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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Chagas Disease in the United States: A Multicenter Retrospective Analysis
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Sep 11:tpmd230361. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0361. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTChagas disease affects approximately 300,000 patients in the United States. We evaluated a multicenter U.S.-based network to obtain clinical characteristics and outcomes of chronic Chagas disease by disease forms. This was a U.S.-based, multicenter, population-based, retrospective cohort study. We queried TriNetX, a global research network, to identify patients with dual-positive IgG serology for Trypanosoma cruzi. We captured outcomes of interest for up to 5 years. We found 429 patients with evidence of dual-positive T. cr...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - September 11, 2023 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Andr és F Henao-Martínez Christian Olivo-Freites Nelson I Agudelo Higuita Carolina Ferraz Carlos Franco-Paredes Jose Tuells Laila Woc-Colburn Salvador Villalpando-Carri ón Daniel B Chastain Anis Rassi Source Type: research
Clinical and prognostic relevance of sST2 in adults with dengue-associated cardiac impairment and severe dengue
by Andrew Teo, Po Ying Chia, Gaurav Kumar Ramireddi, Sebastian Kah Ming Khoo, Tsin Wen Yeo
BackgroundDengue can be complicated by severe outcomes including cardiac impairment, and the lack of reliable prognostic biomarkers poses a challenge in managing febrile dengue patients. Here, we investigated the functionality of soluble suppressor of tumorigenicity (sST2) as a predictive marker of severe dengue and its association in dengue-associated cardiac impairment. MethodsPlasma samples, aged>16 years, collected from 36 dengue fever, 43 dengue with warning signs, 11 severe dengue (collected at febrile, critical and recovery ph...
Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases - October 13, 2022 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Andrew Teo Source Type: research
Major acute cardiovascular events after dengue infection –A population-based observational study
ConclusionsThe risks for MACEs are significantly higher in the immediate time period after dengue infection. Since dengue infection is potentially preventable by early recognition and vaccination, the dengue-associated MACE should be taken into consideration when making public health management policies.
Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases - February 7, 2022 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Kai-Che Wei Source Type: research
Case Report: COVID-19 Infection and Cervical Artery Dissection
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022 Jan 24:tpmd210999. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0999. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTA 45-year-old woman presented 3 days after symptom resolution from a COVID-19 infection with a left vertebral artery dissection with no known preceding trauma or underlying disposition. She subsequently suffered a left lateral medullary stroke 15 hours after her initial presentation. Cervical artery dissections (CeAD) can occur in the absence of trauma, and in some cases, infection may be a contributing factor. COVID-19 infection can cause an endotheliopathy and inflammatory response, which may contribute to intimal vessel ...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - January 24, 2022 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Kaylynn Purdy Rebecca Long Glen Jickling Source Type: research
Quantification of chronic diseases presenting in the Emergency Department and their disposition outcomes: A hospital-based cross-sectional study in north India
Trop Doct. 2022 Jan 7:494755211069450. doi: 10.1177/00494755211069450. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTA knowledge of the extent and distribution of chronic comorbidity plays an essential role in providing appropriate care, and allocating health resources to the patients admitted to the emergency department. We performed a cross-sectional study to quantify the chronic diseases presenting in the Emergency Department of PGIMER, Chandigarh (India). Out of 205 patients, 133 (64.9%) had pre-existing comorbidity. Common were chronic kidney disease (29, 14.1%), chronic liver disease (23, 11.2%), diabetes mellitus (21, 10.2%), malig...
Source: Tropical Doctor - January 7, 2022 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Ashok Kumar Pannu Atul Saroch Mohan Kumar Ashish Behera Gursimran Singh Nayyar Navneet Sharma Source Type: research
Measuring Ambulation, Motor, and Behavioral Outcomes with Poststroke Fluoxetine in Tanzania: The Phase II MAMBO Trial
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Dec 6:tpmd210653. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0653. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWe test the safety of fluoxetine postischemic stroke in sub-Saharan Africa. Adults with acute ischemic stroke, seen <14 days since new-onset motor deficits, were enrolled from November 2019 to October 2020 in a single-arm, open-label phase II trial of daily fluoxetine 20 mg for 90 days at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The primary outcome was safety with secondary outcomes of medication adherence and tolerability. About 34 patients were enrolled (11 were female; mean age 52.2 years, 65% < 60 year...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - December 6, 2021 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Farrah Mateen Emmanuel Massawe Notburga Mworia Seif Ismail Dylan Rice Andre Vogel Boniface Kapina Novath Mukyanuzi Deus Buma Jef Gluckstein Michael Wasserman Susan Fasoli Faraja Chiwanga Kigocha Okeng'o Source Type: research
