Ciencia Odontológica 2.0

Libro que muestra avances de la Investigación Odontológica en MéxicoEs para los integrantes de la Red de Investigación en Estomatología (RIE) una enorme alegría presentar el segundo de una serie de 6 libros sobre casos clínicos, revisiones de la literatura e investigaciones. La RIE está integrada por cuerpos académicos de la UAEH, UAEM, UAC y UdeG

L’imagerie in vivo: Un outil incontournable pour mieux comprendre la biologie des vésicules extracellulaires

International audienceLes vésicules extracellulaires interviennent dans un nombre croissant de processus physiopathologiques et constituent des outils cliniques prometteurs pour le diagnostic et le traitement de diverses maladies. Leur petite taille a longtemps entravé leur étude in situ, ce qui a limité leur caractérisation in vivo et leur utilisation en clinique. Les avancées récentes en imagerie permettent à présent d’examiner et de suivre les vésicules extracellulaires dans différents modèles animaux, en temps réel et à l’échelle de la vésicule unique. Le poisson zèbre apparaît notamment comme un organisme modèle pertinent pour explorer le cycle de vie de ces vésicules in vivo et évaluer leurs potentialités thérapeutiques

Characterization of Extracellular Vesicles by Transmission Electron Microscopy and Immunolabeling Electron Microscopy

International audienceTransmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) is currently the only method that enables the observation of extracellular vesicles (EVs) at a nanometer scale. Direct visualization of the whole content of EV preparation provides not only crucial insights on the morphology of EVs but also an objective evaluation of the content and purity of the preparation. Coupled to immunogold labelling, TEM allows the detection and association of proteins at the surface of EVs. In these techniques, EVs are deposited on grids and are chemically immobilized and contrasted to withstand a high voltage electron beam. Under high vacuum, the electron beam hits the sample and the electrons that scatter forward are collected to form an image. Here, we describe the steps needed to observe EVs by classical TEM and the extra steps required to label proteins through IEM

International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortiu (INICC) report, data summary of 43 countries for 2007-2012. Device-associated module

We report the results of an International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) surveillance study from January 2007-December 2012 in 503 intensive care units (ICUs) in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. During the 6-year study using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) U.S. National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) definitions for device-associated health care–associated infection (DA-HAI), we collected prospective data from 605,310 patients hospitalized in the INICC's ICUs for an aggregate of 3,338,396 days. Although device utilization in the INICC's ICUs was similar to that reported from ICUs in the U.S. in the CDC's NHSN, rates of device-associated nosocomial infection were higher in the ICUs of the INICC hospitals: the pooled rate of central line–associated bloodstream infection in the INICC's ICUs, 4.9 per 1,000 central line days, is nearly 5-fold higher than the 0.9 per 1,000 central line days reported from comparable U.S. ICUs. The overall rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia was also higher (16.8 vs 1.1 per 1,000 ventilator days) as was the rate of catheter-associated urinary tract infection (5.5 vs 1.3 per 1,000 catheter days). Frequencies of resistance of Pseudomonas isolates to amikacin (42.8% vs 10%) and imipenem (42.4% vs 26.1%) and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates to ceftazidime (71.2% vs 28.8%) and imipenem (19.6% vs 12.8%) were also higher in the INICC's ICUs compared with the ICUs of the CDC's NHSN