Molecular characterization of Salmonella Typhimurium and Salmonella Enteritidis by plasmid analysis and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Forty-one paediatric isolates of Salmonella spp. from Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, between 2001 and 2004 were examined for susceptibility to various antibiotics and presence of antibiotic resistance genes. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and plasmid profiling were used to determine possible genetic relationships among Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica clinical isolates. Plasmids from resistant strains were not transferred by conjugation to recipient Escherichia coli cells. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and restriction enzyme digestion analysis of DNA revealed that multidrug-resistant isolates belonged to the same clonal group, characterized by ACSSuT resistotype. Isolates of R-type ACSSuT were positive for the intI gene and possessed a single plasmid of 60 MDa.     

Interrelationship between TP53 gene deletion, protein expression and chromosome 17 aneusomy in gastric adenocarcinoma

Background  

This study evaluates the existence of numerical alterations of chromosome 17 and TP53 gene deletion in gastric adenocarcinoma. The p53 protein expression was also evaluated, as well as, possible associations with clinicopathological characteristics.     

诊断性ERCP研究进展

内镜下逆行胰胆管造影术(ERCP)仍是目前诊断胰胆疾病的金标准.但ERCP术后胰腺炎不可避免.自从出现磁共振胰胆管造影(MRCP)以来,MRCP已被广泛应用于临床,具有代替诊断性ERCP的潜在可能性.但目前MRCP设备尚不普及.和ERCP相比,MRCP图象不十分理想.随着技术进步,诊断性ERCP应用有可能逐渐减少,成为取得组织学、细胞学标本和功能研究的方法.     

心房颤动的电生理重构

心房颤动 (atrial fibrillation,AF)是临床上最常见的一种持续性心律失常 ,其发病率随年龄而增加 ,40岁以下人群发病率约为 0 .2 %～ 0 .3% ,6 0～ 90岁年龄组发病率增至5 %～ 9% [1 ] 。新近 Framingham的研究表明 AF可以成为一种独立的因素使患者病死率增加 [2 ] 。 AF的发病机制尚未完全清楚 ,可能为非单一机制 ,普遍认为持续性 AF是由于心房内的多子波折返 ,每 1个折返环本身都在不停地改变其大小及传导方向。近年来 ,在 AF的基础及临床研究中 ,两个方面的进展具有十分重要的意义 :一是发现部分 AF起源于心房内某些部位如肺静脉口…     

头颈部放疗患者涎液表皮生长因子水平降低的研究

本文主要目的是测量头颈部放疗者的涎液表皮生长因子(epidermal growth factor,EGF)水平,并评价EGF与放疗性口腔粘膜炎严重程度是否相关。 材料和方法 将13例头颈部放疗患者和18例与之性别、年龄相当的健康人进行配对研究。在放疗前、中、后分别收集全涎液,测定涎液全蛋白(totalprotein,TP)和EGF浓度,并记录口腔粘膜炎严重程度。 结果和讨论 放疗前涎液EGF和标准化EGF水平及TP水平在放疗组和健康组间的差异不明显。