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Sequence-based epidemiology of an OXA-48 plasmid during a hospital outbreak

. . Hidalgo L, de Been M, Rogers MRC, Schürch AC, Scharringa J, van der Zee A, Bonten MJM, Fluit AC. . Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2019 Oct 7;63(12):e01204-19. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01204-19. Online ahead of print. Abstract Objectives. A large OXA-48 outbreak in the Netherlands involved the spread of OXA-48producing Enterobacteriaceae among at least 118 patients, suggesting …

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Genomic Characterization of Sixteen Yersinia enterocolitica-Infecting Podoviruses of Pig Origin

. . Salem M, Skurnik M. . Viruses. 2018 Apr 3;10(4):174. doi: 10.3390/v10040174. Abstract Yersinia enterocolitica causes enteric infections in humans and animals. Human infections are often caused by contaminated pork meat. Y. enterocolitica colonizes pig tonsils and pigs secrete both the human pathogen and its specific bacteriophages into the stools. In this work, sixteen …

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Management of Teeth with Persistent Apical Periodontitis after Root Canal Treatment Using Regenerative Endodontic Therapy

. . Saoud TM, Huang GT, Gibbs JL, Sigurdsson A, Lin LM. . J Endod. 2015 Oct;41(10):1743-8. doi: 10.1016/j.joen.2015.07.004. Epub 2015 Aug 14. Abstract Regenerative endodontic therapy (RET) is currently used to treat immature teeth with necrotic pulp and/or apical periodontitis. However, recently RET has been used to treat mature teeth with necrotic pulp and/or …

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Are hand biomechanics affected following radial forearm flap harvest? A systematic review and meta-analysis

. . Mashrah MA, Aldhohrah TA, Abdelrehem Moustafa A, Al-Sharani HM, Alrmali A, Wang L. . Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2021 Jan;50(1):21-31. doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2020.06.016. Epub 2020 Jul 19. Abstract Donor site morbidity following radial forearm flap (RFF) harvest remains a controversial issue. The aim of this meta-analysis was to answer the question “Are the …

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Growth inhibitory activity of biflavonoids and diterpenoids from the leaves of the Libyan Juniperus phoenicea against human cancer cells

. . Al Groshi A, Jasim HA, Evans AR, Ismail FMD, Dempster NM, Nahar L, Sarker SD. . Phytother Res. 2019 Aug;33(8):2075-2082. doi: 10.1002/ptr.6397. Epub 2019 Jun 3. Abstract Three biflavonoids [cupressuflavone (1), amentoflavone (2), and sumaflavone (3)], four diterpenoids [13-epi-cupressic acid (4), imbricatholic acid (5), 3-hydroxy-sandaracopimaric acid (6), and dehydroabietic acid (7)], and one …

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Review of the Global Distribution of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus from 2007 to 2014

. . Brito BP, Rodriguez LL, Hammond JM, Pinto J, Perez AM. . Transbound Emerg Dis. 2017 Apr;64(2):316-332. doi: 10.1111/tbed.12373. Epub 2015 May 20. Abstract Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus affects livestock worldwide. There are seven different serotypes, each with a diversity of topotypes, genetic lineages and strains. Some lineages have different properties that may contribute …

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Assessment of physiochemical properties and concentration of heavy metals in agricultural soils fertilized with chemical fertilizers

. . Salem MA, Bedade DK, Al-Ethawi L, Al-Waleed SM. . Heliyon. 2020 Oct 16;6(10):e05224. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05224. 2020 Oct. Abstract The present study aim to assess the effect of phosphate and urea fertilizers on the physicochemical properties, pH and electrical conductivity (EC) of the soil. The effect of these fertilizers on cation exchange capacity (CEC), …

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Anti-angiogenic and anti-inflammatory activity of the summer truffle (Tuber aestivum Vittad.) extracts and a correlation with the chemical constituents identified therein

. . Marathe SJ, Hamzi W, Bashein AM, Deska J, Seppänen-Laakso T, Singhal RS, Shamekh S. . Food Res Int. 2020 Nov;137:109699. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2020.109699. Epub 2020 Sep 18. Abstract Fungi are a huge source of unexplored bioactive compounds. Owing to their biological activities, several fungi have shown commercial application in the health industry. Tuber aestivum …

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Synergistic electrodeposition of bilayer films and analysis by Raman spectroscopy

. . Elmasly SET, Guerrini L, Cameron J, Kanibolotsky AL, Findlay NJ, Faulds K, Skabara PJ. . Beilstein J Org Chem. 2018 Aug 21;14:2186-2189. doi: 10.3762/bjoc.14.191. 2018. Abstract A novel methodology towards fabrication of multilayer organic devices, employing electrochemical polymer growth to form PEDOT and PEDTT layers, is successfully demonstrated. Moreover, careful control of the …

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Histological observations of pulpal replacement tissue in immature dog teeth after revascularization of infected pulps

. . Saoud TM, Zaazou A, Nabil A, Moussa S, Aly HM, Okazaki K, Rosenberg PA, Lin LM. . Dent Traumatol. 2015 Jun;31(3):243-9. doi: 10.1111/edt.12169. Epub 2015 Mar 15. Abstract BACKGROUND AND AIM: Many studies have examined the nature of tissue formed in the canals of immature necrotic teeth, following revascularization in animals and humans. …

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