The immunomagnetic separation (IMS) is a technique that has been used to increase sensitivity and specificity and to decrease the time required for detection of Salmonella in foods through different methodologies. In this work we report on the development of a method for detection of Salmonella in chicken cuts using in house antibody-sensitized microspheres associated to conventional plating in...

The laboratory isolation of Salmonella began approxhately a century ago. Since that time there have been numerous reports in the scientific literature comparing the efficacy of various media and incubation conditions. An important part of the Salmonella laboratory procedure is the selective plating agar. Many of the currently used media were developed for the clinical microbiologist, and clinic...

The past three decades have witnessed the rise of campylobacter enteritis in humans from virtual obscurity to notoriety, with present isolation rates superseding those of other enteric pathogens such as Salmonella spp. and Shigella spp. in most developed countries. Unlike the salmonellae and other enteric pathogens, most (∼ 99%) clinical reports concerning campylobacter are sporadic, and campyl...

The aim of the present work was to compare the efficacies and levels of selectivity of different culture-dependent and -independent methods for analyzing bifidobacteria in human stool samples. The three different culture media used here significantly differed from each other, particularly with regard to the recovery of Bifidobacterium adolescentis. Bifidobacterium medium failed to recover B. ad...

A 74-year-old male with alkaptonuria (AKU) was admitted to the emergency department left distal femur pain and Rorabeck type 2 periprosthetic fracture following total knee arthroplasty (TKA). AKU is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by homogentisic acid buildup in connective tissues joints, leading ochronosis arthritis. Multiple joint replacements are common patients, fractures may ...

Bone Joint Res 2015;4:23–8. Received 23 October 2014; Accepted 17 December 2014 Objectives This study tests the biomechanical properties of adjacent locked plate constructs in a femur model using Sawbones. Previous studies have described biomechanical behaviour related to inter-device distances. We hypothesise that a smaller lateral inter-plate distance will result in a biomechanically stronger...