CANINE LEPTOSPIROSIS OUTBREAK IN JAPAN

Canine Leptospirosis Outbreak in Japan

Canine leptospirosis was suspected in 11 dogs in Osaka Prefecture, Japan and 9 dogs died within a month, from October 12 to November 10, 2017.Eight of the dogs had been taken on walks along the same riverbed and 4 dogs lived in the same town.Logistic regression analysis between a comparative group and the incident cases group showed that the odds o

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Evaluating diagnostic utility of PAS stained skin scrape cytology smear in clinically suspected superficial cutaneous mycoses: A simple yet unpracticed technique

Background and Objectives: For fungal dermatitis, a wet Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) preparation of the skin scrapings forms the routine practice for diagnosis.This study was carried out to determine the diagnostic accuracy and to evaluate the value-added information of PAS-stained scrape Bandages cytology smear in evaluating the presence of fungal el

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Second line drug susceptibility testing to inform the treatment of rifampin-resistant tuberculosis: a quantitative perspective

Treatment failure and resistance amplification are common among patients with rifampin-resistant tuberculosis (TB).Drug susceptibility testing (DST) for second-line drugs is recommended for these patients, but logistical difficulties have Bandages impeded widespread implementation of second-line DST in many settings.To provide a quantitative perspe

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