Could co-infection with Anaplasma play a role in Borrelia-associated primary cutaneous marginal zone B-cell lymphomas?

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Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans of the face: a case report and a brief review of the literature.

Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans is a rare late manifestation of tick-borne Borrelia burgdorferi infection, manifesting as inflammatory and atrophic lesions on acral skin.We describe the case of  a 73-year-old woman with skin changes progressed to marked atrophy on her left hand and an edematous inflammatory involvement of the face. The diagnosis of acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans was made on the basis of clinical appearance, serological and histopathological findings, and the lesional detection of B. burgdorferi-specific gene segments by polymerase chain reaction.This unusual case illustrates that acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans affects not only the extremities but also the face. The clinical and histological finding of the lesions occurring on acral skin showed a prominent atrophic appearance, while the ones occurring on the face showed a prominent inflammatory appearance..</p

Group G Streptococcus Bacteremia in Recurrent Cellulitis

In recent years, group G Streptococcus has been reported with increasing frequency as the cause of a variety of human infections. Underlying host factors such as immunosuppression, malignancy, diabetes mellitus, and rheumatoid arthritis may be predisposing conditions leading to infection. Toxic involvement and post-streptococcal sequalae, once believed to be exclusive to infections caused by group A Streptococcus, are now known to occur following acute group G Streptococcus and group C Streptococcus infections. We report on a case of group G Streptococcus bacteremia and recurrent cellulitis with toxic involvement. Patient blood cultures were always negative for β-hemolytic Streptococci in all the recurrences, except during the last one. Antibiotic therapy based on antibiogram quickly resolved the infection. A regimen of intramuscular injection of 1.2 million units of benzathine penicillin every 15 days for one year prevented recurrences of cellulitis. </p

TrainMiC® Presentations Translated in Albanian

TrainMiC® is a European programme for life-long learning about how to interpret the metrological requirements in chemistry. It is operational across many parts of Europe via national teams. These teams use shareware pedagogic tools which have been harmonized at European level by a joint effort of many experts across Europe working in an editorial board. The material has been translated into fourteen different languages. In this publication, TrainMiC® presentations translated in Albanian language by the Albanian TrainMiC® team are published.JRC.D.3-Knowledge Transfer and Standards for Securit

TrainMiC® Presentations Translated in Serbian

TrainMiC® is a European programme for life-long learning about how to interpret the metrological requirements in chemistry. It is operational across many parts of Europe via national teams. These teams use shareware pedagogic tools which have been harmonized at European level by a joint effort of many experts across Europe working in an editorial board. The material has been translated into fourteen different languages. In this publication, TrainMiC® presentations translated in Serbian language by the Serbian TrainMiC® team are published.JRC.D.3-Knowledge Transfer and Standards for Securit

TrainMiC® Presentations Translated in Spanish

TrainMiC® is a European programme for life-long learning about how to interpret the metrological requirements in chemistry. It is operational across many parts of Europe via national teams. These teams use shareware pedagogic tools which have been harmonized at European level by a joint effort of many experts across Europe working in an editorial board. The material has been translated into fourteen different languages. In this publication, TrainMiC® presentations translated in Spanish language by the Spanish TrainMiC® team are published.JRC.D.3-Knowledge Transfer and Standards for Securit

TrainMiC® Presentations Translated in Portuguese

TrainMiC® is a European programme for life-long learning about how to interpret the metrological requirements in chemistry. It is operational across many parts of Europe via national teams. These teams use shareware pedagogic tools which have been harmonized at European level by a joint effort of many experts across Europe working in an editorial board. The material has been translated into fourteen different languages. In this publication, TrainMiC® presentations translated in Portuguese language by the Portuguese TrainMiC® team are published.JRC.D.3-Knowledge Transfer and Standards for Securit

Dermoscopy of congenital melanocytic nevi: a ten-year follow-up study and comparative analysis with acquired melanocytic nevi arising in prepubertal age

Dermoscopic characteristics of congenital melanocytic nevi (CMN) have been reported, however, dermoscopic variation during long-term follow-up and direct comparative analyses with acquired melanocytic nevi (AMN) are poorly documented. To assess dermoscopic changes of CMN (including lesions present at birth or appearing within the first two years of age) after a long-term period and evaluate possible dermoscopic differences with AMN arising during prepubertal age. We re-analysed clinical and dermoscopic features of CMN, investigated ten years earlier. New findings were compared with those previously recorded, as well as with those of AMN appearing before puberty in the same group of patients. In total, 493 lesions (86 CMN and 407 AMN) from 71 patients were examined. Except for a greater size (median area: 73.9 vs 22.8\ua0mm(2); p0.05). The follow-up of CMN revealed that dermoscopic pattern changed in only four lesions (4.7%) (from globular to globular-reticular or reticular) after ten years, though lesions with a globular architecture presented several "local" changes, namely an increase in circumscribed reticular areas (from 20.0% to 41.5%; p\ua0=\ua00.030), irregularly distributed globules (from 15.6% to 34.1%; p\ua0=\ua00.045), and large globules (from 46.7% to 68.3%; p\ua0=\ua00.043). The dermoscopic appearance of CMN is significantly stable during childhood and is similar to that of AMN arising before puberty, thus supporting a possible link between such types of nevi

Materiality of two vessels in Southern Turkmenian style from Shahr-i Sokhta (Sistan, Iran,nc. 3100-2900 BC)

We present the results of an experimental conservation project on selected samples of Buff Ware ceramics from the early urban site of Shahr-i Sokhta (Sistan, Iran, 3rd millennium BC), kept in the Museo delle Civiltà (MUCIV) - former Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale in Rome (or MNAO). The conservation project included an in-depth investigation of the composition of the ceramics, through petrographic study of thin sections, XRD, SEM-EDX, TGA and FTIR, and X-ray radiography. The comparison between the raw materials of two vessels made in the style of the contemporary early Bronze age sites of Kopet Dag piedmont in southern Turkmenistan (Shahr-i Sokhta period I = Namazga III period in Turkmenistan) and the pots made according to the local styles confirms that the former are undoubtedly local products. The evidence thus suggests the abandonment of explanatory models based upon long-distance trade or transport of pots, and the search for different historical explanations