| nonspecific vaginitis and other genital infections in three clinic populations. | nonspecific vaginitis was present in 37% of 40 patients attending the special urology (sexually transmitted disease) clinic at the victoria general hospital, in 23% of 75 patients attending the family planning clinic, and in 23% of 13 patients attending the prenatal clinic at the grace maternity hospital in halifax, nova scotia. the mean prevalence was 27%. subjective complaints of vaginal odor were significantly associated with nonspecific vaginitis (p less than .001), but symptoms of vaginal d ... | 1983 | 6648745 |
| a rare genotype of cryptococcus gattii caused the cryptococcosis outbreak on vancouver island (british columbia, canada). | cryptococcus gattii causes life-threatening infection of the pulmonary and central nervous systems in hosts with normal immunity and traditionally has been considered to be restricted geographically to tropical and subtropical climates. the recent outbreak of c. gattii in the temperate climate of vancouver island, bc, canada, led to a collaborative investigation. the objectives of the current study were to ascertain the environmental source of the outbreak infections, survey the molecular types ... | 2004 | 15572442 |
| yeast diversity sampling on the san juan islands reveals no evidence for the spread of the vancouver island cryptococcus gattii outbreak to this locale. | biological diversity has been estimated for various phyla of life, such as insects and mammals, but in the microbe world is has been difficult to determine species richness and abundance. here we describe a study of species diversity of fungi with a yeast-like colony morphology from the san juan islands, a group of islands that lies southeast of vancouver island, canada. our sampling revealed that the san juan archipelago biosphere contains a diverse range of such fungi predominantly belonging t ... | 2006 | 16696658 |
| antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of native rosa sp. from british columbia, canada. | indigenous traditional knowledge and western science have revealed the potential for significant nutritional and therapeutic benefits among natural antioxidants. we investigated antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of rose hip extracts (rosa nutkana, rosa pisocarpa and rosa woodsii) from wild british columbia populations using liposome oxidation and disc diffusion assays. all extracts exhibited strong antioxidant activity. r. nutkana pericarp extracts contained high phenolic concentrations and ... | 2007 | 17514536 |
| cryptococcus gattii with bimorphic colony types in a dog in western oregon: additional evidence for expansion of the vancouver island outbreak. | cryptococcus gattii was isolated from a 1.5-year-old dog with systemic cryptococcosis in oregon. the dog had no link to vancouver island or british columbia, canada. samples from a nasal swab and from a granulomatous mass within the cranial cavity were pooled for culture. colonies on sabouraud dextrose agar were mucoid and exhibited bimorphic morphology, melanin-pigmented and unpigmented. pigmented colonies were encapsulated budding spherical yeast, whereas unpigmented colonies were of unencapsu ... | 2009 | 19139515 |