Publications
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| word-processing equipment for hospital pharmacy applications. | experiences with the use of three word-processing machines in the pharmacy departments of two hospitals are reported. criteria used in evaluating the equipment included keyboard design, disc storage capabilities, software practicality, print format options and security of data. the applications studied were label production, storage of personnel information, scheduling of repetitive tasks, and composition of drug bulletins and procedure manuals. the wang system 10a was the least useful. the lani ... | 2004 | 517539 |
| grey-scale ultrasonic characteristics of carcinoma of the pancreas. | fifty-five sonograms were performed on 25 cases of surgically and histologically proven carcinoma of the pancreas. the sonographic appearances of the tumour were determined. a diffuse echogenic pattern with irregular margin was the most common appearance. displacement and indentation of the inferior vena cava and superior mesenteric vessels, greatly assist in localizing the tumour to the pancreas. a reliable prediction of tumour size and resectability cannot be determined by sonography alone. so ... | 2004 | 444820 |
| [fluor concentration in the blood-serum, in the liquor amnii and in the urine of pregnant women (author's transl)]. | 2004 | 427893 | |
| isolation of maltopentaose from corn syrup by chromatography on granulated hydroxylapatite. | 2004 | 443535 | |
| effects of inhibitors in lumen on pah and urate transport by isolated renal tubules. | effects of the presence of unlabeled p-aminohippurate (pah) or urate, probenecid, and phenol red in the lumen on labeled pah or urate transport by isolated, perfused snake (thamnophis spp.) proximal renal tubules were studied. net secretion of labeled urate and luminal membrane permeability to urate were unaffected by the presence of unlabeled urate (up to 0.1 mm) or probenecid (up to 1.0 mm) in lumen only. the data are compatible with movement of urate from cells to lumen during urate secretion ... | 2004 | 434212 |
| the reverend donald fraser. | 2004 | 356847 | |
| treatment with a single daily dose of gentamicin in urinary tract infection in relation to the site of infection. | twenty-three patients with various types of recurrent urinary tract infection were treated with a single daily dose of 160 mg gentamicin for eight to nine days. the treatment eliminated bacteriuria in 19 patients. evaluation of the therapeutical results according to the site of infection showed elimination of bacteriuria in all patients with lower urinary tract infection. thus a single daily dose of gentamicin can be recommended in recurrent lower urinary tract infection, and also in upper urina ... | 2004 | 344226 |
| malignancies on the external ear: methods of ablation and reconstruction of defects. | 2004 | 387840 | |
| physiological response patterns during "intake" and "rejection" tasks. | two 2-min tasks, one requiring outer-directed attention (intake task), the other a mental arithmetic task (rejection task) were presented to 20 subjects. according to lacey the distinguishing feature of the response to intake tasks are cardiac deceleration and blood pressure decreases. none of these responses was obtained. some variables, however, were only affected by one of the tasks; the intake task led to a decreased hand (skin) blood flow and an increased hand vascular resistance, whereas a ... | 2004 | 534671 |
| looking back. nursing in diseases of the kidneys; by dr. f. w. hall. august 1908. | 2004 | 390275 | |
| [scleroderma in plaques. immunological and visceral disturbances (author's transl)]. | 2004 | 305741 | |
| [contribution of the section medical pedagogy to the improvement of quality and effectiveness of health care]. | 2004 | 425577 | |
| [radiation therapy and the immune response of oncological patients]. | 2004 | 362108 | |
| effects of sex role and an audience on approaching a snake by mildly fearful subjects. | 2004 | 514777 | |
| erythrocyte sedimentation rate and plasma fibrinogen in animals. | 2004 | 522104 | |
| volatile nitrosamine contamination of laboratory animal diets. | 2004 | 427818 | |
| [course of alcoholic predelirium during treatment with piracetam: results of serial psychometric tests (author's transl)]. | thirty-six male alcoholics in a mild predelirial state were studied with a series of psychometric tests (reaction time to light and sound, reaction to multiple sequential stimuli, apprehension and tachistoscopic appreciation test, achievement and concentration test analogous to the pauli test). the degree of psychometrically determined abnormalities pointed to serious cerebral lesions even in the mild predelirial stage and exceeded the expectations gained from clinical impression. the disorders ... | 2004 | 446321 |
| [international day of the child]. | 2004 | 427841 | |
| odontophilately. | 2004 | 375143 | |
| [surgical treatment of cancer of the digestive tract]. | 2004 | 535678 | |
| external factors influencing blood gas analysis: quality control revisited. | 2004 | 517557 | |
| [thickness of the ventricular walls in transposition of the great arteries. surgical and diagnostic implications]. | 2004 | 441489 | |
| splenomegaly with carcinoma of the colon and rectum. | scans of the liver and spleen were reviewed for patients with carcinoma of the large intestine. the patients were divided into groups, depending upon the size of the liver and spleen. those with enlarged spleens tended to have an increased survival time compared with those without splenomegaly. it is postulated that splenomegaly is a good predictor of survival when used with the dukes' classification and that the increased size of the spleen is on an immunologic basis. | 2004 | 419445 |
| neonatal death: reflections for physicians. | 2004 | 355994 | |
| a rational approach to the treatment of patellofemoral pain. | chondromalacia of the patella should be considered a separate entity and not the necessary precursor of osteoarthrosis. it is rarely associated with significant discomfort. isolated softening, fibrillation of the central medial facet, and a diagnosis of chondromalacia of the patella should be limited, in our view, to isolated fibrillation occurring in the central medial facet and is probably asymptomatic. symptomatic patellar pain can be treated by realignment if the patella is malaligned, by la ... | 2004 | 535212 |
| increased incidence of cervical cytological abnormalities in women with genital warts or contact with genital warts: a need for increased vigilance? | to determine whether women who have a history of genital warts or whose sexual partners have such a history were more likely to have borderline or dyskaryotic cervical smears than other women. | 2004 | 1774050 |
| salivary 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone in congenital adrenal hyperplasia. | 2004 | 535169 | |
| cutaneous po2: value of analysis of the tracings in neonatal cardiorespiratory pathology. | 2004 | 534724 | |
| introduction to the treatment of lumbar disc disorders. | 2004 | 524907 | |
| an elective, survey course for undergraduates: "introduction to toxicology". | 2004 | 516366 | |
| evaluation and prognosis in nonorganic failure to thrive. | the 70 children with failure to thrive (ftt) admitted to our hospital over the last five years were reviewed. after extensive evaluations, only 16% received a diagnosis of an organic disorder. in the nonorganic group, 45% of ftt was secondary to improper feeding and 52% was secondary to environmental deprivation. thirty percent of the children were discharged without a diagnosis. although there were some important differences between the groups, extensive laboratory data were of little value. fo ... | 2004 | 451654 |
| aortopulmonary window or aortopulmonary communication? | two patients had a vessel-like aortopulmonary "window" which could be ligated without the institution of cardiopulmonary bypass. while embryologically and functionally these communications are identical to the classic aortopulmonary "window," it is suggested that the term "aortopulmonary communication" is more appropriate. | 2004 | 421590 |
| the antenatal use of betamethasone in the prevention of respiratory distress syndrome: a controlled double-blind study. | one hundred forty-six pregnant women were enrolled in a prospective double-blind study to assess the effectiveness and side-effects of antenatal administration of betamethasone in the prevention of respiratory distress syndrome (rds) in potentially premature infants. on admission to the study, the women were given, at random, either 12 mg of betamethasone or placebo. the same dose was repeated 24 hours later and then weekly up to 34 weeks of gestation. gestational age of the infants ranged from ... | 2004 | 375172 |
| crawford williamson long: pioneer in anaesthesia. | 2004 | 356009 | |
| [filipp vasil'evich ovsiannikov (1827-1906). on the 150th anniversary of his birth]. | 2004 | 355992 | |
| sciatica and the intervertebral disk. an experimental study: m.j. smyth and v.j. wright. j. bone joint surg. 40a: 1401, 1958. | 2004 | 343965 | |
| [benign and malignant tumors of the thyroid gland. diagnosis and therapy in general practice]. | 2004 | 419811 | |
| creatine kinase isoenzyme bb in serum of patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis and with kidney transplant. | the activity of creatine kinase isoenzyme bb (ck-bb) was determined in serum of healthy adults and in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis and with kidney transplant. in the healthy adults examined, an activity of 0.56 +/- 0.16 u/l (mean +/- sd) was found. the arithmetic mean of ck-bb activity in patients with renal insufficiency under hemodialysis was 1.42 +/- 0.87 u/l and differed from that of the healthy group. the ck-bb activity in patients with kidney transplant was not different fr ... | 2004 | 387410 |
| double inferior vena cava or iliac vein occlusion? a diagnostic problem in radionuclide venograms. | radionuclide venography in two patients with suspected deep venous disease revealed double channel drainage with cross-pelvic collateral circulation. contrast inferior venacavograms revealed that one patient had persistent right and left supracardinal veins (double inferior vena cava) and the other had iliac vein occlusion with ascending lumbar collateral circulation. the similarity of radionuclide venographic findings in these two patients emphasizes the importance of contrast venacavography in ... | 2004 | 415563 |
| 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 | |
| [how does one calculate the activity of a radiodiagnostic service?]. | 2004 | 529236 | |
| 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 |
| primary inoculation tuberculosis. | a case of primary inoculation tuberculosis of the finger is described, in which mantoux test conversion reverted after prompt surgical and medical treatment. the pathology of primary inoculation tuberculosis is reviewed briefly, and the rationale for excision of the early tuberculous lesion is discussed. | 2003 | 155709 |
| [70th anniversary of the s. p. fedorov leningrad urological society]. | 2003 | 152495 | |
| [introduction of legal precedents in nursing accidents. 11. accidents caused by intramuscular injections]. | 2003 | 253811 | |
| laparoscopic removal of the distal catheter of ventriculoperitoneal shunt (ames valve). | 2003 | 161536 | |
| thy-1 antigenicity is associated with glycolipids of brain and thymocytes. | 2003 | 308963 | |
| the rate of diffusion of urea to the c.s.f. in diabetics. | 2003 | 262251 | |
| [the heart in hypertension. iv. ventricular mass to volume ratio and appropriateness of hypertrophy]. | 2003 | 152525 | |
| [laparoscopy in the diagnosis of hepatobiliary anomalies]. | 2003 | 152516 | |
| [combined treatment of rheumatological patients at a health resort]. | 2003 | 154775 | |
| [behavior of plasma catecholamines in relation to pressure changes induced with hemodialysis or ultrafiltration]. | 2003 | 262276 | |
| [diagnostik significance of cell membrane markers in childhood all (author's transl)]. | acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all) in childhood is not a homogeneous disease. by membrane phenotyping 6 groups of all in 66 children could be differentiated: group i (38%) common all (anti-call+. group ii (32%) common all with t cell marker in addition (anti-call+, anti-t+). group iii (14%) t. cell all with e-rosette marker (anti t+, e+). group iv (9%) t cell all without e-rosette marker (anti t+, e-). group v (6%) undifferentiated all (anti-call-, anti-t). group vi (1%) b cell typ (smig+). 19 o ... | 2003 | 309025 |
| [in the memory of john c. belisario 1900-1976]. | 2003 | 328453 | |
| cushing's syndrome or obesity. bilateral adrenal hyperplasia in a boy 10 years of age. | a rare case of the cushing syndrome, due to bilateral adrenal hyperplasia is described. because of generalized obesity, normal height, normal bone age and family history of obesity, a boy 10 years of age had at first been misdiagnosed as simple obesity. a reduction in height velocity, advancement of bone age and development of precocious pseudopuberty led to a more detailed biochemical investigation and to the correct diagnosis. the clinical picture can be misleading in the differential diagnosi ... | 2003 | 179822 |
| [electrono-optical analysis of dental enamel with incipient pathological changes]. | 2003 | 155841 | |
| richter's hernia at site of insertion of laparoscope. | 2003 | 145269 | |
| [eosinophilic leukosis]. | 2003 | 290268 | |
| radiosurgical treatment of cerebral metastases. method, indications and results. | stereotactically guided single-dose irradiation of brain metastases with low radiosensitivity has been performed in a series of 30 patients. clinical symptoms improved in 18 of 27 evaluated patients and remained stable in another 7. tumour regression was achieved in 13 of 22 patients, and arrest of tumour growth in 7 other patients. the treatment was usually well tolerated. the incidence of side effects was low. thus, radiosurgery seems to be a valuable alternative to microsurgical extirpation o ... | 2003 | 1808657 |
| severe orthopedic disability in childhood: solutions provided by rehabilitation engineering. | 2003 | 149287 | |
| [hygienic evaluation of the effectiveness of measures for the sanitary improvement of the atmosphere in the region of a metallurgical plant]. | 2003 | 153874 | |
| medicaid stays are short. | 2003 | 150521 | |
| isolated azygos continuation of the inferior vena cava. | 2003 | 262529 | |
| [the surgical treatment of hiatal hernia and gastroesophageal reflux]. | 2003 | 326645 | |
| psycho-social aspects of recovery from coronary heart disease: a review. | 2003 | 329420 | |
| enhancement of lymphocyte and macrophage function in vitro by lithium chloride. | 2003 | 149624 | |
| [angiography and emergency embolisation of digestive haemorrhages (author's transl)]. | 2003 | 308945 | |
| social security in review. | 2003 | 150054 | |
| relationship between tongue coating and secretory-immunoglobulin a level in saliva obtained from patients complaining of oral malodor. | the aim of this study was to confirm the relationships between oral malodor and periodontal condition, oral malodor and tongue coating, and to investigate the secretory-immunoglobulin a (s-iga) level in saliva in relation to the accumulation of tongue coating. | 2003 | 15002886 |
| effect of porphyromonas gingivalis vesicles on coaggregation of staphylococcus aureus to oral microorganisms. | vesicles from the outer membrane of porphyromonas gingivalis have the ability to aggregate a wide range of streptococcus spp., fusobacterium nucleatum, actinomyces naeslundii, and actinomyces viscosus. we found that in the presence of p. gingivalis vesicles, staphylococcus aureus coaggregated with streptococcus spp., and the mycelium-type candida albicans, but not the yeast type. autoaggregation of s. aureus in the presence of p. gingivalis vesicles is inhibited by l-arginine, l-lysine, and l-cy ... | 2003 | 14756532 |
| relationship between periodontal pocket sulfide levels and subgingival species. | many species implicated in the pathogenesis of periodontal disease produce volatile sulfur compounds (vsc). this investigation examined the relationship between levels of sulfide and subgingival bacterial species in the same periodontal pockets. | 2003 | 14761124 |
| immune response to fusobacterium nucleatum and prevotella intermedia in the sputum of patients with acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis. | to assess the role of anaerobic bacteria in acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis (aecb). | 2003 | 12970005 |
| [ribotyping fusobacterium nucleatum isolates from healthy and diseased periodontium]. | fusobacterium nucleatum is one of the most frequently cultured bacteria from subgingival plaque. it can be isolated from active periodontal lesions as well as from healthy sites. currently, f. nucleatum has been divided into five subspecies. an early hypothesis suggested an association between certain subspecies and periodontal disease or health. on the other hand, a broad heterogeneity between f. nucleatum isolates has been suggested, so that the subspeciation scheme and therefore the proposed ... | 2003 | 14558378 |
| intracellular production and extracellular release of oxygen radicals by pmns and oxidative stress on pmns during phagocytosis of periodontopathic bacteria. | in this study we investigated intracellular and extracellular oxygen radical production by polymorphonuclear leukocytes (pmns) during the phagocytosis of periodontopathic bacteria. in in vitro assays, bacteria of the species porphyromonas gingivalis, actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, and fusobacterium nucleatum were phagocytosed at 37 degrees c for 4 h by purified peripheral human pmns from healthy subjects (n = 6). superoxide production during phagocytosis was determined by flow cytometry a ... | 2003 | 14505184 |
| microbiologic diagnostics at titanium implants. | the microbiota found at periimplant lesions have been shown to contain putative periodontal pathogens as well as opportunistic species such as staphylococcus spp, enterics, and candida spp. therefore, a microbiologic diagnosis may be of value as guidance before treatment of such lesions. | 2003 | 15127993 |
| intracellular calcium in signaling human beta-defensin-2 expression in oral epithelial cells. | expression of human beta-defensins is correlated with differentiation in the oral epithelium, consistent with their function as part of the epithelial antimicrobial barrier. because calcium is a known regulator of epithelial differentiation, we tested the hypothesis that calcium concentration mediates beta-defensin expression. gingival epithelial cells were cultured in medium containing low calcium concentration (0.03 mm), then either changed to high extracellular calcium concentrations or stimu ... | 2003 | 14578498 |
| clinical presentation and bacteriologic analysis of infected human bites in patients presenting to emergency departments. | previous studies of infected human bites have been limited by small numbers of patients and suboptimal microbiologic methodology. we conducted a multicenter prospective study of 50 patients with infected human bites. seventy percent of the patients and assailants were young adult men. fifty-six percent of injuries were clenched-fist injuries and 44% were occlusional bites. most injuries were to the hands. fifty-four percent of patients were hospitalized. the median number of isolates per wound c ... | 2003 | 14614671 |
| expression of mhc class ii, cd70, cd80, cd86 and pro-inflammatory cytokines is differentially regulated in oral epithelial cells following bacterial challenge. | oral epithelium may play a regulatory role in local immune responses when interacting with bacteria. the present study was undertaken to investigate the effects of selected bacterial pathogens found in periodontal and endodontic infections on oral epithelial cells. expression of cell surface molecules (major histocompatibility complex (mhc) class ii, cd54, cd70, cd80 and cd86) and secretion of inflammatory cytokines (interleukin (il)-1beta, il-6, and tumor necrosis factor (tnf)-alpha) in respons ... | 2003 | 14622340 |
| the influence of organic load on the antimicrobial activity of different concentrations of naocl and chlorhexidine in vitro. | to evaluate bacterial growth after contact with sodium hypochlorite (naocl; 1 and 5%) and chlorhexidine (chx; 0.12, 0.5 and 1%) in vitro with or without the addition of organic material (bovine serum albumin (bsa) 0.5%). | 2003 | 14641423 |
| antagonistic interactions among fusobacterium nucleatum and prevotella intermedia with oral lactobacilli. | microbiota residing in oral ecosystems show great complexity because of the mutual interdependence of certain microorganisms that might influence their presence or absence at a given site. the aim of this work was to evaluate possible antagonistic interactions among fusobacterium nucleatum and prevotella intermedia, isolated from periodontal pockets, and lactobacillus casei, l. salivarius, l. rhamnosus and l. plantarum isolated from saliva. different tests were carried out using each strain as a ... | 2003 | 14643404 |
| the antimicrobial efficacy of 'mgp' gutta-percha in vitro. | to determine whether 'mgp' gutta-percha (westport, ct, usa), a commercially available gutta-percha containing iodoform, inhibits the growth of potential endodontic pathogens. | 2003 | 12950576 |
| antimicrobial activity of different concentrations of naocl and chlorhexidine using a contact test. | the purpose of this study was to analyze the in vitro antimicrobial activity of sodium hypochlorite (1% and 5%) and chlorhexidine (0.12%, 0.5% and 1%). bacterial samples (atcc) of staphylococcus aureus, enterococcus faecalis, escherichia coli, porphyromonas gingivalis and fusobacterium nucleatum were submitted to a contact test. solutions were evaluated at different time intervals: immediately, 5 min, 15 min, and 30 min after contact and repeated 10 times. the results of the contact test showed ... | 2003 | 12964652 |
| multiple brain abscesses caused by fusobacterium nucleatum treated conservatively. | multiple brain abscesses are serious neurological problems with high mortality and disabling morbidity. the frequency is rising as a result of aids and the increasing number of immunocompromised patients. | 2003 | 12945954 |
| plasmid profile in oral fusobacterium nucleatum from humans and cebus apella monkeys. | fusobacterium nucleatum is a strict anaerobe and is indigenous of the human oral cavity. this organism is commonly recovered from different monomicrobial and mixed infections in humans and animals. in this study, the plasmid profile, the plasmid stability and the penicillin-resistance association in oral f. nucleatum isolated from periodontal patients, healthy subjects and cebus apella monkeys were evaluated. forty-five f. nucleatum strains from patients, 38 from healthy subjects and seven from ... | 2003 | 12751315 |
| subgingival microbiota levels and their associations with periodontal status at the sampled sites in an adult sudanese population using miswak or toothbrush regularly. | little information is available on the effect of miswak use on gingival microbiota. we assessed levels of 28 oral bacteria in subgingival plaque of adult sudanese miswak (n = 38) and toothbrush users (n = 36) age range 20-53 years (mean 34.6 years) to study associations between these bacteria, oral hygiene method, and periodontal status at the sampled sites. a pooled subgingival plaque sample from 6 probing sites of 1 selected tooth in each jaw was obtained from each subject. whole genomic dna p ... | 2003 | 12790510 |
| fusobacterium nucleatum: a rare cause of bacteremia in neutropenic patients with leukemia and lymphoma. | although anaerobic bacteremias are uncommon in oncohematologic patients, nevertheless they have been considered an emergent problem in the last few years. fusobacterium nucleatum is an anaerobic gram-negative bacillus commonly present in the oral cavity and in the respiratory and genito-urinary tracts. over a 10-year period 18 episodes of f. nucleatum bacteremia in patients with hematological malignances (15 leukemias and 3 lymphomas) have been observed in our department of hematology. predispos ... | 2003 | 14616727 |
| genomics of oral bacteria. | advances in bacterial genetics came with the discovery of the genetic code, followed by the development of recombinant dna technologies. now the field is undergoing a new revolution because of investigators' ability to sequence and assemble complete bacterial genomes. over 200 genome projects have been completed or are in progress, and the oral microbiology research community has benefited through projects for oral bacteria and their non-oral-pathogen relatives. this review describes features of ... | 2003 | 12799321 |
| genome analysis of f. nucleatum sub spp vincentii and its comparison with the genome of f. nucleatum atcc 25586. | we present the draft genome sequence and its analysis for fusobacterium nucleatum sub spp. vincentii (fnv), and compare that genome with f. nucleatum atcc 25586 (fn). a total of 441 fnv open reading frames (orfs) with no orthologs in fn have been identified. of these, 118 orfs have no known function and are unique to fnv, whereas 323 orfs have functional orthologs in other organisms. in addition to the excretion of butyrate, h2s and ammonia-like fn, fnv has the additional capability to excrete l ... | 2003 | 12799352 |
| antibacterial activity of medicinal plant extracts against periodontopathic bacteria. | this study was performed to evaluate the antibacterial activity of althaea officinalis l. roots, arnica montana l. flowers, calendula officinalis l. flowers, hamamelis virginiana l. leaves, illicium verum hook. fruits and melissa officinalis l. leaves, against anaerobic and facultative aerobic periodontal bacteria: porphyromonas gingivalis, prevotella spp., fusobacterium nucleatum, capnocytophaga gingivalis, veilonella parvula, eikenella corrodens, peptostreptococcus micros and actinomyces odont ... | 2003 | 12820224 |
| culture-independent identification of pathogenic bacteria and polymicrobial infections in the genitourinary tract of renal transplant recipients. | renal transplant recipients are predisposed to urinary tract infections caused by both common uropathogens and opportunistic bacteria resulting frequently in significant polymicrobial infections. in this study, a culture-independent 16s rrna-based approach was established to identify unusual, fastidious, or anaerobic bacteria and to investigate bacterial diversity in urinary tract specimens. similarly sized amplicons encompassing the v6 to v8 region of the 16s rrna were analyzed with denaturing ... | 2003 | 14662931 |
| bacteria-binding plasma proteins in pellicles formed on hydroxyapatite in vitro and on teeth in vivo. | previous studies on dental pellicle formation and bacterial adherence have focussed on saliva and its components. the tooth surface is, however, also exposed to the plasma-derived crevicular fluid. in the present study, (i). plasma proteins in in vitro and in vivo pellicles were examined using sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (sds-page), immunoblotting and image analysis and (ii). the adherence of periodontopathogenic bacteria to experimental plasma and saliva pellicles ... | 2003 | 12823794 |
| changes in growth and polyglucose synthesis in response to fructose metabolism by fusobacterium nucleatum grown in continuous culture. | fusobacterium nucleatum, grown in a chemically defined medium at micro(rel) = 0.5, produced greater cell yields and undetectable levels of intracellular polyglucose (ip) when fructose was substituted for glucose. the utilisation and metabolism of fructose by growing cells was studied and the effect of the energy-yielding amino acids, glutamate, serine, histidine and lysine on cell yield, ip synthesis and acidic end-products was investigated. when f. nucleatum was grown on elevated amino acid lev ... | 2003 | 12823803 |
| lethal photosensitization of periodontal pathogens by a red-filtered xenon lamp in vitro. | the ability of helium-neon (he-ne) laser irradiation of a photosensitizer to induce localized phototoxic effects that kill periodontal pathogens is well documented and is termed photodynamic therapy (pdt). | 2003 | 12828662 |
| effect of smoking and periodontal treatment on the subgingival microflora. | the effect of smoking on the prevalence of periodontal pathogens after periodontal treatment is still not clear. some studies found no effect of the smoking status on the prevalence of periodontal pathogens after therapy, whereas others did. the aim of this retrospective study was to investigate the influence of smoking on the treatment of periodontitis and the composition of the subgingival microflora. | 2003 | 12834497 |
| unusual presentation of lemierre's syndrome due to fusobacterium nucleatum. | we report a case of lemierre's syndrome due to fusobacterium nucleatum in a previously healthy 19-year-old male. this is the first case report of lemierre's syndrome due to thrombophlebitis of the external jugular vein. the patient had a rapid clinical response to anticoagulation and antibiotics, as supported by anecdotal evidence. | 2003 | 12843117 |
| characteristics of brain abscess with isolation of anaerobic bacteria. | in view of its localization, brain abscess (ba) usually requires medical and surgical care. a broad spectrum of bacteria is involved. recent reports stress the increasing frequency of anaerobes, but their impact has not been well evaluated. a retrospective review was conducted of all episodes of documented ba admitted in a tertiary-care hospital over a 10 y period. ba due to anaerobic bacteria (group a) were compared with other cases (group b) to determine the frequency and eventual characterist ... | 2003 | 12875518 |
| antibiotic resistance of pathogenic bacteria from odontogenic infections in taiwan. | the purpose of this study was to evaluate the susceptibility of facultative and anaerobic odontogenic infectious flora to various antibiotics. we assessed 178 bacterial strains isolated from 74 patients with odontogenic infections. the e-test was used to determine susceptibility. the microbial flora was predominantly facultative gram-positive organisms and anaerobic gram-negative bacilli. the results of antimicrobial susceptibility test showed that ampicillin resistance was found with a very hig ... | 2003 | 12886961 |
| antimicrobial constituents from goldenseal (the rhizomes of hydrastis canadensis) against selected oral pathogens. | two new c-methyl flavonoids, 6,8-di- c-methylluteolin 7-methyl ether (1) and 6- c-methylluteolin 7-methyl ether (2), were isolated from a commercially available sample of the roots of hydrastis canadensis, along with seven known compounds, berberine (3), beta-hydrastine (4), canadine (5), canadaline (6), isocorypalmine (7), canadinic acid (8), and beta-sitosterol 3- o-beta- d-glucoside (9). the structures of the new compounds 1 and 2 were elucidated on the basis of their spectral data including ... | 2003 | 12898417 |
| effects of a chlorhexidine gluconate-containing mouthwash on the vitality and antimicrobial susceptibility of in vitro oral bacterial ecosystems. | oral bacterial microcosms, established using saliva inocula from three individuals, were maintained under a feast-famine regime within constant-depth film fermenters. steady-state communities were exposed four times daily, postfeeding, to a chlorhexidine (chx) gluconate-containing mouthwash (chxm) diluted to 0.06% (wt/vol) antimicrobial content. the microcosms were characterized by heterotrophic plate counts and pcr-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (dgge). chxm caused significant decrease ... | 2003 | 12902270 |