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• 6-Minute Walk Test as a Functional Screening Tool for Pulmonary Rehabilitation Referral in Clinically Treated Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients

  Aditi Goyal

• A Case Report of Acute Severe Myelitis and Meningitis Secondary to Varicella Zoster Virus Reactivation in a Patient with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

  Victor A. Novelo-Hernández, Marco Cárdenas, Claudia Torres-González, Patricio Garcia-Espinosa, Rómulo Ramirez, Marco Díaz-Torres, Alejandro Marfil-Rivera

  227-230
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  A Cross-Sectional Survey of Instagram to Assess Quality and Reliability of Information Regarding Tuberculosis

  Rohan Singhal, Nagaspurthy Reddy Anugu

  146-151
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  A Descriptive Analysis of the Use of Various Therapeutics in a Cohort of COVID-19 Patients and the Influence of Media Coverage

  Alfred A. Mathew, Barbara Mensah, John C. Cravero, David C. Moffatt, Roshan Dongre, Thao K. Giang, Samantha C. Olvera, Susan L.F. McLellan, Corri B. Levine

  259-266

• A Rare Complication of Chronic Otitis Media: Septic Thrombosis of the Transverse Sinus and Meningoencephalitis due to a Parameningeal Infection. A Case Report

  Erika Angarita Ramirez, Enrique Steff Hernandez, Laura Sofia Cordoba

  S74
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  Antibiotic Appropriateness on Mondays vs. Fridays: Empiric Treatment of Simple Cystitis in the Emergency Department

  Kira A. LeBron, Adrienne Bielawski, Patrick Popiel , Setareh Shams , Cara L. Grimes

  29-34

• Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns of Staphylococcus aureus in Bloodstream and Wound Infections

  Vishwabhashinie Wimalasena, Sabitha Subramaniam, Temenuga Stoeva

• Assessment Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Toward Tuberculosis Among Syrian People: An Online Cross-Sectional Study

  Yazan Khair Eldien Jabban, Sarya Swed , Haidara Bohsas, Hidar Alibrahim, Bisher Sawaf, Wael Hafez

  S161
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  Assessment of Antimicrobial Resistance and Susceptibility Pattern of UTI-causing Microorganisms in Southern Punjab, Pakistan

  Muhammad Mehwar Anjum; Faiza Khalid; Rida Saleem, Muhammad Awais Bin Abdul Malik, Muhammad Rizwan

  267-273

• Assessment of HIV prevalence in Adults Within the Aliade Community, Benue State.

  Dr. Deborah Oboli, Dr. Monica Gbuchie, Dr. Tonte Nyingifa, Dr. Oluchi Mkpae

  S354

• The Awareness of Clinical Doctors and Medical Students Toward Monkeypox in Jordan: A National Cross-Sectional Study

  Ahmed Aljabali, Mohammed Alawajneh, Yazan Alzamer, Mohammed Altal, Sarya Swed, Nedal Alnawaiseh, Mohamed Elsayed, Bisher Sawaf, Amine Rakab

  S163

• Bearing the Burden of Tick-Borne Encephalitis in Europe, 2012-2020: Rising Cases, Future Predictions and Climate Change

  Aswathy Varma, Marta Szlaszynska, Assaf Ben-Haim, Neofytos Ilia, Silvia Tarricone, Justyna Lewandowska-Bejm, Francesco Visentin, Annalisa Gadler

  252-257

• Benefits of Pulmonary Lobectomy in Infection by Actinomyces

  Mauricio Alejandro Saldaña-Ruiz; Jaime Eugenio Espinosa-Mora, Mauricio Linnery Rendón-Saldívar, Federico Ortiz-Alonso, Leopoldo David Trujillo-García

  S350

• Biliary Ascariasis Causing Obstructive Jaundice: A Case Report on ERCP-Assisted Management

  Ateeb Siddiqui, Shaehzeen Arshad, Ehteshaam Haider, Faisal Sajjad

  S89

• Breathlessness in the Mississippi River Valley: Treatment Resistant Severe Pulmonary Blastomycosis in an Immunocompetent Male

  Annie Catherine Strauss, Aaron R. Poole

  S125

• Cat Scratch Disease in a Low-Prevalence Region: A Case Report from Bangladesh

  Mahnoor Fatima, Forhad Hossain, Karma Dicky Sherpa, Ahmed Al Montasir, Md. Zakir Hossain

  S275
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  Cerebellitis as a Rare Manifestation of HSV Encephalitis: A Case Report

  Cole Cimoch, Daniel Groblewski, David Mendoza

  329-332

• Clinical Considerations in the Approach to Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: A Narrative Review

  John W. Beale, Marina Durward-Diioia

  202-209

• Clinical Presentation of Acute Kidney Injury in Pediatric; Dr Salma Dialysis Center 2022

  Tibyan Noorallah Mohammed

  S64

• Community Approaches to Combat Dengue Transmission in Morelia, Michoacan

  Ezequiel Sandoval, Damaris Guzmán, Bruno Michel Muñiz

  S383

• Comparative Effectiveness of Sequential Hygiene Education Interventions among Primary School Students in Thailand: A Randomized Controlled Study.

  Supitsara Kositbovornchai, Phanupong Phutrakool, Krit Pongpirul

  S361

• Contamination of Clinical White Coats with Potential Pathogens and their Antibiotic Resistant Phenotypes Among a Group of Sri Lankan Medical Students

  Harshana Daraniyagala, Omesh Dahanayake, Amila Dasanayake, Pramod Dayarathna, Sevwandi Dayarathna, Kusal Dayasiri, Devmini De Silva, Sachie De Silva, Nipuni De Silva, Dinushi De Silva, Dinushika De Zoysa, Rasadani Dissanayake, Asela Ekanayake, Gihani Vidanapathirana, Veranja Liyanapathirana

  52-57
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  Continuous Rifampicin Therapy Induced Acute Kidney Injury in a Tuberculous Patient: A Case Report

  Muqsit Ali Shaukat, Muhammad Fahad Ali, Ahmed Irtaza, Shehroz Yar Khan, Shad Muhammad Khan , Sohail Babar

  212-218

• Critical Role of Multiplex PCR in Diagnosing Legionella–SARS-CoV-2 Co-infection in a Severely Immunosuppressed Pregnant Patient: A Case Report

  Anda Sabou

  S271

• Developing A Clinical Evidence Retrieval Service in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Wei Z. Chew, Su M. Liew, Julia P. Engkasan, Noran N. Hairi, Ka T. Ng, Teng CL, Ranita H. Shunmugam, Choo W. Yuen, Chirk J. Ng

  154-157
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  Diagnostic Performance of Western Blot for Congenital Toxoplasmosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  Sebastián Serna R, Maria Antonia Restrepo-Duque, Jocelyn A Arredondo-Torres, Juan D Fandiño-Lopez, Luis F Mosquera-Solano, Jorge E Gomez-Marin

  187-191

• Early Clues, Early Cure: Evaluating the Utility of the Hematological Scoring System in the Early Diagnosis of Neonatal Sepsis.

  Fahed Mohammed, Farin Ashraf, Gayathri G Nair

  S238

• Effectiveness of Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole in Cyclosporiasis: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials

  Sofía Bermúdez Rodríguez, Luis Felipe Mosquera Solano, Daniela Agudelo Torres, Filippo Furlanetto, Jorge Enrique Gomez Marin

  S197

• Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 Related Mortality in Oyo State, Nigeria

  Uzochukwu Eustace Imo, Chimaobi Ikenna Nwagu, Innocent Chijioke Dike, Ayodeji Jeremiah Abimbola, Oluwaseun Ebenezer Fatunla

  S158

• Esterified Anabolic Androgen-Induced Liver Injury in a Hepatitis C Virus-Positive Patient: A CaseReport

  Kyrillus S. Shohdy, Rasmia M. El Gohary

  151-154

• Evaluation of the Western Blot Densitometry for the Diagnosis of Congenital Toxoplasmosis

  Luis Felipe Mosquera Solano, María Antonia Restrepo Duque, Jocelyn Alexandra Arredondo Torres, Sebastián Serna Rivera, Juan David Fandiño López, Jorge E. Gómez M

  S119
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  Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on the Healthcare System and Vulnerable Populations in the United States

  Rachel Williams, Alagarsamy Srinivasan, Muthu Periasamy

  185-194

• Frequency of Cysts by Immunofluorescence Assay in Human Brain Tissue of Suicide, Traffic Accident and Homicide Decedents

  Karol J. Isaza, Santiago Guerrero V, Laura M. García G, Jennifer Nessim, Miguel Baquero, Jorge E. Gomez M

  S65
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  From Theory to Practice: Reflections of a Medical Student's Rural Posting in a Leprosy Hospital

  Glorious Kate Akpegah

  106-108

• Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Among Women with Cervical Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Study

  Sai Sadhvika Kommuru

  S228
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  Improving Access to Syphilis Screening Among Unhoused People in Yolo County, USA

  Jenna Kupa, Ren Bruguera, Nadia Agnoli, Alicia Agnoli, Liliana Melgoza, Anna Portnoy, P. Suzanne Portnoy

  274-277

• Incorporating Detection of Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacterales by Modified Carbapenem Inactivation Method (mCIM) and EDTA Carbapenem Inactivation Method (eCIM) in Surveillance Protocol, to Rationalize Antibiotic Therapy

  Harinee Murugan, Sheela Devi C, Sridevi D

• Knowledge of Cholera Among Syrians: A Cross-Sectional Study

  Mohammad Badr Almoshantaf, Sarya Swed , Hidar Alibrahim, Haidara Bohsas, Mohmad Nour Nasif, Wael Hafez, Ahmad Aldaas

  S233

• Knowledge, Attitude, and Prevalence Towards Cervical Cancer Screening Among Women in a Nigerian Urban Municipality

  Faithful Miebaka Daniel, Williams Ibangha Ike, Monica Gbuchie Anurika, Saviour Udofia James, Perfection Chinyere Kalu, Sunday Ebizo Ikpa

  S91

• Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice Around HIV/AIDS and other STIs Among Syrians: A Cross-Sectional Study

  Hidar Alibrahim, Sarya Swed, Haidara Bohsas, Khaled Albakri, Bisher Sawaf, Mohamed Elsayed

  S209

• Latin America: Should We Be Worried about Zika Virus

  Joselyn Ye, Marcelo Bedoya

  132-133

• Leishmaniasis in a Patient with Congenital Neutropenia - A Rare Case Report

  Karima Boughambouz, Sana Bouimout, Yasmine Bouferkas, Meriem Boueri

  S218

• Ludwig's Angina, Clinical Challenge in Pediatrics. – A Case Report

  Andres Felipe Coba Cruz, Hernando Alfredo Contreras Marquez, Silvia Natalia Suarez-Mantilla, Maria Camila Velandia, Luis Miguel Sosa Avila

  S101

• Lump in the Muscle: Should We Forget a Rare Cause?

  Amitoj Sidhu, Preeyati Chopra, Vishal Chopra

  S396

• Management of Vaccination Failure in a Case of HIV -HBV Co-infection: A Case Report

  Andre Small, Hilary Schroeder, Raghu Maramraj, Marianinha Joanes

  68-70

• Medical Interns as Volunteers in the COVID-19 Vaccination Drives in the Philippines

  Ian Christopher N. Rocha, Kimberly G. Ramos, Alyssa A. Solaiman-Balt, Trisha Denise D. Cedeño

  89-91

• Metanalysis of the Diagnostic Performance of Western Blot for the Early Diagnosis of Congenital Toxoplasmosis

  Sebastián Serna Rivera, María Antonia Restrepo Duque, Jocelyn Alexandra Arredondo Torres, Juan David Fandiño López, Luis Felipe Mosquera Solano, Jorge E. Gómez M

  S86

• Monkeypox Awareness Among the Syrian Doctors and Medical Students: A Cross Sectional Study

  Sarya Swed, Hidar Alibrahim, Haidara Bohsas, Mohammed Amir Rais, Sheikh Shoib, Yazan Khair Eldien Jabban, Lazaward Kazan, Noor Hussain, Bisher Sawaf

  S206

• Myasthenia Gravis Exacerbation Following COVID-19 Vaccine: A Case Report

  Thoybah Yousif Ibrahim Gabralla, Hayat Abdoallah Ahmed Bashir, Omaima Abdalla Hajahmed Mohamed

  67-70

• Myasthenia Gravis Exacerbation Following COVID-19 Vaccine: A Case Report

  Thoybah Yousif Ibrahim Gabralla, Hayat Abdoallah Ahmed Bashir, Omaima Abdalla Hajahmed Mohamed

  S224

• Outbreak Medical Mapping and the U.S. Nickel Epidemic: It Is Time to Implement Control and Prevention Measures

  Nikoleta Brankov, Daniel Bergman, Alina Goldenberg, Sharon Jacob

  36-37

• Pneumatocele-Induced Pneumothorax in a Patient with Post-COVID-19 Pneumonitis. A Case Report.

  Kevin O. Wortman II, Kevin O. Wortman Sr.

  223-226

• Prevalence Of Diabetes Mellitus And Its Associated Factors Among Tuberculosis Cases in Taluk Tuberculosis Unit, India - A Hospital-based : Exploratory Cross-sectional Study

  Md Alinawaz Khan, Ashok Dorle

  S344

• Prevalence of Intestinal Coccidia: First Description of Cyclosporidiosis Associated with Diarrhea in Children in Colombia

  Maria Camila Cortes Montoya, Humberto Alejandro Nati Castillo, Jessica Triviño, Ana Sofia Orozco Cano, Simon Gonzalez Naranjo, Juan Felipe Caicedo Olaya, Juan Francisco Amaya Amezquita, Karen Sofía Ayala Girón, Laura Losada, Davidshon Steven Montes, Yimmi Pinto Valencia, Marcela Fama Pereira, Nancy Yhomara Cabeza, Fabiana Lora Suarez, Jorge Enrique Gómez Marín

  S215

• Probiotics as Promising Immunomodulatory Agents to Prevent COVID-19 Infection: A Narrative Review

  Muhammad Luthfi Adnan, Miranti Dewi Pramaningtyas

  121-125

• Prognostic Factors in Patients with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

  Hiram J. Jaramillo-Ramírez, Jeremy J. Hernández-Ríos, Fátima M. Martínez-González, Luz A. Gutiérrez-Bañales, Eliot R. García-Valenzuela, J. Andrés Beltrán-López, Jorge L. Peterson, Flor M. Yocupicio, Rodolfo Ruíz-Luján

  107-110
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  Pseudo-Chilblains in Adult Patients with Confirmed COVID-19: A Systematic Review

  Seon Hayles, Kelsey Williams, Nidhi Thomas, Jabari Morgan, Donna Braham, Maxine Gossell Williams, Jonathan D. Ho

  220-228
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  Pulmonary Thromboembolism in Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: A Case Series Highlighting the Importance of Early Diagnosis and Management

  Vikas Marwah , Gaurav Bhati , Robin Chaudhary , Anmol Sharma

  321-325

• Purple Urinary Bag Syndrome in a Patient with Acidic Urine: A Case Report

  Paolo Vigne, Rodrigo Aparicio

• A Rare Case of Candida Parapsilosis Empyema Thoracis

  Arielle E. Solomon

  S75

• Rationalizing the Pediatric Emergency Department Workload: An Epidemiological Profile of Presentations Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Hannah Farley, Helen Bennett, Sahana Rao

  69-73

• Real World Experience of Bedaquiline-Based Anti-Tubercular Regime in Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis.

  Vikas Marwah , Robin Choudhary , I M Pandey, Sandeep Rana, Anmol Sharma, Srishti Tripathy, Virender Malik, Shrinath V, Jyothis MC, Tentu Ajay

  S373

• Risk of Recurrence of Congenital Ocular Toxoplasmosis in Children: A Meta-Analysis Review of Studies With Long-Term Clinical Follow-up.

  Juan David Duarte Arias, Geraldine Mesa Londoño, Nicolás León Parra, Jorge Enrique Gómez Marín

  S211

• Scatterplot Variations Seen in Malaria Using Automated Hematological Analyzers: A Series of Ten Cases

  Ronit Juthani, Tavish Gupta, Debdatta Basu

  21-24

• Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Infection among First-Time Blood Donors in Faridpur, Bangladesh: A Cross-sectional Study

  Tonmoy Biswas, Sunil Kumar Biswas

  9-13

• Silent Splenic Crisis in an Immunocompetent Adolescent: A Case Report of Multifocal Splenic Abscess with Subcapsular Extension and Paradoxical Leukopenia Managed Conservatively

  Amit Kumar, Shweta Tanwar, Yogeshwaran Mohan, Aman Dubey

  S205

• Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis Presenting as a Stroke Mimic: A Case Report

  Nandita Jali, Avinash Alashetty

  S268
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  Surgical Management of Refractory Pulmonary Actinomycosis: A Case Report

  Mauricio Alejandro Saldaña-Ruiz, Jaime Eugenio Espinosa-Mora, Mauricio Linnery Rendón-Saldívar, Federico Ortiz-Alonso, Leopoldo David Trujillo-García

  462-464

• Surviving a Triple Coinfection in an HIV Patient: Tuberculosis Histoplasmosis and SARS-CoV-2: Case Report

  Julián Martínez, Wendy Moncada, Fabiola Cordon

  S82

• Teachers’ View on Online Classes during COVID-19 Lockdown – A Cross-Sectional Study

  Andrew Thomas, Mohan T. Shenoy, Kotacherry T. Shenoy, Sruthi Suresh Kumar, Aboobakker Sidheeque, C. Khovidh, Jayakumar Parameshwaran Pillai, Pramod Murukan Pillai, Shana Serin CH, Anna Mathew, Twinkle Zakkir, Sreelakshmi Dileep, Victory Mekha, Sony Raju, Mohammed Junaid K., Sivendu P.

  32-37

• The AIDS Frontline, PhD Reformation and Our Definition of Scientific Rigor - An Interview with Professor Arturo Casadevall

  Paul MacDaragh Ryan

  126-128

• The Risk Factors Associated with Tonsillitis in Patients Aged 4-18 Years in Tertiary Care Hospitals of Peshawar During 2023-2024

  Jalwa Khan, Dr. Waleed, Dr. Ahsan

• The Role of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) in Cervical Cancer: A Review about HPV-Induced Carcinogenesis and Its Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Management and Prevention

  Karl Bonello, Renald Blundell

  26-32

• The Temporal Bone Osteomyelitis Secondary to Necrotizing Otitis Externa: A Case Report

  Pia De Leon, Maite De Leon
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  To Test or Not to Test? How a Positive Rapid Strep Test May Perplex the Diagnosis of Serum Sickness-Like Reaction in a Case Report

  Christodoulos Chatzigrigoriadis, Georgios Eleftherakis , Kostis Gyftopoulos, Stelios F. Assimakopoulos

  209-213

• To Test or Not to Test? How a Positive Rapid Strep Test May Perplex the Diagnosis of Serum-Sickness Like Reaction

  Christodoulos Chatzigrigoriadis, George Eleftherakis, Kostis Gyftopoulos, Despoina Sperdouli, Stelios F. Assimakopoulos

  S339

• Tuberculous Aortitis Masquerading as Takayasu Arteritis: A Diagnostic Tightrope in a TB-Endemic Region

  Tooba Fatima Iram, Yusra Fatima Anam, Haroon Abdullah Shaheed, Rahul Kumar Agarwal, Naazira Begum

  S256

• Uncommon Presentation: Simultaneous Herpes Zoster Infection in Immunocompetent Patients

  Vanessa Jarelly Rodríguez-Huerta, Mauricio Alejandro Saldaña Ruiz, Vanessa Pamela Salolin-Vargas, Jessica Edith Acevedo Rodriguez, Leopoldo David Trujillo-García

  S393

• Vagus Nerve Neuropathy in SARS-CoV-2 Infection: An Ultrasound Study

  Jelena Mićić

  S187

• What Medical Students Can Learn from the 2024 Dengue Outbreak in Pakistan: Clinical Spectrum, Biochemical Abnormalities and Predictors of Severity

  Mahnoor Ahmed, Shahan Ahmed, Faizan Ahmed, Hamayun Ashraf

  S210

• When PCR Fails, The 'Open-Ring' Sign as a Diagnostic Anchor in Probable HIV-Associated PML: A Case Report

  Srujana Rao, Yashasvi Sanghvi