BACKGROUND Omalizumab is approved in the UK as add-on treatment for chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) in patients with inadequate response to H1-antihistamines. Ciclosporin is an established but unlicensed 3rd line option for CSU. Two parallel retrospective observational studies were conducted to describe outcomes of treatment and adverse events with omalizumab or ciclosporin for CSU treatmen...

In March 2020, Charles Sturt University (CSU) launched two new pathway courses: the Diploma of General Studies (DGS) and CSU Pathway course. These courses are offered at five regional campuses, along with an online offering. This particular cohort students lack skills confidence necessary to engage withuniversity-level study. With advent COVID-19, challenge was transition on-campus cohorts a fu...

PURPOSE CD93 is receiving renewed attention as a biomarker of inflammation. We aimed to evaluate the potential for serum sCD93 to serve as a novel biomarker for allergic inflammation. MATERIALS AND METHODS We enrolled 348 subjects with an allergic disease [allergic rhinitis (AR), chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU), or bronchial asthma (BA)], including 14 steroid-naïve BA patients who were se...

The discovery of a new topological form of magnetic order in the family of cubic Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya helimagnets has recently attracted increasing scientific interest. This new magnetic state consists of a lattice of skyrmions, i.e., magnetic vortices characterized by a topological winding number. This implies that skyrmions represent topologicallyprotected magnetic particles with a skyrmion ...

Summary According to current guidelines, non-sedative H1-antihistamines (nsAH) are the first-line therapy of chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU). But even up-dosed antihistamines (to four times the standard dose) produce symptom resolution in less than 50% of patients. Biomarkers that can predict the response to nsAH are still unknown. We carried out a prospective study and used discriminant an...

BACKGROUND Parasites have been proposed to be an underlying cause of chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) in childhood, but a clear causal relationship between them has not been established. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of parasitic infection-related CSU (PIRCSU) in children and to determine the factors associated with PIRCSU. METHOD Data from 211 children with CSU were analy...

Background. In chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) first-line therapy with an antihistamine-based regimen may not achieve satisfactory control in patients. Thus, a continuing need exists for effective and safe treatments for refractory CSU. Aim. To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of an intake of a combination of 2 probiotics (Lactobacillus salivarius LS01 and Bifidobacterium breve BR0...

The Colorado State University (CSU) Accelerator Facility will include a 6-MeV L-Band electron linear accelerator (linac) with a free-electron laser (FEL) system capable of producing Terahertz (THz) radiation, a laser laboratory, a microwave test stand, and a magnetic test stand. The photocathode drive linac will be used in conjunction with a hybrid undulator capable of producing THz radiation. ...

In dieser retrospektiven multizentrischen Studie wurden Daten von 1199 Patienten mit chronischer spontaner Urtikaria (CSU) analysiert, um die Assoziation zu autoimmunen Komorbiditäten und das therapeutische Ansprechen auf Omalizumab untersuchen. Die Diagnose Typ IIb autoimmune CSU (aiCSU) wurde gestellt, wenn folgende 3 Tests positiv ausfielen: autologer Serum-Haut-Test, Basophilen-Histamin-Fre...