This study was conducted to evaluate the impact of implementation of an automated liquid culture system on the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy in an HIV-uninfected patient population. We retrospectively compared the culture yield, time to positivity, and contamination rate of pleural effusion samples in the BACTEC Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube 960 (MGIT) and Ogawa media among patients wi...

BACKGROUND Improved cancer therapeutics and enhanced cancer survivorship have emphasized the severe long-term side effects of chemotherapy. Specifically, studies have linked many chemotherapy agents with primary ovarian insufficiency, although an exact insult model has not yet been determined. To investigate and ultimately solve this problem, a novel device for extended study of mammalian ovari...

Social media provides both opportunities and risks for any organization. Secure integration of social media platforms in organizational ICT infrastructures tends to be focused mainly on technical aspects. Social media security management usually ignores the human dimension, but protection can only be achieved through a holistic approach. Social media security culture must be part of the overall...

background: malassezia furfur is alipophilic yeast that causes skin disease. objective: to evaluate the level of il-10, ifn-γ and il-12p70 in co-incubation of m. furfur grown on different forms of natural oils with pbmcs of healthy individuals. methods: pbmcs were obtained from blood samples of normal volunteers. m. furfur was cultured in different culture media containing almond oil, fish oil,...

many factors may influence the efficiency of somatic embryogenesis. this capability may be differ with regard to media compositions, genotype, tissue, organ ontology and the stage of differentiation. the effects of five salicylic acid concentrations (0, 25, 50, 75 and 100 mm) on different stages of carrot somatic embryogenesis were studied using petiole and root secondary phloem explants as sta...