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Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att beskriva behov av information och stöd hos kvinnor med bröstcancer. Metoden som användes var en litteraturstudie och inkluderade både kvalitativa och kvantitativa artiklar. Tio studier inkluderades och resultatet presenterades i tre huvudkategorier: Information, stöd och sjuksköterskans uppfattning om behov av information och stöd, detta behov måste identifieras individuellt efter varje kvinna med bröstcancer. Dessa kvinnor uppskattade information om möjligheten att bli botad, behandlingsalternativ samt recidiv. Yngre kvinnor hade större behov av information om sexualitet än äldre. Detta informationsbehov beräknades ändå som mindre viktigt av alla kvinnor med bröstcancer oberoende av ålder. Det var många studier som visade samma resultat att kvinnor med bröstcancer har stort behov av information och stöd. Resultatet av litteraturstudien kan ge sjuksköterskorna ökad förståelse om vilka behov av information och stöd kvinnor med bröstcancer har. Ökad medvetenhet om dessa behov kan ligga till grund för en god omvårdnad.The aim of this study was to describe the need for information and support in women with breast cancer. The method used is a literature study with both of qualitative and quantitative articles. Ten studies were included and the results were presented in three main categories: information, support, and the nurse's perception of the need for information and support, this need must be identified individually by each woman with breast cancer. These women appreciated the information about chances of cure, treatment and recurrence. Young women had a greater need for information about sexuality than older. This information was calculated, however, as less important for all women with breast cancer regardless of age. There were many studies that showed the same results that women with breast cancer have great need for information and support. The results of the literature study can give nurses greater understanding of the needs for information and support women with breast cancer have. Increased awareness of these needs can be the basis for good care

Competition between Burkholderia pseudomallei and B. thailandensis.

BACKGROUND: Burkholderia pseudomallei is a Gram-negative bacterium that causes melioidosis, an often fatal disease in tropical countries. Burkholderia thailandensis is a non-virulent but closely related species. Both species are soil saprophytes but are almost never isolated together. RESULTS: We identified two mechanisms by which B. pseudomallei affects the growth of B. thailandensis. First, we found that six different isolates of B. pseudomallei inhibited the growth of B. thailandensis on LB agar plates. Second, our results indicated that 55% of isolated strains of B. pseudomallei produced a secreted compound that inhibited the motility but not the viability of B. thailandensis. Analysis showed that the active compound was a pH-sensitive and heat-labile compound, likely a protein, which may affect flagella processing or facilitate their degradation. Analysis of bacterial sequence types (STs) demonstrated an association between this and motility inhibition. The active compound was produced from B. pseudomallei during the stationary growth phase. CONCLUSION: Taken together, our results indicate that B. pseudomallei inhibits both the growth and motility of its close relative B. thailandensis. The latter phenomenon appears to occur via a previously unreported mechanism involving flagellar processing or degradation