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Báo cáo y học: " Concurrent pulmonary zygomycosis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: a case report." pptx

Báo cáo y học: " Concurrent pulmonary zygomycosis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: a case report." pptx

... zygomycetes within necrotic areas of tissue Fungal cultures were negative; therefore anti-fungal sensitivity testing could not be performed Medical management was instigated as the patient's preexisting ... http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/1/1/17 cultures have been negative for M tuberculosis and zygomycetes Conclusion Zygomycetes are the third most common invasive fungal infection in humans after Aspergillus sp and Candida ... (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Medical Case Reports 2007, 1:17 To our knowledge this is the first report of concurrent pulmonary zygomycosis and M tuberculosis infection occurring...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 10:22

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CLAIM FOR LOST, STOLEN OR DESTROYED UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS pot

CLAIM FOR LOST, STOLEN OR DESTROYED UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS pot

... space provided for the title Insert the place and date, as required on the form, and impress the seal of your organization INSTRUCTIONS PURPOSE OF FORM – Use this form to apply for relief on account ... fully responsible for the adequacy of the identification The signatures to the form must be executed in your presence Fully complete and sign the certification form provided for each signature ... destruction of United States Savings Bonds "Bonds," as used on this form, refers to Savings Bonds, Savings Notes, Retirement Plan Bonds, or Individual Retirement Bonds WHO MAY APPLY – This form must...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 21:20

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Báo cáo y học: " CD4 count at presentation for HIV care in the United States and Canada: Are those over 50 years more likely to have a delayed presentation" pps

Báo cáo y học: " CD4 count at presentation for HIV care in the United States and Canada: Are those over 50 years more likely to have a delayed presentation" pps

... Cochran-Armitage trend test for categorical variables or the Cuzick trend test for continuous variables We determined the median absolute CD4 count and interquartile range (IQR) at first presentation for HIV ... presentation for human immunodeficiency virus care in the United States and Canada Clin Infect Dis 2010, 50:1512-1520 Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents: Guidelines for the ... and Human Services 2008, 1-139 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Estimated percentage of new HIV infections by age - United States, 2006 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

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Xpert MTB/RIF test for detection of pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance (Protocol) pptx

Xpert MTB/RIF test for detection of pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance (Protocol) pptx

... approach for developing health care recommendations (Guyatt 2008; WHO 2009) Index test( s) The Xpert MTB/RIF© test is an automated PCR test utilizing the GeneXpert© platform Xpert MTB/RIF can detect TB ... pulmonary TB, using solid or liquid culture as a reference standard Purpose of index test: A.1 Xpert MTB/RIF as a replacement test for smear microscopy A.2 Xpert MTB/RIF as an add-on test after ... technical time Xpert MTB/RIF is considered to be groundbreaking because the test comes close to meeting the niche for a TB point-of-care test Unlike conventional NAA tests, this test is unique because...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:20

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Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005 pot

Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005 pot

... to test for infection with M tuberculosis • After baseline testing for infection with M tuberculosis, HCWs should receive TB screening annually (i.e., symptom screen for all HCWs and testing for ... recommended for HCWs with documentation of a previously positive test result for M tuberculosis infection, treatment for LTBI or TB disease, or for asymptomatic HCWs with negative test results for M tuberculosis ... Additional tests for M tuberculosis infection not need to be performed for HCWs with a documented history of TB disease, documented previously positive test result for M tuberculosis infection, ...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:20

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Báo cáo khoa học: Mycobacterium tuberculosis possesses a functional enzyme for the synthesis of vitamin C, L-gulono-1,4-lactone dehydrogenase doc

Báo cáo khoa học: Mycobacterium tuberculosis possesses a functional enzyme for the synthesis of vitamin C, L-gulono-1,4-lactone dehydrogenase doc

... stages of M tuberculosis infection Interestingly, the promoter of the cell wall catalase-peroxidase ⁄ NADH oxidase [43] gene katG of M tuberculosis, which is important for virulence and for the activation ... physiologic role of the Rv1771 protein in M tuberculosis? Mycobacterium tuberculosis Fig Sequence relationship between L-gulono-1,4-lactone dehydrogenase of M tuberculosis and previously identified ... UDPglucose dehydrogenase Mycobacterium tuberculosis possesses a gene encoding a putative UDP-glucose dehydrogenase (Rv0322) that is necessary for UDPglucuronic acid formation Moreover, the pathogen...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 12:20

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Báo cáo khoa học: Adenylyl cyclase Rv0386 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv uses a novel mode for substrate selection ppt

Báo cáo khoa học: Adenylyl cyclase Rv0386 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv uses a novel mode for substrate selection ppt

... cyclases in Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv: cloning and characterization J Biol Chem 276, 35141–35149 17 Linder JU, Schultz A & Schultz JE (2002) Adenylyl cyclase Rv1264 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... classification of cNMP-binding proteins and nucleotide cyclases with implications for novel regulatory pathways in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Genome Res 10, 204–219 16 Reddy SK, Kamireddi M, Dhanireddy ... Adenylyl cyclase Rv1625c of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a progenitor of mammalian adenylyl cyclases EMBO J 20, 3667–3675 FEBS Journal 272 (2005) 3085–3092 ª 2005 FEBS M tuberculosis adenylyl cyclase...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 21:20

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Báo cáo hóa học: "Case-Control study of Firefighters with documented positive tuberculin skin test results using Quantiferon-TB testing in comparison with Firefighters with negative tuberculin skin test results" potx

Báo cáo hóa học: "Case-Control study of Firefighters with documented positive tuberculin skin test results using Quantiferon-TB testing in comparison with Firefighters with negative tuberculin skin test results" potx

... [http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp /tb/ pubs/tbfactsheets/250103.htm] Mazurek GH, et al.: Guidelines for Using QuantiFERON -TB Gold Test for Detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection, United States MMWR 54(RR15):49-55 ... Latent Tuberculosis Infection; Measure for Measure JAMA 2005, 293, 22:2785-7 Mazuerk GH, Villarino EV: Guidelines for Using theQuantiFERON -TB Test for Diagnosing Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection ... Skin Testing (TBST) using Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) has been the standard for monitoring health care workers and first responders for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) However, PPD testing...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

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Báo cáo y học: " Development and evaluation of an immunochromatographic strip test based on the recombinant UL51 protein for detecting antibody against duck enteritis virus" ppsx

Báo cáo y học: " Development and evaluation of an immunochromatographic strip test based on the recombinant UL51 protein for detecting antibody against duck enteritis virus" ppsx

... obtain results, and is not suitable for testing large quantities of serum samples Other methods for detecting anti-DEV antibodies, such as agar gel precipitin test, Dot-ELISA assay, and passive ... successfully developed a simple and rapid ICS test for detecting DEV serum antibodies for the first time Compared with the ELISA and NT, the ICS test was able to detect anti-DEV antibodies in ... antibody, respectively, for western blotting The remaining protein solution was stored at -20°C for later use Page of Preparation and assembly of ICS An ICS test for detecting DEV-specific antibodies...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:22

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Báo cáo y học: " Theoretical basis for reducing time-lines to the determination of positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis cultures using thymidylate kinase (TMK) assays" ppt

Báo cáo y học: " Theoretical basis for reducing time-lines to the determination of positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis cultures using thymidylate kinase (TMK) assays" ppt

... identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M .tb) cultures There are several existing methods for detecting TB within cultures, but they mostly lack inexpensive platforms for routine use within ... Background Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M .tb) , the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB) , is one of the leading global health challenges [1,2] An estimated 8–10 million persons acquire tuberculosis ... progression to active M tuberculosis infection (ATBI) among persons with existing latent infection (LTBI); (ii) leads to increased susceptibility to new infection with M .tb; (iii) renders diagnosis difficult...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:21

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Báo cáo y học: "GSMN-TB: a web-based genome-scale network model of Mycobacterium tuberculosis metabolism" ppsx

Báo cáo y học: "GSMN-TB: a web-based genome-scale network model of Mycobacterium tuberculosis metabolism" ppsx

... mmol/l and Shownby1formulae,reactionscomposition EC composition for data herethe thefile for the to limits, forGSMN -TB fileper calculationsforfile of1biomass numbers,the the tuberculosis data ... prediction for 20 genes, whereas TraSH generated the correct prediction for 22 genes GSMN -TB and TraSH yielded discordant predictions for eight genes: GSMN -TB gave the correct prediction for three ... antibiotics have been approved for clinical use during the past decade The exceptions (for instance, the oxazolidinones and daptomycin) are not applicable to TB infections New anti -TB drugs are urgently...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

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Characterisation of toll like receptor 8 as a new innate immune receptor for mycobacterium tuberculosis

Characterisation of toll like receptor 8 as a new innate immune receptor for mycobacterium tuberculosis

... highest! ever! rates! for! MDR .TB: ! 58! countries!have!least!one!case!of!MDR .TB; !and!in!parts!of!north.west!Russia,!up!to! 28%!of!the!new !TB! cases!were!MDR .TB! (WHO,!2010c).!!To!date, !TB! remains!the! ... lipoprotein TLR2 MTB, M bovis LprG lipoprotein TLR2 MTB, M bovis ManLAM – MTB, M bovis, M kansasii PE_PGRS33 TLR2 MTB PIM 2, PIM TLR2 MTB, M bovis, M smegmatis PILAM TLR2 M smegmatis Soluble TB factor ... mycobacterium! infection! (Berrington! and! Hawn,! 2007).! Black! populations! in! the! United! States! are!reported!to!be!more!susceptible!to !TB! than!Caucasians,!and!the!basis !for! this! racial!...

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Báo cáo y học: "MALDI-TOF MS Combined With Magnetic Beads for Detecting Serum Protein Biomarkers and Establishment of Boosting Decision Tree Model for Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer"

Báo cáo y học: "MALDI-TOF MS Combined With Magnetic Beads for Detecting Serum Protein Biomarkers and Establishment of Boosting Decision Tree Model for Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer"

... with limited sensitivity (30-40%) for early CRC diagnosis [9] It should be noted that none of these existed serum markers could be used individually for screening for CRC with sufficient accuracy ... be the gold standard for diagnosis, which is however invasive, unpleasant and carries associated risk of morbidity and mortality Identification of high-risk patients using a less invasive test ... nonspecific tests for the early diagnosis of CRC This is a relatively new technique, which is superior to 2D-gel-electrophoresis in proteomic research because of its high sensitivity for proteins...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:18

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Test for general it knowledge

Test for general it knowledge

... configure for transferring data from one computer to another rather than communicate among several computers? A B C D Infrared Point-to-Point Bridge Transceiver 13) True or False? NetBEUI is a ... IPX TCP SPX NetBEUI IP 16) What is the main function of a routable protocol? A B C D To connect two computers together To connect a computer and a server together To provide a path for the packets ... PCs in your subnet 18) You need to add resource record to your DNS server It needs to be an alias for the FTP server What type of record must you add? A B C D E MX CNAME MINFO IN-ADDR-REC MSEWKS...

Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2012, 13:20

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Designing & evaluating an English reading test for the non-majors of Civil Engineering at Haiphong private university

Designing & evaluating an English reading test for the non-majors of Civil Engineering at Haiphong private university

... Proficiency tests  Achievement tests • Class progress tests • Final achievement tests  Diagnostic tests  Placement tests  Aptitude or Prognostic tests  Direct tests versus indirect tests-Discrete- ... the test may be valid for some purposes, but not for others For example, if the purpose of a test is to test ability to communicate in a foreign language, then it is valid if it actually tests ... tests-Discrete- point tests versus intergrative tests  Norm-referenced tests versus criterion-referenced tests  Objective tests versus Subjective tests  Communicative tests Generally there...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 14:12

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Evaluating the Reliability and Validity of an English Achievement Test for Third-year Non- major students at the University of Technology, Ho Chi Minh National University and some suggestions for chan

Evaluating the Reliability and Validity of an English Achievement Test for Third-year Non- major students at the University of Technology, Ho Chi Minh National University and some suggestions for chan

... table called A checklist for Test Evaluation The checklist is for rating of the adequacy of a test for any given purpose -8- Table 2.1 A checklist for test evaluation Name of test ... appearance, etc • Test items are not pre-tested before live tests - 23 - 3.2.2 The current final third-year achievement test (English 6) General information: * Final Achievement Test, Semester ... testing: - Test- retest Method c Examiner bias - Inter-rater Reliability - 12 - Parallel form reliability: indicates how consistent test scores are likely to be if a person takes two or more forms...

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