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Dtsch Med Wochenschr ; 135(17): 868-9, 2010 Apr.
Artigo em Alemão | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20408107

RESUMO

Patients with obstructive sleep apnea are at risk of respiratory and cardiovascular complications (e.g. hypoxia, hypertensive crisis, cardiac ischemia and arrhythmias) as a result of airway callapse during the perioperative period. Therefore it is essential that the nasal continuous airway pressure (nCPAP-therapy) be maintained during that time. Such patients and the medical staff should be aware of this problem.


Assuntos
Pressão Positiva Contínua nas Vias Aéreas , Assistência Noturna , Assistência Perioperatória , Apneia Obstrutiva do Sono/terapia , Humanos , Fatores de Risco
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Ann Trop Med Parasitol ; 99(1): 53-60, 2005 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15701256

RESUMO

The establishment of simple, sensitive and specific tools for the diagnosis of brugian lymphatic filariasis is a prerequisite for a successful intervention to control the disease. In the simple and rapid Brugia Rapid (BR) test, an immunochromatographic dipstick is used to detect IgG(4) antibodies that are reactive with a recombinant Brugia malayi antigen. When sera from 109 individuals with Brugia microfilaraemias (12 with B. malayi and 97 with B. timori) were investigated using the BR test, all were found positive. In contrast, all of the 150 sera from individuals with Onchocerca volvulus or Mansonella infections investigated were found negative in BR tests. Some unwelcome cross-reactions were observed, however, with sera from individuals infected with Wuchereria bancrofti (three of 12 test-positive) and Dirofilaria (one of nine test-positive). In an attempt to facilitate sample collection and detect any cross-reactions, the BR dipstick was used to screen blood spots, that had been allowed to dry on filter paper, for B. timori microfilariae, before the dipstick-positive samples were tested with a PCR-based assay. Of the 66 individuals so tested, 37 (56%) were found positive by the BR test used on dry blood spots and eight (22%) by the filtration of fresh blood samples. Only nine of the 37 dipstick-positive samples were found PCR-positive. The combined use of BR tests and PCR-based assays, for testing blood spots in areas where brugian filariasis is endemic, appears to be a promising method not only for post-treatment monitoring but also for the certification activities planned within the framework of the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis.


Assuntos
Anticorpos Anti-Helmínticos/sangue , Brugia/imunologia , DNA de Helmintos/análise , Filariose Linfática/imunologia , Imunoglobulina G/sangue , Animais , Especificidade de Anticorpos/imunologia , Brugia/isolamento & purificação , Brugia Malayi/imunologia , Testes Diagnósticos de Rotina/métodos , Filariose Linfática/parasitologia , Humanos , Microfilárias/imunologia , Microfilárias/isolamento & purificação , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase/métodos
3.
Ann Trop Med Parasitol ; 96(8): 809-21, 2002 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12625936

RESUMO

Brugia timori is widely distributed on Alor Island, Indonesia, where it causes a high degree of morbidity. The HhaI tandem repeat of B. timori was found to be identical to that of B. malayi, for which sensitive PCR-based assays have already been developed. Using one of these assays, a single microfilaria (mf) of B. timori, present in a spot of dry blood on filter paper, could be detected. The assay was equally sensitive in the detection of B. timori and B. malayi. When the collected mosquitoes were pooled according to species and tested with the assay, 39 (64%) of the 61 Anopheles barbirostris pools (containing a total of 642 mosquitoes) were positive. As none of the 33 Culex pools tested (which contained 624 mosquitoes) gave a positive result, and An. barbirostris is the only Anopheles species commonly caught on human bait in Alor, An. barbirostris is assumed to be the main and perhaps only local vector. Brugia timori could be differentiated from B. malayi by restriction-endonuclease digestion of the PCR-amplified mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit 2. A few distinct nucleotide exchanges were also found in the second internal transcribed ribosomal spacer of the filariae, and in the 16S rDNA and FTSZ gene of their Wolbachia endobacteria. The results show that B. timori can be effectively detected using the PCR-based assay developed for B. malayi and can then be differentiated from B. malayi by other molecular markers. PCR-based techniques targeting the HhaI repeat can therefore be employed for monitoring B. timori in the framework of the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis.


Assuntos
Brugia/genética , DNA de Helmintos/análise , Filariose Linfática/parasitologia , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase/métodos , Animais , Anopheles/parasitologia , Brugia/isolamento & purificação , Brugia/microbiologia , Brugia Malayi/genética , Brugia Malayi/isolamento & purificação , Brugia pahangi/genética , Brugia pahangi/isolamento & purificação , DNA Espaçador Ribossômico/análise , Humanos , Indonésia , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Sequências Repetitivas de Ácido Nucleico , Homologia de Sequência do Ácido Nucleico , Wolbachia/genética
4.
Klin Monbl Augenheilkd ; 196(5): 405-6, 1990 May.
Artigo em Alemão | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-2366486

RESUMO

Good tolerance, long intervals of application and an excellent adhesion are the properties of viscous eye drops (Hydrogels). The use of fusidic acid as a hydrogel in the treatment of bacterial eye infections guarantees a long-lasting antibiotic concentration in tear fluid. When given twice daily, there will be sufficient concentration of the antibiotic in all important tissues of the eye and at the same time it increases the patient compliance.


Assuntos
Oftalmopatias/tratamento farmacológico , Ácido Fusídico/administração & dosagem , Polietilenoglicóis , Humanos , Hidrogel de Polietilenoglicol-Dimetacrilato , Soluções Oftálmicas , Veículos Farmacêuticos
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Int J Pept Protein Res ; 32(1): 64-73, 1988 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-3220656

RESUMO

The kinetics of peptide-bond formation catalyzed by delta-chymotrypsin has been studied for a number of peptide products of different length using fixed concentrations of the acyl component (Ac-Phe-OMe, Ac-Ala-Ala-Phe-OMe, or Ac-Ala-Ala-Tyr-OMe) and varying concentration of the amino component (H-Ala-NH2 or H-Ala-Ala-NH2). The time course of the reactions was followed by monitoring ester consumption and peptide product formation by analytical HPLC. On the basis of a plausible four-centre mechanistic model, the theoretical time course of these reactions was calculated using rate and equilibrium constants determined by separate kinetic experiments. The excellent agreement observed between the theoretical and the experimental time courses supports the proposed mechanism and provides evidence for the validity of the present kinetic approach. By focusing attention on the rate constants which are critical for efficient synthesis, this mechanistic information constitutes a valuable basis for the use of the enzymatic peptide synthesis in preparative applications.


Assuntos
Quimotripsina/metabolismo , Oligopeptídeos/síntese química , Indicadores e Reagentes , Cinética , Matemática , Fatores de Tempo
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