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Antibiotic Resistance Pattern in Children with UTI
Empirical antibiotic selection should be based on knowledge of the local prevalence of bacterial organism and their antibiotic resistance in a specific area.
Read MoreEvidence for Dissociable Linkage of Dimensions of Psychopathology to Brain Structure in Youths
Fear symptoms were associated with reduced cortical thickness in most networks, and overall psychopathology was associated with globally reduced gray matter volume across all networks.
Read MoreSafety and Effectiveness of Upadacitinib or Adalimumab Plus Methotrexate in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Patients with an insufficient response to adalimumab or upadacitinib safely achieved clinically meaningful responses after switching to the alternative medication without washout.
Read MoreGastric Bypass Versus Sleeve Gastrectomy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes (Oseberg)
Gastric bypass was found to be superior to sleeve gastrectomy for remission of type 2 diabetes at 1 year after surgery.
Read MoreBaseline Predictors of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Systolic Blood Pressure Goal Attainment After 1 Year in the ISCHEMIA Trial
In ISCHEMIA, older age, male sex, high-intensity statin use, lower baseline LDL-C, and North American location predicted 1-year LDL-C goal attainment
Read MoreMethylation Hotspots Evidenced by Deep Sequencing in Patients with Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy and Mosaicism
Deep sequencingbased methylation analysis discriminates mosaic cases for which methylation changes have never been evaluated previously.
Read MoreLatitude Continues to be Significantly Associated with the Prevalence of Multiple Sclerosis
This new meta-analysis confirms that MS prevalence is still strongly positively associated with increasing latitude and that the gradient is increasing.
Read MoreImmune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy in Patients With Preexisting Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Preexisting IBD increases the risk of severe GI adverse events in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors.
Read MoreIncreased Risk of Osteoporotic Fracture in Postgastrectomy Gastric Cancer Survivors
Gastric cancer survivors who underwent gastrectomy had an increased osteoporotic fracture risk than did matched controls.
Read MoreFeasibility of Hepatitis B Vaccination by Microneedle Patch
dMNP delivery of AFV can elicit seroprotective anti-HBs levels in rhesus macaques that are correlated with human seroprotection
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