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The effect of oral sodium acetate administration on plasma acetate concentration and acid-base state in horses
Frequency of oral mucositis and microbiological analysis in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated with 0.12% chlorhexidine gluconate
Tendo em vista o potencial de morbidade das complicações orais em pacientes com leucemia, este estudo avaliou as alterações clĂnicas e microbiolĂłgicas que ocorrem na mucosa bucal de crianças com leucemia linfoblástica aguda (LLA), submetidas Ă quimioterapia antineoplásica e administração profilática do gluconato de clorexidina 0,12%. A amostra foi constituĂda de 17 crianças de 2 a 12 anos, as quais foram submetidas a exame clĂnico da mucosa oral para a detecção de lesões bucais. AlĂ©m disso, foi coletado material biolĂłgico das mucosas labial e jugal para análises microbiolĂłgicas. A mucosite oral foi observada em apenas 5 (29,4%) pacientes. A análise microbiolĂłgica revelou a presença de um nĂşmero reduzido de microorganismos potencialmente patogĂŞnicos, como estafilococos coagulase-negativos (47%), Candida albicans (35,3%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (5,9%), Escherichia coli enteropatogĂŞnica (5,9%) e Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (5,9%). Pacientes com mucosite oral apresentaram uma maior freqĂĽĂŞncia de estafilococos coagulase-negativos (80%) quando comparados aos pacientes que exibiam mucosa oral normal (33,3%). Em conclusĂŁo, os resultados do presente estudo sugerem que o uso profilático do gluconato de clorexidina 0,12% reduz a freqĂĽĂŞncia de mucosite oral e de patĂłgenos orais em crianças com LLA. AlĂ©m disso, os presentes achados sugerem uma possĂvel relação entre estafilococos coagulase-negativos e o desenvolvimento de mucosite oral. _________________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT: In view of the morbidity potential of oral complications in patients with leukemia, this study evaluated the clinical and microbiological alterations that occur in the oral mucosa of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) undergoing antineoplastic chemotherapy and prophylactic administration of 0.12% chlorhexidine gluconate. The sample consisted of 17 children aged 2 to 12 years that underwent clinical examination of the oral mucosa for the detection of oral lesions. In addition, biological material was collected from labial and buccal mucosa for microbiological analysis. Oral mucositis was observed in only 5 (29.4%) patients. Microbiological analysis revealed a reduced number of potentially pathogenic microorganisms, such as coagulase-negative staphylococci (47%), Candida albicans (35.3%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (5.9%), enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (5.9%), and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (5.9%). Patients with oral mucositis showed a higher frequency of coagulase-negative staphylococci (80%) when compared with patients with normal oral mucosa (33.3%). In conclusion, the results of the present study suggest that the prophylactic use of 0.12% chlorhexidine gluconate reduces the frequency of oral mucositis and oral pathogens in children with ALL. In addition, the present findings suggest a possible relationship between coagulase-negative staphylococci and the development of oral mucositis
CaracterĂsticas dos nascidos vivos, das mĂŁes e mortalidade neonatal precoce na RegiĂŁo Metropolitana de SĂŁo Paulo, Brasil
Morte neonatal precoce segundo complexidade hospitalar e rede SUS e nĂŁo-SUS na RegiĂŁo Metropolitana de SĂŁo Paulo, Brasil
Cholinesterase as inflammatory markers in a experimental infection by Trypanosoma evansi in rabbits
The additional value of CT images interpretation in the differential diagnosis of benign vs. malignant primary bone lesions with 18F-FDG-PET/CT
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the value of a dedicated interpretation of the CT images in the differential diagnosis of benign vs. malignant primary bone lesions with 18 fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG-PET/CT). MATERIALS AND METHODS: In 50 consecutive patients (21 women, 29 men, mean age 36.9, age range 11-72) with suspected primary bone neoplasm conventional radiographs and 18F-FDG-PET/CT were performed. Differentiation of benign and malignant lesions was separately performed on conventional radiographs, PET alone (PET), and PET/CT with specific evaluation of the CT part. Histology served as the standard of reference in 46 cases, clinical, and imaging follow-up in four cases. RESULTS: According to the standard of reference, conventional 17 lesions were benign and 33 malignant. Sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy in assessment of malignancy was 85%, 65% and 78% for conventional radiographs, 85%, 35% and 68% for PET alone and 91%, 77% and 86% for combined PET/CT. Median SUV(max) was 3.5 for benign lesions (range 1.6-8.0) and 5.7 (range 0.8-41.7) for malignant lesions. In eight patients with bone lesions with high FDG-uptake (SUV(max) >or= 2.5) dedicated CT interpretation led to the correct diagnosis of a benign lesion (three fibrous dysplasias, two osteomyelitis, one aneurysmatic bone cyst, one fibrous cortical defect, 1 phosphaturic mesenchymal tumor). In four patients with lesions with low FDG-uptake (SUV(max) < 2.5) dedicated CT interpretation led to the correct diagnosis of a malignant lesion (three chondrosarcomas and one leiomyosarcoma). Combined PET/CT was significantly more accurate in the differentiation of benign and malignant lesions than PET alone (p = .039). There was no significant difference between PET/CT and conventional radiographs (p = .625). CONCLUSION: Dedicated interpretation of the CT part significantly improved the performance of FDG-PET/CT in differentiation of benign and malignant primary bone lesions compared to PET alone. PET/CT more commonly differentiated benign from malignant primary bone lesions compared with conventional radiographs, but this difference was not significant
Optimization of capture protocols across species targeting up to 32000 genes and their extension to pooled DNA
Abstract Premise In-solution based capture is becoming a method of choice for sequencing targeted sequence. Methods and results We assessed and optimized a capture protocol in 20 different species from 6 different plant genus using kits from 20,000 to 200,000 baits targeting from 300 to 32,000 genes. We evaluated both the effectiveness of the capture protocol and the fold enrichment in targeted sequences. We proposed a protocol with multiplexing up to 96 samples in a single hybridization and showed it was an efficient and cost-effective strategy. We also extended the use of capture to pools of 100 samples and proved the efficiency of the method to assess allele frequency. Using a set of various organisms with different genome sizes, we demonstrated a correlation between the percentage of on-target reads vs . the relative size of the targeted sequences. Conclusion Altogether, we proposed methods, strategies, cost-efficient protocols and statistics to better evaluate and more effectively use hybridization capture
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