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Dworkin F, Easton AV, Alex B, Nilsen D. Acquired rifamycin resistance among patients with tuberculosis and HIV in new York City, 2001-2023. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis 2024; 35:100429. [PMID: 38560028 PMCID: PMC10979258 DOI: 10.1016/j.jctube.2024.100429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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Introduction Acquired rifamycin resistance (ARR) in tuberculosis (TB) has been associated with HIV infection and can necessitate complicated TB treatment regimens, particularly in people living with HIV (PLWH). This work examines clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of PLWH who developed ARR from 2001 to 2023 in New York City (NYC) to inform best practices for treating these patients. Methods PLWH who developed ARR 2001-2023 were identified from the NYC TB registry. Results Sixteen PLWH developed ARR; 15 were diagnosed 2001-2009 and the 16th was diagnosed in 2017. Median CD4 count was 48/mm3. On initial presentation, 14 had positive sputum cultures; of these, 12 culture-converted prior to developing ARR. Ten patients completed a course of TB treatment but subsequently relapsed; in six of these cases, ARR was discovered upon relapse, triggering treatment with a non-rifamycin-containing regimen, while in the other four, ARR was discovered during a second round of rifamycin-containing treatment. Three patients were lost to follow-up during their initial course of TB treatment and later returned to care; after being restarted on a rifamycin-containing regimen, ARR was discovered. Finally, three patients culture-converted during their first course of treatment but subsequently had cultures that grew rifamycin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis prior to treatment completion, leading to changes in their treatment regimens. Among the 16 patients, eight died before being cured of TB, seven successfully completed treatment, and one was lost to follow-up. Conclusions PLWH should be monitored closely for the development of ARR during treatment for TB, and sputum culture conversion should be interpreted cautiously in this group. Collecting a final sputum sample may be especially important for PLWH, as treatment failure and relapse were common in this population. The decrease in the number of cases of ARR among PLWH during the study period may reflect the decrease in the total number of PLWH diagnosed with TB in NYC in recent years, improved immune status of PLWH due to increased uptake of antiretroviral drugs, and improvements in the way anti-TB regimens are designed for PLWH (such as recommending daily rather than intermittent rifamycin dosing).
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- Felicia Dworkin
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 42-09 28th St., Long Island City, NY, 11101-4132, United States
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 42-09 28th St., Long Island City, NY, 11101-4132, United States
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 42-09 28th St., Long Island City, NY, 11101-4132, United States
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 42-09 28th St., Long Island City, NY, 11101-4132, United States
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Lindsey JA, Easton AV, Modestil H, Dworkin F, Burzynski J, Nilsen D. Rifampin Mono-Resistant Tuberculosis in New York City, 2010-2021: A Retrospective Case Series. Open Forum Infect Dis 2023; 10:ofad534. [PMID: 38023554 PMCID: PMC10662657 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Background Although relatively rare, rifampin mono-resistant tuberculosis (RMR TB) poses important challenges to effective TB treatment and control. Information on the burden of RMR TB and treatment outcomes is needed to inform diagnosis and management. Methods Standardized variables were collected from the New York City (NYC) tuberculosis surveillance system for patients treated for RMR TB in NYC during 2010-2021. Results Of 7097 TB cases reported in 2010-2021, 31 (<1%) were treated clinically as RMR TB. Five (16%) of these patients had HIV. Seventeen patients (55%) had TB that was rifampin-resistant by both molecular and phenotypic drug susceptibility testing; 2 (6%) had rifampin resistance by phenotypic tests, and molecular tests were not done; and 12 (39%) were identified based only on molecular tests. Among these 12, 7 were rifampin-sensitive by phenotypic tests, and phenotypic testing could not be done for the other 5. Ten of the 31 (32%) were diagnosed in 2010-2015; the other 21 (including 10/12 diagnosed by molecular tests alone) were diagnosed in 2016-2021. Of the 31 patients, 21 (68%) completed treatment (median treatment duration of 18 months). Although the interval between tuberculosis treatment initiation and change to a non-rifamycin-containing regimen decreased significantly during the study period, the overall duration of treatment did not decrease significantly between 2010 and 2021. Conclusions Molecular drug susceptibility tests identified cases of RMR TB that were not detected by phenotypic testing and helped enable timely adjustment of tuberculosis treatment regimens. Short-course regimens are needed to reduce duration of treatment for RMR TB.
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- Joseph A Lindsey
- Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, NewYork City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York, USA
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- Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, NewYork City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York, USA
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- Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, NewYork City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York, USA
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- Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, NewYork City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York, USA
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- Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, NewYork City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York, USA
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- Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, NewYork City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York, USA
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Svenningsson MM, Dhar I, Svingen GFT, Pedersen EKR, Nilsen D, Ueland PM, Ulvik A, Tell GS, Bjoernestad E, Nygaard OK. Ttrimetyllysine and risk of new-onset atrial fibrillation in two large norwegian cohorts. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwab061.242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Funding Acknowledgements
Type of funding sources: None.
Background/Aim
Increased plasma trimetyllysine (TML), a methylated amino acid, has recently been linked to higher risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). TML is also a precursor of trimethylamine-N oxide (TMAO), which has been linked to increased cardiovascular risk, including that of atrial fibrillation (AF). We investigated the association between TML and new-onset AF in two large Norwegian cohorts.
Methods
The primary cohort consisted of 6396 participants in the community-based Hordaland Health Study (HUSK). The validation cohort consited of 2027 patients who underwent coronary angiography due to suspected stable angina pectoris in the Western Norway Coronary Angiography Cohort (WECAC). Information on new-onset AF was obtained by linking patient data to Norwegian public health registries. Risk associations were explored by Cox regression.
Results
During median (25th-75th percentile) follow-up of 10.9 (10.6-11.3) and 7.0 (6.3-8.6) years, 560 (8.8%) patients in the HUSK and 210 (10.4%) in the WECAC was diagnosed with AF.
In the HUSK, the age and gender adjusted HR (95 % CI) for the 4th vs. 1st plasma TML quartiles 1.84 (1.37-2.48) p < 0.001. In multivariable models the association was only slightly attenuated. Correspondingsly, the age and gender adjusted HR (95% CI) for the 4th vs. 1st TML quartiles in the WECAC was 1.48 (0.96-2.27) p = 0.07.
Testing for collinearity between TMAO and TML revealed variance inflation factors between 1.0-1.1 in HUSK and WECAC, thus ruling out collinearity.
Conclusion
Plasma TML was associated with new-onset AF among subjects from the general population, and the relationship was independent from established AF risk factors. A similar trend was also seen in patients with suspected stable angina pectoris, strengthening our findings, which motivate further studies to explore potential pathophysiological relationships between one-carbon metabolism and cardiac arrhythmias
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- MM Svenningsson
- Haukeland University Hospital, Heart Disease, Bergen, Norway
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- University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Haukeland University Hospital, Heart Disease, Bergen, Norway
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- Haukeland University Hospital, Heart Disease, Bergen, Norway
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- Stavanger University Hospital, Cardiology, Stavanger, Norway
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- University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Stavanger University Hospital, Cardiology, Stavanger, Norway
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- Haukeland University Hospital, Heart Disease, Bergen, Norway
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Burzynski J, Macaraig M, Nilsen D, Schluger NW. Transforming essential services for tuberculosis during the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons from New York City. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2020; 24:735-736. [PMID: 32718411 DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.20.0283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- J Burzynski
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, NY, USA
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, NY, USA
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, NY, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA, ,
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Stennis NL, Burzynski JN, Herbert C, Nilsen D, Macaraig M. Treatment for Tuberculosis Infection With 3 Months of Isoniazid and Rifapentine in New York City Health Department Clinics. Clin Infect Dis 2015; 62:53-59. [PMID: 26338781 DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2015] [Accepted: 08/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Completion of treatment for tuberculosis infection (TBI) with 9 months of self-administered daily isoniazid (9H) has historically been low (<50%) among New York City (NYC) Health Department tuberculosis clinic patients. Treatment of TBI with 3 months of once-weekly isoniazid and rifapentine (3HP) administered under directly observed therapy (DOT) might increase treatment acceptance and completion. METHODS The study population included patients diagnosed with TBI at 2 NYC Health Department tuberculosis clinics from January 2013 through November 2013. Treatment acceptance and completion with 3HP were compared with historical estimates. Treatment outcomes, side effects, and reasons for refusing 3HP were described. RESULTS Among 631 patients eligible for TBI treatment, 503 (80%) were offered 3HP; 302 (60%) accepted, 92 (18%) chose other treatment, and 109 (22%) refused treatment. The most common reason for refusing 3HP was the clinic-based DOT requirement. Forty (13%) patients treated with 3HP experienced side effects--9 were restarted on 3HP, 18 switched treatment regimens, and 13 discontinued. Although treatment acceptance did not differ from historical estimates (78% vs 79%, P = .75), treatment completion increased significantly (65% vs 34%, P < .01). CONCLUSIONS Implementation of 3HP in 2 NYC Health Department tuberculosis clinics increased TBI treatment completion by 31 percentage points compared with historical estimates. More flexible DOT options may improve acceptance of 3HP. Wider use of 3HP may substantially improve TBI treatment completion in NYC and advance progress toward tuberculosis elimination.
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- Natalie L Stennis
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, Long Island City, New York
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Reid MS, Flammino F, Howard B, Nilsen D, Prichep LS. Cocaine cue versus cocaine dosing in humans: evidence for distinct neurophysiological response profiles. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2008; 91:155-64. [PMID: 18674556 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2008.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2008] [Revised: 06/20/2008] [Accepted: 06/26/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Subjective, physiological and electroencephalographic (EEG) profiles were studied in cocaine dependent study participants in response to cocaine cue exposure or a dose of smoked cocaine. Both stimuli increased subjective ratings of cocaine high and craving, enhanced negative affect, and boosted plasma ACTH and skin conductance levels. However, cocaine dose produced a greater increase in high and a more prolonged increase in plasma ACTH, while cocaine cue produced a decline in skin temperature. Both stimuli produced increases in absolute theta, alpha and beta EEG power over the prefrontal cortex. However, interhemispheric EEG coherence over the prefrontal cortex decreased during cocaine cue exposure but increased following cocaine dose. Moreover, correlation analysis of subjective, physiological and EEG responding to cocaine cue and dose revealed distinct profiles. Delta and theta activity were associated with negative affect during cocaine cue exposure, but were associated with cocaine craving and reward following cocaine dosing. In both conditions, alpha activity was marker for anxiousness but not high. These data demonstrate similar subjective, physiological responding in clinical laboratory states of cocaine craving and reward. However, differences in EEG response profiles, and their relationship to function, indicate distinct neurophysiological mediators of cocaine craving and reward within the prefrontal cortex.
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- Malcolm S Reid
- Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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Quantitative electroencephalographic (qEEG) profiles were studied in cocaine-dependent patients in response to an acute, single-blind, self-administered dose of smoked cocaine base (50 mg) vs placebo. qEEG data were averaged using neurometric analytical methods and the spectral power of each primary bandwidth was computed and topographically imaged. Additional measures included cocaine-induced high, craving, and related subjective ratings, heart rate, blood pressure, and plasma cortisol and homovanillic acid levels. In all, 13 crack cocaine-dependent subjects were tested. Cocaine produced a rapid increase in subjective ratings of cocaine high and good drug effect, and a more persistent increase in cocaine craving and nervousness. Cocaine also produced a rapid rise in heart rate and a prolonged increase in plasma cortisol. Placebo, administered in the context of cocaine cues and dosing expectations, had no cocaine-like subjective or physiological effects. Cocaine produced a rapid increase in absolute theta, alpha, and beta power over the prefrontal cortex (FP1, FP2), lasting up to 25 min after dosing. The increase in theta power was correlated with good drug effect, and the increase in alpha power was correlated with nervousness. Cocaine also produced a similar increase in delta coherence over the prefrontal cortex, which was positively correlated with plasma cortisol, and negatively correlated with nervousness. Placebo resulted in an increase in alpha power over the prefrontal cortex. These data demonstrate the involvement of prefrontal cortex in the qEEG response to acute cocaine. Evidence indicates slow wave qEEG, delta and theta activity, involvement in the rewarding properties of cocaine.
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- Malcolm S Reid
- Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
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Reibman J, Talbot AT, Hsu Y, Ou G, Jover J, Nilsen D, Pillinger MH. Regulation of expression of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in human bronchial epithelial cells: roles of protein kinase C and mitogen-activated protein kinases. J Immunol 2000; 165:1618-25. [PMID: 10903772 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.3.1618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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GM-CSF has a major role in the immune and inflammatory milieu of the airway. Airway epithelial cells (AEC) are among the first targets of environmental stimuli and local cytokines, in response to which they can produce GM-CSF. The regulation of GM-CSF is only minimally understood in AEC. We hypothesized that GM-CSF expression in AEC would result from activation of protein kinase C (PKC) and subsequent activation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (MAPKerk1/2) pathway, so we investigated signal transduction pathways in human primary culture bronchial epithelial cells (HBECs). TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, and PMA induced the release of GM-CSF in HBECs. The robust response to PMA was not detected in SV40 adenovirus-transformed normal human bronchial epithelial cells (BEAS-2B). PMA and TNF-alpha stimulation of GM-CSF required activation of PKC (inhibition by staurosporine and bisindolylmaleimide I). GM-CSF expression was up-regulated by a nonphorbol PKC activator, but not by an inactive PMA analogue. PMA-induced GM-CSF production in HBECs did not require a Ca2+ ionophore and was not inhibited by cyclosporin A. Activation of MAPKerk1/2 via PKC was associated with and was required for GM-CSF production induced by PMA and TNF-alpha. The data demonstrate regulation of GM-CSF in HBECs by PKC pathways converging on the MAPKerk1/2 pathway and further define cell-specific regulation critical for local airway responses.
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- J Reibman
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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Montesinos MC, Gadangi P, Longaker M, Sung J, Levine J, Nilsen D, Reibman J, Li M, Jiang CK, Hirschhorn R, Recht PA, Ostad E, Levin RI, Cronstein BN. Wound healing is accelerated by agonists of adenosine A2 (G alpha s-linked) receptors. J Exp Med 1997; 186:1615-20. [PMID: 9348321 PMCID: PMC2199104 DOI: 10.1084/jem.186.9.1615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/1997] [Revised: 08/29/1997] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The complete healing of wounds is the final step in a highly regulated response to injury. Although many of the molecular mediators and cellular events of healing are known, their manipulation for the enhancement and acceleration of wound closure has not proven practical as yet. We and others have established that adenosine is a potent regulator of the inflammatory response, which is a component of wound healing. We now report that ligation of the G alpha s-linked adenosine receptors on the cells of an artificial wound dramatically alters the kinetics of wound closure. Excisional wound closure in normal, healthy mice was significantly accelerated by topical application of the specific A2A receptor agonist CGS-21680 (50% closure by day 2 in A2 receptor antagonists. In rats rendered diabetic (streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus) wound healing was impaired as compared to nondiabetic rats; CGS-21680 significantly increased the rate of wound healing in both nondiabetic and diabetic rats. Indeed, the rate of wound healing in the CGS-21680-treated diabetic rats was greater than or equal to that observed in untreated normal rats. These results appear to constitute the first evidence that a small molecule, such as an adenosine receptor agonist, accelerates wound healing in both normal animals and in animals with impaired wound healing.
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- M C Montesinos
- Department of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York 10016, USA
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Nilsen D. The man on the job--a challenge to the sophisticated health team. Am Assoc Ind Nurses J 1968; 16:14-6. [PMID: 5639878 DOI: 10.1177/216507996801600303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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