Molecular and phenotypic features for identification of the opportunistic pathogens Ochrobactrum spp. CLUSTAL W: improving the sensitivity of progressive multiple sequence alignment through sequence weighting, position specific gap penalties and weight matrix choice. A simple, fast, and accurate algorithm to estimate large phy-logenies by maximum likelihood. Distribution of repetitive DNA seque...

The NCS protein Visinin-like Protein 1 (VILIP-1) transduces calcium signals in the brain and serves as an effector of the nonretinal receptor guanylyl cyclases (GCs) GC-A and GC-B, and nicotinic acetyl choline receptors (nAchR). Analysis of the quaternary structure of VILIP-1 in solution reveals the existence of monomeric and dimeric species, the relative contents of which are affected but not ...

background: college student community is the one with high risk of tuberculosis (tb). a systemic and standardized administration model for prevention and control of tb is significance in controlling tb spread in universities. currently, the universities in china have not established the comprehensive and standardized administration system for tb prevention and control in college student communi...

how to cite this article: jalili m, jahangiri n, yazdi aa, ashrafzadeh f. the effects of imitative vs. cognitive methods on the speech development of children with autism. iran j child neurol. 2014 winter; 8(1):37-46. objective the present study was performed to examine the effects of two speech therapy methods on six verbal behaviors of autistic children, including oral speech, listening, orga...

The introduction of oral antimicrobial agents with broad-spectrum activity extending to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other multiply antibiotic-resistant pathogens made the fluoroquinolones an attractive choice for empirical therapy for an extensive range of conditions. As a consequence there has been heavy and indiscriminate use of these agents ...

I believe that 3 major issues about doxy-cycline are often overlooked. First, updated data on the pharmaco-kinetics of oral doxycycline remain both scarce and controversial. Indeed, whereas Cunha [1] reported peak serum doxycy-cline concentrations of ∼4 mg/mL after administration of a 100-mg oral dose, Sak-ellari et al. [2] observed mean peak serum concentrations of 2.35 mg/mL 2 h after adminis...

In recent years, the increasing use of spices has resulted in a rise of allergic reactions to them, especially in atopic patients. Curry is a mixture of several seeds such as coriander, onion, curcuma, caraway, cumin or mustard. Most of them belong to the Umbelliferae family. Contact dermatitis, the oral allergy syndrome and some cases of anaphylaxis are the most reported allergic reactions to ...

LETTERS isolation, as required by microbiological criteria, was not possible because a second sputum sample was unavailable. M. sherrisii is a relatively new species (6), closely related to M. simiae. Although most of the rare M. sherrisiiTechapp1.pdf) were diagnosed in Europe or the United States, about half of the strains were isolated from patients in Africa. Because M. sherrisii infection p...

To the Editor: An increasing number of bacterial infections are now diffi cult or impossible to treat (1) because of the misuse of antimicro-bial drugs and the epidemic spread of bacterial resistance to these drugs (2). The most alarming reports are of me-thicillin-resistant Staphylococcus au-reus, extended-spectrum β-lactamase producers, and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). Although kno...

I nfection Ecology & Epidemiology aims to be a truly international forum to stimulate inter-disciplinary collaborations dealing with a range of subjects from the plethora of infections in humans, over diseases that have implications for wildlife ecology, to advanced virology and bacteriology. The journal specifically welcomes studies from the developing world, and studies in which researchers f...