Helicobacter pylori infection is more common in Alaska Native persons than in the general U.S. population, with seroprevalence to H. pylori approaching 75%. Previous studies in Alaska have demonstrated elevated proportions of antimicrobial resistance among H. pylori isolates. We analyzed H. pylori data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's sentinel surveillance in Alaska from Ja...

The most frequent mutations associated with rifampin and isoniazid resistance in Mycobacterium are the substitutions at codons 531 and 315 in the rpoB and katG genes, respectively. Hence, the aim of this study was to characterize these mutations in Mycobacterium isolates from patients suspected to be infected with drug-resistant (DR) pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in Veracruz, Mexico. Drug suscept...

Christine Roll (Hrsg.), Recht und Reich im Zeitalter der Reformation. Festschrift für Horst Rabe, unter Mitarb. v. Bettina Braun Heide Stratenwerth, Frankfurt/M., Berlin, Bern, New York, Paris, Wien (Lang), 1996. XV, 531 S., 13 Abb.

We evaluated the mutations in a 193bp of the rpoB gene by automated sequencing of rifampicin (RMP)-resistant and susceptible Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from Brazil (25 strains) and France (37 strains). In RMP-resistant strains, mutations were identified in 100% (16/16) from France and 89% (16/18) from Brazil. No mutation was detected in the 28 RMP-susceptible strains. Among RMP...

The polymerase chain reaction based on the selective amplification of a 531-bp fragment of the gene encoding the proline-rich antigen of Mycobacterium leprae was applied to nasal swab specimens from leprosy patients, occupational contacts, and endemic and nonendemic controls. To prevent false-positive amplification, we used dUTP and uracil-DNA-glycosylase in all polymerase chain reactions. Fals...

KennethN. Timmis (Editor-in-Chief), Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Inhoffenstrasse 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany. Tel.: +49 531 6181 4000; Fax: +49 531 6181 4199; e-mail: [email protected] Juan L. Ramos, Estación Experimental del Zaidín – CSIC, C/ Prof. Albareda, 1, E-18008Granada, Spain. Tel.: +34 958 181 608; Fax: +34 958 135 740; e-mail:...

531 PROBLEMS WITH DEFINITIONS AND DISTINCTIONS 531 PROBLEMS WITH COMMON METAPHORS AND MODELS 533 The Blank Screen Metaphor 533 The X-Ray Metaphor 534 The Need for an Informed Conceptual Framework 535 THE BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE PROCESS MODEL 535 Self-Expressive and Organizational Components 535 The Projective Test Stimulus Situation 536 Processing the Stimulus Situation 536 The Free-Response Format...

Methods In the solid tumor model, a lump of 350-mg CC-531 tumor cells was placed intraperitoneally in rats having C02 pneumoperitoneum (n = 8), gasless laparoscopy (n = 8), or conventional laparotomy (n = 8). After 20 minutes, the solid tumor was removed through a laparoscopic port or through the laparotomy. In the cell seeding model, 5 x 105 CC-531 cells were injected intraperitoneally before ...

531 ISSN 1758-2008 10.2217/NPY.12.58 © 2012 Future Medicine Ltd Neuropsychiatry (2012) 2(6), 531–541 SUMMARY Bipolar disorder is a chronic, disabling, frequent and highly comorbid illness. It is often associated with addictive disorders (ADDs), another chronic and relapsing condition, with a lifetime prevalence three to five times higher than in the general population. However, knowledge is sca...