... difference with a P value of less than 0.05 was considered significant Results B19 DNA inliver tissues was detected in 10 of 28 (35.7%) patientswith fulminant hepatitis and of 19 (36.8%) patientswith ... study to obtain direct evidence of a viral sequence in the liverfrompatients who underwent liver transplantation In this retrospective study of 47 patientswithliver diseases of unknown etiology, ... diseases including liver diseases in different countries is now planning and we shall report on further investigations in the future In conclusion, we found a high prevalence of B19 infection in livers...
... have included a mixed population ofpatientswith UIP/IPF, patientswith non-specific interstitial pneumonia and patientswith pulmonary fibrosis associated with collagen vascular disorders since ... form of fibrosing interstitial pneumonia, the non-specific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) [42] Indeed, studies that compared the prognosis ofpatientswith "idiopathic" NSIP to that ofpatientswith ... (% of total cells) and MRC dyspnea score, (rs = 0.63, p = 0.02) most prominent and disabling symptom in these patients This study shows that the type of the inflammatory infiltrate in lung tissue...
... density of each type ofbacteriain Ash – PRQherbicide mixture 32 Table 4.5 The density of each type ofbacteriain Ash - GPTherbicide mixture 32 Table 4.6 The density ofbacteriain herbicide ... 4.1 Herbicide mixtures usingin this experiment 26 Table 4.2 The C.F.U ofbacteria per 1mL in each type of herbicide mixtures 27 Table 4.3 Number ofbacteria detected in six herbicide mixtures ... laboratories and clinical techniques, include DNA cloning for sequencing, detectionofbacteria or viruses (particularly AIDS), functional analysis of genes; the diagnosis of 16 hereditary diseases...
... directly from 0.5 g wet sediment samples using ISOIL for Beads Beating (Nippon Gene, Tokyo) Detectionof pathogens and fecal indicators by PCR and qPCR methods The concentration of (c)DNA of Poliovirus ... Adenovirus was determined using real-time qPCR methods with LightCycler ST300 (Roche, Tokyo) Each 20 The PCR condition including a denaturing step at 95 oC for 10 min, followed by 50 cycles of 95 oC for ... high prevalence of these fecal indicators suggested that part of the fecal indicator bacteria that flew into the river from various contamination sources settle on river and estuarine sediment,...
... examination of tendon tissuefrompatientswith knee joint osteoarthritis (OA) and controls (a) Haematoxylin and eosin staining of tendons from OA patients revealed characteristic changes of tendon ... presence of degenerative changes in the tendon samples ofpatientswith knee joint OA but not in the controls (Fig 1a) We found partial disruption oftissue structure, with fibrillations and inhomogeneous ... expression of Fas in all tissue samples investigated There was scattered staining for Fas throughout the tissues (Fig 1c,d) Although it appeared that the staining was more intense in the OA samples,...
... groups in terms of tumor staging Vascular invasion (T3) occurred inpatientsin the anatomic group (32.1%) and patientsin the non-anatomic group (28%) Nodal involvement occurred inpatientsin the ... after liver resection inpatientswith solitary hepatocellularcarcinoma J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 2005, 12:399-404 Suh KS: Systematic hepatectomy for small hepatocellularcarcinomain Korea ... differentiated T1: single tumor < cm without vascular invasion, T2: single tumor > cm without vascular invasion, T3: solitary tumor >2 cm with vascular invasion, T4: tumor involving a major branch...
... measurement of OP-1 in joint fluid may prove to be of potential value in the clinical evaluation of joint disease processes The results also suggest that identification of the binding partners of OP1 in ... clarified Another interesting finding is that OP-1 was present in the cleaved active form in the SF of OA patients and RA patients, suggesting that, at least in part, the active form of OP-1 could ... for delivery into the joints Because OP-1 has been identified in all connective tissues of the synovial joint, the OP1 found in SF could be derived from any or all of these tissues; this remains...
... sifying the quality of our results in showing no priming or activation of blood phagocytes in untreated OSAS patients The sympathetic over activity in OSAS patients resulting in the rise of plasma ... significant suppression of fMLP- induced respiratory burst of isolated PMNs was reported inpatientswith severe OSAS using the chemiluminescence technique [16-18] Taking into account the divergences ... episodes during sleep did not change the morning and evening intensity of the resting as well as fMLP-induced LBCL, FRAP and blood H2O2 activities in the OSAS patients These suggest a lack of apparent...
... when using rFVIIa in trauma patients Thus, TE events occurred in 4% (6 of 138) of the placebo-treated patients as compared with 4% (6 of 139) of the rFVIIa-treated patients The incidence of fatal ... severity of brain injury None of the 81 trauma patientsin this series had any clinical indication of TE events Zaaroor and Bar-Lavie [23] reported the first series of five patientswith TBI with ... axonal injury, one ischemia, one edema, one intraventricular hemorrhage, and two unspecified), occurring in the remaining 10 of 30 (33%) patientswith TBI Thirteen (43%) of the patientswith TBI...
... Characterization of B-cell infiltrates in synovial tissuefrom JIA patientsIn three JIA cases (one with oligoarticular persistent and two with oligoarticular extended JIA), histologic analysis of synovial tissue ... reported [13], by using purified goat antihuman IgG or IgA or IgM from Southern Biotechnology Associates (Birmingham, AL, USA) After washing and blocking with PBS containing 1% BSA for 30 minutes, serial ... later In all flow-cytometry experiments performed in this study, the first step was the exclusion of non-B cells stained with a combination of the following antibodies and detected in a single...
... for changes in weight, hormone levels and sleep parameters [r(pvalue)] HOMAIR BMI HOMAIR Ghrelin Leptin Insulin Adipon ectin Resistin Ghrelin Leptin Insulin Adiponectin nectin Resistin ESS CPAP ... http://respiratory-research.com/content/12/1/80 in its regulation including changes in insulin sensitivity Insulin administration has been shown to suppress circulating ghrelin levels in some [31] but not all studies [32] Plasma insulin ... levels and insulin resistance correlate inversely with ghrelin This association was BMIindependent in some studies [33] However in a study using euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp method, insulin sensitivity...
... conducted to assess the offset times of the pharmacodynamic effects of prolonged remifentanil infusions in ICU patientswith varying degrees of renal impairment, including patientswith severe renal ... safety profiles of remifentanil administered by continuous intravenous infusion for up to 72 hours in ICU patientswith varying degrees of renal impairment The study was conducted in accordance with ... conducted within 12 hours before the start of remifentanil administration, together with measurement of plasma and urinary creatinine concentration, using the following equation: CLcr (ml/min) =...
... higher inpatientswith purulent meningitis and encephalitis than inpatientswith lymphocytic meningitis and patients suspected of having meningitis but without evidence of CNS infection In accordance ... biochemical parameters in CSF and blood are summarized in Table Inpatientswith purulent meningitis of known aetiology, inpatientswith lymphocytic meningitis and inpatientswith encephalitis, ... was initiated before the lumbar puncture in 23% (7/31) ofpatientswith purulent meningitis of known bacterial aetiology and in 15% (3/20) of those with an unknown bacterial aetiology The initial...
... Ethics Committees of all participating institutions Informed written consent was obtained frompatients that were included in the study Definitions The definition of ICU acquisition of candidaemia ... subset ofpatientsin whom fluconazole was the sole initial antifungal therapy during the initial 72 hours of therapy (but exclusion ofpatientswith breakthrough infection, defined as occurrence of ... Antifungal therapy was initiated in 156 (85%) patients: of these, fluconazole in 76%, amphotericin B deoxycholate in 12%, a lipid formulation of amphotericin B in 4%, caspofungin in 4%, and voriconazole...
... numbers of points from each factor were cumulated to produce a total number of points for that patient A vertical line is then drawn from the line indicating the total number of points to the line indicating ... Recurrence within 5years 583cases Group B No recurrence within 5years 257cases Figure Outcome overview ofpatientswith resectable primary hepatocellularcarcinoma (HCC) within UCSF criteria (PT-INR), ... for the patientswith tumors within UCSF criteria which were superior to those of the patientswith tumors beyond UCSF criteria (Figure 2) However, these treatment results of the patientswith tumors...
... The number of cells increased in fall, and the number of microcystin-degrading bacteria increased with the increase in the concentration of phytoplankton By using methods described in this paper, ... 0.005% of the total bacteria present in the biofilm, and their cell number increased during fall (Fig 3) Fig - Seasonal changes in the abundance ratio of microcystin-degrading bacteriain the biofilm ... slight increase for the Y2 strain) (Fig 1B) A B Fig - (A) Comparison ofdetectionof mlrA gene using QMF and QMR (B) Comparison ofdetectionof mlrA gene using MF and MR primers Arrows indicate...
... tree consisting of dated tips by using the nucleotide sequences of the HPIV1 HN coding region of 43 isolated strains frompatientsin Yamagata prefecture and reference strains by using the ML ... genetic analysis of hemagglutininneuraminidase glycoprotein gene in human parainfluenza virus type isolates frompatientswith acute respiratory infection between 2002 and 2009 in Yamagata prefecture, ... first report of these findings in HPIV1 The distribution of amino acids affects the structure of the HN coding region in HPIV1, and previous reports show that substitutions of amino acids in HN glycoprotein...
... analysis of HCV proteins binding to IgG from patient sera Dot blot analysis of HCV proteins binding to IgG from patient sera HCV proteins were obtained fromtissue culture fluid Protein preparations ... participants included 108 males and 48 females All specimens were freshly processed within an hour of blood drawing Repeat samples were obtained from 77 of the original patientsin order to confirm our initial ... contaminating proteins (B) Analysis of low molecular weight proteins of CIMM-HCV cultured in various cell lines Lane total protein from HCV positive sera, lane transformed B-cells infected with...