The effects of co-colonization with Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) and Bifidobacterium lactis Bb12 (Bb12) on 3-dose vaccination with attenuated HRV and challenge with virulent human rotavirus (VirHRV) were assessed in 4 groups of gnotobiotic (Gn) pigs: Pro+Vac (probiotic-colonized/vaccinated), Vac (vaccinated), Pro (probiotic-colonized, non-vaccinated) and Control (non-colonized, non-vaccinat...

667 The vacuum assisted closure (VAC, Kinetic Concepts, Inc., San Antonio, TX, USA) device has revolutionized wound management in recent years due to its ability of exudate clearance, tissue granulation induction and edema reduction [1]. It also has been shown very beneficial in aiding skin graft take in difficult anatomical regions [2]. Fournier′s gangrene is characterized by perineal tissue n...

Diabetic foot disease is a major health problem, which affects up to 15% of the more than 200 million patients with diabetes worldwide and is associated with an increased risk of amputation. VacuumAssisted Closure (V.A.C.®) Therapy has been shown to be effective in the treatment of diabetic foot wounds. In two parallel randomized controlled trials we have evaluated the effectiveness of VAC Ther...

objectives our aim was to study the relation between vac and the parameters of myocardial mechanics using three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography (3dste). patients and methods we studied 68 normal participants (mean age, 35 ± 12.2 y; 36 [53%] males). vac was measured by the ratio of arterial elastance (ea) to ventricular elastance (ees). the peak systolic value of longitudinal strai...

objective: toxoplasmosis can lead to severe pathological effects in both infected humans and animals. the various dna vaccines against toxoplasma compose of single or cocktail antigens have been investigated but they have partial protective against disease. in this study, we used pcrop1 as a dna vaccine and aluminium phosphate and aluminium hydroxide to compare their efficacy as mineral adjuvan...

Analyzing the actual microbial composition in skin microbiome is riveting to create a potential sourceof active substances skincare products. Our previous study isolated four bacterial strains from Javanese male and female samples, Staphylococcus hominis MBF12–19J, warneri MBF02–19J, Bacillus subtilis MBF10–19J, Micrococcus luteus MBF05–19J. This aimed determine of those cocktail optimize condi...

We present the MaNGA PyMorph photometric Value Added Catalogue (MPP-VAC-DR17) and Deep Learning Morphological VAC (MDLM-VAC-DR17) for final data release of survey, which is part SDSS Data Release 17 (DR17). The MPP-VAC-DR17 provides parameters from S\`ersic S\`ersic+Exponential fits to 2D surface brightness profiles DR17 galaxy sample in $g$, $r$, $i$ bands (e.g. total fluxes, half light radii,...

OBJECTIVE In this study our aim was to compare the results of standard dressing treatment to negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) performed with a vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) device in patients with diabetic foot ulcers. METHODS We assessed the results of 35 patients treated for diabetic foot ulcer between 2006 and 2008. Of these cases, 20 (4 women and 16 men; mean age: 66 years; range: 5...

BACKGROUND Free muscle flaps are a mainstay for reconstruction of distal third leg wounds and for large lower extremity wounds with exposed bone. However a major problem is the significant postoperative flap swelling, which may take months to resolve. We studied the efficacy and safety of immediate application of a vacuum assisted closure (VAC) dressing after a free muscle flap to the lower ext...