January 2026 in “Buletin Veteriner Udayana” This study documented a case of Dipylidium caninum infection in a 4-month-old female dog, effectively treated with a deworming medication, resulting in significant improvement and no worms detected after five days. Routine deworming and maintaining hygienic conditions are recommended to prevent reinfection and transmission.
December 2025 in “Mycoses” In this study involving a murine skin infection model, researchers found that the Trichophyton mentagrophytes strain TIMM 2789, specific to rodents, induced typical symptoms of superficial dermatophytosis, while revealing that the fungal gene SUB6 is not essential for virulence.
May 2025 in “Australasian Journal of Dermatology” In this observational study, researchers reported a significant association between COVID-19 infection or vaccination and the development of new-onset lichen planus, suggesting these events, particularly infection, may act as triggers for the condition.
March 2025 in “Nature Communications” This study used human stem cell-derived skin organoids to model EV-A71 infection, revealing that various skin cell types are susceptible to the virus and identifying a potential drug target and replication inhibitor, suggesting its utility for studying skin infectious diseases and drug screening.
February 2025 in “Buletin Veteriner Udayana” This case study reports that a 4-month-old local male dog with scabiosis due to Sarcoptes scabiei infection improved after receiving a combination of ivermectin, antihistamines, supportive therapies, and sulfur shampoo for 28 days, with new hair growth observed by the 40th day.
February 2025 in “Buletin Veteriner Udayana” In this case report, a 6-year-old Pomeranian crossbreed with scabies showed improvement after treatment with ivermectin, chlorpheniramine maleate, fish oil, vitamins, and specialized shampoo over 16 days, with reduced pruritus and hair regrowth.
September 2024 in “The Italian Journal of Pediatrics/Italian journal of pediatrics” This case report describes a 6-year-old girl who developed MIS-C following COVID-19 vaccination, raising questions about the vaccine's potential role in its pathogenesis for children aged 5 to 11.
September 2024 in “Cureus” This case report describes a woman who experienced worsened breast implant illness symptoms following a COVID-19 infection and vaccination, which improved after implant removal, even though numerous screenings had been inconclusive prior to explantation.
April 2024 in “Benha Medical Journal” In this study, patients with telogen effluvium had significantly lower levels of haemoglobin, hematocrit, and serum ferritin compared to healthy controls.
In this systematic review, researchers observed that Toxoplasma gondii infection is associated with alterations in testosterone levels, generally increasing in humans but showing mixed effects in animals, highlighting a complex relationship that warrants further investigation.
January 2024 in “Jurnal Ilmu Kesehatan Hewan” In this veterinary case report, a mixed breed dog with Malassezia dermatitis showed significant improvement and hair regrowth after 28 days of treatment with ketoconazole and other supportive therapies.
December 2023 in “Urogenital tract infection” Seminal bacteria can lower sperm quality in subfertile men.
July 2023 in “Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)” This case report describes a 6-year-old boy with a scalp infection caused by Candida parapsilosis, which was successfully treated with 2% ketoconazole ointment after other treatments failed; antifungal susceptibility testing showed variable drug resistance.
April 2023 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study observed that 6.5% of COVID-19 patients requiring inpatient or emergency care developed hair loss, compared to 4.7% of those treated as outpatients, suggesting COVID-19 severity may influence hair loss risk.
January 2023 in “Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)” In this case report, an 8-month-old pug with poor health and skin issues was treated effectively for mixed infections, resulting in complete recovery after 60 days.
October 2021 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study observed that recognizing herpetic infection in pemphigus patients can help avoid unnecessary changes in immunosuppressive treatments for lesions wrongly presumed treatment-resistant.
July 2021 in “Veterinary record/The veterinary record” This report from SRUC VS highlighted a suspected case of Schmallenberg virus infection in a calf born to an imported heifer, noting consistent clinical signs and seroconversion in the dam.
April 2021 in “Anatolian current medical journal :” This case report highlights that a patient developed alopecia areata following treatment with sofosbuvir and ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C.
May 2018 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This article describes the Dermatologic Surgery journal, which publishes comprehensive, peer-reviewed information on cosmetic and reconstructive skin surgery, but offers no new research findings.
January 2006 in “Heilongjiang yiyao kexue” This study found that children with repetitive respiratory tract infections had significantly lower levels of the trace elements zinc, iron, and copper in their hair compared to healthy children.
August 2021 in “Consilium medicum” This article discusses the potential link between androgen involvement in COVID-19 pathogenesis and androgenetic alopecia, but reports no new clinical findings, highlighting a need for further research.
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May 2006 in “Clinical and Experimental Dermatology” This study identified a novel insertion mutation in the hairless gene that may contribute to the development of congenital atrichia with papular lesions in a Pakistani family.
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April 2015 in “Iranian Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases” This study found no significant difference in H. pylori antibody levels between women with and without PCOS, suggesting H. pylori infection may not influence infertility in these women.
July 2026 in “Pediatric Allergy and Immunology”
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July 2020 in “Communications biology” This review suggests that understanding the biological and molecular reasons for more severe COVID-19 in men, particularly those at risk for prostate cancer, could improve management of these patients, but reports no new results.
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October 2020 in “Stem Cell Reviews and Reports” This review discusses potential mechanisms contributing to higher COVID-19 mortality among men, particularly the roles of smoking, genetic factors, and reproductive hormones, without presenting new clinical findings.
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November 1992 in “Mayo Clinic Proceedings” This review discusses the cutaneous manifestations associated with HIV infection, highlighting that these skin conditions often present atypically and are more severe compared to those in non-HIV-infected individuals; it reports no new clinical findings.
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June 1987 in “Journal of Plant Nutrition” This study found that soil phosphorus availability was the key factor in phosphorus uptake by maize, while tillage affected root distribution and extractable phosphorus within top soil layers.
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June 1982 in “The BMJ” Blood tests confirmed a baby in the womb had a CMV infection.
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May 2021 in “International Journal of Infectious Diseases” This study found that lower testosterone levels in male COVID-19 patients were associated with greater disease severity and longer hospital stays.