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Bacterial load slopes represent biomarkers of tuberculosis therapy success, failure, and relapse
Communications Biology, 2021 There is an urgent need to discover biomarkers that are predictive of long-term TB treatment outcomes, since treatment is expense and prolonged to document relapse. We used mathematical modeling and machine learning to characterize a predictive biomarker
G. Magombedze, J. Pasipanodya, T. Gumbo
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Bacterial load of cockroaches in relation to urban environment [PDF]
Epidemiology and Infection, 1993 SUMMARYSanitation is an important problem in relation to the control of pests in urban environments. This investigation analysed the potential risk related to the presence of cockroaches and their capacity for disseminating bacteria in six different types of buildings: hospital nursing area and out-patient area, swimmingpool pool-side and toilet area ...
Rivault, Colette +2 more
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S113 Predictors Of Bacterial 'load' In Pleural Infection [PDF]
Thorax, 2014 Pleural infection is usually defined using pleural fluid biochemical characteristics, given that only ~30% of cases are culture positive, but the relationship between these characteristics and pleural space bacterial concentration is unclear. We developed an assay to estimate bacterial ‘load’ using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to ...
J. Wrightson +5 more
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PCR for the detection of pathogens in neonatal early onset sepsis. [PDF]
, 2020 BACKGROUND: A large proportion of neonates are treated for presumed bacterial sepsis with broad spectrum antibiotics even though their blood cultures subsequently show no growth. This study aimed to investigate PCR-based methods to identify pathogens not
Bedford Russell, A +8 more
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Thorax, 2020 In this comparative biomarker study, we analysed 1768 serial sputum samples from 178 patients at 4 sites in Southeast Africa. We show that tuberculosis Molecular Bacterial Load Assay (TB-MBLA) reduces time-to-TB-bacillary-load-result from days/weeks by ...
W. Sabiiti +27 more
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Estimating Bacterial and Cellular Load in FCFM Imaging [PDF]
Journal of Imaging, 2018 We address the task of estimating bacterial and cellular load in the human distal lung with fibered confocal fluorescence microscopy (FCFM). In pulmonary FCFM some cells can display autofluorescence, and they appear as disc like objects in the FCFM images, whereas bacteria, although not autofluorescent, appear as bright blinking dots when exposed to a ...
Sohan Seth +4 more
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Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2019 In drinking water systems, a large number of microorganisms live in complex communities in a selfproduced extracellular polymeric matrix associated with inner surfaces of pipes, walls and floors of storage tanks, joints and faucets. This study was aimed
A.A. Enaigbe +3 more
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Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 At birth, mammals experience a massive colonization by microorganisms. We previously reported that newborn mice gestated and born germ-free (GF) have increased microglial labeling and alterations in developmental neuronal cell death in the hippocampus ...
Alexandra Castillo-Ruiz +7 more
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Mucosal Immunology, 2020 Recent data from mice and non-human primate models of tuberculosis suggested that CD153, a TNF super family member, plays an important role in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) control.
E. du Bruyn +7 more
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Hand hygiene techniques:Still a requirement for evidence for practice? [PDF]
, 2015 Introduction Two hand hygiene techniques are promoted internationally: the World Health Organisation’s 6 step and the Centre for Disease Control’s 3 step techniques; both of which may be considered to have suboptimum levels of empirical evidence for use ...
Cheater, Francine +5 more
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