Báo cáo y học: "Diagnostic value of real-time polymerase chain reaction to detect viruses in young children admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit with lower respiratory tract infection" pptx

... real-time polymerase chain reaction to detect viruses in young children admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit with lower respiratory tract infection Alma C van de Pol 1 , TomFWWolfs 1 , ... the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction The aetiology of lower respiratory tract infections in young children admitt...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... Taking these factors together, in the present study the classification of the SSc patients into diffuse SSc and lim- ited SSc was not done exclusively by measuring the current distribution of ... if patients with more advanced disease were assessed. On the other hand, as shown by others, loss of anti-topo I reactivity during the course of the disease may occur in u...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:22

... of RA is based on the cri- teria proposed by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) in 1987 consisting of clinical symptoms and radiologi- cal findings, whereas the only laboratory test included ... low-specificity range, the anti-MCV ELISA has a higher sensitivity. Indeed, taking the cutoff value of 81.5 U/ml to obtain identical specificity values for both test sy...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... consisted of 1024 patients with rheumatic symptoms; serum samples from these patients were sent to our laboratory for ACPA testing within the context of a diagnostic investigation for RA. Ninety-two of ... Recently, the presence of citrullinated fibrin in the synovial membrane of RA patients [17] and the use of cit- rullinated fibrinogen to assay the serum antibo...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... IgA rheumatoid factors (RF) wer e measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in the serum of 56 consecutive RA patients regularly followed in the Rheumatology Unit of the School of Medicine, University ... assessed by the AUC of the ROC (0.91, 95% CI 0.85 to 0.96). Of note , we did not detect any reactivity to contr ol non-citrullinated pep- tides containing...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:23

... immunosorbent assay. Test results were correlated to medical records, including the American College of Rheumatology criteria, the Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index 2000, laboratory data and ... patients. Interestingly, a P0-like protein is also detectable in the plasma membranes of different cells, including lym- phocytes [11]. Further, the aRibPs are able...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:22

... history of milk and egg allergy. Clinical history The patient's history and physical examination are the foundation for the diagnosis of food allergy. The first goal is to distinguish whether ... of breath) and/or the cardio- vascular system (light-headedness, syncope, hypoten- sion). These reactions can lead to death [4,5]. These symptoms typically begin within an ho...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... reviews. The corresponding author had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Author details 1 Center ... 0.64 (Mayfield) and 0.73 (Ramsey and Harrington). The Ramsey method was similar in all measures to the Harrington method, but the former can capture only 83%...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:24

... pain following electrical injury, possibly associated with demyelination in the spinal cord similar to a person who survived lightning strike’. Since the pain persisted, the patient saw another ... processing of pain can be reduced, the neural injury, possibly of the sympathetic system, is irreversible. Pregabalin has proved effective for reducing various sorts of neurop...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:20

... cultures, they are usually considered as contaminants, but in recent years they have been recognized as causal infectious agents of endocarditis, urinary tract infections, meningitis, intra- abdominal ... negative. A 7-day course of parenteral therapy with amoxicillin-clavulanate (2 g bid) was added to the moxifloxacin. In April, after 6 weeks of fluoroquinolone therapy, th...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:22