AIMS An association between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and spondyloarthropathies (SpA) has repeatedly been reported. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether serologic markers of IBD, e.g. antibodies against Saccharomyces cerevisiae (ASCA), antibodies against exocrine pancreas (PAB) and perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (pANCA) are present in HLA-B27-associa...

This study was to clarify whether Behcet's disease (BD) could be classified into the spondyloarthropathy (SpA) complex. It was undertaken on 58 patients with BD (BD group), 56 patients with SpA (SpA group), and 3 patients who concurrently satisfied the criteria for BD and SpA (BDSpA group). The clinical parameters and known susceptible HLA antigens were compared between BD group and SpA group. ...

A collection of swine, fish, and cetacean Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae strains representing 16 serotypes was analyzed for possession of the three currently recognized surface protective antigen (spa)-types: spaA, spaB, and spaC. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays and Western blotting with a SpaA-specific monoclonal antibody demonstrated that spa-type is not confined to specific serotype gro...

Membrane filtration fouling has become a significant issue that restricts its wide application. The electrocoagulation (EC) technique combines variety of synergistic pollutant removal technologies (including flocculation, redox, and air flotation), which can be an ideal pretreatment process for membrane filtration. In this work, novel Cu2+-doped polypyrrole-coated stainless steel mesh (Cu/PPy–S...

In this letter, we analyze the error floor of column layered decoders, also known as shuffled for low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes under saturating sum-product algorithm (SPA). To estimate floor, evaluate failure rate different trapping sets (TSs) that contribute to frame in region. For each such TS, model dynamics SPA vicinity TS by a linear state-space incorporates information message-pa...

Staphylococcal protein A (SPA), a cell wall component of S. aureus, binds not only to the Fc fragment of IgG, but also via an alternative site to the Fab fragments of immunoglobulins (Igs) independent of heavy chain isotype. ‘ J In man, this binding is restricted to Igs with vH3 heavy chains and occurs at a site(s) outside the conventional antigen-binding r e g i ~ n . ~ . ~ An increasing body ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most significant pathogens associated with health care. For efficient surveillance, control and outbreak investigation, S. aureus typing is essential. A high resolution melting curve analysis was developed and evaluated for rapid identification of the most frequent spa types found in an Austrian hospital consortium covering 2,435 beds. A...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to assess the vasopressin effect on operation time and the need for electrocauterization frequency and ovarian reserve during laparoscopic stripping of ovarian endometriomas. METHODS This was a randomized prospective clinical trial, in which twenty patients between 18-35 years with unilateral endometriomas were randomly divided in two groups of cases a...