This case illustrates a rare cause of gastro-intestinal bleeding following bariatric *** it is essential to rule out common causes of variceal formation accompanied by intermittent,profuse bleeding,there should be a h...
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This case illustrates a rare cause of gastro-intestinal bleeding following bariatric *** it is essential to rule out common causes of variceal formation accompanied by intermittent,profuse bleeding,there should be a high degree of suspicion of this rare etiology in patients who have previously undergone alteration of their anatomy,especially Roux-en-Y gastric bypass(RYGB).The case emphasizes the need for a multidisciplinary medical-surgical team in evaluating and treating patients who present with complex intra-abdominal pathology.
Bacterial endosymbionts of sap-sucking insects provide their host with a num- ber of beneficial qualities,including the supply of nutrition,defense against parasitoids, and protection from heat *** to these bacterial ...
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Bacterial endosymbionts of sap-sucking insects provide their host with a num- ber of beneficial qualities,including the supply of nutrition,defense against parasitoids, and protection from heat *** to these bacterial associates can therefore have a negative impact on the fitness of their insect *** evaluated observational and experi- mental factors regarding the normative hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae Annand) (Hemiptera:Adelgidae)to help understand the roles of its three recently identified symbionts,including under heat stress *** prevalence of ***'s facultafive symbiont (Serratia symbiotica)was examined at different spatial scales to determine how variable infection rates are for this *** was no significant difference found in infection rates between adelgids on a tree,within a plot,or within a ***, significantly more adelgids in Georgia (95%)had *** compared to those in New York (68%).Microsatellite genotyping of the adelgids found that this difference was most likely not the result of a second introduction *** into eastern North *** *** proportions between first and fourth instars showed that symbiont absence did not affect the ability *** to survive *** of sym- biont densities within each adelgid found that when *** was absent,the density of obligate symbionts was significantly *** to heat stress (32.5℃)was not consistently correlated with changes in symbiont densities over a 4-d ***,we have shown that symbiont prevalence and densities vary within the broad population of *** in eastern North America,with potentially significant effects upon the ecology of this important pest.
BACKGROUND Individuals with Lynch syndrome(LS)and hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer(HNPCC)are at increased risk of both colorectal cancer and other *** interplay between immunosuppression,a comorbid inflammat...
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BACKGROUND Individuals with Lynch syndrome(LS)and hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer(HNPCC)are at increased risk of both colorectal cancer and other *** interplay between immunosuppression,a comorbid inflammatory condition(CID),and HNPCC on cancer risk is *** To evaluate the impact of CIDs,and exposure to monoclonal antibodies and immunomodulators,on cancer risk in individuals with *** Individuals prospectively followed in a hereditary cancer registry with LS/HNPCC with the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease or rheumatic disease were *** compared the proportion of patients with cancer in LS/HNPCC group with and without a *** also compared the proportion of patients who developed cancer following a CID diagnosis based upon exposure to immunosuppressive *** A total of 21 patients with LS/HNPCC and a CID were compared to 43 patients with LS/HNPCC but no *** occurred in 84.2% with a CID compared to 76.7% without a CID(P=0.74)with no difference in age at first cancer diagnosis 45.5±14.6 vs 43.8±7.1 years(P=0.67).LS specific cancers were diagnosed in 52.4% with a CID vs 44.2% without a CID(P=0.54).Nine of 21(42.9%)patients were exposed to biologics or immunomodulators for the treatment of their *** after diagnosis of CID was seen in 7(77.8%)of exposed individuals vs 5(41.7%)individuals unexposed to biologics/immunomodulators(P=0.18).All 7 exposed compared to 3/5 unexposed developed a LS specific *** exposed and unexposed groups were followed for a median 10 years and 8.5 years,*** hazard ratio for cancer with medication exposure was 1.59(P=0.43,95%CI:0.5-5.1).CONCLUSION In patients with LS/HNPCC,the presence of a concurrent inflammatory condition,or use of immunosuppressive medication to treat the inflammatory condition,might not increase the rate of cancer occurrence in this limited study.
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