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Effect of Lockdowns on Hospital Staff in a COVID Center: A Retrospective Observational Study

Vaccines, 2022
At the onset of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, individual and social measures were strengthened through restrictive non-pharmaceutical interventions, labelled with the term “lockdown”.
Giuseppe Vetrugno, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Rita Murri, Michela Sali, Simona Marchetti, Rosaria Santangelo, Massimo Fantoni, Antonella Cingolani, Giancarlo Scoppettuolo, Michele Di Donato, Vincenzo M. Grassi, Federica Foti, Luca Marchese, Fabio De-Giorgio, Antonio Oliva, Domenico Staiti, Francesco Maria De Simone, Domenico Pascucci, Fidelia Cascini, Roberta Pastorino, Denise Pires Marafon, Andrea Cambieri, Patrizia Laurenti, Stefania Boccia, Walter Ricciardi, Francesco Franceschi, on behalf of Gemelli-Against-COVID Group   +26 more
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Presumptive bacteriological diagnosis of spondylodiscitis in infants less than 4 years by detecting K. kingae DNA in their oropharynx: Data from a preliminar two centers study

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
Background and ObjectivesMost cases of spondylodiscitis in children aged between 6 and 48 months old could be caused primarily by K. kingae. The present prospective study aimed to determine whether an innovative and indirect diagnosis approach - based on
Moez Chargui, Andrzej Krzysztofiak, Paola Bernaschi, Giacomo De Marco, Benoit Coulin, Christina Steiger, Romain Dayer, Dimitri Ceroni   +7 more
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Staphylococcus aureus in the oral cavity: a three-year retrospective analysis of clinical laboratory data [PDF]

, 2003
OBJECTIVE: A retrospective analysis of laboratory data to investigate the isolation of Staphylococcus aureus from the oral cavity and facial area in specimens submitted to a regional diagnostic oral microbiology laboratory.
A J Smith, AJ Smith, AP Fraise, D MacKenzie, D Robertson, E Theilade, G Dahlen, J Bagg, J Bagg, JJ Jacobson, JM Jobbins, LP Samaranayake, M K Tang, M S Jackson, MH Goldberg, MK Owen, MS Jackson, MV Martin, P Rousseau, PA Kondell, RS Percival, T Rossi, TW MacFarlane, Y Miyake, Y Tawara   +24 more
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Pharmacogenomic testing and its future in community pharmacy [PDF]

, 2020
Although it is common to see pharmacogenomic testing used North America and Australia, it is not yet part of practice in the UK. With the promise of genomic screening becoming part of the NHS, pharmacists must equip themselves with a knowledge of how the
Wright, David, Youssef, Essra
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Development of a Microneedle Swab for Acquisition of Genomic DNA From Buccal Cells

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022
A swab is a tool for obtaining buccal DNA from buccal mucus for biological analysis. The acquisition of a sufficient amount and high quality of DNA is an important factor in determining the accuracy of a diagnosis.
Yun-Seo Kim, JeongHyeon Kim, Woonsung Na, Gil-Hwan Sung, Seung-Ki Baek, Yun Kyoung Kim, Gyeong Ryeong Kim, Hae-Jin Hu, Jung-Hwan Park   +8 more
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Exploring the acceptability of two self-sampling devices for human papillomavirus testing in the cervical screening context: a qualitative study of Muslim women in London [PDF]

, 2010
Objectives We explored Muslim women's attitudes to self-sampling for human papillomavirus (HPV) in the context of cervical cancer screening and their responses to two self-sampling devices.Setting A Muslim community centre in north-east London.Methods ...
Ashdown-Barr, L, Cadman, L, Szarewski, A, Waller, J   +3 more
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Prevalence of Group A Streptococcal Carriage Rate in Asymptomatic Children [PDF]

National Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2019
Introduction: Streptococcus pyogenes is a Gram positive cocci causing respiratory infections commonly in children. Throat carriers are children in whom the organism is isolated from throat swab specimens in the absence of symptoms.
Krishnarao Arthi, S Geetha Banu
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A Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 detection method based on nasal and nasopharyngeal lavage fluid: A pilot feasibility study

Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 2021
Objective Nose and nasopharyngeal swab is the preferred and worldwide‐accepted method to detect the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) within the nose and nasopharynx.
Daniele Frezza, Cristoforo Fabbris, Leonardo Franz, Elisa Vian, Roberto Rigoli, Rosalba De Siati, Enzo Emanuelli, Luigi Bertinato, Paolo Boscolo‐Rizzo, Giacomo Spinato   +9 more
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National survey of colistin resistance among carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae and outbreak caused by colistin-resistant OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae, France, 2014 [PDF]

, 2016
From January 2014 to December 2014, 972 consecutive non-replicate carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolates from colonised or infected patients were collected at the Associated French National Reference Centre as part of the French national ...
Dortet, L, Jayol, A, Nordmann, P, Poirel, L   +3 more
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Targeted Swabbing of Implant-Associated Biofilm Formation—A Staining-Guided Sampling Approach for Optimizing Routine Microbiological Diagnostics

Diagnostics, 2021
Background: Swabbing of implants removed from potentially infected sites represents a time saving and ubiquitously applicable alternative to sonication approaches.
Sylvio Redanz, Andreas Enz, Andreas Podbielski, Philipp Warnke   +3 more
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