| the acid-etch retained rest for removable partial dentures. | this article will describe the techniques for composite and metal rests. it will also discuss a clinical follow-up of 18 patients who have had metal or composite rests in place from three to 18 months. | 2009 | 2691082 |
| a century of change in neurosurgery at johns hopkins: 1889-1989. | neurosurgical admissions to the johns hopkins hospital during the first year of its existence, the first and last years of harvey cushing's practice, the last years of walter dandy's practice, the last years of earl walker's tenure, and the current neurosurgical case load are reviewed. sixteen patients with neurosurgical problems were admitted during the first year of the hospital's existence. in the first year of harvey cushing's staff appointment, 38 neurosurgical patients were admitted. infec ... | 2009 | 2681565 |
| [analysis of indirect maternal mortality cases]. | among 145 cases of maternal deaths from the period 1975 to 1983, whose data had been collected in a nationwide survey, 30 cases (21%) were classified as associated causes of maternal deaths. 10 deaths (33%) occurred at the birth of the child, 11 (37%) within 6 weeks after delivery, 4 (13%) within the first trimester and 5 (17%) within the second trimester. the disease that was in causal relation to the complication leading to death was known in 16 cases (53%), unknown in 13 cases (43%); in one c ... | 2012 | 3956963 |
| optimal bandpass filters for time-domain analysis of the signal-averaged electrocardiogram. | the optimal bandpass filter for signal averaging of the surface qrs complex to detect late potentials is undefined. a study was conducted in 87 patients; 25 (mean age 34 +/- 10 years) were normal (group i), 29 (60 +/- 20 years) had organic heart disease without ventricular tachycardia (group ii) and 33 (62 +/- 15 years) had sustained ventricular tachycardia (group iii). in all patients signal-averaged electrocardiography (200 beats) was performed using a sharp, bidirectional filter and data anal ... | 2012 | 3318369 |
| teniposide is not effective in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. | teniposide has been evaluated in a phase ii clinical trial in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (cll). among 16 consecutive patients with cll entered in the study and treated with teniposide, 100 mg/m2 weekly, no objective response was observed. toxicity was generally mild and mainly hematologic. teniposide at this dosage and schedule is an inactive drug in cll. | 2013 | 3632912 |
| sliding-screw plate fixation of proximal femoral fractures: radiographic assessment. | the sliding compression screw-sideplate combination is currently the most widely employed device for internal fixation of stable and unstable intertrochanteric fractures of the femur. the normal and abnormal radiographic appearances of this device in the immediate post-operative period are discussed. potential long-term complications including mal- or non-union, intra-articular penetration, metal failure, rotation of the proximal fracture fragment, disengagement, trochanteric bursitis, leg lengt ... | 2014 | 4023737 |
| chronic sclerosing nonsuppurative osteomyelitis. | | 2015 | 4510499 |
| tuberculous mediastinal adenitis in adults. | | 2016 | 4844748 |
| [cesarean section in current obstetrics]. | | 2010 | 2935019 |
| abdominal ultrasonography in pediatrics. | | 1990 | 171943 |
| total nose reconstruction: a single stage method. | | 1998 | 105856 |
| hodgkin's disease 1972-1977. | | 2004 | 419343 |
| ultraviolet light-induced yellowing of dental restorative resins. | | 2010 | 2931511 |
| [reduction of ventricular tachycardia by programmed electric stimulation. clinical implications]. | the mode of termination by programmed electrical stimulation of sustained ventricular tachycardia (vt) (more than 30 seconds) and induced by stimulation was investigated in 33 patients. in 27 patients (82%) programmed stimulation was possible because vt did not require an immediate electric shock or did not terminate spontaneously, but constant reduction of vt was obtained with one extrasystole in only 1 patient (3%), with two extrasystoles in 5 patients (15%) and by overdrive stimulation in 12 ... | 2011 | 3122686 |
| nuclear morphometry as an important prognostic factor in stage i renal cell carcinoma. | although 60% of stage i renal carcinoma patients die from tumor within 5 years postoperatively, a considerable percentage survive that period. nuclear grading can help to predict the outcome, but many of the patients are grade 2, and the prognosis of this subclass is uncertain. therefore, nuclear morphometry was carried out in 41 patients with stage i renal cell carcinoma. of these, 24 died within 5 years and 17 have survived that period. using a mean nuclear area of 32 micron 2 as the decision ... | 2012 | 3768843 |
| [the use of occupational law in solving problems at obstetric-gynecologic facilities]. | | 2013 | 3811411 |
| [clinical effects of hyperthermia in patients with carcinoma of the esophagus--a multi-institutional cooperative study]. | | 2013 | 3782986 |
| vitamin and mineral usage in adult family practice patients. | | 2013 | 4056668 |
| closed intramedullary nailing of diaphyseal fractures of the femur. problems related to anatomical variations of the greater trochanter. | an examination of the radiographs of 100 normal femurs revealed an anatomical variation consisting of lateralization of the trochanteric mass in relation to the femoral diaphysis. this involves disalignment of the apex of the greater trochanter in relation to the medullary canal, with consequent complications during closed intramedullary nailing such as varus of the fracture segments, valgus of the nail, fracture of the medial cortex. since becoming aware of this anatomical variation and its pos ... | 2009 | 2737894 |
| [the operative surgery of cancer of the tongue]. | | 1998 | 106345 |
| [ectopic muscles of the back of the hand. short extensor medius muscle]. | | 2013 | 4093324 |
| [results of a discussion on the problem of "acute cholecystitis"]. | | 2012 | 3560749 |
| localization of sodium pump sites in frog urinary bladder. | [3h]ouabain binding in frog and toad urinary bladder was investigated by short-circuit current (scc), scintillation counting and autoradiographic techniques. scc data and analysis of tissue digests following serosal exposure to ouabain showed that ouabain binding and inhibition of na+ transport was completely reversible in toad bladder whereas, in frog bladder, [3h]ouabain was tightly bound and na+ transport remained suppressed even after a 60-min washout. mucosal exposure of frog bladder to [3h ... | 2002 | 123762 |
| sunburn in children in the west of scotland. | leaving babies and young children out in the sun during periods of unexpected exceptionally fine weather resulted in 142 children being treated for sunburn in the royal hospital for sick children in glasgow over a 6-year period. care-givers should be warned of the potential hazards of overexposure to sunshine. | 2012 | 3370521 |
| [primary noxious psychological influences in childhood]. | | 2015 | 4392294 |
| preparation for giving and supervising primary health care. | | 2003 | 253765 |
| [clinical and hemodynamic evolution of carpentier-edwards prostheses]. | | 2014 | 4015004 |
| [guy's hospital home dialysis program (author's transl)]. | the first home dialysis was carried out from guy's hospital in london in 1968. since then, 141 patients have been treated in this manner. the age of the patients ranged from 4 to 64 years. 24 patients have died (cerebrovascular accidents, myocardial infarction, pulmonary edema, sepsis, peritonitis, hyperkalemia etc.). some of the deaths were due to a slackening of discipline on the part of the patients and nursing staff during the years of constant dialysis. of 60 adults 52 were able to start wo ... | 1978 | 414103 |
| coronary heart disease and stroke death in south carolina: geographical differences. | | 1979 | 273126 |
| motion sickness. helping patients tolerate the ups and downs. | the sensory conflict theory provides a useful framework for understanding motion sickness. few modifications of this model have been proposed since its publication. the weak link in the study of motion sickness has been the failure to delineate the anatomic structures that correspond to the model's components. effective pharmacotherapy is available for treatment of motion sickness. the choice should be based on the need to provide prophylaxis for or treatment of symptoms and on the side effect p ... | 2004 | 2020643 |
| functional analysis of the -300 region of maize zein genes. | a 43 bp fragment containing the -300 region upstream control element common to the endosperm expressed zein genes of zea mays l. has been analyzed by in vivo and in vitro techniques. transient transformation studies with protoplasts from a maize endosperm culture indicate that the element positively affects camv 35s promoter-driven gene expression, and that this effect is both orientation- and position-dependent. band-shift and southwestern blotting experiments demonstrate that the element is sp ... | 2006 | 1538693 |
| more about determination of n-acetyl-beta-d-glucosaminidase activity in urine without pretreatment of samples. | | 2012 | 3370783 |
| [the spread of impulses in the ventricles]. | | 2013 | 3765429 |
| [hematoma of the psoas. comparative diagnostic contributions of ultrasonography and x-ray computed tomography]. | a 11 cases study of hematoma of the iliacus muscle underlines better results obtained by c.t. scanner compared to those of ultrasonography examination in term of definite diagnoses. comparison of density values and repeated examination were useful to assert diagnosis and to appreciate the course of the illness. only c.t. scanner was able to show which portion of the muscle was concerned. authors correlated the c.t. scanner results to the nature of the entrapment neuropathy clinically found: an i ... | 2014 | 3910813 |
| an 'elegant' radiotherapy comes of age. | | 2012 | 3682108 |
| an 'elegant' radiotherapy comes of age. | | 2012 | 3682108 |
| sense of coherence, self-esteem, depression and hopelessness as correlates of reattempting suicide. | sense of coherence (soc) has been proposed as a psychological factor that predicts good health and positive adjustment. the three components of soc: manageability, comprehensibility and meaning were assessed together with depression, hopelessness and self-esteem as factors predicting future suicidal ideation and behaviour in parasuicides. one hundred and fifty hospitalized parasuicides were evaluated on these measures and followed up after six months to determine their current level of suicidal ... | 2006 | 1393158 |
| usefulness of long-acting nitrates in cardiovascular disease. | | 2004 | 415607 |
| diplopia. | diplopia may be a presenting symptom of a wide variety of ocular and neurological conditions. careful questioning and examination will reveal the cause in many cases and may save the patient much unnecessary and expensive investigation. | 2014 | 4016404 |
| non-hodgkin's lymphoma in ibadan, nigeria. | | 1974 | 380222 |
| latitude unlimited. | | 1977 | 274677 |
| the diagonal earlobe crease: a cutaneous manifestation of coronary artery disease. | skin signs of systemic disease are of great interest to dermatologists. reports based on coronary angiographic studies and postmortem examinations have shown that there is a higher prevalence of earlobe creases in patients with coronary heart disease. in this report seven patients with documented coronary heart disease are presented. five of the seven patients had bilateral diagonal ear creases. the evidence to date indicates that this ear crease may be a cutaneous sign of coronary heart disease ... | 1977 | 421502 |
| bell's reflex. | | 1978 | 291219 |
| prognostic factors and complications of vitreous surgery. | vitrectomy has provided a means for the restoration or amelioration of drastically reduced visual acuity in selected patients. many patients have, as a consequence of the deleterious natural history of their disease, suffered permanent impairment of vision, but in some cases even a relative therapeutic success is very gratifying. nonetheless, in its present state, vitreous surgery is not without a significant incidence of complications which are enumerated in this paper. | 1978 | 291205 |
| sources of carcinogens. introduction. | | 1978 | 274972 |
| the family court--a changing concept of law. | | 1979 | 243430 |
| renal tubular acidosis in wilson's disease: characteristics, mechanisms and implications. | | 1979 | 273064 |
| changing periodontal status in a changing environment. | | 1979 | 273030 |
| incontinence. | | 1979 | 243226 |
| waste of dental pain. | the effects of dental disease on the population are difficult to describe to the lay public in terms which that public will appreciate. an attempt has been made to quantify the impairment of the quality of life which results from uncontrolled dental disease. studies indicated that each person could have three to four days of dental pain a year which could be equivalent to 200 million days of toothache per year in the united kingdom. only 15 per cent of those who had toothache did seek dental adv ... | 1980 | 273571 |
| a critical care staff development program. | | 1987 | 260333 |
| [gunshot wound in the temporomandibular joint]. | the authors describe the case of a bullet wound with comminuted fracture of the right temporomandibular joint, associated with a transverse comminuted fracture of the left ascending ramus and with an oblique fracture in the region of the left ascending angle of the mandible without dislocation. on being admitted at the author's clinic, the patient showed a grade ii trismus and an open bite with a cutting edge distance of nearly 10 mm. treatment consisted at first in passive and active expanding ... | 1988 | 266300 |
| [unusual drainage of the sinus-node artery]. | | 2003 | 149726 |
| rational suicide and the right to die. reality and myth. | | 2007 | 1891013 |
| present status of sarcoidosis in west greece. | sarcoidosis is being increasingly recognised in greece. the clinical spectrum and the epidemiological data of 62 sarcoid patients of the west department of greece are analysed for the first time. these patients have been studied over the last 10 years. young females outnumbered males. the diagnosis was histologically confirmed in all the patients. intrathoracic involvement was present in 98% of the patients (stage i 70%, stage ii 20%, stage iii 10% respectively). skin lesions were present in 65% ... | 2011 | 3227189 |
| [influence of paracetamol on the pharmacokinetics of chloramphenicol in patients with typhoid fever]. | | 2012 | 3444948 |
| role of doppler and imaging echocardiography in selection of patients for cardiac valvular surgery. | | 2012 | 3318360 |
| [prevention of recurrent urinary calcium calculi]. | | 2013 | 3586448 |
| the psychotherapeutic process with brain-injured patients: a dynamic approach. | | 2014 | 4093290 |
| saliva and urine fluoride responses to daily doses of fluoride. | | 2015 | 4609680 |
| molecular structures of acetylcholinesterase from electric organ tissue of the electric eel. | three purified molecular forms of acetylcholinesterase (ec 3.1.1.7) with sedimentation coefficients of 18 s, 14 s, and 11 s were studied by analytical ultracentrifugation and electron microscopy. the three species have molecular weights of (1.1 +/- 0.1) x 10(6), (7.5 +/- 1.5) x 10(5), and (3.35 +/- 0.25) x 10(5), respectively. electron micrographs reveal that the 18s and 14s forms are asymmetric, composed of a head, containing a large number of subunits, and an elongated tail. the 11s form of ac ... | 2015 | 4517659 |
| [organization and methods of work planning for a military unit medical service]. | | 2015 | 4439686 |
| [leukocyte migration test. possibilities of its use in pediatrics]. | | 2016 | 5043547 |
| microbiological and clinical assessment of the abutment and non-abutment teeth of partial removable denture wearers. | the aim of this study was assessing the changes in both clinical and microbiological parameters of healthy individuals after rehabilitation with removable partial denture (rpd). | 2017 | 27825678 |
| cervical intraepithelial neoplasia disease progression is associated with increased vaginal microbiome diversity. | persistent infection with oncogenic human papillomavirus (hpv) is necessary for cervical carcinogenesis. although evidence suggests that the vaginal microbiome plays a functional role in the persistence or regression of hpv infections, this has yet to be described in women with cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia (cin). we hypothesised that increasing microbiome diversity is associated with increasing cin severity. llumina miseq sequencing of 16s rrna gene amplicons was used to characterise the ... | 2015 | 26574055 |
| anaerobic infections in surgical wards: a two year study. | anaerobic bacteria are recognized as important pathogens in surgical infections. however, they are the most overlooked microorganisms by the clinic and the laboratory because of the tedious culture techniques with longer turn-around times. the study was aimed to analyze the frequency of anaerobic bacterial surgical infections and their predisposing factors. | 2016 | 27928485 |
| microbial flora of odontogenic abscesses in pet guinea pigs. | abscesses of odontogenic origin in guinea pigs pose a serious health problem and need to be treated with a combination of surgical and medical therapy. the aim of this prospective study was to describe the microbial flora of odontogenic abscesses associated with osteomyelitis in 24 pet guinea pigs, to perform antibiotic sensitivity testing, and to make recommendations for practitioners on the antibiotics of first choice. inclusion criteria for the study included the animal being diagnosed with a ... | 2016 | 27339145 |
| an in vitro experimental study on the antimicrobial activity of silicone oil against anaerobic bacteria. | to investigate the in vitro antimicrobial activity of silicone oil against anaerobic agents, specifically propionibacterium acnes, peptostreptococcus spp., peptostreptococcus anaerobius, bacteroides fragilis, fuobacterium spp., and clostridium tertium. | 2016 | 25356916 |
| comparative in vitro activities of smt19969, a new antimicrobial agent, against clostridium difficile and 350 gram-positive and gram-negative aerobic and anaerobic intestinal flora isolates. | the comparative in vitro activity of smt19969, a novel, narrow-spectrum, nonabsorbable agent, was studied against 50 ribotype-defined clostridium difficile strains, 174 gram-positive and 136 gram-negative intestinal anaerobes, and 40 gram-positive aerobes. smt19969 was one dilution more active against c. difficile isolates (mic range, 0.125 to 0.5 μg/ml; mic90, 0.25 μg/ml), including ribotype 027 strains, than fidaxomicin (range, 0.06 to 1 μg/ml; mic90, 0.5 μg/ml) and two to six dilutions lower ... | 2013 | 23877700 |
| bacterial pathogens related to chronic suppurative otitis media in individuals with cleft palate: bacteriological culture and polymerase chain reaction. | to characterize the microbial etiology of chronic suppurative otitis media comparing the methods of classical bacteriological culture and polymerase chain reaction. | 2014 | 22594401 |
| subgingival microflora in inflammatory bowel disease patients with untreated periodontitis. | to analyze the subgingival microflora composition of inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) patients with untreated chronic periodontitis and compare them with systemically healthy controls also having untreated chronic periodontitis. | 2013 | 23060013 |
| antimicrobial activity of preparation bioaron c. | the antimicrobial activity of sirupus bioaron c, a preparation, whose main ingredient is an extract from the leaves of aloe arborescens, was tested against different microorganisms isolated from patients with upper respiratory tract infections. the experiments were performed on 40 strains: 20 strains of anaerobic bacteria, 13 strains of aerobic bacteria and 7 strains of yeast-like fungi from the genus candida and on 18 reference strains (atcc). the antimicrobial activity of bioaron c (mbc and mf ... | 2014 | 25362808 |
| a comparative antimicrobial analysis of various root canal irrigating solutions on endodontic pathogens: an in vitro study. | evolution in understanding the poly-microbial environment of both endodontic infections and that of failed root canal treatments has been debatable over the years. the present study was designed to compare and analyze the effect of various root canal irrigation solutions on certain endodontic pathogens in vitro. | 2014 | 25095835 |
| essential oil composition and antimicrobial activity of angelica archangelica l. (apiaceae) roots. | in this paper, the chemical composition and the antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of angelica archangelica l. (apiaceae) roots from central italy were analyzed. the major constituents of the oil were α-pinene (21.3%), δ-3-carene (16.5%), limonene (16.4%) and α-phellandrene (8.7%). the oil shows a good antimicrobial activity against clostridium difficile, clostridium perfringens, enterococcus faecalis, eubacterium limosum, peptostreptococcus anaerobius, and candida albicans with minimum ... | 2014 | 24788027 |
| essential oil composition and antimicrobial activity of aerial parts and ripe fruits of echinophora spinosa (apiaceae) from italy. | the chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oils obtained from the flowering aerial parts and ripe fruits of echinophora spinosa l. (apiaceae) from central italy were analyzed by gc/ms. the major constituents of the oil from the aerial parts were beta-phellandrene (34.7%), myristicin (16.5%), delta3-carene (12.6%), alpha-pinene (6.7%) and alpha-phellandrene (6.2%), and of the oil from the ripe fruits p-cymene (50.2%), myristicin (15.3%), alpha-pinene (15.1%) and alpha-ph ... | 2013 | 23738471 |
| efficacy and safety of intravenous azithromycin followed by oral azithromycin for the treatment of acute pelvic inflammatory disease and perihepatitis in japanese women. | pelvic inflammatory disease (pid) is mainly caused by ascending infection from the vaginal flora including the sexually transmitted organisms, neisseria gonorrhoeae and chlamydia trachomatis, and lower genital tract endogenous anaerobes, leading to serious consequences including infertility and ectopic pregnancy. to evaluate the efficacy and safety of azithromycin in the treatment of pid that requires initial intravenous therapy, we conducted a multicenter, unblinded, non-comparative phase 3 tri ... | 2014 | 24787738 |
| characterization of romboutsia ilealis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the gastro-intestinal tract of a rat, and proposal for the reclassification of five closely related members of the genus clostridium into the genera romboutsia gen. nov., intestinibacter gen. nov., terrisporobacter gen. nov. and asaccharospora gen. nov. | a gram-positive staining, rod-shaped, non-motile, spore-forming obligately anaerobic bacterium, designated cribt, was isolated from the gastro-intestinal tract of a rat and characterized. the major cellular fatty acids of strain cribt were saturated and unsaturated straight-chain c12-c19 fatty acids, with c16:0 being the predominant fatty acid. the polar lipid profile comprised six glycolipids, four phospholipids and one lipid that did not stain with any of the specific spray reagents used. the ... | 2014 | 24480908 |
| performance of two blood culture systems to detect anaerobic bacteria. is there any difference? | we studied the performance characteristics of two blood culture (bc) bottles/systems, (i) bact/alert-fn plus/3d (biomérieux, marcy l'étoile, france) and (ii) bactec-lytic/9000 (becton dickinson, sparks, usa) for detection of growth and time-to-positivity (ttp) against a balanced and diverse collection of anaerobic bacterial strains (n = 48) that included reference strains (n = 19) and clinical isolates (n = 29) of 32 species (15 gram-negative and 17 gram-positive). standard suspension of bacteri ... | 2017 | 28279857 |
| n-substituted n'-(2-alkylthio-4-chloro-5-methylbenzenesulfonyl)guanidines--antibacterial, cytotoxic activities and some structure-activity relationships. | a series of n-substituted n'-(2-alkylthio-4-chloro-5-methylbenzenesulfonyl)guanidine derivatives bearing sulfonamide moiety have been screened in vitro for antibacterial activity against isolates from patients with infections of oral cavity, respiratory tract and intestinal tract. the majority of compounds exhibited good antibacterial potency. 1-[4-chloro-5-methyl-2-(4-trifluoromethylbenzylthio)benzenesulfonyl]-3-(3-sulfamoylphenyl)guanidine (13) showed very strong activity, with mic ≤ 6.2 μg/ml ... | 2015 | 26638540 |
| bacteriological evaluation of tonsillar microbial flora according to age and tonsillar size in recurrent tonsillitis. | although numerous studies based on the bacteriology of the tonsil have been carried out, none of them analyzed the variation of tonsillar flora with respect to both age and tonsillar size. the purpose of this study was to isolate the facultative and obligate anaerobes both from the surface and the core of tonsils in recurrent tonsillitis as well as to analyze the variation of isolated bacterial strains according to age and tonsillar size. a prospective study was performed on 111 patients who und ... | 2014 | 24487459 |
| gut microbiota of obese, type 2 diabetic individuals is enriched in faecalibacterium prausnitzii, akkermansia muciniphila and peptostreptococcus anaerobius after weight loss. | beside the influence of nutritional habits and reduced physical activity, metabolic syndrome is associated with alterations in the structure of gut microbiota influencing the inflammatory immune responses. gut microbiota and microbial metabolic activities are known to affect the lipid and glucose metabolism, satiety and chronic low-grade inflammation in the metabolic syndrome. the aim of the study was to identify genera or even species affecting host metabolism in obesity and type 2 diabetes bes ... | 2016 | 27577947 |
| quantitation of faecal fusobacterium improves faecal immunochemical test in detecting advanced colorectal neoplasia. | there is a need for an improved biomarker for colorectal cancer (crc) and advanced adenoma. we evaluated faecal microbial markers for clinical use in detecting crc and advanced adenoma. | 2016 | 27797940 |
| light activated antimicrobial agents can inactivate oral malodour causing bacteria. | oral malodour is a common condition which affects a large proportion of the population, resulting in social, emotional and psychological stress. certain oral bacteria form a coating called a biofilm on the tongue dorsum and degrade organic compounds releasing volatile sulfur compounds that are malodourous. current chemical treatments for oral malodour such as mouthwashes containing chlorhexidine or essential oils, are not sufficiently effective at reducing the bacterial load on the tongue. one p ... | 2016 | 27753430 |
| liquid based microbiological transport systems: conformity assessment of two commercial devices. | we compared two types of liquid-based microbiology devices for microorganism viability according to standardized quantitative elution method clsi m40-a2. the eswab® met clsi acceptance criteria of viability maintenance for all microorganisms tested. the σ-transwab® failed to meet clsi acceptance criteria for peptostreptococcus anaerobius, prevotella melaninogenica, fusobacterium nucleatum and haemophilus influenzae. | 2015 | 25957512 |
| preservation of fusobacterium nucleatum and peptostreptococcus anaerobius dna after loss of cell viability. | to investigate whether dna from two obligate anaerobes, fusobacterium nucleatum and peptostreptococcus anaerobius, is recoverable after loss of cell viability induced by air exposure. | 2015 | 24611977 |
| the effects of a mineral trioxide aggregate-based sealer on the production of reactive oxygen species, nitrogen species and cytokines by two macrophage subtypes. | to test the effects of a mineral trioxide aggregate-based sealer (mta fillapex(®)) and mta (mta-ângelus(®)) on viability and on the production of cytokines, reactive oxygen species (ros) and nitrogen species (no) by m1 and m2 inflammatory macrophages. | 2014 | 24354338 |
| natural antimicrobials subtilosin and lauramide arginine ethyl ester synergize with conventional antibiotics clindamycin and metronidazole against biofilms of gardnerella vaginalis but not against biofilms of healthy vaginal lactobacilli. | the purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of clindamycin and metronidazole to synergize with natural antimicrobials against biofilms of bacterial vaginosis (bv)-associated gardnerella vaginalis. minimum bactericidal concentrations for biofilm cells (mbcs-b) were determined for each antimicrobial. the mbcs-b of lauramide arginine ethyl ester (lae), subtilosin, clindamycin and metronidazole were 50, 69.5, 20 and 500 μg ml(-1), respectively. a checkerboard assay and isobologram were use ... | 2015 | 25838136 |
| efficacy of tedizolid against methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus and peptostreptococcus anaerobius in thigh mixed-infection mouse model. | the purpose of this study is to compare the antimicrobial activity of human simulated exposures of tedizolid 200 mg daily, and linezolid 600 mg every 12 h for the treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infection (csssi) caused by mrsa and peptostreptococcus anaerobius in both the neutropenic mice thigh mixed-infection models. | 2017 | 28343752 |
| beware! are bacteria raising your oxidative stress? | peptostreptococcus anaerobius, enriched in patients with colon cancer, induces cellular proliferation and dysplasia by toll-like receptor (tlr) 2- and tlr4-dependent increase in oxidative stress and cholesterol biosynthesis. | 2017 | 28228598 |
| peptostreptococcus anaerobius induces intracellular cholesterol biosynthesis in colon cells to induce proliferation and causes dysplasia in mice. | stool samples from patients with colorectal cancer (crc) have a higher abundance of peptostreptococcus anaerobius than stool from individuals without crc, based on metagenome sequencing. we investigated whether p anaerobius contributes to colon tumor formation in mice and its possible mechanisms of carcinogenesis. | 2017 | 28126350 |
| use of an innovative simple method for anaerobiosis in the diagnosis and management of infections in two unusual cases. | technical limitations restrict routine anaerobe isolation from clinical materials in resource-limited laboratories. an innovative two steps combustion candle jar technique may be suitable for such setup. this system was tried with one case of chronic osteomyelitis developed on supracondyler compound fracture. porphyromonas spp. was isolated and identified. vancomycin was recommended based on in vitro sensitivity test, but the leg was amputed after receiving a resistant drug gentamycin. while in ... | 2017 | 27144078 |
| bacterial communities found in placental tissues are associated with severe chorioamnionitis and adverse birth outcomes. | preterm birth is a major cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity worldwide. bacterial infection and the subsequent inflammatory response are recognised as an important cause of preterm birth. it is hypothesised that these organisms ascend the cervical canal, colonise placental tissues, cause chorioamnionitis and in severe cases infect amniotic fluid and the foetus. however, the presence of bacteria within the intrauterine cavity does not always precede chorioamnionitis or preterm birth. wherea ... | 2017 | 28700642 |