Capture efficiency as a function of incubation time on (c) PBS and (d) blood specimens (n = 3). Here, 50 μL of nanoparticle solution is used. To ensure sufficient binding and separation for both PBS and blood samples, a minimum of > 50 μL of nanoparticle solution and > 20...
Neonatal infections occurring at day 0 or day 1 of life were classified as community-acquired according to our definition (see above); this definition may be flawed when babies are delivered in the hospital, when unclean delivery practices predisposes them to infection with hospital pathogens [50]...
The innate immune system uses a several receptors (PRRs) that recognize conserved microbial structures or pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPS), such as those that occur in the bacterial cell-wall components peptidoglycan and lipopolysaccharide. PPRs are classified as: (i) membrane bound PRRs...
In case of non-response on a given question in the questionnaire, the response was classified as ‘Don’t know’. Results: A total of 110 questionnaires were returned, the majority of respondents being nurses (92.7%) and having 15 or more years of relevant experience (53.6%). While most ...
APP can be classified as “positive” or “negative” depending on whether their plasma concentration increases or decreases during activation of this response [20]. In the present study, the response profile demonstrated the same tendency of protein changes. Proteins considered to be ‘positive’ ...
In the laboratory, cultures were prepared by adding 0.1 ml of the milk samples to the general and selective media (blood agar, MacConkey agar and Edward’s medium). The cultures were incubated at 37°C for 24-48 hours under aerobic conditions, then were evaluated in respect of colony growth...
In the study, DNA was prepared from an equal amount of each control culture medium and water using the same Qiagen kit. As previously described [6], we continuously followed the microbial cultures for three months and rou- tinely streaked their broth on SP4 agar plates and BHI agar plates ...
One half of each removed tonsil was ground and cultured on blood agar plates under aerobic conditions. Streptococci were identified and the strains were stored at −70 ° C. As the serotype of GAS strains was the same in both tonsils in all cases only one of the two was taken for furth...
It is classified into qualitative and quantitative types. Most of the Japa- nese patients with citrullinemia belong to the quantitative type, which is characterized by a specific decrease in the amount of AS in liver. To understand the molecular basis of this type of citrullinemia, we initiated...
Apart from a statistical association reported in some but not all populations, the presence of a causal relationship between the phenotypes has been suggested (see Agar et al., 1972 for references). This is uncertain because other factors modify their expression to an obscuring and largely unknown...