h.pylori infection stimulates immune responses. these responses at the mucosal level are predominantly of iga types, while circulating antibodies against this microorganism are predominantly igg classes. igm antibodies are rarely found and seem to be non-specific for this bacterium. in this research, water extract antigen, from three strains of h.pylori (isolated from patients with gastritis, d...

This study assessed the effectiveness of a fully automated surveillance system for the detection of healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) in intensive care units. Manual ward surveillance (MS) and electronic surveillance (ES) were performed for two intensive care units of the Vienna General Hospital. All patients admitted for a period longer than 48 h between 13 November 2006 and 7 February ...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic utility of BRAF mutation testing on thyroid nodules "suspicious for papillary thyroid carcinoma" (PTC) cytology. METHODS A chart review of patients with fine-needle aspiration (FNA) results "suspicious for PTC" with subsequent thyroidectomy was performed. Corresponding archived FNA slides underwent BRAF mutation testing. RE...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of integrated positron emission tomography/computerized tomography (PET/CT) in patients with gynecological cancer. METHODS Fifty-three consecutive patients with gynecologic malignancies were included. The patients were referred to our tertiary center to undergo a PET/CT scan. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negati...

OBJECTIVE To compare the diagnostic accuracy of two vision screeners by a visual examination performed by an optometrist (gold standard) and to evaluate the concordance between both screeners and between each screener and the gold standard. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study that included computer workers who attended a routine yearly health examination. The study included administrativ...

Objective. Although differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) usually has an indolent course, some cases show a poor prognosis; therefore, risk stratification is required. The objective of this study is to compare the predictive ability of classical risk stratification systems proposed by the European Thyroid Association (ETA) and American Thyroid Association (ATA) with the system proposed by Tuttle ...

Methods Data of patients referred to School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata for suspected treatment failure (TF) was analyzed for the period of December2008 to November2013 to ascertain the positive predictive value (PPV) of immunologic and/or clinical parameter for confirming virologic failure (VF) and to observe the short term outcome of secondline treatment. Paired ttest was used for data anal...

INTRODUCTION The objectives were to assess the diagnostic value of hysterosalpingography (HSG) with laparoscopy as gold standard in the evaluation of tubal patency and pelvic adhesions in women suffering from infertility. METHODS We conducted a comparative cross sectional study on 208 medical files of infertile women followed up at the Yaoundé General Hospital during a period of five years (D...

Discriminating subjects at clinical high risk (CHR) for psychosis who will develop psychosis from those who will not is a prerequisite for preventive treatments. However, it is not yet possible to make any personalized prediction of psychosis onset relying only on the initial clinical baseline assessment. Here, we first present a systematic review of prognostic accuracy parameters of predictive...