek-Jabrocka R,Pach D,Hubalewska-Dydejczyk A

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Nd:YAG laser-induced macular holes (MHs) feature more extensive anatomical defects and worse functional outcomes than idiopathic MHs. Although new treatment options for large refractory MHs have been suggested, the current literature on Nd:YAG laser-induced MHs suggests only conventional pars plana vitrectomy...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yang YH,Chung YT,Kim BK,Moon JH,Mun SJ

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate clinical values of clinicopathologic and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT)-related parameters for prediction of v-Ki-ras2 Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog (KRAS) mutation in colorectal cancer (CRC) and to investigate their variability depen...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lee JH,Kang J,Baik SH,Lee KY,Lim BJ,Jeon TJ,Ryu YH,Sohn SK

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pneumonia is a common respiratory disease. In severe cases, it can induce cardiovascular disease and even life-threatening. In particular, pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that broke out at the end of 2019 has seriously affected the health of people in all countries. In recent years, it h...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cao C,Zhen Z,Kuang S,Xu T

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (CEP) is a rare disorder of unknown cause with nonspecific respiratory and systemic symptoms but rather characteristic peripheral alveolar infiltrates on imaging, developing mainly in women and in atopic subjects. The disorder is highly responsive to oral corticosteroid therap...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Marchand E,Reynaud-Gaubert M,Lauque D,Durieu J,Tonnel AB,Cordier JF

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The composition of glycan in immunoglobulin G (IgG) has shown to affect various diseases and can be regulated by drugs and preventive vaccination. A hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) immune complex (YIC) therapeutic vaccine for chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients has undergone clinic...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Han J,Gong GZ,Lei JH,Qin WJ,Qin RH,Wang XY,Gu JX,Ren SF,Wen YM

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taking into consideration the progress in cancer treatment, an increase in the number of adult survivors of childhood cancer is expected. These survivors will have received treatment that predisposes them to late morbidity and increased risk of early mortality. The aim of this single-center retrospective cohort study ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Livinalli A,Silva MT,Lopes LC

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incidental gastric subepithelial tumor (SET) is frequently found during endoscopy. Although endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) can provide useful information, its diagnostic accuracy varies. Most of the potentially malignant tumors observed on EUS are hypoechoic lesions. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the diagnostic...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lim TW,Choi CW,Kang DH,Kim HW,Park SB,Kim SJ

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00