Immunosuppressed

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Immunosuppressed

A state in which the immune system is suppressed by medications during the treatment of other disorders, like cancer, or following an organ transplantation.

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Federal agency-developed materials on how residents who are not immunosuppressed can safely conduct mold cleanup after disasters were made available to participants after the interview.

Hurricane-Associated Mold Exposures Among Patients at Risk for Invasive Mold Infections After Hurricane Harvey--Houston, Texas, 2017

Putative Bronchopulmonary Flagellated Protozoa in Immunosuppressed Patients.

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(p<0.001) Levamisole and Gymnema sylvestre (50mg/kg) increased % neutrophil adhesion to a significant extent in CP induced immunosuppressed rats when compared with that of CP control group but in comparison to Control rats, this effect was not significant.(Table2) With Levamisole, GSE-25mg/kg and GSE-50 mg/kg, the percentage NA were 24.52[+ or -]1.27, 16.92 [+ or -]1.45 and 21.83 [+ or -] 1.34 respectively.

Amelioration of Cyclophosphamide Induced Immunosupression by the hydro-Alcoholic Extract of Gymnema Sylvestre Leaves in Albino Rats

We used a model of oral candidiasis in the immunosuppressed rats that was previously reported by Krause and Schaffner.

In Vivo Comparative Evaluation of the Pomegranate (Punica granatum) Peel Extract as an Alternative Agent to Nystatin against Oral Candidiasis

While this data was helpful in understanding a possible disease course, the additional comorbidities associated with HIV make it difficult to extrapolate the data to an otherwise healthy individual immunosuppressed on medications alone.

The Risk of Immunosuppression: A Case of Salmonella Meningitis

MR imaging of brain and spine is key in the investigation of immunosuppressed patients who present with neurological symptoms such as altered mental status [2].

Concentric and Eccentric Target MRI Signs in a Case of HIV-Associated Cerebral Toxoplasmosis

In our case, the patient was immunosuppressed following oral treatment with corticosteroids and Diclofenac.

Necrotizing Soft Tissue Fasciitis after Intramuscular Injection

Patients with IBD who are immunosuppressed and traveling to endemic areas for yellow fever should consult with a travel medicine or infectious disease specialist before travel.

Preventive care in inflammatory bowel disease

In this latter group, the percentage of patients with CD4 counts between 100 and 200 cells/[micro]L decreased by 50% between 2010/11 and 2014/15, while a 25% reduction was noted in the percentage of patients whose CD4 counts fell into the 'severely immunosuppressed' group, i.e.

Analysis of HIV disease burden by calculating the percentages of patients with CD4 counts <100 cells/[micro]l across 52 districts reveals hot spots for intensified commitment to programmatic support

Among 173 immunosuppressed adults, 29 (16.8%) showed evidence of exposure to WNV (Table), resulting in 2.16 times the odds of positive immunoblot result than for nonimmunosuppressed adults (76/890, 8.5%; p = 0.002).

West Nile Virus Seroprevalence, Connecticut, USA, 2000-014

Given the high mortality burden and resource-intensive management of PCP, attention needs to be called towards instituting a rigorous prophylactic regimen in all type of immunosuppressed patients.

Clinical outcomes of pneumocystis pneumonia from a tertiary care centre in Pakistan

(4) Therefore, an increased number of post-transplant patients are living longer, immunosuppressed lives.

Management of complications of acute otomastoiditis in solid organ transplant patients