Publications

phylogeny of bacteroides, prevotella, and porphyromonas spp. and related bacteria.	the phylogenetic structure of the bacteroides subgroup of the cytophaga-flavobacter-bacteroides (cfb) phylum was examined by 16s rrna sequence comparative analysis. approximately 95% of the 16s rrna sequence was determined for 36 representative strains of species of prevotella, bacteroides, and porphyromonas and related species by a modified sanger sequencing method. a phylogenetic tree was constructed from a corrected distance matrix by the neighbor-joining method, and the reliability of tree b ...	1994	8300528
[independence of the increase in the number of action potentials and excitability in the response of mollusk neurons during their combined activation].		1994	3250841
design and evaluation of bacteroides dna probes for the specific detection of human fecal pollution.	because bacteroides spp. are obligate anaerobes that dominate the human fecal flora, and because some species may live only in the human intestine, these bacteria might be useful to distinguish human from nonhuman sources of fecal pollution. to test this hypothesis, pcr primers specific for 16s rrna gene sequences of bacteroides distasonis, b. thetaiotaomicron, and b. vulgatus were designed. hybridization with species-specific internal probes was used to detect the intended pcr products. extract ...	1995	7538270
[a case of gas-containing liver abscess with multiple metastatic lesions].	a 63-year-old male was admitted to our hospital because of high fever and delirium. he had been diagnosed as diabetes mellitus five years before but not treated at all. an abdominal ct scan showed gas-containing abscess in the right lobe of the liver. klebsiella pneumoniae and bacteroides distasonis were cultured both from the punctured specimen of the abscess and from arterial blood. catheter drainage was carried out percutaneously under guidance with ultrasonography and antibiotics was adminis ...	1995	7594794
polyphasic analysis of strains of the genus capnocytophaga and centers for disease control group df-3.	a polyphasic approach was used to determine the relationships between well-characterized reference strains representing all seven capnocytophaga species. one centers for disease control (cdc) group df-3 strain, a presumed relative of the genus capnocytophaga, and 15 field isolates were included as well. fourteen isolates were assigned to named capnocytophaga species, all of which could be differentiated by means of whole-organism protein electrophoresis. a separate position was occupied by the c ...	1996	8782690
pcr detection and quantitation of predominant anaerobic bacteria in human and animal fecal samples.	pcr procedures based on 16s rrna gene sequences specific for 12 anaerobic bacteria that predominate in the human intestinal tract were developed and used for quantitative detection of these species in human (adult and baby) feces and animal (rat, mouse, cat, dog, monkey, and rabbit) feces. fusobacterium prausnitzii, peptostreptococcus productus, and clostridium clostridiiforme had high pcr titers (the maximum dilutions for positive pcr results ranged from 10(-3) to 10(-8)) in all of the human an ...	1996	8919784
inactivation of tryptic activity by a human-derived strain of bacteroides distasonis in the large intestines of gnotobiotic rats and mice.	tryptic activity disappeared and trypsin was no longer detected with an antitrypsin antiserum in the large intestines of gnotobiotic rats and mice monoassociated with a human-derived strain of bacteroides distasonis, whereas tryptic activity was not modified in the small intestines. this function was shown to be strain specific.	1996	8919807
comparative in-vitro activity of cefoperazone/sulbactam and 11 other agents against multidrug resistant bacteroides fragilis group species.	the activity of cefoperazone/sulbactam was compared with eleven other antimicrobial agents against 91 strains of the bacteroides fragilis group known to be resistant to clindamycin and/or beta-lactam agents. sulbactam alone possessed moderate activity against most strains and improved the activity of cefoperazone and ampicillin. bacteroides distasonis strains were more resistant than other species. there was no correlation between resistance of an isolate to either clindamycin or cefoxitin with ...	1996	8937969
age-dependent susceptibility to intraabdominal abscess formation.	infection remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the surgical neonate, with the risk of developing infectious complications decreasing as age increases. developmental changes in the immune system, as well as transplacentally acquired immunity, likely play a role in this differential risk. the purpose of this study was to determine whether there is an age-related susceptibility to intraabdominal abscess formation. the authors used a mouse model in which the combination of an aerobe, ...	1996	8938365
distribution and mobility of the tetracycline resistance determinant tetq.	we tested 34 american type culture collection (atcc) and 168 clinical bacterial isolates, from the human urogenital and oral tracts and streptococci isolated from cows with mastitis, for the presence of the tetq gene using a polymerase chain reaction (pcr) assay and dna-dna hybridization. the identities of pcr products were confirmed by southern blot hybridization of whole-cell dna. eleven of the atcc strains were positive for tetq, including five bacteroides spp., five prevotella spp. and a sin ...	1997	9372425
variations of bacterial populations in human feces measured by fluorescent in situ hybridization with group-specific 16s rrna-targeted oligonucleotide probes.	six 16s rrna-targeted oligonucleotide probes were designed, validated, and used to quantify predominant groups of anaerobic bacteria in human fecal samples. a set of two probes was specific for species of the bacteroides fragilis group and the species bacteroides distasonis. two others were designed to detect species of the clostridium histolyticum and the clostridium lituseburense groups. another probe was designed for the genera streptococcus and lactococcus, and the final probe was designed f ...	1998	9726880
persistence of pcr-detectable bacteroides distasonis from human feces in river water.	to evaluate the persistence of pcr-detectable bacteroides distasonis in surface water, whole human feces were dispersed into water from the ohio river and incubated in flasks in the laboratory or in diffusion chambers in situ. duplicate samples were taken daily, and material that pelleted at 16,000 x g was assayed by pcr. persistence of pcr-detectable dna from this anaerobe depended upon temperature and predation, two of the factors shown by others to influence the survival of aerobic bacteria d ...	1998	9758854
[c-peptide, igg-insulin antibodies, island cell antibodies and immune response genes in diabetes mellitus].		1998	105488
total nose reconstruction: a single stage method.		1998	105856
jack tizard.		1999	89494
[on nursing care at a surgical ward].		1999	91470
pulmonary veno-occlusive disease.		1999	89567
continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion or subcutaneous insulin injections.		1999	89550
vitiligo patterns simulating autoimmune and rheumatic diseases.	several variants of generalised vitiligo can be recognised by their cutaneous distribution. in some, certain anatomical regions--e.g., hands--are predominantly affected while the cutaneous depigmentation in other variants shows a similar anatomical distribution to that of the internal structures affected in some of the autoimmune and rheumatic diseases. five patients have been seen, and three described by others, with vitiligo affecting skin of eyelids and lower front of neck, reminiscent of the ...	1999	89452
fatal leishmaniasis in renal-transport patient.		1999	88649
a.f.p. and congenital nephrosis finnish type.		1999	84930
use of immunoadsorbents for the study of antibody binding to sperm whale myoglobin and its synthetic antigenic sites.	conditions for preparing immunoadsorbents of sperm-whale myoglobin and its five synthetic antigenic sites and for desorption of radiolabeled antibodies from the immunoadsorbents were studied. in immunoadsorbent titration studies, the sum of the amounts of antibodies bound in the plateau (maximum binding) by the adsorbents of the five sites accounted quantitatively for the entire (100%) antibody response to sperm-whale myoglobin.	1999	91647
[comparison of the cytomorphological classification with the cytochemical differentiation of acute lymphatic leukemia in children].	in 100 children with acute lymphatic leukaemia the cytomorphological subclassification of the pathological cell type was made according to mathé and the french-american-british co-operative group (fab). in addition, all cases of leukaemia were differentiated according to their cytochemical type. lymphoblasts from 10 cases of leukaemia could be subclassified immunologically. from 71 children will all the survival rates of those cases of leukaemia subclassified cytomorphologically and the cytochem ...	1999	91554
phylogeny of the defined murine microbiota: altered schaedler flora.	the "altered schaedler flora" (asf) was developed for colonizing germfree rodents with a standardized microbiota. the purpose of this study was to identify each of the eight asf strains by 16s rrna sequence analysis. three strains were previously identified as lactobacillus acidophilus (strain asf 360), lactobacillus salivarius (strain asf 361), and bacteroides distasonis (strain asf 519) based on phenotypic criteria. 16s rrna analysis indicated that each of the strains differed from its presump ...	1999	10427008
in vitro activity of gemifloxacin (sb 265805) against anaerobes.	gemifloxacin mesylate (sb 265805), a new fluoronaphthyridone, was tested against 359 recent clinical anaerobic isolates by the national committee for clinical laboratory standards reference agar dilution method with supplemented brucella blood agar and an inoculum of 10(5) cfu/spot. comparative antimicrobials tested included trovafloxacin, levofloxacin, grepafloxacin, sparfloxacin, sitafloxacin (du-6859a), penicillin g, amoxicillin clavulanate, imipenem, cefoxitin, clindamycin, and metronidazole ...	1999	10471570
multiple organ dysfunction syndrome induced by whole-body hyperthermia and polychemotherapy in a patient with disseminated leiomyosarcoma of the uterus.	whole-body hyperthermia (wbh) in combination with chemotherapy is a relatively new promising treatment modality for patients with cancer. the objective of this report is to present the development of an acute systemic inflammatory response syndrome (sirs) with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (mods) following wbh in combination with chemotherapy. although wbh can also induce cytokine production, mods has not been described before in association with wbh.	1999	10501762
absence of cecal secondary bile acids in gnotobiotic mice associated with two human intestinal bacteria with the ability to dehydroxylate bile acids in vitro.	germ-free mice were orally inoculated with human intestinal 7alpha-dehydroxylating bacterial strains to evaluate their ability to transform bile acids in vivo. three weeks after inoculation of the bacteria, cecal bile acids were examined. among free-form bile acids, only beta-muricholic acid was detected in the cecal contents of gnotobiotic mice associated with bacteroides distasonis strain k-5. no secondary bile acid was observed in the cecal contents of any of the gnotobiotic mice associated w ...	1999	10553682
new screening test for colorectal cancer developed in canada.		1999	89207
clomipramine and clonazepam in cataplexy.		2000	91833
comparative activity of moxifloxacin in vitro against obligately anaerobic bacteria.	the antimicrobial activity of moxifloxacin and seven other antibiotics (four of them quinolones) against 292 strains of obligately anaerobic bacteria was assessed employing a broth microdilution technique performed in wilkens-chalgren broth. mic50/mic90 values (mg/l) for moxifloxacin were as follows: bacteroides fragilis (n = 62) 0.25/2, bacteroides ovatus (n = 70) 1/4, bacteroides vulgatus (n = 29) 0.25/1, bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (n = 17) 2/2, bacteroides caccae (n = 11) 1/2, prevotella sp ...	2000	10795599
synergic activity, for anaerobes, of trovafloxacin with clindamycin or metronidazole: chequerboard and time-kill methods.	chequerboard titrations were used to test the activity of trovafloxacin, alone and in combination with clindamycin or metronidazole, against 156 gram-positive or gram-negative anaerobes, including 47 bacteroides fragilis group, 36 prevotella spp., 26 fusobacteria, 21 peptostreptococci and 26 clostridia. mic50/mic90 values (mg/l) of each drug alone against all 156 strains were: trovafloxacin, 0.5/1; clindamycin, 0.25/2; metronidazole, 1/2. synergy (fic indices </= 0.5) was seen in two strains wit ...	2000	10797085
bacterial pathogens induce abscess formation by cd4(+) t-cell activation via the cd28-b7-2 costimulatory pathway.	abscesses are a classic host response to infection by many pathogenic bacteria. the immunopathogenesis of this tissue response to infection has not been fully elucidated. previous studies have suggested that t cells are involved in the pathologic process, but the role of these cells remains unclear. to delineate the mechanism by which t cells mediate abscess formation associated with intra-abdominal sepsis, the role of t-cell activation and the contribution of antigen-presenting cells via cd28-b ...	2000	11083777
anomolous staining patterns in immunohistologic studies of malignant lymphoma.	a number of immunoperoxidase studies of malignant lymphomas have reported polytypic light chain staining of neoplastic cells, thus bringing into question the concept that the monoclonality of b cell lymphomas is reflected in their synthesis of monotypic light chain. in this study of a large number of ig positive lymphomas, staining for a wide variety of antigens has identified clear differences between monotypic ig synthesizing cells and cells staining polytypically which appear to be taking up ...	2000	90079
benign prostatic hypertrophy: when should you consider prostatectomy for your patient?	watching the way a patient voids is the easiest way to determine the presence of prostatic obstruction. uroflowmetry can objectively measure the amount of obstruction. clinical evaluation of prostatism should include an intravenous urogram, serum creatinine determination, urinalysis, urine culture, and cystoscopy. suspicious areas of induration in the prostate should be biopsied. surgery is not required for most men with prostatic hypertrophy. indications for prostatectomy are severe symptoms of ...	2000	87358
[incomplete parenteral nutrition of patients operated on for lung cancer and suppurative diseases of the lungs and pleura].		2000	97656
tissue cea in premalignant epithelial lesions and epidermoid carcinoma of the uterine cervix: prognostic significance.	carcinoembryonic antigen (cea) was studied by the indirect triple-bridge immunoperoxidase method in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue specimens from 191 patients with premalignant epithelial lesions or epidermoid carcinoma of the uterine cervix treated 12 years ago. the frequency of tissue cea positivity was found to increase with advancing clinical disease in the following manner: mild dysplasia, 25%; severe dysplasia, 37%; carcinoma in situ, 60%; invasive carcinoma stage i, 60%; stage ii ...	2000	86522
immediate results of weekly fractionation in external radiotherapy.		2000	101487
research needs in low vision.	research needs are presented for several areas of low vision: (1) reading and learning, (2) new low-vision aids, (3) modifying the environment, (4) utilization of disciplines, (5) new technologies, and (6) integrating low-vision services.	2001	88182
fetal heart-rate monitoring.		2001	90290
chronic progressive myelopathy: investigation with csf electrophoresis, evoked potentials, and ct scan.	chronic progressive myelopathy (cpm) is a difficult clinical problem. many patients who present with cpm turn out to have a spinal form of multiple sclerosis (ms), but until there is clear lesion dissemination, a definite clinical diagnosis cannot be made. we have looked for ms-related abnormalities in 72 patients with cpm. the mean age of onset was 42 years, mean duration was ten years, and mean kurtzke disability rating was 4.5. studies performed were cerebrospinal fluid electrophoresis for ol ...	2001	92910
post basic education.		2001	98156
comparative in vitro activities of abt-773 against 362 clinical isolates of anaerobic bacteria.	the activity of abt-773, a novel ketolide antibiotic, against clinical isolates of anaerobic bacteria was determined and compared to the activities of other antimicrobial agents. mics at which 90% of isolates were inhibited (mic(90)s) were </=0.06 microg/ml for actinomyces spp., clostridium perfringens, peptostreptococcus spp., propionibacterium spp., and porphyromonas spp. the mic(50)s and mic(90)s were </=0.06 and >32 microg/ml, respectively, for eubacterium spp., lactobacillus spp., clostridi ...	2001	11120995
multicenter survey of the changing in vitro antimicrobial susceptibilities of clinical isolates of bacteroides fragilis group, prevotella, fusobacterium, porphyromonas, and peptostreptococcus species.	in vitro surveys of antimicrobial resistance among clinically important anaerobes are an important source of information that can be used for clinical decisions in the choice of empiric antimicrobial therapy. this study surveyed the susceptibilities of 556 clinical anaerobic isolates from four large medical centers using a broth microdilution method. piperacillin-tazobactam was the only antimicrobial agent to which all the isolates were susceptible. similarly, imipenem, meropenem, and metronidaz ...	2001	11257040
primary prevention oregon style.		2001	98505
[anthropological studies on the cossacks in bulgaria].		2002	126579
letter: bromide intoxication.		2002	126712
adhesive property of bifidobacterium lactis lkm512 and predominant bacteria of intestinal microflora to human intestinal mucin.	the adhesive property to the intestinal mucin of bifidobacterium lactis lkm512, b. longum, b. breve, b. bifidum, b. adolescentis, b. infantis, bacteroides vulgatus, bacteroides distasonis, eubacterium aerofaciens, clostridium perfringens, escherichia coli, and lactobacillus acidophilus were examined. adhesive rate of lkm512 to the mucin was significantly (p < 0.05, 0.01, or 0.001) stronger than the other strains from 2 to 100 time. though the adhesive property of many strains was almost same to ...	2002	11821930
an in vitro assay to evaluate competitive exclusion products for poultry.	an in vitro assay was developed to measure the ability of competitive exclusion (ce) bacteria to protect caco-2 and crl-2117 epithelial cells from invasion by salmonella typhimurium. the proposed assay is needed to expedite the development of defined-flora ce products. the average significantly protective concentration of the commercial poultry-specific ce product preempt was 4.05 log cfu/6.41 log human caco-2 cells and 3.71 log cfu/6.89 log cfu chicken crl-2117 cells, enterococcus faecalis isol ...	2002	12030283
reclassification of bacteroides forsythus (tanner et al. 1986) as tannerella forsythensis corrig., gen. nov., comb. nov.	the characteristics of the fusiform species bacteroides forsythus, isolated from human periodontal pockets, were examined. 165 rdna sequence analysis confirmed that b. forsythus was not a species within the genus bacteroides sensu stricto. although b. forsythus was phylogenetically related to bacteroides distasonis and bacteroides merdae in the phylogenetic tree, the ratio of anteiso-15:0 to iso-15:0 in whole-cell methanolysates of b. forsythus was different from those of b. distasonis, b. merda ...	2002	12054248
design and evaluation of oligonucleotide-microarray method for the detection of human intestinal bacteria in fecal samples.	an oligonucleotide-microarray method was developed for the detection of intestinal bacteria in fecal samples collected from human subjects. the 16s rdna sequences of 20 predominant human intestinal bacterial species were used to design oligonucleotide probes. three 40-mer oligonucleotides specific for each bacterial species (total 60 probes) were synthesized and applied to glass slides. cyanine5 (cy5)-labeled 16s rdnas were amplified by polymerase chain reaction (pcr) from human fecal samples or ...	2002	12167534
outer-membrane pore-forming proteins in gram-negative anaerobic bacteria.	the outer-membrane proteins (omps) of bacteria function as the dynamic interface between the bacterium and its surroundings and are involved in maintenance of cell structure, binding a variety of substances, adhesion to other cells, and regulation of transport of both nutrients and bactericidal agents. there is a vast amount of information about aerobic omps and their roles in immunogenicity, virulence, and antimicrobial resistance. knowledge about omps in anaerobic bacteria is much sparser. gen ...	2002	12173111
national survey on the susceptibility of bacteroides fragilis group: report and analysis of trends for 1997-2000.	the results of a multicenter us survey using the national committee for clinical laboratory standards currently recommended methodology for measuring in vitro susceptibility of 2673 isolates of bacteroides fragilis group species were compared from 1997 to 2000. the test panel consisted of 14 antibiotics: 3 carbapenems, 3 beta-lactam-beta-lactamase inhibitors, 3 cephamycins, 2 fluoroquinolones, clindamycin, chloramphenicol, and metronidazole. declines in the geometric mean minimum inhibitory conc ...	2002	12173121
[determination of the gc groups in liquid blood by vertical electrophoresis on polyacrylamide gel].		2002	129894
[radioimmunoassay of thyroxine-binding globulin (author's transl)].		2002	119885
the effects of religious backgrounds on emotional problems.		2002	126985
senator bennett: where are you? any success of p.s.r.o. will be credited to him, any failure to organized medicine.		2002	124080
cricopharyngeal sphincterotomy and bilateral division of the chorda tympani in bulbar palsy.		2002	128757
interdisciplinary early intervention program.	developmental data were obtained on 40 children with down's syndrome by an interdisciplinary team during an ongoing early intervention program. interventive methods are described. results are compared with available data on children with down's syndrome who were not in early intervention programs. comparisons of developmental progress are also made of children begun in the early intervention program before six months of age with those begun after six months of age. conclusions from the study ind ...	2002	128763
a new device to support handicapped patients during venography or myelography.	the authors describe a seating device which holds the patient in position when the x-ray table is tilted and permits non-weight-bearing venograms to be obtained in handicapped as well as normal patients. simultaneous bilateral venography reduces the study time considerably. the device is also helpful in lumbar myelography in paraplegics.	2003	149336
[laparoscopy in the diagnosis of hepatobiliary anomalies].		2003	152516
growth inhibition of intestinal bacteria and mutagenicity of 2-, 3-, 4-aminobiphenyls, benzidine, and biphenyl.	2-aminobiphenyl (2-abp), 3-aminobiphenyl (3-abp) and 4-aminobiphenyl (4-abp), but not benzidine (bz) and biphenyl (bp), were found to be inhibitory to the growth of human intestinal bacteria bifidobacterium infantis atcc 15697, b. bifidium atcc 11863, clostridium perfringens atcc 13124, escherichia coli atcc 25922, e. coli atcc 35218, enterobacter cloacae atcc 13047 and salmonella typhimurium ta98, ta100, yg1041 at 10-200 microg/ml in culture broth. bacteroides distasonis atcc 8503, b. fragilis ...	2003	12650667
b1 cells contribute to serum igm, but not to intestinal iga, production in gnotobiotic ig allotype chimeric mice.	b1 cells are a significant source of natural serum igm, thereby serving as a first line of defense against systemic bacterial and viral infections. they can migrate to the intestinal lamina propria and differentiate into iga-producing plasma cells and thus might play a similar role in mucosal immunity. to investigate the contribution of b1 cells to the intestinal iga response induced by the commensal flora in immunocompetent animals, we generated gnotobiotic and conventionally reared ig allotype ...	2003	12707334
enumeration of bacteroides species in human faeces by fluorescent in situ hybridisation combined with flow cytometry using 16s rrna probes.	bacteroides is a predominant group of the faecal microbiota in healthy adults. to investigate the species composition of bacteroides by fluorescent in situ hybridisation (fish) combined with flow cytometry, we developed five species-specific probes targeting the 16s rrna. probes were designed to identify cells belonging to bacteroides distasonis, b. fragilis, b. ovatus, b. vulgatus and b. putredinis. the species-specificity of the probes was assessed against a collection of reference strains fro ...	2003	12747418
presence of the cfxa gene in bacteroides distasonis.	in this study we investigated the presence of the cfxa gene (encoding a class a beta-lactamase) in 73 strains of the bacteroides fragilis group belonging to the species b. distasonis (34), b. vulgatus (14), b. thetaiotaomicron (8), b. merdae (6), b. caccae (9) and b. ovatus (2) isolated from human intestinal microflora of healthy children and adults. employing specific primers to the cfxa gene, a 312-bp amplified fragment was obtained in 2 strains of b. vulgatus and 9 strains, the majority from ...	2003	12837513
severe orthopedic disability in childhood: solutions provided by rehabilitation engineering.		2003	149287
helicobacter pylori is a fragile bacteria when stored at low and ultra-low temperatures.	usually, bacteria are cryopreserved for short-term storage at low and ultra-low temperatures. there are no reports as to whether helicobacter pylori is a fragile bacteria when stored at low and ultra-low temperatures as compared with other intestinal bacteria. a study was done on seven h. pylori strains and other intestinal bacteria to compare different temperatures for storage of organisms in saline solution.	2004	14731131
the disposition of cyclophosphamide in a group of myeloma patients.	the disposition of cyclophosphamide and its alkylating metabolites was investigated in a group of myeloma patients with varying degrees of renal function impairment. no correlation between renal function and clearance of cyclophosphamide or its alkylating metabolites was found. no evidence of accumulation of cyclophosphamide or alkylating activity was found in four patients receiving radiolabelled cyclophosphamide. renal function was found to be related to the reciprocal of the area under curve ...	2004	535136
[how does one calculate the activity of a radiodiagnostic service?].		2004	529236
prognistic relevance of radiation induced immune suppression in breast carcinoma.	the extent of radiation induced immune suppression was analysed in 100 patients with carcinoma of the breast. the relative changes of lymphocyte counts and stimulations by pha and ppd were similar in patients who differed with regard to age, size of tumour and its malignancy grade or axillary node condition. moreover, no difference in the degree of radiation induced immune suppression existed between patients who developed recurrent disease and those who remained free of disease during a follow- ...	2004	525447
prophylactic infusion therapy in hemophilia.		2004	478502
[international day of the child].		2004	427841
replication of baculoviruses in established insect cell lines: phenomenon of attenuation. brief review.		2004	356823
development of gingivitis in pre-school children and young adults. a comparative experimental study.	earlier studies suggest that children and adults differ in the propensity to develop gingivitis when oral hygiene is abandoned. to confirm the existence of such a difference, a comparative study of pre-school children and young adults was made with objective registration methods. the author performed all registrations. after a period of intensive oral hygiene, all cleaning of teeth was discontinued for 21 days. the amount of bacterial plaque, the amount of gingival exudate and crevicular leukocy ...	2004	353084
the effects of menstrual phase and nicotine abstinence on nicotine intake and on biochemical and subjective measures in women smokers: a preliminary report.	nicotine intake, menstrual and smoking withdrawal symptomatology, and baseline cortisol and mhpg were assessed in nine women smokers under conditions of ad lib smoking and overnight abstinence in three menstrual phases (early follicular, mid-to-late follicular, and late luteal). a trend towards higher nicotine intake (p < 0.10) was observed in the mid-to-late follicular phase. although menstrual symptomatology was not significantly elevated during the smoking abstinence condition overall, abstin ...	2005	1287682
[enzyme studies in rheumatic diseases].		2005	1081257
[infectious endocarditis--a changing disease].		2005	544233
[editorial: adverse effects of intrauterine contraception and fertility control].	the birthrate in denmark has remained relatively unchanged even after the introduction of the more effective types of contraception and free abortion. there is no national population policy in denmark; the responsibility for family planning rests in the individual. the use of hormonal contraception has dropped sharply because of the fear of side effects, which have been reported by the press. smaller and more effective types of iuds have been introduced which should have fewer side effects. the ...	2005	1265916
[letter: exertion asthma].		2005	1183343
first isolation of bacteroides thetaiotaomicron from a patient with a cholesteatoma and experiencing meningitis.	a 45-year-old man with a cholesteatoma experienced purulent meningitis. microbial analysis of cerebrospinal fluid yielded in pure culture a gram-negative bacillus. phenotypic methods were suggestive of a bacteroides distasonis or either a bacteroides thetaiotaomicron or bacteroides ovatus infection. the isolate was identified by 16s rrna gene sequence analysis as b. thetaiotaomicron. this is the first case of b. thetaiotaomicron meningitis in pure culture.	2005	15750136
16s-23s rrna gene internal transcribed spacer sequences for analysis of the phylogenetic relationships among species of the genus porphyromonas.	the 16s-23s rrna gene internal transcribed spacer (its) regions of 11 reference strains of porphyromonas species, together with bacteroides distasonis and tannerella forsythensis, were analysed to examine interspecies relationships. compared with the phylogenetic tree generated using 16s rrna gene sequences, the resolution of the its sequence-based tree was higher, but species positioning and clustering were similar with both approaches. the recent separation of porphyromonas gulae and porphyrom ...	2005	15774632
antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of competitive exclusion bacteria applied to newly hatched chickens.	competitive exclusion (ce) products are mixtures of obligate and facultative anaerobic bacteria applied to poultry hatchlings for prevention of salmonella colonization. these mixtures have the potential to introduce bacteria with undesirable antimicrobial drug resistance traits into the human food supply. antimicrobial drug susceptibilities of 27 obligate and facultative anaerobes isolated from a commercial ce product were evaluated with a microdilution minimal inhibitory concentration (mic) ass ...	2005	16014302
[letter: striae following corticoid therapy].		2005	1169142
seasonal variation of peripheral thyroid hormone levels in major depression.	the seasonal variation in thyroid function tests was examined in 138 patients with major depression. no alterations in thyroxine, free thyroxine index, triiodothyronine, t3 resin uptake and thyrotropin were observed across the four seasons. this applied to both male and female subgroups. these data suggest that seasonality does not account for the wide variability in abnormalities of thyroid function reported in depression.	2005	1774423
treatment of hypertension.		2005	4250702
[the modelling of the development of respiratory muscle force during forced expiration].		2006	1860565
[the modelling of the development of respiratory muscle force during forced expiration].		2006	1860565
mandatory testing?		2006	1426457
phylogeny of human intestinal bacteria that activate the dietary lignan secoisolariciresinol diglucoside.	the human intestinal microbiota is essential for the conversion of the dietary lignan secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (sdg) via secoisolariciresinol (seco) to the enterolignans enterodiol (ed) and enterolactone (el). however, knowledge of the species that catalyse the underlying reactions is scant. therefore, we focused our attention on the identification of intestinal bacteria involved in the conversion of sdg. strains of bacteroides distasonis, bacteroides fragilis, bacteroides ovatus and clo ...	2006	16466386
occurrence and activity of human intestinal bacteria involved in the conversion of dietary lignans.	the human intestinal microbiota is necessary for the production of enterolignans from the dietary lignan secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (sdg). however, little is known about the bacteria that contribute to sdg conversion. therefore, we aimed at describing the occurrence and activity of sdg metabolising bacteria. the data showed differences in conversion efficiency between sdg deglycosylating species, but sdg was completely deglycosylated within 20 h by five of six strains. the strain clostridi ...	2006	16765860
reclassification of bacteroides distasonis, bacteroides goldsteinii and bacteroides merdae as parabacteroides distasonis gen. nov., comb. nov., parabacteroides goldsteinii comb. nov. and parabacteroides merdae comb. nov.	the characteristics of three bacteroides species, bacteroides distasonis, bacteroides goldsteinii and bacteroides merdae, were examined. 16s rrna gene sequence analysis showed that b. distasonis, b. goldsteinii and b. merdae should not be classified as species within the genus bacteroides. although b. distasonis, b. goldsteinii and b. merdae were phylogenetically related to tannerella forsythensis, the ratios of anteiso-c(15 : 0) to iso-c(15 : 0) in whole-cell methanolysates of the three species ...	2006	16825636
mutagenicity of arbutin in mammalian cells after activation by human intestinal bacteria.	arbutin (hydroquinone-beta-d-glucopyranoside) is present in various food plants. its aglycone, hydroquinone, is mutagenic and carcinogenic. we investigated whether hydroquinone may be released under conditions encountered in the human gastrointestinal tract. arbutin was stable in artificial gastric juice. fecal slurries from nine human subjects completely converted arbutin (2 mm) into hydroquinone. four of nine representative human intestinal species investigated, namely eubacterium ramulus, ent ...	2006	16904805
[hypertension detection and follow-up program(hdfp)].		2006	1635190
uterus didelphys and pregnancy: an unusual case in an 18-year-old patient.	an unusual case of a full-term pregnancy in a patient with a uterus didelphys is presented. the main complication was the formation of pyocolpos in a blind hypoplastic hemivagina observed early in gestation. the therapeutic approach and the related problems are discussed.	2006	1563657
[liver and splenic ruptures as a complication of heart pressure massage].	injuries of the abdominal organs, especially liver and spleen, which were caused by resuscitative measures, can occasionally raise problems if an expert opinion on death is obtained particularly with regard to previous traumatization and if the question arises whether the trauma could have been avoided or not. these questions will be discussed from different points of view by means of ten cases.	2006	1489324
sensationalism or sensitivity: use of words in stories on acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids) by associated press videotext.	although it appeared initially reluctant to cover the story at all, the mainstream press in the united states has supplied almost daily reports on aids since the mid-1980s. the author examined four weeks of stories on the associated press videotext service in early 1986 in an effort to evaluate the validity of critics' charges that journalists were over-emphasizing the role of homosexuals in the progress of the disease, and that their stories were laden with negative or sensationalistic terms. t ...	2006	1856471
donating a kidney to a family member. how primary care physicians can help prepare potential donors.	when a relative needs a kidney to survive, family members often impulsively offer to donate one without stopping to consider the physical, emotional, and financial ramifications, which can be considerable. the family's primary care physician can be very helpful in guiding and educating potential donors and, by arranging for screening to be done in the community, can ease the financial strain. the authors discuss the things a potential kidney donor should consider.	2006	1994361
donating a kidney to a family member. how primary care physicians can help prepare potential donors.	when a relative needs a kidney to survive, family members often impulsively offer to donate one without stopping to consider the physical, emotional, and financial ramifications, which can be considerable. the family's primary care physician can be very helpful in guiding and educating potential donors and, by arranging for screening to be done in the community, can ease the financial strain. the authors discuss the things a potential kidney donor should consider.	2006	1994361
doppler investigation of uteroplacental blood flow resistance in the second trimester: a screening study for pre-eclampsia and intrauterine growth retardation.		2006	1472202
outcome in the chronic fatigue syndrome.		2006	1392899
[an epidemiology of hypertension in japanese].		2006	1635191