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Bacterial Accumulation at the Air-Water Interface

Accumulation at the air-water interface of four bacterial strains with different hydrophobicities was studied. To exclude system influences, both a static batch system and a dynamic system involving rising bubbles were used. All bacteria accumulated at the air-water interface in both systems. Generally, attachment to the air-water interface increased with bacterial surface hydrophobicity. Accum...

Extravascular Lung Water and Acute Lung Injury

Acute lung injury carries a high burden of morbidity and mortality and is characterised by nonhydrostatic pulmonary oedema. The aim of this paper is to highlight the role of accurate quantification of extravascular lung water in diagnosis, management, and prognosis in "acute lung injury" and "acute respiratory distress syndrome". Several studies have verified the accuracy of both the single and...

Reply to the Letter to the Editor Reply to Ismail . Sleeve lobectomy for lung cancer

1. T he first sleeve lobectomy for a bronchogenic carcinoma was done in 1952 and not 1954 as mentioned by Allison [2—4]. 2. It was mentioned that bone scanning was performed in symptomatic patients or in patients with abnormal blood work which may lead to many missed metastatic bone lesions. 3. T hey discussed that surgicopathologic staging was performed according to the New International Stagi...