Báo cáo y học: " Morbidity and cost burden of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in early onset ventilator-associated pneumonia" potx

... the findings of this and other studies suggest that any costs associated with the implementation of such measures may quickly be offset by cost savings in the ICU [25,26]. Any therapeutic intervention directed ... were only able to identify early onset VAP (mostly within five days of hospitalization). Study sample During the study period, a total of 59 US hospitals (16 teach...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... the type of interaction may depend on th e chronol- ogy of contamination with the two viruses: HCV super- infection in previously HBV infected patients, co-infec- tion or HBV infection in HCV ... HCV infection, as defined by persistent positivity of HCV serology and RNA for a minimum of 6 months. They were followed for their anti-HCV positivity in diff erent hepato-ga stroente...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:21

... pri- mary antibodies were detected using a biotin-PE/streptavidin- anti-streptavidin enhancing system and labeling of AM was analyzed by flow cytometry following gating by help of for- ward and ... alternatively activated phenotype, mainly characterized by a reduced expression of the proinflammatory cytokines TNF-α and IL-1β and a significantly increased expression and produc...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 16:20

... physiologically growth hormone (GH) secretion independent of hypothalamic GH-releas- ing hormone and causes weight gain and obesity by increasing food intake and diminishing lipid utilisation in non-critically ... is derived from the stomach and nearly all of the remaining one third from the small intestine [5,6]. Rat ghrelin is very similar to human ghrelin and differs only b...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:22

... Biology 2009, 10:R34 involved in glycolysis presents an intriguing case study from developmental, evolutionary and regulatory perspectives. We analyzed the upstream sequences of 11 genes involved in tachyzoite ... are needed to fully resolve these intriguing results. Genes involved in nucleotide biosynthesis and salvage Purines and pyrimidines are the building blocks of nuclei...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 21:20

... no living humans were involved in the study. Apart from packing swabs in the abdomen and removing them again, the procedure did not differ from an ordinary autopsy. The sessions were directed by ... was having all involved doctors trained within six months. We evaluated the course by asking the doctors about their approach to deciding on and performing retroperitoneal packing. Finally...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 23:20

... pharmacy data. While clinical disease activity measures remain the gold standard for assessing effectiveness in RA, the many large administrative data sources in the U.S. and internationally are ... written informed consent. VARA contains demographic, clinical and RA-specific information including disease activity scores (DAS), as assessed by physicians using the DAS28 [23] and...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:45

... cascade of cytokines and chemokines necessary for tissue eosinophilia without involvement of draining lymphoid tissues. We studied the induction of lung allergic in- flammation in mice lacking ... the last intranasal challenge. Briefly, mice were maintained inside a whole-body plethysmograph (Buxco, Troy, NY) capable of meas- uring changes in airflow and trans-thoracic p...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 11:24

... hydrophobicity (pandinin 1–0.1214, opistoporin 1–0.1652) and the hydrophobic moment, which is nearly double for pandinin 1 (pandinin 1 0.1071, opistoporin 1 0.055). The amino acid substitutions highly responsible ... pandinin 1 contains only one charged amino acid in this fragment. Parameters that might in uence antibacterial activity that differ between opistoporin 1 and pandinin 1 ar...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 15:20

... full-length proteins. Keywords: calretinin; calcium; calbindin D 28k ; EF-hand; NMR secondary structure. Calretinin (CR) and calbindin D 28k (Calb) are homologous calcium-binding EF-hand proteins with ... (B) 45 Ca-overlay of the blot shown in part A indicating that CR and GST fusion products of CR fragments bind 45 Ca. Fig. 6. ‘Glycine 6’ of the calcium-binding loop is a sensitiv...

Ngày tải lên: 22/02/2014, 07:20