DifferentialCandida albicanslipase gene expression during alimentary tract colonization and infection

Alimentary Tract: Intestine

While tremendous advances have improved the understanding of inflammatory bowel disease, with regard to environmental risk factors as well as the biochemical nature of the inflammatory process, a determination of primary etiology remains elusive. Numerous theories have been proposed in the past century concerning the cause of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis with implications for specific...

Aging and the alimentary tract.

Alimentary Tract Motility

Alimentary/Tract/Motility/ 1 SMOOTH MUSCLE Smooth muscle lines the walls of hollow organs (eg. intestine, uterus), the circulatory system (arteries and veins), and ducts of secretory glands. The primary role of smooth muscle is to regulate the diameter of the organ lumen which it surrounds. Although "smooth muscle" is used to categorize muscle components of these various tissues, there is a lar...

Lower respiratory tract colonization and infection during severe acute respiratory distress syndrome: incidence and diagnosis.

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is difficult to detect and is often unsuspected during adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). We prospectively evaluated lower respiratory tract (LRT) colonization and infection in 30 patients with severe ARDS (PaO2/FIO2 ratio < 150 mm Hg), using repeated quantitative cultures of plugged telescopic catheter (PTC) specimens taken blindly via the endotra...

Hamartomas in the alimentary tract.