Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) elements confer methicillin resistance to the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus (methicillin-resistant S. aureus [MRSA]). Recently, the International Working Group on the Classification of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome Elements (IWG-SCC) has published new guidelines for classifying different SCCmec elements (3). The new classification of S...

Nitrate ( NO3- -N) leaching into groundwater as a result of high nitrogen (N) fertilizer rates to annual crops presents human health risks and costs associated with water tre...

In 2012, the International Working Group for Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN) Research and Treatment (IWG-MRT) reported an associations between mild bone marrow (BM) fibrosis (⩾grade 1) in polycythemia vera (PV) and a lower incidence of thrombosis during the clinical course and a higher risk of fibrotic progression. The objective in the current study of 262 patients with PV was to validate th...

Intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium (Host) Barkworth & D.R. Dewey) is being developed for use as a new perennial grain crop through breeding and agronomic research. However, progress has been hampered by lack of understanding environmental requirements flowering production. Therefore, we phenology model IWG adapted from the STICS soil-crop model. The was compliant with experimental ...

Abstract Immune-mediated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (iTTP) is a potentially fatal microangiopathy caused by autoantibody-mediated severe deficiency of ADAMTS13. Standardized definitions response, exacerbation, remission, and relapse were initially proposed in 2003 modified the International Working Group for TTP 2017. These definitions, which have been widely used clinical practice res...

Intra- and inter-laboratory variability of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarker analyses remains an important issue. We investigated the clinical-diagnostic impact of CSF biomarker concentration shifts in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and autopsy-confirmed Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia patients. MCI patients (n = 85), autopsy-confirmed AD dementia patients (n = 72), and cognitively healthy...