The aqueous two-phase system (ATPS) with polyethylene glycol (PEG) and hydroxypropyl starch (HPS) was evaluated for the extraction of human immunoglobulin G (IgG) from human serum albumin (HSA). The partitions of IgG in PEG/sulphate, PEG/phosphate, PEG/Dextran and PEG/HPS ATPSs were compared, and the results indicated that PEG/HPS system was most suitable for IgG extraction. The effects of the ...

Despite the production and dissemination of recommendations related to managing fever in children, this symptom saturates the practices of primary healthcare professionals (HPs). Data on parent practices related to fever are available, but data on HPs' practices are limited. We studied HPs' practices, determinants of practices and concordance with recommendations in France. We conducted a natio...

BACKGROUND Health professionals (HPs) are likely to encounter adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients. Best practice dictates that early detection leads to better decision making regarding optimal management. The aim of our study was to appraise the basic knowledge, evaluation and management skills concerning AIS care among family physicians, pediatricians, chiropractors, and physiothera...

BACKGROUND As efforts to address patient safety (PS) in health professional (HP) education increase, it is important to understand new HPs' perspectives on their own PS competence at entry to practice. This study examines the self-reported PS competence of newly registered nurses, pharmacists and physicians. METHODS A cross-sectional survey of 4496 new graduates in medicine (1779), nursing (2...

Hantaviruses are associated with two human diseases, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). Development of vaccines and therapies to prevent and treat HFRS and HPS have been hampered by the absence of a practical animal model. Here we report that Andes virus (ANDV), a South American hantavirus, is highly lethal in adult Syrian hamsters. The charact...

Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is a rare genetic disorder, the most common complication of which influencing the prognosis is pulmonary fibrosis. In the present report, we describe an autopsy case of a Japanese woman with HPS. The patient was diagnosed at 50 years of age based on the presence of oculocutaneous albinism, hemorrhagic diathesis, ceroid-lipofuscin accumulation and pulmonary fibros...

DOI: 10.5581/1516-8484.20120017 It is generally known that some viral infections, autoimmune diseases and hematologic malignancies, such as malignant lymphoma, can cause hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS). (1-3) In contrast, nonhematologic malignancies associated with HPS have rarely been reported. A case of malignancy-associated hemophagocytic syndrome (MAHS) by non-small cell lung cancer in a cach...