Publications
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| large decompressive craniectomy in management of severe cerebral contusion. a review of 207 cases. | 1999 | 91129 | |
| kocuria palustris sp. nov. and kocuria rhizophila sp. nov., isolated from the rhizoplane of the narrow-leaved cattail (typha angustifolia). | two gram-positive, aerobic spherical actinobacteria were isolated from the rhizoplane of narrow-leaved cattail (typha angustifolia) collected from a floating mat in the soroksár tributary of the danube river, hungary. sequence comparisons of the 16s rdna indicated these isolates to be phylogenetic neighbours of members of the genus kocuria, family micrococcaceae, in which they represent two novel lineages. the phylogenetic distinctness of the two organisms ta68t and taga27t was supported by dna- ... | 1999 | 10028258 |
| diamine oxidase and putrescine oxidase immobilized reactors in flow injection analysis: a comparison in substrate specificity. | enzyme reactors for the determination of biogenic amines have been developed using diamine oxidase (dao) from porcine kidney and from lentil and putrescine oxidase (puo) from microorganism (micrococcus roseus). determination is based on the electrochemical oxidation of enzymatically produced h(2)o(2) at platinum electrode poised at 600 mv versus ag/agcl. the enzymes are immobilized on controlled pore glass beads activated by glutaraldehyde in a small reactor (diameter 5 mm, length 50 mm) and inc ... | 1999 | 18967704 |
| the status of the genus pelczaria (poston 1994) and the species pelczaria aurantia (poston 1994). request for an opinion. | based upon the results of another publication [p. schumann et al. (2000). int j syst evol microbiol 50, 1421-1424) it is concluded that the culture pelczaria aurantia atcc 49321t (= dsm 12801t) currently being distributed does not conform to the description of the type strain of pelczaria aurantia (poston 1994) and the type species of the genus pelczaria (poston 1994). it is proposed that the judicial commission consider (1) that the organism currently deposited as atcc 49321t and dsm 12801t be ... | 2000 | 10939680 |
| mmpi changes in briefly hospitalized non-narcotic drug users. | the minnesota multiphasic personality inventory (mmpi) was administered to 66 non-narcotic drug abusers as part of an intensive study of polydrug abuse. patients were classified into four primary drug-of-abuse groups using either stimulants, barbiturates, other sedative-hypnotics, or a combination of these drugs. it was readministered to 42 of these patients after 2 weeks' hospitalization. at admission, the group's mmpi profile was consistent with psychosis. at discharge, most of the mmpi t-scor ... | 2000 | 18551 |
| pelczaria aurantia atcc 49321t (=dsm 12801t) is a strain of kocuria rosea (flügge 1886) stackebrandt et al. 1995. | phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic analyses of pelczaria aurantia atcc 49321t (= dsm 12801t) indicate that this species is very closely related to kocuria rosea. the dna-dna reassociation value of 87.1% determined for the type strains of the two species supports this finding. the results of phylogenetic analysis of the 16s rdna of a subculture of the original strain of pelczaria aurantia, deposited at the national institutes of health, bethesda, md, usa, as 'neisseria aurantia', are identical to th ... | 2000 | 10939645 |
| steroid biotransformation by different strains of micrococcus sp. | a strain of micrococcus sp. was isolated for its capability of side chain degradation of cholesterol. this strain was characterized and identified as micrococcus roseus. it was found to be the best strain for the production of androsta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione and androst-4-ene-3,17-dione compared with other micrococcus strains. | 2001 | 11501468 |
| [glomerulonephritis secondary to chronic infection of a ventriculoatrial shunt]. | a 39-year-old man was referred for assessment of a nephrotic syndrome. he reported deteriorating health with bouts of fever and microhaematuria and proteinuria in the past year. at the age of 24 years a ventriculoatrial shunt had been inserted for an internal hydrocephalus. at another hospital he was given steroids for a nephrotic syndrome suspected of being associated with membranoproliferative glomerulitis, but the disease progressed. on admission he had severe generalised oedema with a temper ... | 2001 | 11687981 |
| high-pressure adaptation by salt stress in a moderately halophilic bacterium obtained from open seawater. | high-pressure adaptation was examined using a moderately halophilic bacterium (micrococcus roseus), which was isolated from open seawater and capable of growing in 15% w/v nacl (optimum nacl concentration: 3% w/v). after treatment at 207 mpa, colony-forming units (cfus) significantly decreased; however, the loss of integral cells after pressure was only 30% when direct cell count was performed microscopically. in order to investigate the piezotolerance of m. roseus under high pressure without mo ... | 2001 | 11693921 |
| gamma irradiation and cellular damage in kocuria rosea: investigation by one- and two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy. | fourier transform infrared (ft-ir) spectroscopy was used to investigate the radiation-induced effects on kocuria rosea. bacterial suspensions at the stationary phase were exposed to increasing doses of gamma radiation. in the region 1350-840cm(-1), assigned to phosphodiester backbone, nucleic acids, and sugar rings, the radical damaging effects were dose-dependent, with the first threshold at 2.75kgy and the second at 13.75kgy inducing more striking spectral variations. postirradiation reincubat ... | 2002 | 12464274 |
| essential oil constituents and in vitro antimicrobial activity of decalepis hamiltonii roots against foodborne pathogens. | hydrodistillation of decalepis hamiltonii roots yielded an essential oil (0.33% v/w) that contained 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde (37.45%), 2-hydroxybenzaldehyde (31.01%), 4-o-methylresorcylaldehyde (9.12%), benzyl alcohol (3.16%), and alpha-atlantone (2.06%) as major constituents, with aromatic aldehydes constituting the main fraction of this root's essential oil. the oil was tested for its antimicrobial activity against foodborne pathogens responsible for food spoilage and human pathologies ... | 2002 | 12009977 |
| kocuria polaris sp. nov., an orange-pigmented psychrophilic bacterium isolated from an antarctic cyanobacterial mat sample. | strain cms 76ort, an orange-pigmented bacterium, was isolated from a cyanobacterial mat sample from a pond located in mcmurdo dry valley, antarctica. on the basis of chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic properties, strain cms 76ort was identified as a member of the genus kocuria. it exhibited a 16s rdna similarity of 99.8% and dna-dna similarity of 71% with kocuria rosea (atcc 186t). phenotypic traits confirmed that strain cms 78ort and k. rosea were well differentiated. furthermore, strain cms 76ort ... | 2003 | 12656171 |
| prenatal diagnosis of fabry's disease by direct analysis of chorionic villi. | six pregnancies of three carriers for x-linked fabry's disease, were monitored by chromosome and enzyme analysis. two affected male fetuses were detected by the demonstration of alpha-galactosidase deficiency in amniotic fluid cells and chorionic villi respectively. the use of chorionic villi enabled a diagnosis within a few hours after sampling in the ninth week of pregnancy whereas the use of amniotic fluid cells in the earlier case required two weeks of culturing after amniocentesis in the 16 ... | 2003 | 3035532 |
| [the incidence of abnormal eeg patterns with clozapine therapy (author's transl)]. | during treatment with clozapine 59% of 127 patients showed abnormal eegs. remarkable are paroxysmal disturbances with sharp waves and/or sw-pattern in ca. 13%. generalized tonic-clonic convulsive cereberal seizures were observed only twice. | 2004 | 383098 |
| psychiatric morbidity and pregnancy: a controlled study of 263 semi-rural ugandan women. | two hundred and sixty three pregnant ugandan women and 89 non-pregnant, non-puerperal women were interviewed using a semi-structured psychiatric questionnaire. comparison of psychiatric morbidity between the control group and matched pregnant women showed an increased frequency of psychiatric morbidity in pregnant women. separated pregnant women were particularly at risk. no association was found between antenatal psychiatric morbidity and age, gravidity, number of co-wives or the duration of th ... | 2004 | 444790 |
| [choroid plexus carcinoma with metastasis to bone (author's transl)]. | a very rare case of the choroid plexus carcinoma of the left lateral ventricle with metastasis to bone was reported. a two-month-old baby was suffering from irritability and vomiting. her vital signs became progressively worse. on admission she showed an increased head circumference and meningeal irritation signs. an emergency tapping of the right lateral ventricle at the anterior fontanel revealed the bloody csf and an opening pressure of over 700 mm of water. all laboratory findings were negat ... | 2004 | 492463 |
| catheter-related bacteremia due to kocuria rosea in a patient undergoing peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. | micrococcus species may cause intracranial abscesses, meningitis, pneumonia, and septic arthritis in immunosuppressed or immunocompetent hosts. in addition, strains identified as micrococcus spp. have been reported recently in infections associated with indwelling intravenous lines, continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis fluids, ventricular shunts and prosthetic valves. | 2004 | 15615593 |
| isolation and characterization of microorganisms from instruments used by pedicurists operating within lagos metropolis, nigeria. | eight bacterial and five fungal species were isolated from swab samples taken from instruments used by pedicurists operating at three different sites in lagos, nigeria. the bacterial isolates included micrococcus luteus, micrococcus roseus, staphylococcus epidermidis, staphylococcus aureus, hafnia spp, shigella spp, bacillus subtilis and bacillus spp. the five fungal isolates were identified as aspergillus niger, aspergillus flavus, mucor spp, trichophyton spp and candida albicans. the presence ... | 2004 | 15816270 |
| stenosing tenovaginitis affecting the tendon of extensor digiti minimi at the wrist. | we report a patient with stenosing tenovaginitis affecting the sheath of the tendon of extensor digiti minimi. the similarities to typical de quervain's disease are discussed. | 2004 | 520874 |
| [ultrasonic localization for closed renal biopsy]. | 2004 | 520913 | |
| a biotechnological process for treatment and recycling poultry feathers as a feed ingredient. | a strain of kocuria rosea with keratinolytic capacity was cultured aerobically on submerged feathers to obtain a fermented feather meal (ffm). this ffm enriched with cells of k. rosea mainly contains crude protein (71%). the pepsin digestibility of the fermented product (88%) was similar to the value of the commercial feather meal and more than 70% greater that untreated feathers. the bacterial biomass improved the content of amino acids lysine (3.46%), histidine (0.94%) and methionine (0.69%). ... | 2005 | 16023573 |
| bioremediation of contaminated surface water by immobilized micrococcus roseus. | the problems caused by contaminated surface water have gradually become more serious in recent years. although various remediation technologies were investigated, unfortunately, no efficient method was developed. in this paper, a new bioremediation technology was studied using micrococcus roseus, which was immobilized in porous spherical beads by an improved polyvinyl alcohol (pva) - sodium alginate (sa) embedding method. the experimental results indicated that cod removal rate could reach 64.7 ... | 2005 | 16128392 |
| rejection of the genus name pelczaria with the species pelczaria aurantia poston 1994. opinion 78. | the judicial commission of the international committee for systematics of prokaryotes has decided to place the genus pelczaria with the species pelczaria aurantia on the list of nomina rejicienda, due to the lack of an authentic type or neotype strain. | 2005 | 15653927 |
| [dependence on metaquolone-diphenyldramine combination]. | 2005 | 1180723 | |
| familial occurrence of bilateral intracranial occlusion of the internal carotid arteries (moya moya). | in a family of 14 brothers and sisters, 3 cases of occlusive disease of the large intracranial vessels (moya moya) were found. each of the three had one or more cerebrovascular attacks and a typical cerebral angiogram. eight other members of the family had severe headaches. angiography was carried out in three of these with normal findings. | 2005 | 1181815 |
| [drug addiction behavior in its relationship with suicidal behavior]. | 2005 | 1233895 | |
| kocuria aegyptia sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a saline, alkaline desert soil in egypt. | a coccoid, non-motile actinobacterium, designated strain yim 70003t, was isolated from a saline, alkaline, desert-soil sample from egypt. phylogenetic analysis based on 16s rrna gene sequences revealed that the organism formed a distinct phyletic line within the genus kocuria and was most closely related to kocuria polaris dsm 14382t (98.6 % sequence similarity) and kocuria rosea dsm 20447t (98.2 %). chemotaxonomic data, including the lys-ala3 peptidoglycan type, the presence of phosphatidylglyc ... | 2006 | 16585685 |
| response surface methodology for the optimization of keratinase production in culture medium containing feathers produced by kocuria rosea. | a 43-fold increase in keratinase production by kocuria rosea was achieved in batch fermentation using response surface methodology. factorial designs were used to select the components of a culture medium that showed a significant effect on keratinase production. an orthogonal-central composite experimental design was performed, with only two (feathers and magnesium) from nine initial compounds being further analyzed by response surface methodology. an optimum keratinase production of 14 886.9 u ... | 2006 | 16699569 |
| kocuria himachalensis sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from the indian himalayas. | a reddish orange bacterium, strain k07-05(t), was isolated from soil during a study of the bacterial diversity of a cold desert of the indian himalayas and was studied by using a polyphasic approach. the organism had morphological and chemotaxonomic properties consistent with its classification in the genus kocuria. phylogenetic analysis of the 16s rrna gene sequence showed that strain k07-05(t) was closely related to kocuria rosea dsm 20447(t) and kocuria polaris mtcc 3702(t) (98.1 and 97.8 % s ... | 2006 | 16902039 |
| ige-secreting cells in the thymus: correlation with induction of tolerance to ige. | we have shown previously that normal mice become tolerant to endogenous ige when they are approximately 2 weeks old and that this corresponds closely with the initial appearance of ige in serum. tolerance evidently is restricted to t cells, since b cells responsive to ige are present in neonatal and adult mice. the present report shows that ige-secreting cells can be detected in the thymus between days 7 and 11 after birth and that the onset of tolerance to ige occurs at the age of 11 days. simi ... | 2006 | 1594629 |
| culturable airborne bacteria in outdoor environments in beijing,china. | airborne bacteria are important biological components of bioaerosol and play an important role in ecosystem. bacteria at a high concentration in the atmosphere can result in biological air pollution and all kinds of diseases. in this study, a systematical survey on the culturable airborne bacteria was carried out for 1 year at three sites in beijing urban area. results showed that concentrations of culturable bacteria ranged from 71 colony forming units (cfu)/m(3) to 22,100 cfu/m(3), and the mea ... | 2007 | 17308950 |
| medicinal smoke reduces airborne bacteria. | this study represents a comprehensive analysis and scientific validation of our ancient knowledge about the effect of ethnopharmacological aspects of natural products' smoke for therapy and health care on airborne bacterial composition and dynamics, using the biolog microplate panels and microlog database. we have observed that 1h treatment of medicinal smoke emanated by burning wood and a mixture of odoriferous and medicinal herbs (havan sámagri=material used in oblation to fire all over india) ... | 2007 | 17913417 |
| [surgical laparoscopy--minimally invasive surgery]. | 2007 | 1829132 | |
| neurilemmoma of the intrathoracic vagus nerve. | a neurilemmoma (schwannoma) of the left intrathoracic vagus nerve was discovered on a chest radiograph of a 28 yr old woman and was removed via a left thoracotomy. although neurogenic tumours are the most common tumours of the mediastinum, they rarely involve the intrathoracic vagus nerve. | 2007 | 1855582 |
| identification of lactic acid bacteria and gram-positive catalase-positive cocci isolated from naturally fermented sausage (sucuk). | the aim of the study was to identify lactic acid bacteria and gram-positive catalase-positive cocci isolated from turkish dry fermented sausage (sucuk) produced by 7 different manufacturers without using starter culture. a total of 129 isolates of lactic acid bacteria were identified phenotypically. lactobacillus plantarum was the dominant species (45.7%) followed by l. curvatus (10.9%) and l. fermentum (9.3%). pediococcus isolates were identified as p. pentosaceus and p. acidilactici. all the i ... | 2008 | 19019118 |
| lymphoma phenotyping in formalin-fixed and paraffin wax-embedded tissues. i. range of antibodies and staining patterns. | recently, monoclonal antibodies capable of phenotyping malignant lymphomas in routinely fixed and processed tissue have become available. some of these reagents identify lineage-restricted variants of the leucocyte common molecule, whereas others identify unique fixation-resistant epitopes on lymphoid cells, some of which are shared by non-lymphoid tissues. a new generation of antibodies recognizing 'classical' leucocyte antigens such as cd3 are also emerging. refinements in antigen detection sy ... | 2008 | 2661395 |
| quality control practices in centralized tumor registries in north america. | a survey of quality control practices was mailed to 73 central registries in the u.s. and canada. the response rate was 88%, with respondents representing a wide range of registry characteristics and reporting strategies. while registries expressed different priorities in data use, 80% of respondents felt quality control data were important in the identification of problems. the most common method of quality control was acceptance sampling (used by 97% of respondents), and took the form of visua ... | 2008 | 2243256 |
| [effect of bacterial satellites on chlamydomonas reinhardtii growth in an algo-bacterial community]. | the growth characteristics of an algo-bacterial community (chlamydomonas reinhardtii and bacterial satellites) were studied, as well as the mechanism and patterns of bacterial effect on algae. four strains of predominant bacteria were isolated and partially characterized. they were assigned to the following taxa: rhodococcus terrea, micrococcus roseus, and bacillus spp. a pure culture of the alga under study was obtained by plating serial dilutions on agarized media with ampicillin. within the a ... | 2008 | 18365726 |
| growth and biosurfactant synthesis by nigerian hydrocarbon-degrading estuarine bacteria. | the ability of microorganisms to degrade petroleum hydrocarbons is important for finding an environmentally-friendly method to restoring contaminated environmental matrices. screening of hydrocarbon-utilizing and biosurfactant-producing abilities of organisms from an estuarine ecosystem in nigeria, africa, resulted in the isolation of five microbial strains identified as corynebacterium sp. ddv1, flavobacterium sp. ddv2, micrococcus roseus ddv3, pseudomonas aeruginosa ddv4 and saccharomyces cere ... | 2008 | 19419068 |
| complications of intracranial bypass for vertebrobasilar insufficiency. | the authors' initial experience with intracranial revascularization of vertebrobasilar insufficiency, reported previously, fortunately yielded reasonably good results with high patency rates but in some cases there were significant, albeit temporary, complications. since that time, major brain-stem strokes have occurred in two patients following superficial temporal to superior cerebellar artery bypass procedures. this occurrence has caused the authors to reassess their experience with this proc ... | 2008 | 2643687 |
| complications of intracranial bypass for vertebrobasilar insufficiency. | the authors' initial experience with intracranial revascularization of vertebrobasilar insufficiency, reported previously, fortunately yielded reasonably good results with high patency rates but in some cases there were significant, albeit temporary, complications. since that time, major brain-stem strokes have occurred in two patients following superficial temporal to superior cerebellar artery bypass procedures. this occurrence has caused the authors to reassess their experience with this proc ... | 2008 | 2643687 |
| review of european clinical experience with fenofibrate. | since the introduction of fenofibrate to european clinical practice in 1975, some 6.5 million patient-years of experience in the treatment of hyperlipidemia have been accumulated. a review of results of clinical trials shows fenofibrate to have a broad spectrum of lipid-lowering activity, reducing the total cholesterol level by 20-25% in type iia patients and triglycerides by 40-60% in type iib and iv patients. high levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol are reduced and, where low at base ... | 2008 | 2653620 |
| [peritonitis due to kocuria rosea in a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis case]. | micrococcus strains which are the normal flora members of skin, mucosa and oropharynx, may lead to infections associated with intravenous catheter, chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis, venticular shunt and prosthetic valve. in this paper, a case of peritonitis due to kocuria rosea of micrococcea family, in a patient undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (capd), was presented. fiftysix years old female patient was admitted to the hospital by complaints of abdominal pain, nausea ... | 2009 | 19621623 |
| antibacterial activity of oregano (origanum vulgare linn.) against gram positive bacteria. | the present investigation is focused on antibacterial potential of infusion, decoction and essential oil of oregano (origanum vulgare) against 111 gram-positive bacterial isolates belonging to 23 different species related to 3 genera. infusion and essential oil exhibited antibacterial activity against staphylococcus saprophyticus, s. aureus, micrococcus roseus, m. kristinae, m. nishinomiyaensis, m. lylae, m. luteus, m. sedentarius, m. varians, bacillus megaterium, b. thuringiensis, b. alvei, b. ... | 2009 | 19783523 |
| the use of chromogenic bacteria as coloured substitutes for pathogens: a simple strategy during design and development of a new method for sample pretreatment. | in the present study, chromogenic (red) bacteria were used to simulate actual target bacteria during set-up and optimization of an isolation process of bacteria, designed for food samples. isolation of bacteria from food in the context of molecular biological detection of food pathogens is a multistep process. development of such a separation method requires continuous monitoring of the location of the presumable targets in the sample tubes. therefore, red-coloured pigmented bacteria were used a ... | 2010 | 19874486 |
| decolorization and detoxification of sulfonated azo dye methyl orange by kocuria rosea mtcc 1532. | kocuria rosea (mtcc 1532) showed 100% decolorization of methyl orange (50 mg l(-1)) under static condition. the optimum ph and temperature for dye decolorization was 6.8 and 30 degrees c, respectively. the k. rosea (mtcc 1532) showed maximum decolorization of methyl orange when growth medium containing yeast extract as compared to other substrates. the culture exhibited significant ability to decolorize repeated additions of dye, with reduction in time up to 12 h at eighth dye aliquot addition. ... | 2010 | 19969416 |
| effects of bovine milk lactoperoxidase system on some bacteria. | bovine lactoperoxidase (lpo) was purified from skimmed milk using amberlite cg-50-h+ resin, cm sephadex c-50 ion-exchange chromatography, and sephadex g-100 gel filtration chromatography. lactoperoxidase was purified 20.45-fold with a yield of 28.8%. purity of enzyme checked by sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis method and a single band was observed. km was 0.25 mm at 20 degrees c, vmax value was 7.95 micromol/ml min at 20 degrees c (ph 6.0). antibacterial study was done ... | 2010 | 20198919 |
| phytoremediation of metals from fly ash through bacterial augmentation. | different combinations of four bacterial strains isolated from fly ash were used by us to study their impact on phytoextraction of metals from fly ash by brassica juncea grown in fly ash amended with farm yard manure (50:50 w/w). out of 11 bacterial consortia, a combination of two strains i.e. paenibacillus macerans nbrft5 + bacillus pumilus nbrft9 (c7) inoculated in the rhizosphere was found to enhance pb accumulation maximally by 278%, mn by 75%, zn by 163%, cr by 226% and ni by 414% compared ... | 2010 | 21080221 |
| kocuria atrinae sp. nov., isolated from traditional korean fermented seafood. | a novel actinobacterium, strain p30(t), was isolated from jeotgal, a traditional korean fermented seafood. cells were aerobic, gram-positive, non-motile and coccoid. optimal growth occurred at 30-37 degrees c, at ph 8-9 and in the presence of 0-2 % (w/v) nacl. based on 16s rrna gene sequence analysis, strain p30(t) was phylogenetically closely related to kocuria carniphila, kocuria gwangalliensis, kocuria rhizophila, kocuria marina, kocuria rosea and k. varians with levels of similarity of 98.6, ... | 2010 | 19661502 |
| complicated migraine: case report. | the occurrence of long lasting focal neurological deficit as a complication of migraine is well known. a high incidence of c.t. scan abnormalities have been seen in subjects affected by severe complicated migraine; in some cases such lesions had the aspect of cerebral infarction. in this report we will relate case of a 29 year old woman with complicated migraine and multifocal suffering within the area of the hind brain circulation. the hypodense area we found with c.t. in the left cerebellar he ... | 2010 | 3042690 |
| complicated migraine: case report. | the occurrence of long lasting focal neurological deficit as a complication of migraine is well known. a high incidence of c.t. scan abnormalities have been seen in subjects affected by severe complicated migraine; in some cases such lesions had the aspect of cerebral infarction. in this report we will relate case of a 29 year old woman with complicated migraine and multifocal suffering within the area of the hind brain circulation. the hypodense area we found with c.t. in the left cerebellar he ... | 2010 | 3042690 |
| kocuria sediminis sp. nov., isolated from a marine sediment sample. | a gram-positive, pinkish-orange pigmented, coccoid strain, fcs-11(t) was isolated from a marine sediment sample taken from kochi fort area, kerala, india and subjected to polyphasic taxonomic study. the 16s rrna gene sequence of the strain was determined and the results of 16s rrna gene sequence analysis showed that the strain fcs-11(t) should be assigned to the genus kocuria. the chemotaxonomic data supported this taxonomic placement i.e. menaquinones mk-7(h(2)), mk-8(h(2)) and mk-9(h(2)); majo ... | 2011 | 22012251 |
| Isolation and characterization of aerobic culturable arsenic-resistant bacteria from surfacewater and groundwater of Rautahat District, Nepal. | Arsenic (As) contamination of groundwater is a serious Environmental Health Management issue of drinking water sources especially in Terai region of Nepal. Many studies have reported that due to natural abundance of arsenic in the environment, various bacteria have developed different resistance mechanisms for arsenic compound. In this study, the culturable arsenic-resistant bacteria indigenous to surfacewater as well as groundwater from Rautahat District of Nepal were randomly isolated by stand ... | 2011 | 21868146 |
| production of cold-active bacterial lipases through semisolid state fermentation using oil cakes. | production of cold active lipase by semisolid state fermentation involves the use of agroindustrial residues. in the present study, semisolid state fermentation was carried out for the production of cold active lipase using micrococcus roseus, isolated from soil samples of gangotri glaciers, western himalayas. among various substrate tested, groundnut oil cake (goc) favored maximal yield of lipases at 15 ± 1°c within 48 h. supplementation of glucose 1% (w/v) as additional carbon source and ammon ... | 2011 | 21603249 |
| bioaffinity sensors. | 2011 | 3131631 | |
| dental care for seniors. | 2011 | 3063356 | |
| laryngo-tracheo-bronchial foreign bodies in children. | inhalation of a foreign body into the respiratory passage can be a serious and sometimes fatal childhood accident. in this paper we analyse the management of 223 children with laryngo-tracheo-bronchial foreign bodies. children below three years of age were found to be the most vulnerable. the majority of the patients were boys. over a quarter of the patients did not present with a history of inhalation. only 52 per cent reported within 24 hours of inhalation. endoscopic removal was possible in a ... | 2011 | 3209937 |
| a ten years follow-up of the results of surgery for dupuytren's disease. a study of fifty-eight cases. | fifty-eight patients (52 males and 6 females) operated on for dupuytren contracture were examined by the same author with a more than ten year follow-up. at time of surgery the average was 55 years old. 69 hands (169 fingers) rated 4.33 according to the simplified tubiana's score were treated by the same operative procedure: mac indoe's incision, digital z plasty (if needed), subtotal fasciectomy and physiotherapy beginning 8 days postoperatively. at long term, recurrence appears for 49 hands (7 ... | 2011 | 3233038 |
| comparison of methods of carbamazepine dosage, individualization in epileptic patients. | the aim of the present work was to analyse the predictive capacity of different optimization methods for carbamazepine dosage regimens according to population pharmacokinetic parameters and/or serum levels data. calculations were performed using a multiple non-linear regression program (multi 2 bayes) with two different options: (a) using the ordinary least squares methods and (b) the least squares method based on the bayesian algorithm. the predictive capacity of the three methods was analysed ... | 2011 | 3235481 |
| comparison of methods of carbamazepine dosage, individualization in epileptic patients. | the aim of the present work was to analyse the predictive capacity of different optimization methods for carbamazepine dosage regimens according to population pharmacokinetic parameters and/or serum levels data. calculations were performed using a multiple non-linear regression program (multi 2 bayes) with two different options: (a) using the ordinary least squares methods and (b) the least squares method based on the bayesian algorithm. the predictive capacity of the three methods was analysed ... | 2011 | 3235481 |
| hypoglycemia induced by co-trimoxazole in aids. | 2011 | 3147758 | |
| roles of retinal periphery and depth periphery in linear vection and visual control of standing in humans. | 2011 | 3730954 | |
| [postoperative radiotherapy of supratentorial anaplastic glioma]. | between 1970 and 1983, 149 patients with high grade anaplastic supratentorial gliomas received a postoperative irradiation during primary treatment. 118 out of these patients had an anaplastic astrocytoma, 18 an anaplastic oligodendroglioma, and 13 an anaplastic ependymoma. most of these patients were treated by irradiation of a great volume with 50 gy within five weeks, the others by irradiation of the total brain with 50 gy within five weeks and saturation with 10 gy within one week. the one-y ... | 2012 | 3738736 |
| [angiography and digital subtraction angiography]. | in pediatrics angiography is a method that is used relatively rarely. during the last few years the introduction of nonionic contrast media has led to considerable progress in the field of conventional angiography since these contrast media are tolerated much better than the ionic ones. also in the field of catheter techniques the introduction of new catheters has led to considerable progress. the new catheters are characterized by very thin walls and wide lumina which allow a high flow of contr ... | 2012 | 3528821 |
| [diversity and antimicrobial activities of actinomycetes from pesticide-contaminated spots in shandong peninsula]. | in order to study diversity and find antimicrobial activities of actinomycetes from pesticide-contaminated spots in shandong peninsula. | 2012 | 22799208 |
| jakob erdheim. eminent pathologist of vienna. | 2012 | 3318534 | |
| stimulated phytoextraction of metals from fly ash by microbial interventions. | various combinations of fly ash tolerant bacteria isolated from the rhizospheric zone of typha latifolia naturally growing on a fly ash dump site were tested for enhanced metal uptake by brassica juncea grown in fly ash amended with press mud. after enrichment of the bacteria in a nutrient broth, they were subsequently applied to the rhizospheric zone of b. juncea in different combinations. when the metal analysis was done in the plants at their maturity, it was revealed that out of 11 bacterial ... | 2012 | 23393983 |
| reconstruction of microtia with conchal remnant. | in microtia with conchal remnant (type b microtia), there are various degrees of deformity; consequently, different surgical procedures are required for individual cases. to clarify and simplify these complicated surgical techniques, type b microtia is divided into two types, type bi and type bii, from the standpoint of the emphasis on conchal creation. the methods of treatment are discussed. | 2012 | 3273009 |
| [in memory of prof. ivan stanek. a contribution on the commemoration of his 70th birthday]. | 2012 | 3307198 | |
| nurses' uniforms: how many bacteria do they carry after one shift? | this pilot study investigated the pathogens that nurses are potentially bringing into the public and their home when they wear work uniforms outside of the work environment. to achieve this, sterilized uniforms were distributed to 10 nurses at a local hospital in washington state at the beginning of their shift. worn uniforms were collected at the end of the shifts and sent to a laboratory for analysis. four tests were conducted: 1) a heterotrophic growth plate count, 2) methicillin-resistant st ... | 2012 | 25285235 |
| [bacteremia by kocuria rosea in an aids patient]. | kocuria rosea is an uncommon pathogen may cause opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patient. we report a hiv patient, who presented bacteremia caused by kocuria rosea. he was successfully treated with vancomycin and by catheter removal. | 2012 | 23096480 |
| putrescine biosensor based on putrescine oxidase from kocuria rosea. | the novel putrescine oxidase based amperometric biosensor selectively measures putrescine, which can be considered as an indicator of microbial spoilage. putrescine oxidase (puox, ec 1.4.3.10) was isolated from kocuria rosea (micrococcus rubens) by an improved and simplified purification process. cells were grown on brain heart infusion medium supplemented with putrescine. cell-free extract was prepared in tris buffer (ph 8.0) by bead-beater. a newly elaborated step based on three-phase partitio ... | 2012 | 22975122 |
| chemometric formulation of bacterial consortium-avs for improved decolorization of resonance-stabilized and heteropolyaromatic dyes. | a bacterial consortium-avs, consisting of pseudomonas desmolyticum ncim 2112, kocuria rosea mtcc 1532 and micrococcus glutamicus ncim 2168 was formulated chemometrically, using the mixture design matrix based on the design of experiments methodology. the formulated consortium-avs decolorized acid blue 15 and methylene blue with a higher average decolorization rate, which is more rapid than that of the pure cultures. the uv-vis spectrophotometric, fourier transform infra red spectrophotometric an ... | 2012 | 22940340 |
| pyramidamycins a-d and 3-hydroxyquinoline-2-carboxamide; cytotoxic benzamides from streptomyces sp. dgc1. | four new benzamides, pyramidamycins a-d (2-5) along with the new natural 3-hydroxyquinoline-2-carboxamide (6) were isolated from the crude extract of streptomyces sp. dgc1. additionally, five other known compounds, namely 2-aminobenzamide (anthranilamide) (1), 4',7-dihydroxyisoflavanone (7), 2'-deoxy-thymidine, 2'-deoxy-uridine and adenosine were also isolated and identified. the structures of the new compounds 2-6 were elucidated by 1d and 2d nmr studies along with hr ms analyses. the isolated ... | 2012 | 23047245 |
| radio-resistance in psychrotrophic kocuria sp. asb 107 isolated from ab-e-siah radioactive spring. | a new isolate, kocuria sp. asb 107 from the ab-e-siah mineral radioactive spring (ramsar, mazandaran province, iran) was characterized on the basis of morphological and biochemical characteristics plus 16s rrna gene sequencing. the isolate is most closely related to kocuria rosea dsm 20447(t) (99.7% sequence similarity) and kocuria polaris dsm 14382(t) (99.5%). this strain has some resistance to various genotoxic stresses, such as ionizing radiation, ultraviolet (256 nm- uv) and corona discharge ... | 2012 | 22809716 |
| [detoxification of high concentrations of trinitrotoluene by bacteria]. | the ability of the strains-destructors of various aromatic compounds to utilize trinitrotoluene (tnt) up to concentration of 70 mg/1 was shown. an increase in the tnt concentration from 100 to 150 mg/1 did not inhibit its conversion rate by the kocuria palustris rs32 strain. the acinetobacter sp. vt 11 strain utilized tnt as a sole substrate for growth; 3,5-dinitro-4-methyl anilide acetate and 2,6-dinitro-4-aminotoluene were identified as intermediates of tnt degradation by active strains of pse ... | 2012 | 22567882 |
| [immunological reactivity of patients with suppurative lung diseases and the effectiveness of immunocorrective therapy]. | patients with acute lung abscesses and bronchiectatic diseases manifested deep changes in the immune responsiveness, which were largely of compensatory (elevation of iga content to over 2 mg/ml), immunosuppressive (decrease of lymphocyte blast transformation with pha down to 52.2 and 48.6%) or autoimmune (increase of spontaneous lymphocyte blast transformation up to 8%) character. in patients with acute lung abscesses, the indicators enumerated tended during treatment toward normalization which ... | 2012 | 3873719 |
| [tns in peripheral circulatory disorders]. | 2012 | 3264599 | |
| comparative study in exercise tolerance between vvi and activity-sensing rate-responsive pacing. | 2012 | 3678256 | |
| the post-polio syndrome. | 2012 | 3457467 | |
| bilirubin, intraventricular hemorrhage, and phenobarbital in very low birth weight babies. | the relationships among serum bilirubin concentration on days 5 and 7, birth weight, the presence of intraventricular hemorrhage, and the receipt of phenobarbital were examined in a group of 232 newborns weighing less than 1,751 g who were intubated, mechanically ventilated by 12 hours after birth, and whose parents had given permission for a randomized trial of phenobarbital prophylaxis of intraventricular hemorrhage. the ratio of serum bilirubin concentration to birth weight (the bilirubin div ... | 2012 | 3405664 |
| retraction of publications. | 2013 | 3545676 | |
| physician attitudes toward office based non-pharmacological treatment of anxiety. | despite evidence indicating the effectiveness of behavioral techniques in treating anxiety symptoms and disorders, treatment of anxiety in the medical setting has tended to be largely pharmacological. this research project investigates the attitudes of a sample of practicing physicians toward utilization within their practices of non-pharmacological approaches in the treatment of anxiety. | 2013 | 3678679 |
| local anaesthetics. iv--synthesis and activity of 2-(n-substituted or n,n-disubstituted aminoacetamido)-4- or -4,5-substituted thiazoles. | synthesis is described of eleven new 2-(n-substituted or n,n-disubstituted aminoacetamido)-4- or -4,5-substituted thiazoles (i). their hydrochlorides were screened for local anaesthetic activity on frogs by the sciatic plexus method and the activity compared with that of procaine. | 2013 | 3792539 |
| some types of transference and countertransference. | 2013 | 4455319 | |
| [endometriosis causing intestinal stenosis]. | 2013 | 3787802 | |
| [propranolol poisoning]. | 2013 | 3703028 | |
| descending necrotizing mediastinitis caused by kocuria rosea: a case report. | kocuria species are gram-positive, non-pathogenic commensals. however, in immunocompromised patients such as transplant recipients, cancer patients, or patients with chronic medical conditions, they can cause opportunistic infections. | 2013 | 24112281 |
| the expanding spectrum of human infections caused by kocuria species: a case report and literature review. | although not previously known to cause human infections, kocuria species have now emerged as human pathogens, mostly in compromised hosts with severe underlying disease. recently, there has been an increasing incidence of different types of kocuria infections reported, most likely due to the adoption of better identification methods. here, we report a case of peritonitis caused by kocuria rosea in a diabetic nephropathy patient who was on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. sepsis and per ... | 2013 | 26038440 |
| dancing vegetations: kocuria rosea endocarditis. | 2013 | 23814223 | |
| [assistance of aged patients at meal time]. | 2013 | 3650433 | |
| estrogen dose-response relationship. | 2013 | 3568542 | |
| [the art of plain talk. the psychiatric nurse in conversation]. | 2013 | 3852562 | |
| evaluation of bacterial flora during the ripening of kedong sufu, a typical chinese traditional bacteria-fermented soybean product. | kedong sufu is a typical bacteria-fermented sufu in china. isolation and identification of the autochthonous bacteria involved would allow the design of specific starters for this speciality. the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the bacterial flora during the ripening of kedong sufu using polymerase chain reaction denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (pcr-dgge) and culturing. | 2013 | 23400969 |
| [surgical treatment of enzymatic cholecystitis]. | 2013 | 3695320 | |
| second cancer following cancer of the male genital system in denmark, 1943-80. | the incidence of second primary cancers was investigated among 19,886 patients with prostate cancer. the analysis disclosed 594 new cancers, which was significantly less than the expected 1,176 cases (relative risk = 0.51). deficits were observed for most sites but were only significant for cancers of the lip, lung, and gastrointestinal organs. the average age at diagnosis of prostate cancer was 72 years. it is likely that the apparent deficit in the incidence of second neoplasms resulted from l ... | 2014 | 4088308 |
| green synthesis of kocuran-functionalized silver glyconanoparticles for use as antibiofilm coatings on silicone urethral catheters. | microbial infections due to biofilm formation on medical implants are serious complications arising after surgery which can be prevented by using antimicrobial coatings on biomaterial surfaces. we developed a simple, rapid and green chemistry approach for synthesis of silver glyconanoparticles (agnps) using kocuran, an exopolysaccharide produced by kocuria rosea strain bs-1. kocuran-capped agnps exhibited a characteristic surface plasmon resonance (spr) peak around 435 nm. they were mono-dispers ... | 2014 | 25060660 |
| stimulus characteristics and spatial encoding in sequential short-term memory. | 2014 | 4166268 | |
| visual evoked cortical potentials for single flashes and flickering light in migraine. | 2014 | 4832732 | |
| [search for xyy syndrome by fluorescence examination of the buccal mucosa]. | 2014 | 4118916 |