{"title":"[Update on diagnostics and therapies in inflammatory bowel diseases].","authors":"Raja Atreya","doi":"10.1055/a-2335-6154","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2335-6154","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93975,"journal":{"name":"Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)","volume":"150 8","pages":"391"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143756780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis due to icteric leptospirosis with acute renal failure].","authors":"Marvin Dumke, Nadine Wilsdorf, Iris Barndt","doi":"10.1055/a-2455-6902","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2455-6902","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 51-year-old patient presented himself with fever, upper abdominal pain and exertional dyspnea. Hemodynamic instability accompanied by generalized icterus, hepatosplenomegaly, a morbilliform rash with petechia and bilateral conjunctivitis revealed in clinical examination.Laboratory results revealed elevated C-reactive protein and procalcitonin as well as pancytopenia and hyperbilirubinemia. Furthermore hypertriglyceridemia, hyperferritinemia and elevated soluble IL-2-receptor were found. Testing for infectious diseases detected IgM-antibodies to leptospires. Bone marrow cytology featured hemophagocytosis.Secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis due to icteric leptospirosis (Weil's disease) was diagnosed.Immediate antibiotic therapy and circulatory support by fluid and vasopressors was initiated and non-invasive ventilation and hemodialysis stabilized the patient. With steroids and polyvalent immunoglobulins the organ functions recovered.Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis is an important differential or concomitant diagnosis in sepsis and can be induced by rarely diagnosed infectious triggers like leptospirosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":93975,"journal":{"name":"Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)","volume":"150 8","pages":"434-437"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143756778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eva-Lotta Brakemeier, Sebastian Karl, Sarah Stapel, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg
{"title":"[Psyche in Climate Crisis? An Update on Ecological Psychiatry and Psychotherapy].","authors":"Eva-Lotta Brakemeier, Sebastian Karl, Sarah Stapel, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg","doi":"10.1055/a-2447-2517","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2447-2517","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The human-caused climate crisis is advancing relentlessly and poses a global threat. But to what extent is our psyche also in crisis due to climate change? This article explores the profound impacts of the climate crisis and environmental destruction on mental health, advocating for a comprehensive, ecologically-oriented approach to psychiatry and psychotherapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":93975,"journal":{"name":"Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)","volume":"150 9","pages":"521-532"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143813243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cornelia Elisabeth Eckert, Bruno Reible, Zoran Popovic, Bernhard Hellmich, Christian Löffler
{"title":"[Lupus nephritis - does a lot help a lot?]","authors":"Cornelia Elisabeth Eckert, Bruno Reible, Zoran Popovic, Bernhard Hellmich, Christian Löffler","doi":"10.1055/a-2375-2634","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2375-2634","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Lupus nephritis (LN) is a frequent and often serious manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus, which can lead to the need for renal replacement therapy. Its timely diagnosis and treatment is therefore of crucial importance. The use of targeted immunomodulating therapies and the consistent use of nephroprotective measures in the treatment of LN can now significantly improve the renal prognosis and reduce glucocorticoid-associated toxicity. Recent study data have shown that the combination of different immunomodulating therapies including calcineurin inhibitors or belimumab is superior to therapy with single agents in terms of clinically relevant renal endpoints. This multi-target therapy has now also been included in several recently updated international guidelines. In the future, CAR-T cell therapy could be a promising prospect for patients with refractory lupus nephritis.</p>","PeriodicalId":93975,"journal":{"name":"Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)","volume":"150 8","pages":"451-460"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143756773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[New cases of botulism after intragastric injection of botulinum toxin].","authors":"Werner Beermann","doi":"10.1055/a-2506-6699","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2506-6699","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Two female patients presented to our clinic shortly after one another with visual disturbances, double vision, swallowing difficulties and shortness of breath, a few days after an intragastric injection of botulinum toxin in a clinic in Turkey.The physical examination was unremarkable except for signs of respiratory insufficiency with increased respiratory rate and shortness of breath, especially when lying down; no clear neurological symptoms were found. Imaging showed reduced diaphragmatic mobility. Blood gas analyses showed hypoxemic respiratory insufficiency.The patients were observed as inpatients for a few days without specific therapy and were discharged with regressing symptoms.In March 2023, the Robert Koch Institute, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the WHO published a report on 87 patients who had received intragastric injections of botulinum toxin in 2 Turkish hospitals with the aim of losing weight and subsequently have developed symptoms of botulism. The current cases presented here draw further attention to the problems of the procedure that is still being carried out and to the risks of botulism.</p>","PeriodicalId":93975,"journal":{"name":"Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)","volume":"150 9","pages":"504-507"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143813242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Rheumatoid Arthritis].","authors":"Jutta Bauhammer, Christoph Fiehn","doi":"10.1055/a-2286-6620","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2286-6620","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory systemic disease that mainly, but not exclusively, affects the joints and other structures of the musculoskeletal system. It most typically manifests in polyarthritis due to a highly inflammatory autoimmune synovitis. Extra-articular manifestations might also show in the shape of an interstitial lung disease or vasculitis, mainly affecting the small vessels. Early, well-targeted treatment can have a major impact on the progression of the disease; without treatment, however, patients are most likely to experience an irreversible loss of functionality and increased mortality. The administration of a DMARD starting as soon as being diagnosed is recommended. The first choice in medication should be methotrexate whenever there are no contraindications. In most cases, glucocorticoids are added temporarily with administration coming to a complete stop after 3-6 months. Therapy follows the treat-to-target principle aiming at remission. Disease activity and remission are calculated in scores combining clinical findings, patients' statements and laboratory tests for inflammatory activity. Treatment is considered responsive with achieving a minimum of a 50% reduction of the score. Score responses are evaluated after 12 weeks, therapeutic targets after 24. If 1 of the 2 is not met and there are no risk factors present for a severe progression of the disease, then another strategy with conventional systemic (cs)DMARD will first be used after methotrexate; otherwise biological (b)DMARD or other targeted synthetic (ts)DMARD can be given. Re-evaluation is carried out as described above, and if the target is not met, other b- or ts-DMARDs will be used.</p>","PeriodicalId":93975,"journal":{"name":"Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)","volume":"150 9","pages":"508-520"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143813244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Update on drug therapy for ulcerative colitis].","authors":"Elena Sonnenberg, Britta Siegmund, Carl Weidinger","doi":"10.1055/a-2368-7090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2368-7090","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ulcerative colitis (UC) is classified as a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and can present in various degrees of severity. In addition to mild courses of the disease, such as uncomplicated proctitis, which can often be successfully treated with topical 5-ASA formulations, complicated courses can be observed, which can sometimes be life-threatening. Affected patients are often considerably burdened and often severely restricted in their quality of life, as they suffer from numerous, often bloody bowel movements, which are accompanied by abdominal cramps, urgency and sometimes even incontinence. In addition, many UC patients suffer from concomitant extraintestinal inflammatory manifestations including skin manifestations like psoriasis, erythema nodosum or joint involvement such as spondylarthritis. For many years, steroids and conventional immunosuppressants such as azathioprine were the only treatment options available. Twenty years ago, the approval of the first anti-TNF antibody, Infliximab, marked a significant turning point in IBD therapy. Despite the continuous progress in drug therapy, the rates of primary and/or secondary treatment failure are still considerable. With this in mind, a large number of additional substances have been developed and approved for the treatment of UC in the recent years. In addition to TNF antibodies and their biosimilars, the anti-integrin vedolizumab, various Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors, an interleukin (IL)-12/-23p40 antibody, various IL-23p19 antibodies and sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor (S1PR) modulators have broadened the therapeutic landscape and found their way into the clinical treatment of UC patients. In this article we will discuss case-based decision paths for the selection of fitting anti-inflammatory treatments in UC patients and summarize the principles of the different therapeutic strategies for UC.</p>","PeriodicalId":93975,"journal":{"name":"Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)","volume":"150 8","pages":"412-418"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143756782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Herbert Hof, Sabine Singer, Ika Steiner, Daniela Bertsch, Maria Kirstahler, Klaus Oberdorfer, Matthias Imöhl, Mark van der Linden
{"title":"[Pneumococcal sepsis 2015-2022: considerations on vaccination strategies].","authors":"Herbert Hof, Sabine Singer, Ika Steiner, Daniela Bertsch, Maria Kirstahler, Klaus Oberdorfer, Matthias Imöhl, Mark van der Linden","doi":"10.1055/a-2506-4928","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2506-4928","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In spite of available vaccines the frequency of sepsis caused by <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> still remains rather high.In the years 2015-2022 <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> could be isolated from 925 blood cultures in our laboratory. Serotyping was performed from 754 strains. In addition, their in vitro susceptibility to some antibiotics was assessed.In this period 925 blood cultures were positive, predominantly from aged patients (older than 60 years) and more frequently from men than from women. In the years 2020 and 2021 less positive blood cultures were found, which could be interpreted as a result from non-pharmaceutical interventions preventing aerogenically transmitted diseases such as coronavirus infections during the epidemic. Children were also relatively susceptible in their first year of life. 653 strains were serotyped, with serotypes 3 and 8 predominating. 67% of the serotypes found were covered by the 20-valent conjugate vaccine whereas the polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23) included 75%. The vast majority of isolates was susceptible to penicillin, erythromycin as well as to doxycycline. Multi-drug resistant strains were not detected.A large part of the infections might have been prevented by vaccination assuming a high vaccine effectiveness. However, 27% of <i>S. pneumoniae</i> serotypes detected were not covered by any of the vaccines currently available.</p>","PeriodicalId":93975,"journal":{"name":"Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)","volume":" ","pages":"e11-e17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11957835/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143473257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}