Early Bactericidal Activity of Standard Drugs Used to Treat Mycobacterium Avium Complex: a Pilot Study

To assess the early bactericidal activity of Azithromycin 250mg by mouth daily over the first 14 days of treatment for Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) lung disease.

Radiotherapy Plus Nimotuzumab or Cisplatin in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

This is a phase III randomized clinical trial of definitive radiotherapy plus EGFR blocker nimotuzumab versus radiotherapy plus cisplatin(CCRT) for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients with favorable response to induction chemotheray(IC), determining whether radiotherapy combined with nimotuzumab was non-inferior to CCRT and may provide new evidence for individualized comprehensive treatment of …

Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy With Nimotuzumab for High Risk Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

This is the first phase II randomized clinical trial of concurrent chemoradiotherapy with or without EGFR blocker Nimotuzumab for high risk advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma(NPC) , determining whether concurrent chemoradiotherapy(CCRT) combined with nimotuzumab can improve the survival rate of high-risk patients and may provide new evidence for individualized comprehensive treatment of …

Use of PCR-Sars-CoV-2 in Children

In order to clarify the current management of young sick children in France, whether or not they are cared for in community settings (nursery, schools), paediatricians have proposed an algorithm whose objective is to help define the indications for PCR-Sars-CoV-2 (https://www.infovac.fr/actualites/bulletin-special-mai-2020).

This algorithm, in two …

Pathogenesis and Mechanisms of Mitral Annular Calcification

Researchers are testing blood or mitral valve tissue to better understand the reasons why Mitral Annular Calcification (MAC) develops in patients with heart disease.

Impact of Obesity on Periodontal Health in a Sample of Adult Egyptian Patients: A Comparant Study

Periodontal disease is defined as "an inflammatory disease of the tooth supportive structure caused by specific microorganisms or groups of specific microorganisms, resulting in progressive destruction of the periodontal ligament and alveolar bone with increased probing depth formation, recession, or both". According to WHO, overweight and obesity are defined as …

Change in the Ratio of Mean Platelet Volume (MPV) to Platellet(PLT) in Covid-19 Pneumonia Patients

Morbidity, mortality and progress depends on systemic inflammation especially in ARDS patients. Previous studies claims that the proportion of mean platellet volume to platellet which can simply be determined with simple blood tests that are performed at admission, might predict the mortality in ARDS patients. Covid-19 pneumonia has a very …

Differentiated Service Delivery for Antiretroviral Therapy

The target study population is PLHIV who receive ART at hospitals and community-based organizations (CBOs) in Chiang Mai, Ubon Ratchathani, Chonburi, and Songkhla. Participants will receive ART service in the same standard as in the hospital setting.

Extracellular Water in Covid 19 Pneumonia

According to various studies Covid 19 pneumonia has a very similar clinical course to Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) which has clarified by Berlin definition. Based on this similarity, extracellular fluid of lungs and diffuse alveolar damage should be observed in covid 19 pneumonia as well. Extracellular water (ECW) can …