Purpose of this paper is to analyze different species' proportion of nontuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM) and susceptibility to clarithromycin of different species. 278 clinical NTM isolates were identified into species by using 16S rRNA, rpoB and hsp65. Then clarithromycin susceptibility testing against different species was done separately, using microplate Alamar Blue assay. Finally, resistanc...

The structure of a single-stranded (ss) oligonucleotide containing (GTC)15 [ss(GTC)15] was examined. As a control, parallel studies were performed with ss(CTG)15, an oligonucleotide that forms a hairpin. Electrophoretic mobility, KMnO4 oxidation and P1 nuclease studies demonstrate that, similar to ss(CTG)15, ss(GTC)15 forms a hairpin containing base paired and/or stacked thymines in the stem. E...

BACKGROUND Mycobacterium abscessus complex (MABC) includes species with high resistance rates among mycobacterial pathogens. In fact, MABC infections may not respond to clarithromycin treatment, which has historically been very effective against MABC infection. Molecular markers have been proposed to detect both acquired (rrl polymorphisms) and inducible (erm(41) polymorphisms) clarithromycin r...

Franco R.P., Pereira G.T. & Camacho A.A. 2011. Clinical evaluation of enalapril maleate and furosemide usage in dogs with degenerative myxomatous mitral valve, chf functional class Ib. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 31(9):791-797. Departamento de Clínica Médica e Cirúrgica de Pequenos Animais, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinária, Universidade do Estado de São Paulo, Via de Acesso Prof...

• Clown anemonefish pomca , b agrp1 2 & mc4r-like genes compare to other teleosts. At 32 °C clown grow normally by eating more, if food is available. Higher intake correlates with increased expression of and reduced pomca. This supports orexigenic anorexigenic roles for these paralogues. The melanocortin system aids in modifying response climate change. ( Amphiprion ocellaris ) a common model s...

INTRODUCTION Cancer-related pain has a severe negative impact on quality of life. Combination analgesic therapy with oxycodone and pregabalin is effective for treating neuropathic cancer pain. We investigated the efficacy and tolerability of a dose-escalation combination therapy with prolonged-release oxycodone/naloxone (OXN-PR) and pregabalin in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer and sev...

Active surveillance of invasive group A streptococcal (GAS) infections was conducted in Denmark during 2003 and 2004 as a part of the Strep-EURO initiative. The main objective was to improve understanding of the epidemiology of invasive GAS disease in Denmark. During the 2 years, 278 cases were reported, corresponding to a mean annual incidence of 2.6 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. The vast maj...

The impact of ocean acidification and carbonation on microbial community structure was assessed during a large-scale in situ costal pelagic mesocosm study, included as part of the EPOCA 2010 Arctic campaign. The mesocosm experiment included ambient conditions (fjord) and nine mesocosms with pCO2 levels ranging from ∼ 145 to ∼ 1420 μatm. Samples for the present study were collected at ten time p...

k=0 (−1)k 2k + 1 x } , the sequence of Taylor polynomials centered at 0 that converges to arctanx on [−1, 1]. Like the Taylor polynomials for several other classical functions, e.g., cosx, sinx, and ex, this sequence of polynomials is very easy to describe and work with; but unlike those Taylor sequences with factorials in the denominators of their coefficients, it does not converge rapidly for...