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Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Issue 6/2015

Content (7 Articles)

Review

The genetics of Leishmania virulence

Eugenia Bifeld, Joachim Clos

Original Investigation

The anti-obesity drug orlistat reveals anti-viral activity

Elisabeth Ammer, Sandor Nietzsche, Christian Rien, Alexander Kühnl, Theresa Mader, Regine Heller, Andreas Sauerbrei, Andreas Henke

Original Investigation

Increased viability but decreased culturability of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in macrophages from inflammatory bowel disease patients under Infliximab treatment

Nair Nazareth, Fernando Magro, Rui Appelberg, Jani Silva, Daniela Gracio, Rosa Coelho, José Miguel Cabral, Candida Abreu, Guilherme Macedo, Tim J. Bull, Amélia Sarmento

Original Investigation

Early identification of renal transplant recipients with high risk of polyomavirus-associated nephropathy

K. Teutsch, F. Schweitzer, E. Knops, R. Kaiser, H. Pfister, J. Verheyen, H. Göbel, T. Cingöz, V. Di Cristanziano

Original Investigation

Activated matrix metalloproteinase-8 in saliva as diagnostic test for periodontal disease? A case–control study

Susan Izadi Borujeni, Matthias Mayer, Peter Eickholz

Original Investigation

ExoU-induced redox imbalance and oxidative stress in airway epithelial cells during Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumosepsis

Luiz Gonzaga da Cunha Jr., Miriam Francisca Ferreira, João Alfredo de Moraes, Patricia Alves Reis, Hugo Caire Castro-Faria-Neto, Christina Barja-Fidalgo, Maria-Cristina Plotkowski, Alessandra Mattos Saliba

Original Investigation

Prevalence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis and Escherichia coli in blood samples from patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Nair Nazareth, Fernando Magro, Elisabete Machado, Teresa Gonçalves Ribeiro, António Martinho, Pedro Rodrigues, Rita Alves, Gonçalo Nuno Macedo, Daniela Gracio, Rosa Coelho, Candida Abreu, Rui Appelberg, Camila Dias, Guilherme Macedo, Tim Bull, Amélia Sarmento

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Obesity Clinical Trial Summary

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.

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Highlights from the ACC 2024 Congress

Year in Review: Pediatric cardiology

Watch Dr. Anne Marie Valente present the last year's highlights in pediatric and congenital heart disease in the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Pulmonary vascular disease

The last year's highlights in pulmonary vascular disease are presented by Dr. Jane Leopold in this official video from ACC.24.

Year in Review: Valvular heart disease

Watch Prof. William Zoghbi present the last year's highlights in valvular heart disease from the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Watch this official video from ACC.24. Dr. Biykem Bozkurt discusses last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.