A eromonas hydrophila is a motile Gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium found in water sources that is typically pathogenic for fish. Although human beings are atypical hosts, A. hydrophila has been reported to cause a broad spectrum of disease syndromes (acute gastroenteritis, soft tissue infections, meningitis, peritonitis, sepsis) [1]. While initially believed to be an opportunistic organism on...

BACKGROUND Perianal sepsis with ecthyma gangrenosum is a severe and potentially mutilating complication in immunocompromised children. Therapies include antimicrobial treatment, incision and drainage, generous tissue debridement, and skin transplantation. PROCEDURE We describe 3 children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia having sepsis with Pseudomonas aeruginosa in febrile neutropenia and sev...

Contagious ecthyma is an infectious skin disease of ruminants caused by the ORF virus (ORFV) that a member genus Parapoxvirus Poxviridae family. In addition to significant effects on lambs and human, ORFVs have been recently shown infect other hosts. The causes economic damages sheep industry, so attempts eliminate it must be taken into.RNA interference (RNAi) evolutionarily conserved mechanism...

Context Contagious ovine digital dermatitis (CODD) is related to bovine digital dermatitis, both being strongly associated with the pathogenic treponemes: Treponema medium, Treponema phagedenis and Treponema pedis. Other Treponema species-associated diseases with distinct clinical presentations have also been identified in goats and wild elk. In sheep, other causes of infectious lameness are al...

BACKGROUND Clinically, sheeppox and goatpox have the same symptoms and cannot be distinguished serologically. A cheaper and easy method for differential diagnosis is important in control of this disease in endemic region. METHODS A duplex PCR assay was developed for the specific differential detection of Goatpox virus (GTPV) and Sheeppox virus (SPPV), using two sets of primers based on viral ...

" The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another. "-Marva Collins Since the biological science community is a highly dynamic and collaborative environment, learning biology should not be a passive endeavor. Yet historically, biology classes have mostly consisted of memorization of facts with little active involvement on the part of the students. As an edu...

The objective of this study was to evaluate abuse potential, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and safety of intranasally administered, crushed reformulated OxyContin® (oxycodone HCl controlled-release) tablets (ORF), relative to crushed original OxyContin® (OC), oxycodone powder (Oxy API), and OC placebo. This randomized, double-blind, positive- and placebo-controlled crossover study enrolle...

BACKGROUND Many surgeons believe that long turnover times between cases are a major impediment to their productivity. We hypothesized that redesigning the operating room (OR) and perioperative-staffing system to take advantage of parallel processing would improve throughput and lower the cost of care. METHODS A state of the art high tech OR suite equipped with augmented data collection system...