Background: Currently, non-invasive methods for screening atrophic gastritis and gastric cancer are lacking. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the value of serological parameters including serum pepsinogen I (PGI), pepsinogen II (PGII) and pepsinogen I: II ratio for the screening atrophic gastritis and gastric cancer.   Methods : The study population consisted of 132 dyspeptic patient...

Extended length of stay (LOS) in the Emergency Department (ED) results crowding, potentially causing adverse events and patient dissatisfaction. The Covid-19 pandemic has forced hospitals to implement screening procedures that can extend LOS patients ED. This study aimed provide an overview changes ED during its contributing factors. used a descriptive approach through observation interviews. o...

Toxoplasma gondii, which is an obligate intracellular protozoan, and its primer infection during pregnancy can cause several problems. This study presents a case report of woman who delivered baby with multi-organ failure was diagnosed congenital toxoplasmosis. During the gestation period, there no history febrile, enlargement lymph nodes, or common cold symptoms, but miscarriage. The serology ...

Abstract Background Updated seroprevalence studies of infections in migrants may aid the design tailored vaccination and prevention programmes. The objective this study was to describe rates for potentially transmissible viral attended at a referral centre major European city. Methods Descriptive analysis vaccine-preventable non-vaccine-preventable Madrid, Spain (2018–19). Recorded variables in...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the metabolic function of intestinal microflora in children with screening-detected celiac disease (CD) to see if there is an aberrant gut flora in screening-detected CD similar to symptomatic CD and contrary to healthy controls. MATERIALS AND METHODS As part of a Swedish multicenter screening for CD, 912 12-year-old children were screened wi...

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and the incidence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) among haemodialysis (HD) subjects and to evaluate whether testing for serological markers at the time of admission is suitable for HBV screening in this population. One hundred twenty-three patients belonging to two HD centres from São Paulo, Brazil, were tested prospectively. HBV DNA was detected...

Screening of 488 Syrian unaccompanied minor refugees (< 18 years-old) in Berlin showed low prevalence of intestinal parasites (Giardia, 7%), positive schistosomiasis serology (1.4%) and absence of hepatitis B. Among 44 ill adult Syrian refugees examined at GeoSentinel clinics worldwide, cutaneous leishmaniasis affected one in three patients; other noteworthy infections were active tuberculosis ...

The National Serology Reference Laboratory, Australia (NRL) has conducted a quality control (QC) programme for laboratories using the Abbott PRISM chemiluminescent immunoassays (PRISM; Abbott Laboratories, Wiesbaden, Germany) using an Internet-based QC monitoring program, EDCNet (https://www.nrlqa.net) since 2001. Participating blood screening laboratories tested aliquots of a low positive mult...