Both sex- and gender-related factors should be considered in autism research and clinical practice

Staphylococcus lugdunensis; a pathogen that should be considered in Iran

Background: Staphylococcus lugdunensis is Gram-positive cocci of the staphylococcaceae family. S. lugdunensis despite having a clotting factor (wall coagulase), was classified in the coagulase negative staphylococcus group (CoNS) for lack of free coagulase. Although this bacterium is part of the human normal flora, in terms of virulence, S. lugdunensis is in second place after S. aureus. S. lug...

Dolutegravir monotherapy: when should clinical practice be clinical research?

Prognosis value of the blood transaminase in acute ischaemic stroke: gender factors should be considered.

With respect to the paper published recently in Clinical Science by Campos et al. [1] on blood levels of glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase being more strongly associated with good outcome in acute ischaemic stroke than glutamate pyruvate transaminase levels, we would like to raise a cautionary note. It has been well established that abnormally high concentrations of l-glutamate (glutamate) in...

Sex and gender reporting in health research: why Canada should be a leader.

Sex and gender have been demonstrated to influence all domains of health, from basic mechanisms of disease development to health service utilization. It is therefore no longer acceptable to ignore sex and gender issues in health research reports if these reports are to be deemed accurate. Funding agencies and journals have been identified as primary change agents in health research systems. Can...

immunosuppression in renal transplantation and dyslipidemia, which factors should be considered?