Corynebacterium argentoratense has been associated mainly with infections in the human respiratory tract. Genome sequencing of two unrelated clinical macrolide-resistant strains, CNM 463/05 and CNM 601/08, revealed the presence of the antibiotic resistance gene erm(X) allocated to a specific genomic region with 100% similarity to the widely distributed transposable element Tn5432.

Background and Aims: Enteric diseases have had detrimental impacts on commercial poultry through depressing growth rates and caused considerable economic losses to poultry producers. Chicken astrovirus (CAstV) is one of the most common viruses related to enteric diseases in chickens, especially in young chicks. Materials and Methods: Chicken astroviruses were detected by reverse transcriptase ...

In a survey of 601 pregnant women in Mozambique, 34 (5.6%) were sickle cell trait carriers. Beta thalassaemia trait did not appear to be common. There was a slight rise in Hb F values in 49 women of the type reported previously in early pregnancy.

Corresponding author: Mariusz Kruk MD, Coronary Artery and Structural Heart Diseases Department, Institute of Cardiology, 42 Alpejska St, 04-628 Warsaw, Poland, phone: +48 601 145 011, e-mail: [email protected] Received: 29.02.2016, accepted: 29.02.2016. Diagnostic one-stop-shop in suspected coronary artery disease gets closer. Coronary computed tomography angiography based fractional f...

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Address for correspondence: Burr Hall, MD University of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital Department of Cardiovascular Diseases 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 679-C Rochester, New York 14642, USA Tel: (585) 275 1667, fax: (585) 242 9549 e-mail: [email protected] Received: 30.09.2007 Accepted: 15.12.2007 Surgical atrial fibrillation ablation: A review of contemporary techniques and energy ...