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Ailun G, Li Y, Zhang D et al. · 2026 · Journal of medical case reports
Ovarian carcinosarcoma, also known as malignant mixed Müllerian tumor (MMMT), is a rare and highly aggressive gynecologic malignancy characterized by the presence of both epithelial and mesenchymal components. It predominantly affects…
View details →Schroeder TH, Eliwi Alsaffan M, Stäudle H et al. · 2026 · Journal of clinical medicine
Background: Blood cultures often yield negative results in critically ill patients, particularly after antimicrobial therapy has started. Plasma metagenomic next-generation sequencing enables culture-independent pathogen detection, but its…
View details →Rhodes JM · 2026 · The British journal of nutrition
It is widely known that the short chain fatty acid (SFA) butyrate, generated mainly through fermentation of dietary fibre by anaerobic bacteria, has beneficial effects on health. Less widely known is that butyrate, at the concentration…
View details →Wang H, Ardura MI, Oyeniran SJ et al. · 2026 · ASM case reports
Background Cytomegalovirus (CMV) continues to be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. Nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) are the preferred method for both diagnosing CMV infection and…
View details →Hinoshita M, Maeda Y, Kawai A et al. · 2026 · The Journal of toxicological sciences
The modified electron spin resonance (ESR)-based photosafety test (ESR-PT) is a non-animal prediction test using ESR spectroscopy that is applicable to hydrophobic and colored chemicals and the results show high concordance with existing…
View details →Christopher-Stine L · 2026 · The Journal of rheumatology
Although statin-induced muscle toxicity was recognized, a subset of patients presented with severe, persistent necrotizing myopathy despite statin withdrawal. Recognized initially through the serendipitous aggregation of cases in the…
View details →Alvarez AM, Vega M, Valencia-Shelton F et al. · 2026 · Cureus
Background The evaluation of neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV) includes HSV culture and/or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of different surfaces, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and blood. However, the impact of blood HSV PCR for the…
View details →Dellbrügge F, Schaumann N, Kruppa M et al. · 2026 · Pneumologie (Stuttgart, Germany)
Abstract We present the case of a 39-year-old Indian female patient diagnosed with tuberculous mastitis and lymph node tuberculosis. The patient had a history of tuberculosis infection treatment as a newborn. She initially presented with…
View details →Li X, Huang Y, Hao J et al. · 2026 · Current HIV research
Background Married Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) constitute a bridge population for HIV diffusion into low-risk groups, with spousal non-disclosure rates exceeding 60% in China. It will increase the risk of secondary transmission within…
View details →Tsang SM, Merino Gutierrez V, Yu J et al. · 2026 · Veterinary sciences
Canine babesiosis caused by Babesia gibsoni is prevalent in Hong Kong. While molecular diagnosis via PCR is highly sensitive, it typically requires reference laboratory access, delaying clinical decisions. This study evaluated the…
View details →Hijaze E, Razi T, Arbel R et al. · 2026 · Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases
Objective To evaluate the diagnostic performance of BioPlex 2200 multiplex immunoassay (BI) for detecting antinuclear antibodies (ANA), compared with the gold standard, the indirect immunofluorescence assay (IIF), as a screening…
View details →Tri PM, Hung NT, Liet DH et al. · 2026 · Emergency radiology
Purpose To assess the diagnostic performance of computed tomography (CT) for predicting main pancreatic duct injury in surgically explored patients with distal pancreatic trauma. Methods We conducted a prospective single-center diagnostic…
View details →Wei XT, Zhu LY, Wu YL et al. · 2026 · Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi
Objective: To evaluate the screening performance and related factors of ultrasound for hepatic steatosis in community-based elderly populations using controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) measured by transient elastography as the…
View details →Zorlutuna Kaymak N, Pekel İ, Demir Tekol S et al. · 2026 · BMC ophthalmology
Purpose To evaluate the diagnostic utility and real-world clinical impact of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of aqueous humor (AH) and vitreous samples in patients with uveitis including suspected infectious and mixed…
View details →Mangiameli G, Brascia D, Re Cecconi E et al. · 2026 · Updates in surgery
The role of surgery in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) remains controversial, particularly after the negative results of the MARS 1 and 2 trials. Lung-sparing cytoreductive procedures such as extended pleurectomy/decortication (eP/D)…
View details →Feng Q, Liu B, Liu H et al. · 2025 · Frontiers in microbiology
Background Accurately diagnosing central nervous system (CNS) infections remains challenging. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) in diagnosing suspected CNS infections and its…
View details →Patterson KN, Reynolds MM, Lueder GT · 2026 · American journal of ophthalmology case reports
Purpose To report our findings in a patient with an atypical case of supertemporal iris and retinal coloboma, and to assess its systemic associations and potential genetic causes. Observations A premature female infant born at 31 weeks…
View details →Tsutsumi Y, Nagasaki T, Muraki M et al. · 2026 · Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
Rapid molecular and immunological assays for tuberculosis, including loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and T-SPOT.TB assays, may yield false-negative results. We herein report a 62-year-old immunocompetent man with a productive…
View details →Novy E, Schaeffer A, Nguyen M et al. · 2026 · Critical care (London, England)
BACKGROUND: Intra-abdominal candidiasis (IAC) is a severe form of invasive candidiasis that affects critically ill patients and is associated with a high mortality rate and persistent diagnostic delays. Conventional fungal culture from…
View details →Tomlinson J, Roberson E, Klee V et al. · 2026 · Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis & frontotemporal degeneration
Objective: Assess the accuracy of ALS patient recall of genetic testing results and evaluate comprehension of key implications of results. Methods: Participants were recruited from the Center for Disease Control's National ALS Registry. A…
View details →Alvarez Mulett S, Molina Garcia S, Abu Saleh O et al. · 2026 · Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Background Central nervous system (CNS) infections are significant causes of morbidity and mortality, especially when diagnosis is delayed. Traditional cerebrospinal fluid diagnostic methods for CNS infections have limited sensitivity.…
View details →Lükewille L, Wiegand S, Fazel A et al. · 2026 · Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology
Purpose Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is a standard procedure for nodal staging in cutaneous melanoma. However, its diagnostic performance in the head and neck region remains limited due to complex lymphatic drainage patterns. This…
View details →Zhang J, Su M, Zhang Y et al. · 2025 · Zhonghua yi xue yi chuan xue za zhi = Zhonghua yixue yichuanxue zazhi = Chinese journal of medical genetics
Objective To explore the reasons for false negative results by Optical genome mapping (OGM) analysis of three cases and propose strategies for handling them. Methods Three patients presented at the Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University…
View details →Pantazis JC, Palmer AC · 2026 · Molecular cancer therapeutics
The phase III study of romidepsin plus CHOP for peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) yielded negative results in the overall analysis and showed that outcomes were only improved in the T follicular helper (TFH) subgroup of PTCL, with no…
View details →Genetic And Metabolic Disorders Screening Subgroup Of The Birth Defects Prevention And Control Committee Chinese Preventive Medicine Association, Rare Diseases Branch Of Shandong Medical Association, Genetic Metabolism Branch Of Shandong Provincial Rare Disease Association et al. · 2026 · Zhonghua yi xue yi chuan xue za zhi = Zhonghua yixue yichuanxue zazhi = Chinese journal of medical genetics
High-throughput sequencing technology has recently been used in neonatal disease screening. To address the issues related to the screening process, interpretation of screening results, and recall of positive cases in neonatal genetic…
View details →Inácio ML, Rusinque L, Nóbrega F et al. · 2026 · Plant disease
Aphelenchoides besseyi , the causal agent of the white-tip disease, is a quarantine nematode known to affect rice ( Oryza sativa ) by colonizing leaf tips and panicles. In January 2021, A. besseyi was detected in Portugal in imported…
View details →Goren T, Vashdi DR, Beeri I · 2026 · Social science & medicine (1982)
Political trust is considered crucial for enhancing civic compliance with government policies and instructions, particularly during a health crisis. However, evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic, a major global health crisis, suggest a more…
View details →Mohanta S, Tye KM · 2025 · Neuron
In this issue of Neuron, Biane et al. 1 used cellular-resolution recordings in ventral CA1 (vCA1) to comprehensively establish that it encodes stimulus features and identity, but not a generalized abstraction of valence. This suggests a…
View details →Zhou G, Dael N, Verweij S et al. · 2026 · Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)
Background: The rapid emergence of immune-evasive SARS-CoV-2 variants necessitates the identification of accessible, low-cost prophylactic strategies. While drug repurposing offers a time-efficient alternative to novel drug development,…
View details →Brent DA · 2026 · Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
In this issue of JAACAP, Asarnow and colleagues report the results of their innovative, elegantly conducted clinical trial that assessed the added value of stratified, stepped care (SSC) for youth at risk for suicidal behavior in a health…
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