The filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans has two genes encoding alpha-tubulin, tubA and tubB. Mutational analysis of tubA has demonstrated that the tubA gene is essential for mitosis and nuclear migration. In this study we have deleted the tubB gene by replacing it with a selectable marker and have named this new allele tubB delta. The results demonstrate that the tubB gene is not required f...

OBJECTIVE This study evaluated the six-phase Global Youth Voices model (EIPARS) for engaging youth in community health promotion in the Middle East: 1) engagement, 2) issue identification, 3) planning, 4) action, 5) Rs; research, reflect, reward and 6) sustainability. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING 20 Grade 9 students (10 boys, 10 girls) from two Bedouin communities: 10 from Tuba-Zangaria in North ...

Actinomycosis has been recognized to be associated with the use of intrauterine contraceptive device. We are reporting a case where a patient with severe pelvic actinomycosis presented with the clinical picture of an ovarian tumour. A 44-year-old lady attended the A&E with progressively worsening lower abdominal pain. A computerized tomography (CT) scan showed the presence of a large pelvic mas...

AIM The aim of this paper was to study the characteristics of patients presenting to Middlemore Hospital with tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA) and to compare the outcomes of conservative medical management versus medical management with surgical drainage and medical management with radiological drainage. METHODS All patients admitted with a radiologically or surgically proven TOA between January 01...

ObjectiveTo compare the success rate, complications, and hospital length-of-stay of 3 modalities minimally invasive management tubo-ovarian abscesses (TOAs): laparoscopy, ultrasound-guided drainage, computed tomography–guided drainage.Data SourcesElectronic-based search in PubMed, EMBASE, Ovid MEDLINE, Google Scholar, Cochrane Central Register Controlled Trials, using following Medical Subject ...

Abdou R, Miller T. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-220183 DESCRIPTION A female aged 18 years presented 2 weeks postnormal vaginal delivery with worsening generalised abdominal pain radiating to the back since delivery, with associated night sweats. She was vomiting, had loose bowel motions and had difficulty passing urine, but denied dysuria. On examination, she was febrile, tachypnoeic...