In this study, we analyzed the mechanisms of multiresistance for 22 clinical multiresistant and clonally different Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains from Germany. Twelve and 10 strains originated from cystic fibrosis (CF) and non-CF patients, respectively. Overproduction of the efflux systems MexAB-OprM, MexCD-OprJ, MexEF-OprN, and MexXY-OprM was studied. Furthermore, loss of OprD, alterations in ...

In adolescents with cystic fibrosis (CF) the anabolic benefits of resistance exercise (RT) on skeletal muscle hypertrophy may synergize with recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) therapy exerting an effect greater than either alone. We present a male adolescent with CF taking rhGH, who began RT. During rhGH alone, weight, height and BMI increased 14, 12 and 10 centiles (21st, 21st, 26th), res...

Persian language is one of the most widely used languages in the Web environment. Hence, the Persian Web includes invaluable information that is required to be retrieved effectively. Similar to other languages, ranking algorithms for the Persian Web content, deal with different challenges, such as applicability issues in real-world situations as well as the lack of user modeling. CF-Rank, as a ...

Dear Editor,In spite of recent advances in treatment of infection and emphasis on adequate nutritional intake, patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) frequently have less than ideal body weight and adults are often shorter than their target height.1Owing to a state of relative growth hormone (GH) insensitivity, the anabolic and growth promoting effects of recombinant human GH (rhGH) treatment have ...

Textile-based electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding materials with good flexibility and high EMI effectiveness (SE) are highly desirable. Still, the poor mechanical properties of textile-based limit their application. The carbon filaments (CF) combine superior conductivity. Therefore, we demonstrate CF-reinforced material, which was laminated two types copper-coated nonwoven polyester (C...

Recently, the use of ionic liquids (ILs) for carbon capture and separation processes has gained great interest by many researchers due to the high solubility of CO₂ in ILs. In the present work, solubility measurements of CO₂ in the novel IL 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium nonafluorobutylsulfonate [C₄mim][CF₃CF₂CF₂CF₂SO₃] were performed with a high-pressure view-cell technique in the temperature r...

OBJECTIVE: To correlate sweat conductivity by Wescor with quantitative sodium determination in the same sample. METHODS: We analyzed 206 sweat samples, being 31 obtained from patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Sweat was collected by quantitative pilocarpine iontophoresis in the Macroduct system for 30 minutes. Samples were immediately determined by Sweat-Chek analyzer (Wescor) and sodium quant...