Viral Infection in Renal Transplant Recipients by Jovana Cukuranovic, Sladjana Ugrenovic, Ivan Jovanovic, Milan Visnjic, Vladisav Stefanovic

“…Although cytomegalovirus is the most common opportunistic pathogen seen in transplant recipients, numerous other viruses have also affected outcomes. …”
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Toll-Like Receptors and RIG-I-Like Receptors Play Important Roles in Resisting Flavivirus by Hong-Yan Guo, Xing-Cui Zhang, Ren-Yong Jia

“…Innate immunity is the first line of defense in resisting pathogen invasion, serving an important role in a resisting virus. …”
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Bone and Joint Infections due to Haemophilus parainfluenzae: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Conar R. O’Neil, Evan Wilson, Bayan Missaghi

“…However it is an increasingly recognized pathogen in invasive infections, particularly in the immunocompromised host and where there is disruption of the normal skin or mucosal barriers. …”
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Functional Role of Milk Fat Globule-Epidermal Growth Factor VIII in Macrophage-Mediated Inflammatory Responses and Inflammatory/Autoimmune Diseases by Young-Su Yi

“…Inflammation involves a series of complex biological processes mediated by innate immunity for host defense against pathogen infection. Chronic inflammation is considered to be one of the major causes of serious diseases, including a number of autoimmune/inflammatory diseases, cancers, cardiovascular diseases, and neurological diseases. …”
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First Molecular Identification and Whole Genome Sequencing of Listeria monocytogenes Isolated From an African Lion by Ping Xu, Xinyong Qi, Xiaoxu Wang, Feng Xu, Hongjin Zhao, Liping Shen, Yujie Zhang, Shixin Huang, Jian Wang

“…ABSTRACT Listeria monocytogenes (LM) is a zoonotic pathogen that causes sporadic infectious listeriosis, which is a foodborne disease associated with consumption of contaminated food or feed. …”
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Toll-Like Receptors: Role in Dermatological Disease by Aswin Hari, Tracy L. Flach, Yan Shi, P. Régine Mydlarski

“…Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are a class of conserved receptors that recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) present in microbes. …”
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How Do Trematodes Induce Cancer? A Possible Evolutionary Adaptation of an Oncogenic Agent Transmitted by Flukes by Péter Apari, Gábor Földvári

“…Here, we provide a new hypothesis suggesting that flukes are not the primary cause of cancer but act as vectors of cancer‐inducing microbial pathogens. These pathogens adaptively induce tumours to attract and help flukes to feed on blood from the tumour. …”
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Glucocorticosteroid in Treatment of Severe Pneumonia by Felinda Ariani, Kaixiong Liu, Zhang Jing, Jieming Qu

“…The balance between inflammatory mediators is key for the outcome of the pulmonary infection; elimination of invading pathogen was marked by the release of cytokines and other inflammatory mediators from alveolar macrophages and glucocorticoid steroids (GCs) acting on the inflammatory component. …”
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Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns of Bacterial Isolates from Pus Samples in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Punjab, India by Rugira Trojan, Lovely Razdan, Nasib Singh

“…E. coli was the most prevalent pathogen (51.2%) followed by Staphylococcus aureus (21%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (11.6%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (5.8%), Citrobacter spp. (3.5%), Acinetobacter baumannii (2.3%), Proteus mirabilis (2.3%), and Streptococcus spp. (2.3%). …”
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West Nile Virus Infection in Pregnancy by Robert D. Stewart, Stefanie N. Bryant, Jeanne S. Sheffield

“…A recent outbreak of West Nile virus has allowed for observations as to the clinical course of this emerging pathogen during pregnancy. We present three cases of West Nile virus infection during pregnancy. …”
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Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Systems: Are Potential Biases Taken into Account? by Olivia Rempel, Johann DD. Pitout, Kevin B. Laupland

“…The objective of this study was to assess potential biases that may influence the validity of contemporary antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) pathogen surveillance systems. Although surveillance data have been widely published and used by researchers and decision makers, little attention has been devoted to the assessment of their validity. …”
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Autophagy in Macrophages: Impacting Inflammation and Bacterial Infection by Ali Vural, John H. Kehrl

“…They possess an array of germline-encoded pattern recognition receptors/sensors (PRRs) that recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and which activate downstream effectors/pathways to help mediate innate immune responses and host defense. …”
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The role of high-density lipoproteins in sepsis by Liam R. Brunham

“…Data in humans are more limited, but suggest a clinically relevant role of HDL in mediating the response to pathogen-associated lipids and preventing excessive inflammation. …”
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Post-genomic approaches to understanding interactions between fungi and their environment by R.P. de Vries, I. Benoit, G. Doehlemann, T. Kobayashi, J.K. Magnuson, E.A. Panisk, S.E. Baker, M.-H. Lebrun

“…They have highly varied life-styles including sap robes (using only dead biomass as a nutrient source), pathogens (feeding on living biomass), and symbionts (co-existing with other organisms). …”
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Modeling and Analysis of Fasciola Hepatica Disease Transmission by Dagnaw Tantie Yihunie, Joseph Y. T. Mugisha, Dawit Melese Gebru, Haileyesus Tessema Alemneh

“…Simulations show that reducing miracidia, metacercariae, and snail populations, improving treatment, and lowering pathogen transfer between cattle and snails significantly decrease disease prevalence in cattle. …”
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First report for Massaria disease on plane trees in Bulgaria by Mihaela Hristova, Margarita Georgieva, Maxim Yanev, Blagoy Koychev

“…Massaria disease caused by the fungal pathogen Splanchnonema platani (anamorph Macrodiplodiopsis dermazieresii) was found for the first time in the winter of 2023 on fallen branches of plane trees (Platanus × acerifolia) in park ‘Rupite’, southwestern Bulgaria. …”
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Severe Legionnaires’ Disease Complicated by Rhabdomyolysis and Clinically Resistant to Moxifloxacin in a Splenectomised Patient: Too Much of a Coincidence? by Theocharis Koufakis, Ioannis Gabranis, Marianneta Chatzopoulou, Anastasios Margaritis, Maria Tsiakalou

“…More studies are required in order to clarify the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms that connect asplenia, immunological response to Legionella, and pathogen’s resistance to antibiotics.…”
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Immune Cells and Inflammation in Diabetic Nephropathy by Zihan Zheng, Feng Zheng

“…While these cells were classically understood to primarily function against pathogen insult, it has also become increasingly clear that they also serve a major role as internal sensors of damage. …”
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A Non-Technical Introduction to Electropenetrography and its Application with Asian Citrus Psyllid as an Example by T. A. Ebert, A. W. Schumann, A. J. Krajewski

“… Protecting plants by targeting insect vectors of pathogenic organisms requires an intimate understanding of the biology of the insect, the pathogen, and the plant host at a spatial scale relevant to the insect. …”
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The cell autonomous and non-autonomous roles of itaconate in immune response by Chao Chen, Xinjian Li

“…Itaconate is synthesized by myeloid cells under conditions of pathogen infection and sterile inflammation. In addition to regulating immune response of myeloid cells, itaconate secreted from myeloid cells can also be taken up by non-myeloid cells to exert immunoregulatory effects in a cell non-autonomous manner. …”
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