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J Infect Chemother 2022 Aug 7. Epub 2022 Aug 7.

Department of Epidemiology, Genomics, and Evolution, International Medical Education and Research Center, Niigata, Japan. Electronic address:

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) usually causes skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs), but occasionally causes invasive infections with a broad range of manifestations. Virulence factors and pathogenesis of CA-MRSA have been investigated in details with genotype ST8/SCCmecIVa (USA300), which first emerged in the United States. However, CA-MRSA evolves rapidly, with different clones dominating in different world regions; their pathogenesis remains unclear. Read More

Environ Res 2022 Aug 7:114034. Epub 2022 Aug 7.

Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares (IEO, CSIC), Muelle de Poniente S/n, 07015, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

Microplastic (MP) ingestion, along with accumulated plasticizers such as bisphenol A (BPA), bisphenol F (BPF), and bisphenol S (BPS), and phthalates represented by diethyl phthalate (DEP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), were quantified in bivalves, fish, and holothurians collected from a coastal pristine area at the western Mediterranean Sea. MP ingestion in sediment-feeders holothurians (mean value 12.67 ± 7. Read More

J Equine Vet Sci 2022 Aug 7:104094. Epub 2022 Aug 7.

Department of Clinical Sciences, Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine, 240 Wise Center Drive, Starkville, MS 39762-6100.

Introduction: Frontal plane slab fractures account for the majority of third carpal bone (C3) fractures in racing and performance horses. Recommended treatment is stabilization with a lagged AO cortical screw. Associated complications are fragment splitting, fragment spinning, and irritation of dorsal soft tissue structures. Read More

J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2022 Jul 8. Epub 2022 Jul 8.

Oral Medicine Specialist and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathologist, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Faculty of Dentistry, Laval University, Quebec, Canada.

The pigmented villonodular synovitis is a benign soft-tissue lesion that can affect the synovium of joint spaces, bursae, or tendon sheaths. It is a rare condition and even rarer when it originates in the temporomandibular joint. The purpose of this study is to review the literature and report an additional case of pigmented villonodular synovitis arising from the temporomandibular joint and describe the surgical approach involving a Zimmer Biomet custom-fitted total joint prosthesis. Read More

Adv Healthc Mater 2022 Aug 10:e2200717. Epub 2022 Aug 10.

State Key Laboratory of Environmental Friendly Energy Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Sichuan, 621010, China.

Hydrogels with soft and wet properties have been intensively investigated for chronic disease tissue repair. Nevertheless, tissue engineering hydrogels containing high water content are often simultaneously suffered from low porous size and low water-resistant capacities, leading to undesirable surgery outcomes. Here, a novel sponge-like macro-porous hydrogel (SM-hydrogel) with stable macro-porous structures and anti-swelling performances was developed via a facile, fast yet robust approach induced by Ti C MXene additives. Read More