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BackgroundSurgical antibiotic prophylaxis (SAP) is an essential part of perioperative care, yet adherence to recommended practices varies across surgical categories. Differences in antibiotic choice and duration between ...

ABSTRACT Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a major occupational hazard for healthcare workers (HCWs), particularly in low‐resource settings. Timely and appropriate post‐exposure prophylaxis (PEP) i...

Purpose: To investigate the prospects for prevention of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) through vitamin D supplementation in risk groups. Material/Methods: A targeted review of the scientific literature by keywords in t...

Abstract Background Prophylactic medications are commonly used to prevent tuberculosis and opportunistic infections in people living with HIV (PLWH) who are on first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART). However, their cumu...

BackgroundCatheter-related thrombosis (CRT) is a common complication following central venous catheter (CVC) placement in patients with cancer, increasing mortality and adverse outcomes. However, robust evidence on optim...

Daniele Focosi,1 Massimo Franchini,2 Arturo Casadevall3 1North-Western Tuscany Blood Bank, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy; 2Department of Transfusion Medicine and Hematology, Carlo Poma Hospital, Mantua, Italy; 3D...

Background: Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) guideline implementation varies widely across countries as a result of differences in health systems, resources, and HIV priorities. Since 2016, oral PrEP has been available t...

Animal-bite and scratch visits to the emergency department (ED) often require time-sensitive decisions on rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) alongside tetanus prevention. In China, recent national standards and local...

Abstract Background Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a rare, potentially life-threatening genetic disorder that is caused by C1-inhibitor (C1INH) deficiency or dysfunction. This scoping review sought to map recent advances...

ABSTRACT Background and Aim The introduction of radiation in medicine has led to significant breakthroughs in diagnostic, interventional, and therapeutic practices. However, the increasing demand for medical radiation ha...

Immune dysregulation can lead to autoimmunity and autoinflammation. The goal of treatment is to balance targeted therapies while avoiding infections or other side effects, which becomes complicated with multiple diagnose...

SASH3 deficiency is an X-linked combined immunodeficiency characterized by recurrent sinopulmonary, cutaneous, and mucosal infections, refractory autoimmune cytopenia, and immune dysregulation. We report here the first t...

ABSTRACT Introduction Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health crisis that poses a devastating and specific threat to immunocompromised cancer patients, who are heavily reliant on antibiotics to navigate high‐...

BackgroundPrimary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) management relies on mucociliary clearance to prevent bronchiectasis. While humoral immunodeficiencies have been reported in PCD, their clinical significance remains under-defin...

Abstract Background Cerebral toxoplasmosis is a rare but potentially fatal opportunistic infection in non-HIV immunocompromised patients, particularly after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT)....

Central nervous system (CNS) involvement by CLL is rare. We report a non-treated CLL patient with low-risk factors, but showed leptomeningeal involvement during/after neuroborreliosis and EBV meningitis. An 80-year-old w...

S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH) hydrolase deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by pathogenic variants of the gene AHCY. Loss of SAH hydrolase causes SAH accumulation and impairs the methionine/S-adenosyl...

Post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy) is increasingly used for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHCT), across both haploidentical and HLA-matched do...

Dedicator of cytokinesis 8 (DOCK8) deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive combined immunodeficiency marked by severe atopy, recurrent viral and bacterial infections, high immunoglobulin E, eosinophilia, and lymphopenia...

CTLA4 haploinsufficiency is caused by mutations in the CTLA4 gene. The loss of this important immune checkpoint leads to uncontrolled production of lymphocytes, causing infiltration of T cells into multiple organs (gastr...

BackgroundTranscription factor forkhead box protein N1 (FOXN1) is the master transcription factor required for differentiation and maintenance of thymic epithelial cells (TECs) and is not only required for embryonic thym...