In recent times increasing occurrence of dermatophytosis, especially among the school children in eastern India was evidenced along with increased tendency of keeping companion animals such as dogs and cats. This study was undertaken to detect the occurrence of dermatophytes with antifungal susceptibility among the companion animals. A total of 1501 healthy companion animals comprising 1209 dog...

IntroductionAllosensitization presents a barrier to lung transplantation in otherwise acceptable patient candidates leading increased waitlist times and mortality. We present case of highly sensitized dual organ kidney-lung transplant recipient that did not develop AMR despite from positive crossmatch donor after treatment with an Eculizumab based protocol.Case ReportOur is 57-year-old woman id...

Abstract Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has increased progressively worldwide, however evidence on public awareness highlights gaps for a comprehensive health strategy. This study aims to evaluate knowledge and possible lack of about CKD in Portugal. Methods Cross-sectional conducted through community based online survey (n = 1209). It was applied the Knowledge Questionnaire score calc...

In the version of “Summertime Acute Heat Illness in U.S. Emergency Departments from 2006 through 2010: Analysis of a Nationally Representative Sample” by Hess et al. [Environ Health Perspect 122:1209–1215 (2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306796 ] originally published online, low numbers of emergency department deaths (11–29) in Tables 2 and 3 were mistakenly suppressed due to misinterpret...