Medicine
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Fungal keratitis (FK) is a severe vision-threatening disease that can lead to corneal perforation or endophthalmitis despite proper treatment. It is important to diagnose the disease promptly due to its indolent nature and disproportionate disease symptoms. Trichosporon asahii is reported rarely as the causative organism of FK. We report a case of highly unusual bilateral T asahii keratitis following ptosis surgery. ⋯ FK can develop in the cornea when certain risk factors are present, including recent lid surgery, chronic keratitis, and steroid eye drop use. Identification and correction of risk factors can be beneficial in the treatment of FK.
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Observational Study
Usefulness of the capsule endoscopy Crohn's disease activity index in assessing the necessity of early additional treatment in patients with Crohn's disease in clinical remission.
The Capsule Endoscopy Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CECDAI) was recently reported as a new scoring system to evaluate the mucosal lesions of patients with Crohn's disease (CD). We investigated whether CECDAI is useful for assessing the necessity of early additional treatment in patients with CD in clinical remission. Twenty-one patients with small intestinal CD in clinical remission underwent capsule endoscopy (CE). ⋯ Additional treatment was performed significantly more often in patients with moderate-severe disease activity (CECDAI ≥5.8) (P = .012) than in those with normal (CECDAI <3.5) and mild (3.5≤CECDAI<5.8) disease activity. Resection of the small intestine did not affect the small bowel transit time or CE score. CECDAI is useful in evaluating mucosal lesions in small bowel CD patients in clinical remission and helps in assessing the requirement for additional treatment for these patients, including those who undergo intestinal resection.
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is 1 of the deadliest malignancies worldwide. Despite significant advances in diagnosis and treatment, the mortality rate from HCC persists at a substantial level. Construction of a prognostic model that can reliably predict HCC patients' overall survival is urgently needed. ⋯ HCC patients could be assigned into a high-risk group and a low-risk group by this model, and the overall survival of these 2 groups was significantly different (P < .05). Furthermore, the risk scores obtained by this model were highly correlated with immune cell infiltration. The prognostic model helps to identify HCC patients at high risk of mortality, which optimizes decision-making for individualized treatment.
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Endometrial carcinoma (EC) has become a common gynecologic malignancy with a high mortality. The m6A regulators have been identified to be closely associated with multiple human cancers including EC. However, the CpG methylation signature related to m6A regulators in EC remains unclear. ⋯ Our study suggested that the CpG sites located at m6A regulators might be considered as potential prognostic signatures for EC patients.
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Data on the epidemiology characteristics of hepatitis B surface antibodies (anti-HBs) are lacking among central southern undeveloped areas of China, especially for young adults. This study aims to demonstrate the sero-epidemiology characteristics of HBsAb among young adults. ⋯ The prevalence of serum anti-HBs among the freshmen in Hunan from 2017 to 2019 is much lower than the average national level, and the prevalence in 2019 is significantly lower than that in 2017 and 2019. There are significant differences in different time and areas of the prevalence of anti-HBs. There is a necessity to carry out area-specific intensive immunization plan in a timely manner among young population in Hunan Province, China.