Discussion Although quinolone-induced tendon rupture has been described in the literature,
6, 7 case reports of complete or partial tendon rupture specifically attributed to levofloxacin …

background Tumescent liposuction (TL) performed according to accepted guidelines has
proven to be a safe and effective outpatient procedure. The recent introduction of internal …

• Two patients with eccrine syringofibroadenomas were studied. The first patient had a 3-year
history of asymptomatic, unilateral, linear, moist mosaic plaques of the lower part of the left …

Background Boron is a metalloid found at highly varying concentrations in soil and water.
Experimental data indicate that boron is a developmental toxicant, but the few human toxicity …

Background The uterine environment may influence telomere length at birth, which is essential
for cellular function, aging, and disease susceptibility over the lifespan. However, little is …

… to a TST and IGRA-RD1 double-positive … IGRA-Rv2029c and TST before developing TB.
A reversion rate to LAA (60%–100%) after prophylactic treatment was observed at TST + /IGRA-…

Cadmium, lead and arsenic are toxic metals which occur naturally in the Earth’s crust and
are further spread by human activities such as mining. Vegetable crops absorb them from the …

Background Evidence on the comparative performance of purified protein derivative
tuberculin skin tests (TST) and interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA) for predicting incident …

… by IGRA in different studies is controversial and their positive and negative predictive values
are yet to be defined, the role of IGRA is still under investigation. In this sense, IGRA cannot …

… Moreover, all incident cases were detected by our new IGRA; and a significant decrement of
… study to monitor changes in the immune response profile of IGRA-PstS1 (285–374) :CFP10 …