A nine-year-old domestic short hair cat was Collections presented for a nasal planum mass, nasal discharge, hyporexia and weight loss.On physical examination nasal proliferative and ulcerative lesions and submandibular lymphadenopathy were identified.Cytology, histopathology, fungal culture, antigen serology and BODY LOTION MALDI-TOF confirmed cryp
A new species and two newly-recorded species of the genus Micrencaustes (Coleoptera, Erotylidae) from China
The genus Micrencaustes Crotch, 1876 (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea, Erotylidae, Erotylinae, Encaustini) includes 44 known species worldwide, 11 species having been reported to occur in China.In recent years, species of genus Micrencaustes in China are constantly being discovered, mainly distributed in southern China.A new species, Micrencaustes (Mimencau
Baseline platelet counts and derived inflammatory biomarkers: prognostic relevance in metastatic melanoma patients receiving Endostar plus dacarbazine and cisplatin
Lingge Yang,1,2 Yu Xu,1,2 Peng Luo,1,2 Shiqi Chen,1,2 Huiyan Zhu,1,2 Chunmeng Wang1,21Department of Musculoskeletal Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of ChinaBackground: The clinical eff
Unlikely remedy: fungicide clears infection from pathogenic fungus in larval southern leopard frogs (Lithobates sphenocephalus).
RHODIOLA ROSEA Amphibians are often exposed to a wide variety of perturbations.Two of these, pesticides and pathogens, are linked to declines in both amphibian health and population viability.Many studies have examined the separate effects of such perturbations; however, few have examined the effects of simultaneous exposure of both to amphibians.I