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{"title":"Wound Characteristics Among Patients Exposed to Xylazine.","authors":"Lydia Lutz, Rachel McFadden, Lin Xu, Ranvir Bhatia, M Holliday Davis, Natasa Rohacs, Jenny Wei, Jeanmarie Perrone, Margaret Lowenstein, Ashish P Thakrar","doi":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.4253","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.4253","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>The alpha-2 agonist xylazine is increasingly detected as an adulterant in illicitly manufactured fentanyl. There is concern that xylazine may be responsible for an emerging pattern of necrotizing wounds among people who use drugs, but the clinical features of wounds associated with xylazine remain poorly characterized.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To systematically characterize the location, wound bed surface, and chronicity of wounds among persons with confirmed xylazine exposure.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This case series at 3 academic medical hospitals in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, included patients with emergency department or inpatient encounters from April 2022 to February 2023 who had a wound-related chief complaint and xylazine detected with urine gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy.</p><p><strong>Exposure: </strong>Xylazine.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>The location, size, wound bed, and chronicity of wounds associated with xylazine using electronic medical record abstraction and Fisher exact tests.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 59 wounds from 29 unique patients with confirmed xylazine exposure (mean [SD] age, 39.4 [8.8] years; 15 [52%] male; all using fentanyl, and 23 [79%] routinely injecting opioids), 53 wounds (90%) were located on extremities, and 41 (69%) involved extensor surfaces. Five wounds (9%) involved exposed deep structures such as bone or tendon. Of 57 wounds with photographs, 34 (60%) had wound beds of predominantly devitalized tissue (eschar or slough). Based on patient report, 28 wounds (48%) were acute (<1 month old), 12 (20%) were subacute (present for 1-3 months), and 17 (29%) were chronic (developed ≥3 months prior). Subacute and chronic wounds were more often medium or large in size (odds ratio, 48.5; 95% CI, 8.2-1274.8; P < .001) and more frequently had devitalized wound beds (odds ratio, 9.5; 95% CI, 2.9-37.0; P < .001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>In this case series of hospitalized patients with confirmed xylazine exposure, wounds were commonly located on extensor surfaces of the extremities, frequently had devitalized tissue or exposed deep structures, and were more likely to have larger and necrotic wound beds the longer they had persisted. This systematic characterization of xylazine-associated wounds may inform identification, management, and research to address this emerging public health threat.</p>","PeriodicalId":14734,"journal":{"name":"JAMA dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11561723/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142620683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Skin Cancer Diagnosis by Lesion, Physician, and Examination Type: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Jennifer Y Chen, Kristen Fernandez, Raj P Fadadu, Rasika Reddy, Mi-Ok Kim, Josephine Tan, Maria L Wei","doi":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.4382","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.4382","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Importance: &lt;/strong&gt;Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the US; accurate detection can minimize morbidity and mortality.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Objective: &lt;/strong&gt;To assess the accuracy of skin cancer diagnosis by lesion type, physician specialty and experience, and physical examination method.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Data sources: &lt;/strong&gt;PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Study selection: &lt;/strong&gt;Cross-sectional and case-control studies, randomized clinical trials, and nonrandomized controlled trials that used dermatologists or primary care physicians (PCPs) to examine keratinocytic and/or melanocytic skin lesions were included.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Data extraction and synthesis: &lt;/strong&gt;Search terms, study objectives, and protocol methods were defined before study initiation. Data extraction was performed by a reviewer, with verification by a second reviewer. A mixed-effects model was used in the data analysis. Data analyses were performed from May 2022 to December 2023.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Main outcomes and measures: &lt;/strong&gt;Meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy comprised sensitivity and specificity by physician type (primary care physician or dermatologist; experienced or inexperienced) and examination method (in-person clinical examination and/or clinical images vs dermoscopy and/or dermoscopic images).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Results: &lt;/strong&gt;In all, 100 studies were included in the analysis. With experienced dermatologists using clinical examination and clinical images, the sensitivity and specificity for diagnosing keratinocytic carcinomas were 79.0% and 89.1%, respectively; using dermoscopy and dermoscopic images, sensitivity and specificity were 83.7% and 87.4%, and for PCPs, 81.4% and 80.1%. Experienced dermatologists had 2.5-fold higher odds of accurate diagnosis of keratinocytic carcinomas using in-person dermoscopy and dermoscopic images compared with in-person clinical examination and images. When examining for melanoma using clinical examination and images, sensitivity and specificity were 76.9% and 89.1% for experienced dermatologists, 78.3% and 66.2% for inexperienced dermatologists, and 37.5% and 84.6% for PCPs, respectively; whereas when using dermoscopy and dermoscopic images, sensitivity and specificity were 85.7% and 81.3%, 78.0% and 69.5%, and 49.5% and 91.3%, respectively. Experienced dermatologists had 5.7-fold higher odds of accurate diagnosis of melanoma using dermoscopy compared with clinical examination. Compared with PCPs, experienced dermatologists had 13.3-fold higher odds of accurate diagnosis of melanoma using dermoscopic images.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Conclusions and relevance: &lt;/strong&gt;The findings of this systematic review and meta-analysis indicate that there are significant differences in diagnostic accuracy for skin cancer when comparing physician specialty and experience, and examination methods. These summary metrics of clinician diagnostic accuracy could be useful benchmarks for clinical trials, practitioner trainin","PeriodicalId":14734,"journal":{"name":"JAMA dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11561728/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142620676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Use of Anti-PD1 Blockade After Hedgehog Inhibitors or as First-Line Therapy for Gorlin Syndrome.","authors":"Robin Reschke, Jasmin Richter, Alexander H Enk, Jessica C Hassel","doi":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.4445","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.4445","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14734,"journal":{"name":"JAMA dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11581658/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142583294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Madelung Disease.","authors":"Hong-Hao Hu, Cheng-Cheng Liu, Jiu-Hong Li","doi":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.4217","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.4217","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14734,"journal":{"name":"JAMA dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142583291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Long-Term Risk of Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Connective Tissue Disorders Following COVID-19.","authors":"Yeon-Woo Heo, Jae Joon Jeon, Min Chul Ha, You Hyun Kim, Solam Lee","doi":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.4233","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.4233","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Few studies have investigated the association between COVID-19 and autoimmune and autoinflammatory connective tissue disorders; however, research with long-term observation remains insufficient.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To investigate the long-term risk of autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases after COVID-19 over an extended observation period.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This retrospective nationwide population-based study investigated the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency-COVID-19-National Health Insurance Service (K-COV-N) cohort. Individuals with confirmed COVID-19 from October 8, 2020, to December 31, 2022, and controls identified among individuals who participated in the general health examination in 2018 were included in the analysis.</p><p><strong>Exposures: </strong>Confirmed COVID-19.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>Incidence and risk of autoimmune and autoinflammatory connective tissue disorders in patients after COVID-19. Various covariates, such as demographic characteristics, general health data, socioeconomic status, and comorbidity profiles, were balanced using inverse probability weighting.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 6 912 427 participants (53.6% male; mean [SD] age, 53.39 [20.13] years) consisting of 3 145 388 with COVID-19 and 3 767 039 controls with an observational period of more than 180 days were included. Alopecia areata (adjusted hazard ratio [AHR], 1.11 [95% CI, 1.07-1.15]), alopecia totalis (AHR, 1.24 [95% CI, 1.09-1.42]), vitiligo (AHR, 1.11 [95% CI, 1.04-1.19]), Behçet disease (AHR, 1.45 [95% CI, 1.20-1.74]), Crohn disease (AHR, 1.35 [95% CI, 1.14-1.60]), ulcerative colitis (AHR, 1.15 [95% CI, 1.04-1.28]), rheumatoid arthritis (AHR, 1.09 [95% CI, 1.06-1.12]), systemic lupus erythematosus (AHR, 1.14 [95% CI, 1.01-1.28]), Sjögren syndrome (AHR, 1.13 [95% CI, 1.03-1.25]), ankylosing spondylitis (AHR, 1.11 [95% CI, 1.02-1.20]), and bullous pemphigoid (AHR, 1.62 [95% CI, 1.07-2.45]) were associated with higher risk in the COVID-19 group. Subgroup analyses revealed that demographic factors, including male and female sex, age younger than 40 years, and age 40 years and older, exhibited diverse associations with the risk of autoimmune and autoinflammatory outcomes. In addition, severe COVID-19 infection requiring intensive care unit admission, the Delta period, and not being vaccinated were associated with higher risk.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>This retrospective cohort study with an extended follow-up period found associations between COVID-19 and the long-term risk of various autoimmune and autoinflammatory connective tissue disorders. Long-term monitoring and care of patients is crucial after COVID-19, considering demographic factors, disease severity, and vaccination status, to mitigate these risks.</p>","PeriodicalId":14734,"journal":{"name":"JAMA dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11541739/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142583289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Psoriasis Risk With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors.","authors":"Sheng-Yin To, Cho-Hao Lee, Yi-Hsien Chen, Chia-Lu Hsu, Hui-Wen Yang, Ying-Shan Jiang, Yuan-Liang Wen, I-Wen Chen, Li-Ting Kao","doi":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.4129","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.4129","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are recognized as revolutionary cancer therapies but have raised concerns about immune-related adverse events, including the development of autoimmune diseases.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate the psoriasis risk associated with the use of ICIs in patients with cancer.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This nationwide cohort study with a target trial emulation design used data from the Taiwan National Health Insurance database and the Taiwan Cancer Registry. The participants included were patients who received antineoplastic medications for cancer at stages III and IV between January 1, 2019, and June 30, 2021. Data were analyzed from May 2023 to July 2024.</p><p><strong>Exposures: </strong>Patients treated with ICIs were classified as ICI users, while those who received chemotherapy or targeted therapies were categorized as non-ICI users.</p><p><strong>Main outcome and measures: </strong>The primary outcome was the incidence of psoriasis during the follow-up period. Stabilized inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) was used to mitigate potential confounders. Cox and Fine-Gray hazard models were used to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) for psoriasis risk between groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 135 230 patients who received antineoplastic medications (mean [SD] age, 62.94 [13.01] years; 45.1% female), 3188 patients were eligible for the ICI user group, while 132 042 patients were eligible for the non-ICI user group. ICI users experienced a higher incidence of psoriasis at 5.76 cases per 1000 person-years, compared to 1.44 cases in the non-ICI group. After adjusting for demographics and comorbidities, ICI users were found to have a 2-fold increase in the risk of developing psoriasis (IPTW-adjusted HR, 3.31; IPTW-adjusted subdistribution HR, 2.43). Both as-started design and on-treatment design showed consistent findings, and the results were consistent and robust across all follow-up intervals and all sensitivity analyses.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>In this cohort study, patients with cancer treated with ICIs faced an increased risk of psoriasis. Medical professionals should be aware of the potential adverse effects of immunotherapy to ensure optimal cancer care.</p>","PeriodicalId":14734,"journal":{"name":"JAMA dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11541743/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142583292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"COVID-19 as a Risk Factor For Autoimmune Skin Disease.","authors":"Lisa M Arkin, John S Barbieri, Edward W Cowen","doi":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.4222","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.4222","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14734,"journal":{"name":"JAMA dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142583205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Application of Risk-Based Cancer Screening in Patients With Dermatomyositis.","authors":"Caroline J Stone, Daniella Forman Faden, Lillian Xie, Lais Lopes Almeida Gomes, Emily Z Hejazi, Victoria P Werth, Katharina S Shaw","doi":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.3355","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.3355","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14734,"journal":{"name":"JAMA dermatology","volume":" ","pages":"1248-1251"},"PeriodicalIF":11.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11425187/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142346989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"New-Onset Vulvar Edema in a Pediatric Patient.","authors":"Eugeni Prat Colilles, Adrià Plana Pla, Isabel Bielsa Marsol","doi":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.2561","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.2561","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14734,"journal":{"name":"JAMA dermatology","volume":" ","pages":"1243-1244"},"PeriodicalIF":11.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142346995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Global Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Staphylococcus aureus in Atopic Dermatitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Itzel Guadalupe Elizalde-Jiménez, Fernando Gerardo Ruiz-Hernández, Silvia Angélica Carmona-Cruz, Elena Pastrana-Arellano, Alejandra Aquino-Andrade, Carolina Romo-González, Eduardo Arias-de la Garza, Neri Alejandro Álvarez-Villalobos, Maria Teresa García-Romero","doi":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.3360","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.3360","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Individuals with atopic dermatitis are frequently colonized and infected with Staphylococcus aureus. Empirical antibiotic therapy for individuals with atopic dermatitis is common, but data about the antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of S aureus strains isolated from these individuals are scarce for those living in particular geographic areas.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine the antimicrobial susceptibility of S aureus from individuals with atopic dermatitis and analyze differences according to the income level of the country of origin and the data collection period.</p><p><strong>Data sources: </strong>A meta-analysis of the literature was performed from the inception of the included databases (MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus, and Cochrane) to June 20, 2023, using predetermined Medical Subject Headings.</p><p><strong>Study selection: </strong>Studies were included if they reported antibiotic susceptibility profiles of 1 or more S aureus cutaneous isolates from individuals with atopic dermatitis. Articles written in English, Spanish, French, or German were included.</p><p><strong>Data extraction and synthesis: </strong>Working in pairs, 6 of the authors conducted the data extraction. The guidelines from the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) were followed.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>The outcome of interest was antimicrobial susceptibility.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 61 studies reported 4091 S aureus isolates from individuals with atopic dermatitis. For 4 of the 11 commonly used antibiotics (36.4%), antimicrobial susceptibility was 85% or less, including for methicillin (binomial proportion, 0.85 [95% CI, 0.76-0.91]), erythromycin (binomial proportion, 0.73 [95% CI, 0.61-0.83]), fusidic acid (binomial proportion, 0.80 [95% CI, 0.62-0.91]), and clindamycin (binomial proportion, 0.79 [95% CI, 0.65-0.89]). Most studies (46; 75.4%) were conducted in high-income countries. Antimicrobial susceptibility to erythromycin, methicillin, and trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole was significantly lower in lower middle-income countries and upper middle-income countries. Regarding the temporal trends, 33 studies (54.1%) reported data collected from 1998 to 2010. Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns have not changed over time.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>In this systematic review and meta-analysis, antimicrobial susceptibility of S aureus to β-lactams, erythromycin, clindamycin, and fusidic acid may be suboptimal for empirical use in individuals with atopic dermatitis. Significant differences in antimicrobial susceptibility patterns were found in high-income countries and in lower middle-income countries and upper middle-income countries for some antibiotics.</p>","PeriodicalId":14734,"journal":{"name":"JAMA dermatology","volume":" ","pages":"1171-1181"},"PeriodicalIF":11.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11425196/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142346993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}