RATIONALE Mesalazine and its prodrug sulfasalazine are both used for inflammatory bowel disease. Sulfasalazine has been associated with hematological side-effects such as aplastic and hemolytic anemia in patients, but also in fetuses after intrauterine exposure. To our knowledge, we describe the first case of a fetus with severe anemia, and subsequent hydrops, where this drug was found at conce...

Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) O-antigens of Campylobacter fetus serotype A and B strains were produced. Eight MAbs specific for serotype A LPS were characterized on immunoblots of C. fetus serotype A LPS. Two immunoblot patterns were observed and were used to divide the eight MAbs into two groups. MAbs M1177 and M1194 were selected as representative of the two gro...

The antimicrobial susceptibility of 25 Campylobacter sp strains isolated from calves with and without diarrhea 7 C. coli, 16 C. fetus and 2 C. jejuni – was studied by the disk diffusion method. Eleven antimicrobial agents were tested amikacin, ampicillin, kanamycin, chloramphenicol, erythromycin, gentamicin, neomycin, nitrofurantoin, penicillin G, tetracycline and sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim....

Background : Pre-eclampsia (PE) is a major pregnancy disorder complicating up to 8% of pregnancies. Increasing evidence indicates a sex-specific interplay between the mother, placenta and fetus. This may lead to different adaptive mechanisms during pregnancy. Methods We performed an individual participant data meta-analysis to determine associations of fetal sex and PE, with specific focus on...

Rh incompatibility [4] occurs when a pregnant woman whose blood type is Rh-negative is exposed to Rh-positive blood from her fetus [5], leading to the mother?s development of Rh antibodies. These antibodies have the potential to cross the placenta [6] and attach to fetal red blood cells, resulting in hemolysis, or destruction of the fetus?s red blood cells. This causes the fetus [5] to become a...

Rh incompatibility [4] occurs when a pregnant woman whose blood type is Rh-negative is exposed to Rh-positive blood from her fetus [5], leading to the mother?s development of Rh antibodies. These antibodies have the potential to cross the placenta [6] and attach to fetal red blood cells, resulting in hemolysis, or destruction of the fetus?s red blood cells. This causes the fetus [5] to become a...

Campylobacter fetus infection is a substantial problem in herds of domestic cattle worldwide and a rising threat in human disease. Application of comparative and functional genomics approaches will be essential to understand the molecular basis of this pathogen's interactions with various hosts. Here we report recent progress in genome analyses of C. fetus ssp. fetus and C. fetus ssp. venereali...

There are morphological and reproductive physiological differences between swamp buffalo (Bubaluscarabanensis) and river buffalo (Bubalus bubalis). The development of fetus weight and fetus biometry wasreported in river buffalo and other animals but not in swamp buffalo. The aim of this study was to describethe inherent variability in fetus related measurements during swamp buffalo pregnancy. T...

The placenta functions as the barrier between fetus and mother, providing means of regulating of heat exchange, respiration, nutrition, and excretion for the fetus. In this paper, the multitracer technique was applied to study the maternal transport of trace elements via the placenta to the fetus. In this experiment, the multitracer solution used contained the following nuclides: Be, Na, Sc, V,...

if all pregnant women worry about their fetus, worries of pregnant nurses are more serious and actual. which groups of women have more chance about hydatidform mole, amniotic fluid embolism or sheehan’s syndrome? fortunately, these complicated problems are very rare but what about daily injuries due to infectious diseases, radioactive substances, anticancer drugs and other chemical substances? ...