Aalborg Universitet Detection, identification and quantification of microorganisms in selected infections
... the realization that the culture-dependent methods employed for decades to identify the causative pathogens may have some insufficiencies. The purpose of this PhD study has been to evaluate if alternative methods to culture-dependent techniques could be used to investigate the microbial communities ...
... the realization that the culture-dependent methods employed for decades to identify the causative pathogens may have some insufficiencies. The purpose of this PhD study has been to evaluate if alternative methods to culture-dependent techniques could be used to investigate the microbial communities ...
Pseudomembranous Colitis: Spectrum of Imaging Findings with
... infectious colitis caused by one or more toxins produced by an unopposed proliferation of Clostridium difficile bacteria. PMC is characterized by the presence of elevated, yellow-white plaques forming pseudomembranes on the colonic mucosa. These plaques can be visualized at both pathologic analysis ...
... infectious colitis caused by one or more toxins produced by an unopposed proliferation of Clostridium difficile bacteria. PMC is characterized by the presence of elevated, yellow-white plaques forming pseudomembranes on the colonic mucosa. These plaques can be visualized at both pathologic analysis ...
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Imaging After Total Knee
... Marx et al [15] found radiographs to have a sensitivity of 77% and specificity of 90% for detecting femoral component loosening and a sensitivity of 83% and specificity of 72% for detecting tibial component loosening in comparison to findings at surgery. Fluoroscopy may be useful to see lucent lines ...
... Marx et al [15] found radiographs to have a sensitivity of 77% and specificity of 90% for detecting femoral component loosening and a sensitivity of 83% and specificity of 72% for detecting tibial component loosening in comparison to findings at surgery. Fluoroscopy may be useful to see lucent lines ...
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... infections. The frequency of these infections is well-demonstrated by the incidence of the puerperal fever. The average death rate was 9.92% in the Department of Obstetrics at the Allgemeines Krankenhaus in Vienna, but in certain periods the incidence was as high as 29.3% (October 1842). In this per ...
... infections. The frequency of these infections is well-demonstrated by the incidence of the puerperal fever. The average death rate was 9.92% in the Department of Obstetrics at the Allgemeines Krankenhaus in Vienna, but in certain periods the incidence was as high as 29.3% (October 1842). In this per ...
Genetically Modified Insect Factories: A New
... The annual cost to the US health care system from antibiotic-resistant infections is estimated to be between $21 and $34 billion24 and it is estimated that 2 million people become infected with bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics and at least 23,000 people die as a direct result in the Unite ...
... The annual cost to the US health care system from antibiotic-resistant infections is estimated to be between $21 and $34 billion24 and it is estimated that 2 million people become infected with bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics and at least 23,000 people die as a direct result in the Unite ...
GRANULOMATOUS HEPATITIS
... • Hepatic granulomas are the result of a cell mediated immune response by hepatic reticulo endothelial system to antigen or foreign substances. • Histopathological features of hepatic granulomas depend on the aetiology. • Generally hepatic granulomas consists of pale staining epitheloid cells with s ...
... • Hepatic granulomas are the result of a cell mediated immune response by hepatic reticulo endothelial system to antigen or foreign substances. • Histopathological features of hepatic granulomas depend on the aetiology. • Generally hepatic granulomas consists of pale staining epitheloid cells with s ...
Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis, the nosocomial
... The isolated strains of E. faecalis showed 33.3 % and 37.2% resistant to Penicillin G and kanamycin, respectively. However, E. faecium resistance ranged from 52.4 to 100% to various antimicrobials. Vancomycin re-resistance in E. feacium was not seen whereas, E. faecalis accounted up to 3.9%. MIC of ...
... The isolated strains of E. faecalis showed 33.3 % and 37.2% resistant to Penicillin G and kanamycin, respectively. However, E. faecium resistance ranged from 52.4 to 100% to various antimicrobials. Vancomycin re-resistance in E. feacium was not seen whereas, E. faecalis accounted up to 3.9%. MIC of ...
ACG Clinical Guidelines: Diagnosis and Management of Celiac Disease PRACTICE GUIDELINES
... This guideline presents recommendations for the diagnosis and management of patients with celiac disease. Celiac disease is an immune-based reaction to dietary gluten (storage protein for wheat, barley, and rye) that primarily affects the small intestine in those with a genetic predisposition and re ...
... This guideline presents recommendations for the diagnosis and management of patients with celiac disease. Celiac disease is an immune-based reaction to dietary gluten (storage protein for wheat, barley, and rye) that primarily affects the small intestine in those with a genetic predisposition and re ...
ACG Clinical Guidelines: Diagnosis and Management of Celiac
... This guideline presents recommendations for the diagnosis and management of patients with celiac disease. Celiac disease is an immune-based reaction to dietary gluten (storage protein for wheat, barley, and rye) that primarily affects the small intestine in those with a genetic predisposition and re ...
... This guideline presents recommendations for the diagnosis and management of patients with celiac disease. Celiac disease is an immune-based reaction to dietary gluten (storage protein for wheat, barley, and rye) that primarily affects the small intestine in those with a genetic predisposition and re ...
Strategies of professional phagocytes in vivo
... macrophages and neutrophils. The differential features of these two cell types and the molecular mechanisms underlying microbe phagocytosis and killing have been extensively studied. However, these studies have been mostly conducted in cell culture, using macrophage or neutrophil cell lines, human b ...
... macrophages and neutrophils. The differential features of these two cell types and the molecular mechanisms underlying microbe phagocytosis and killing have been extensively studied. However, these studies have been mostly conducted in cell culture, using macrophage or neutrophil cell lines, human b ...
The Role of Antibiotics in the Treatment of Chronic Prostatitis: Clinical Paper
... population will experience symptoms of prostatitis at some point [2, 3] and that it results in about 25% of all visits to a urologist [4]. Although it is a common diagnosis, chronic prostatitis is poorly characterized and the aetiology is not always clear, with only 5–10% of cases having an identifi ...
... population will experience symptoms of prostatitis at some point [2, 3] and that it results in about 25% of all visits to a urologist [4]. Although it is a common diagnosis, chronic prostatitis is poorly characterized and the aetiology is not always clear, with only 5–10% of cases having an identifi ...
Autoimmune Diseases
... Autoimmune Diseases Association, individuals who had been diagnosed with a serious autoimmune disease had seen an average of five physicians over a period of 4.6 years before a correct diagnosis was made [358]. In addition, more than 45% of individuals with an autoimmune disease reported that they h ...
... Autoimmune Diseases Association, individuals who had been diagnosed with a serious autoimmune disease had seen an average of five physicians over a period of 4.6 years before a correct diagnosis was made [358]. In addition, more than 45% of individuals with an autoimmune disease reported that they h ...
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... starts with the selection and order of a test and ends with the acceptance and sorting of the sample by the laboratory. Although limited attention is paid to this step, it is where the majority of laboratory errors occur. In a review by Bonini and co-workers (2002), the pre-analytical errors ranged ...
... starts with the selection and order of a test and ends with the acceptance and sorting of the sample by the laboratory. Although limited attention is paid to this step, it is where the majority of laboratory errors occur. In a review by Bonini and co-workers (2002), the pre-analytical errors ranged ...
Abcessos Renais
... inferior pole of the left kidney was oedematous and enlarged, due to several areas of suppuration that were in contact with the cyst. Ureteropyelolithotomy to remove voluminous obstructive left ureteral lumbar stone and blood clots and partial nephrectomy of the inferior pole of the left kidney was ...
... inferior pole of the left kidney was oedematous and enlarged, due to several areas of suppuration that were in contact with the cyst. Ureteropyelolithotomy to remove voluminous obstructive left ureteral lumbar stone and blood clots and partial nephrectomy of the inferior pole of the left kidney was ...
NOD2 Variants and Antibody Response to Microbial Antigens in
... results expressed as ELISA units (EU/mL) that are relative to a Cedars-Sinai laboratory (immunoglobulin [Ig] A-I2, IgA-OmpC) or a Prometheus Laboratory standard (San Diego, CA; IgA and IgG ASCA) derived from a pool of patient sera with well-characterized disease found to have reactivity to these ant ...
... results expressed as ELISA units (EU/mL) that are relative to a Cedars-Sinai laboratory (immunoglobulin [Ig] A-I2, IgA-OmpC) or a Prometheus Laboratory standard (San Diego, CA; IgA and IgG ASCA) derived from a pool of patient sera with well-characterized disease found to have reactivity to these ant ...
Assessing Bacterial Interactions Using Carbohydrate-Based
... The use of carbohydrate microarrays to elucidate whole bacterial cell-carbohydrate interactions began to emerge when Disney and Seeberger [21] used a carbohydrate microarray for the detection of E. coli in complex biological mixtures in 2004. E. coli is a Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic bacteri ...
... The use of carbohydrate microarrays to elucidate whole bacterial cell-carbohydrate interactions began to emerge when Disney and Seeberger [21] used a carbohydrate microarray for the detection of E. coli in complex biological mixtures in 2004. E. coli is a Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic bacteri ...
Heartworm Disease
... infected and have the highest worm burdens.6,22,23 Ferrets are also highly susceptible to infection and even a few adult worms can cause severe disease or death.23 Zoonotic infections have been reported worldwide and usually occur in heartworm-endemic areas.1,6 Humans are aberrant hosts for D. immit ...
... infected and have the highest worm burdens.6,22,23 Ferrets are also highly susceptible to infection and even a few adult worms can cause severe disease or death.23 Zoonotic infections have been reported worldwide and usually occur in heartworm-endemic areas.1,6 Humans are aberrant hosts for D. immit ...
Responding to Minor Ailments
... to use the out of hours GP service. The time scale is only a guide and your own professional judgement on the severity of the symptoms and the general health of the patient will be useful to guide them. Routine referral is used for any condition or symptom that does not require an emergency appointm ...
... to use the out of hours GP service. The time scale is only a guide and your own professional judgement on the severity of the symptoms and the general health of the patient will be useful to guide them. Routine referral is used for any condition or symptom that does not require an emergency appointm ...
Pathogenic Microbes and Community Service
... run increased risk for atherosclerotic heart disease, aspiration pneumonia, diabetes, adverse pregnancy outcomes, and perhaps rheumatoid arthritis (Xiong et al. 2006; Pihlstrom et al. 2005; Awano et al. 2008; Tonetti et al. 2007; de Pablo et al. 2009; Kebschull et al. 2010; Lundberg et al. 2010). It ...
... run increased risk for atherosclerotic heart disease, aspiration pneumonia, diabetes, adverse pregnancy outcomes, and perhaps rheumatoid arthritis (Xiong et al. 2006; Pihlstrom et al. 2005; Awano et al. 2008; Tonetti et al. 2007; de Pablo et al. 2009; Kebschull et al. 2010; Lundberg et al. 2010). It ...
Adults Need Tetanus Shots, Too
... The connection between a wound caused by a rusty/dirty nail and the necessity for a tetanus shot is fixed so firmly in the public mind that even the television cartoon character Homer Simpson knew he had to get a tetanus shot after stepping on a nail. But people don't realize that tetanus can be co ...
... The connection between a wound caused by a rusty/dirty nail and the necessity for a tetanus shot is fixed so firmly in the public mind that even the television cartoon character Homer Simpson knew he had to get a tetanus shot after stepping on a nail. But people don't realize that tetanus can be co ...
PHL 424 4th S
... In G+ve bacteria, the peptidoglycan polymer is very near the cell surface, thus the small b-lactam antibiotic molecules can penetrate easily to the PBPs, where the final stages of the synthesis of the peptidoglycan take place G-ve organisms have an outer membrane that limits penetration of b-lac ...
... In G+ve bacteria, the peptidoglycan polymer is very near the cell surface, thus the small b-lactam antibiotic molecules can penetrate easily to the PBPs, where the final stages of the synthesis of the peptidoglycan take place G-ve organisms have an outer membrane that limits penetration of b-lac ...
Hospital-Acquired Infections, New York State 2013
... posted this recommendation for public comment in September 2014. Expanding CLABSI surveillance is important to decrease morbidity and mortality associated with these preventable infections. Evidence-based central line insertion and maintenance practices to reduce the risk of CLABSIs are applicable t ...
... posted this recommendation for public comment in September 2014. Expanding CLABSI surveillance is important to decrease morbidity and mortality associated with these preventable infections. Evidence-based central line insertion and maintenance practices to reduce the risk of CLABSIs are applicable t ...
ATLANTA UROLOGY ASSOCIATES, P.C. Bruce Stein, M.D. Stephen B. Siegel, M.D.
... To help make an accurate diagnosis, several types of examinations are useful. The prostate is an internal organ, so the physician cannot look at it directly. Because the prostate lies in front of the rectum, just inside the anus, the doctor can feel it by inserting a gloved, lubricated finger into t ...
... To help make an accurate diagnosis, several types of examinations are useful. The prostate is an internal organ, so the physician cannot look at it directly. Because the prostate lies in front of the rectum, just inside the anus, the doctor can feel it by inserting a gloved, lubricated finger into t ...
Common Pacemaker Problems: Lead and Pocket
... physicians usually detect pacemaker problems before they become serious. However, it remains important for patients to be aware of the symptoms of bradycardia, symptoms that might indicate a pacemaker malfunction. Once again, these symptoms include weakness, easy fatigability, lightheadedness, dizzi ...
... physicians usually detect pacemaker problems before they become serious. However, it remains important for patients to be aware of the symptoms of bradycardia, symptoms that might indicate a pacemaker malfunction. Once again, these symptoms include weakness, easy fatigability, lightheadedness, dizzi ...
Infection
Infection is the invasion of an organism's body tissues by disease-causing agents, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to these organisms and the toxins they produce. Infectious disease, also known as transmissible disease or communicable disease, is illness resulting from an infection.Infections are caused by infectious agents including viruses, viroids, prions, bacteria, nematodes such as parasitic roundworms and pinworms, arthropods such as ticks, mites, fleas, and lice, fungi such as ringworm, and other macroparasites such as tapeworms and other helminths.Hosts can fight infections using their immune system. Mammalian hosts react to infections with an innate response, often involving inflammation, followed by an adaptive response.Specific medications used to treat infections include antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, antiprotozoals, and antihelminthics. Infectious diseases resulted in 9.2 million deaths in 2013 (about 17% of all deaths). The branch of medicine that focuses on infections is referred to as Infectious Disease.