Guest contribution: Article series on the subject of state-of-the-art mycology in dermatology, 11th article by Prof Hans-Jürgen Tietz, Director of the Institute of Fungal Diseases in Berlin, Germany Fungal cultures and their aesthetically pleasing structures will always hold a special place in my heart, but even I must admit that the introduction of PCR into […]
In October 2021, the organisation KDIGO (Kidney Disease: Improving Clinical Outcomes) published an updated version of the clinical guideline for the management of patients with glomerulonephritis. This guideline contains recommendations for diagnostics in primary membranous nephropathy, an autoimmune kidney disease that is characterised in most cases by the occurrence of autoantibodies against PLA2R and/or THSD7A. The
Guest contribution: Article series on the subject of state-of-the-art mycology in dermatology, 9th article by Prof Hans-Jürgen Tietz, Director of the Institute of Fungal Diseases in Berlin, Germany Recently, a patient said goodbye to me with the words: “If we are not successful with the culture, then I want the genetic test. My health insurance
Since end of 2020, different SARS-CoV-2 variants have appeared worldwide − alpha (B.1.1.7), beta (B.1.351), gamma (P.1/B.1.1.128) and delta (B1.617.2) − which are in part more contagious than the original virus type and are therefore spreading more quickly within populations. These variants reveal genetic changes (mutations) in the so-called receptor binding domain (RBD), which is
Guest contribution: Article series on the subject of state-of-the-art mycology in dermatology, 8th article by Prof Hans-Jürgen Tietz, Director of the Institute of Fungal Diseases in Berlin, Germany “The Times They Are a-Changin” is one of the best known songs from Bob Dylan, a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. As frequently acknowledged, the
