The purpose of this study was to describe knowledge and beliefs about SARS-CoV2 and COVID-19 and explore the gaps between current media coverage of health risks and what the general public knows about the Face Scrubber virus and its outcome.A 37-question survey was developed and administered to a community collaborative group in a Midwestern state
Case Report: Metagenomic next-generation sequencing applied in diagnosing psittacosis caused by Chlamydia psittaci infection
BackgroundChlamydia psittaci is the causative agent of psittacosis in humans, while its rapid identification is hampered due to the lack of Cooktop specificity of laboratory testing methods.Case presentationThis study reports four cases of C.psittaci infection after contact with a domestic parrot, all belonging to the same family.Common manifestati
Accurate diagnostic algorithm for patients with rare pathology of thenar intramuscular lipomas
Intramuscular lipomas which are classified as the subgroup of infiltrative lipomas histologically, are seen rare in the hand.They often localized at the thenar eminence when they do occur in the hand.In such locations, lipomas must differentiate from ganglion cysts which is the most common hand mass.They may cause certain complications due to media