Blood RNA signature RISK4LEP predicts leprosy years before clinical onset

M Tió-Coma, SM Kiełbasa, SJF van den Eeden… - …, 2021 - thelancet.com
… In the present investigation, we collected venous blood of household contacts of leprosy …
into the study before any clinical signs were present, and at diagnosis of leprosy. Importantly, …

Alpha coma EEG pattern in patients with severe COVID-19 related encephalopathy

M Koutroumanidis, J Gratwicke, S Sharma… - Clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
… In the present context, potential causal factors from the list above include infection and
confounding metabolic derangements, but the EEG changes in the latter typically consist of non-…

Profile of presentation of HIV-positive patients to an emergency department in Johannesburg, South Africa

AE Laher, WDF Venter, GA Richards, F Paruk - … African Journal of HIV …, 2021 - ajol.info
… , HIV status, prior ART history including non-adherence, vital signs including the Glasgow
Coma … and excluded patients with less severe presenting illnesses, our cumulative findings are …

Cerebral toxoplasmosis in HIV-infected patients: a review

S Dian, AR Ganiem, S Ekawardhani - Pathogens and global health, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
… in stupor and coma, and death might occur in untreated patients. Nuchal rigidity is rare, as
it mainly causes encephalitis without … Typically, one or both signs are present. Differential …

A frantic confusion: Beyond rabies and anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate encephalitis

A Cottu, A Kante, A Megherbi, S Lhomme… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
… adult with HEV meningoencephalitis presenting with aggressiveness and then coma. The
… lung transplant, 1 HIV infection). Symptoms ranged from headache to confusion, coma, and …

Clinical characteristics of primary carnitine deficiency: A structured review using a case‐by‐case approach

LL Crefcoeur, G Visser… - Journal of inherited …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
… any preceding symptom (five cardiac events and one coma). In conclusion, symptoms in
PCD … or encephalopathy occurred in 35 (5.6%) patients and was the presenting feature in 27 …

Encephalopathy in patients with COVID‐19: a review

RK Garg, VK Paliwal, A Gupta - Journal of Medical Virology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… of the patients, presenting with encephalopathy. … coma. Patients with encephalopathy may
also additionally have clinical manifestations, like seizures, headache, or extrapyramidal signs

Cerebral toxoplasmosis with multiple hemorrhage lesions in an HIV infected patient: a case report and literature review

T Hosoda, K Mikita, M Ito, H Nagasaki… - Parasitology …, 2021 - Elsevier
… In this paper, we present the case of a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patient
… He could not communicate with the medical staff corresponding to Glasgow coma scale 8/15 …

… of the Full Outline of Unresponsiveness (FOUR) and Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores in predicting mortality among patients with reduced level of consciousness in …

A Abdallah, BM Demaerschalk, D Kimweri, AA Aden… - Neurocritical care, 2020 - Springer
… We included patients presenting to the ED with any reduction in LOC defined as either …
study, and participants were only enrolled after initial stabilization by the hospital team. Informed …

Higher accuracy of lung ultrasound over chest X-ray for early diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia

J Martinez Redondo, C Comas Rodriguez… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic rapidly strained healthcare systems worldwide. The
reference standard for diagnosis is a positive reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction …