clinical and laboratory diagnosis of fungal infections

... complex process of puberty, affecting the development of facial, body, and pubic hair, deepening of the voice, and muscle development Physiologically, androgens regulate spermatogenesis and help maintain ... the conclusion of a diagnosis of AIS Sex determination and differentiation depend on a cascade of events that begins with the establishment of chromosomal sex at fertilization and ends with sexual ... ladder of 100 bp; = exon with a size of 528 bp; = exon with a size of 172 bp; = exon with a size of 378 bp; = exon with a size of 516 bp; = exon with a size of 289 bp Melo et al Journal of Medical...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:20

... patients, and the clinical manifestations usually subside after withdrawal of the offending drug Nevertheless, some patients go on to develop serious vasculitic manifestations if the offending ... to the presence of ANCAs directed at more than one neutrophil cytoplasm antigen as a characteristic feature of DIV [4,5] Others have observed a characteristic development of ANAs and antihistone ... persons, and thus laboratory surveillance follow up is advisable According to suggestions raised by the report presented in this issue, this should include monitoring of ANCAs, ANAs and anticardiolipin...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... 2.3.2 Diagnosis of Pleural TB 2.3.3 Diagnosis of Meningeal TB 2.3.4 Diagnosis of Pericardial TB 2.3.5 Diagnosis of Lymph Node TB 2.3.6 Diagnosis of Abdominal ... contribution of microbiology laboratory for diagnosis and management of TB is: (1) Collection of specimens for demonstration of tubercle bacilli; (2) Transport of specimens to the laboratory; ... breathing reserve, and a low maximal heart rate 16 2.3.2 Clinical Diagnosis Diagnosis of Pleural TB The determination of ADA in pleural fluid has a sensitivity of 73 % and a specificity of 90 % In high...

Ngày tải lên: 14/06/2016, 18:50

... the day of onset of bacteriuria or candiduria >103 CFU per mL were only modestly elevated and were not useful for prediction of CAUTI (Table 4.2) The absolute level of bacteriuria or candiduria ... a risk factor for CAUTI both in males and females (8% of colonized males and 22% of colonized females developed CAUTI vs 2% of non-colonized males and 12% of non-colonized females) Our data indicate ... a sensitivity of 86% and specificity of 73% for the diagnosis of CAUTI with >103 CFU per mL; for CAUTI with >105 CFU per mL, sensitivity was 91% and specificity 72% However, most of their patients...

Ngày tải lên: 11/09/2015, 21:28

... for the diagnosis of Tuberculosis and try to improve upon our own deficiencies for making the best use of the old technique of microscopy instead of criticizing the inherent deficiencies of this ... in clinical laboratories when used directly in clinical samples LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS RFLP Molecular genetic methods are also useful in studying the epidemiology of ... traditional model of history, examination and sputum microscopy has proved itself capable of detecting the majority of infectious cases and, in conjuction with adequate case-finding and 109 treatment,...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 03:20

... the inclusion of all clinical investigative techniques, i.e both truly clinical tests in the shape of symptoms and signs and then laboratorybased investigations This stops what is often an artificial ... maintained Professor Sir George Alberti President of The Royal College of Physicians of London July 2002 Preface With the increasing complexity of modern medicine, we now have literally thousands of possible ... we have today, and their diagnoses were often made solely from the history and examination Of course, they would claim that their clinical acumen and skills were greater than ours and that we rely...

Ngày tải lên: 29/06/2014, 11:20

... hospital according to a standard protocol Further, clinical and laboratory variables obtained during the stay in hospital were used as the basis of further treatment of the patient and not used in the ... Initially, survivors and non-survivors were compared with respect to year of inclusion Acta vet scand vol 45 no 1-2, 2004 (1997 or 1999), breed, age, gender and clinical and laboratory variables ... surgical and medical cases The median age was however lower (p= 0.035) in the surgically treated horses (6.5 and 8.0 years, respectively) The results of the univariable analysis of clinical and laboratory...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:21

... provide indirect evidence of ocular infection [4] Moreover, it’s important to highlight that FRET PCR is able to detect the presence of T gondii DNA on a small amount of 136 sample as it was in ... PCR assays and a nested-PCR for the detection of Toxoplasma gondii Acta Biomed 2006; 77: 75-80 Contini C., Seraceni S., Cultrera R., Incorvaia C., Sebastiani A., Picot S Evaluation of a Real-time ... Calderaro A., Piccolo G., Peruzzi S., Gorrini C., Chezzi C., Dettori G Evaluation of Toxoplasma gondii Immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgM Assays Incorporating the New Vidia Analyzer System Clin Vaccine Immunol...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 11:01

... Fertilization – Innovative Clinical and Laboratory Aspects Photo 3D Ultrasound of uterus and endometrium 3D US images can be obtained by two methods: freehand and automated The freehand method requires ... Fertilization – Innovative Clinical and Laboratory Aspects stimulating hormone efficacy and improves ovulation induction outcome The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Vol 84, No ... treatment of hypogonadotrophic women with profound LH deficiency: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, proof -of- efficacy study Clinical Endocrinology Vol 69, No 3, pp 471–478 Sohrabvand...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 21:21

... the diagnosis of cancer (EGC) was 67% and 71% (cut-off value of 5.5 ng/ml), and 71% and 67% (cut-off value of ng/ml) The sensitivity and specificity of serum CEA levels for the diagnosis of high-risk ... for the diagnosis of cancer (EGC) was 28% and 79% (cut-off value of ng/ml), and 40% and 66% (cut-off value of 2.5 ng/ml), respectively In contrast to CEA, the sensitivity and specificity of serum ... lesions was 39% and 76% (cut-off value of 2.5 ng/ml), and 49% and 62% (cut-off value of ng/ml) In contrast to CEA, the sensitivity and specificity of serum HMGB1 levels for the diagnosis of high-risk...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20

... disease) and a previous diagnosis of cancer were given points Weight history was defined at interview on the basis of body weight at the age of 20 years, age at first dieting and the number of times ... variables Scores of HRQL (and their relative Z-scores) were grouped according to sex, age, clinical status, complications of disease and eating behavior disorders, and the means and 95% confidence ... variables and to exclude multicolinearity Results Clinical and psychological characteristics of the study sample Of the 1,886 patients (1,494 women and 392 men) included in the analysis, 723, 529, and...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... Fertilization – Innovative Clinical and Laboratory Aspects Photo 3D Ultrasound of uterus and endometrium 3D US images can be obtained by two methods: freehand and automated The freehand method requires ... Fertilization – Innovative Clinical and Laboratory Aspects stimulating hormone efficacy and improves ovulation induction outcome The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Vol 84, No ... treatment of hypogonadotrophic women with profound LH deficiency: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, proof -of- efficacy study Clinical Endocrinology Vol 69, No 3, pp 471–478 Sohrabvand...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 09:20

... hyperactivation and release of toxic factors, such as nitric oxide (NO), Clinical and Genetic Aspects of Epilepsy leading to over production of excess peroxynitrite, and reactive oxygen and nitrogen ... source of information on wide range of issues in epilepsy We hope that it will help health care providers in daily practices and increase their understanding on diagnosis and treatment of epilepsies ... physicians and students in health care professions This epilepsy book is the result of a collaborative effort of investigators who have used a wide range of experimental preparations and recording...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 05:20

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Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 23:22

... molecular and clinical laboratory experiments as a part of his PhD thesis and has written the draft manuscript MAT and JAK provided strains and helped in the design of the study AA and MAK coordinated ... antibiotics Almost same trend of multidrug resistance patterns was observed in case of clinical and carrier, MRCNS and MSCNS isolates from eye and other clinical sources in health and diseases (Fig 3) ... determining epidemiology of clinical and carrier staphylococci and molecular studies of their acquisition and dissemination of resistance in a hospital setting in northern India Materials and methods The...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 19:20

... useful in the assessment of the elderly and may provide important information for the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of dementia [4], since it can assess the functioning of the central somatosensory ... dementia: clinical criteria for the diagnosis of vascular dementia Acta Neurologica Scandinavica Suppllement 2002, 178:6-9 Hogervorst E, Bandelow S, Combrinck M, Irani S and Smith AD: The validity and ... The composition of the study sample, the size of groups as well as the mean and standard deviation of all the results in the various groups are shown in table A characteristic MRI of a patient with...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 20:23

... Classification of Tumors Pathology and genetics of tumours of soft tissue and bone Lyon: IARC Press; 2002, 247-251 Rastogi R, Garg R, Thulkar S, Bakhshi S, Gupta A: Unusual thoracic CT manifestations of ... http://www.wjso.com/content/9/1/50 and III tumors were 0, 13, and 23%, respectively [5] The incidence of pulmonary metastases varies with the primary tumor and stage of disease Bone tumors such as osteosarcomas and Ewing’s ... orthopedic workup of the patient; KH: assisted in the drafting of the manuscript and in the orthopedic workup of the patient; TK: assisted in the writing of the manuscript and performed the radiological...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:24

... on the levels and function of regulatory T lymphocytes and the apoptosis of immune cells Materials and methods Patients Twenty-two patients (19 females and males) with a diagnosis of SLE according ... the clinical study of patients and contributed to drafting the manuscript DP-P contributed to immunological determinations and clinical laboratory tests LB carried out flow cytometry analysis and ... coordination of the study CA-M participated in the clinical evaluation of patients, conceived the study, and contributed to its design RG-A conceived the study, contributed to the analysis of clinical and...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... microscopic and cultural examination of common bacteria and fungi, and of direct acid-fast bacilli smears (Kinyoun method) and cultures for mycobacteria, and for the microscopic examination of Pneumocystis ... analysis to assess and compare the protein profile of BALFs from a group of SScFib+ and SScFib- patients, respectively Materials and methods Patients The samples consisted of archived BALF samples ... development of the clinical and pathological manifestations of SSc [7,18,19] Abnormalities in lung function occur in about 70% of SSc patients and currently represent the main cause of mortality...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... mm, a 0.3-mm interslice gap, excitations, a field of view of 14 cm, and a matrix of 256 × 128 pixels (516 subjects) At least one experienced clinical MRI radiologist reviewed each study MRI scan ... abnormality and exclude other significant pathologies, are presented in Table In subjects with knee OA, the prevalence of lesions was approximately 2.3% By means of the clinical and imaging investigations ... will detect a significant number of incidental lesions, some of which are clinically significant and will require further imaging and clinical management Furthermore, new lesions may develop during...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:22