Urogenital Tract Infections
INTRODUCTION TO SECTION I We begin this text with a discussion of infections of the genitourinary tract for two reasons. First, the number of microorganisms that frequently cause infection in these...
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The patient was a 19-year-old female with a history of a urinary tract infection (UTI) 4 months prior to admission for which she was treated with oral ampicillin without complications. Five days prior...
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6. The clinical presentation in this patient is consistent with acute pyelonephritis. Pyelonephritis is an infection of the kidney, whereas cystitis is an infection of the bladder. The findings of...
View ArticleADVANCED CASES
Our understanding of infectious diseases has continued to evolve in the first decade and a half of the 21st century. A number of issues twójwenerolog.pl have arisen that have challenged our ability to...
View ArticleADVANCED CASES II
One of the great challenges now facing medicine is the problem of multidrug-resistant (MDR) organisms. Three factors are important: 1. The emerging importance of environmental microorganisms that are...
View ArticleThese highly variable genetic changes
These highly variable genetic changes increase the replication fitness of JCV and the number of binding sites for brain-specific transcription factors, which results in increased pathogenicity (i.e.,...
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1. The initial presentation in this patient was consistent with gastroenteritis with dehydration. He was begun on intravenous fl uids for rehydration and initially was stable. However, he developed a...
View ArticlePostembryonic Stem Cells with CNC Potential
Although NC has long been considered a transient embryonic population, in recent years a large number of studies have isolated stem/precursor-like cells from postnatal and adult tissues with properties...
View ArticleHomeobox genes
Homeobox genes are known for their homeodomain, a DNA-binding motif, the homeobox. They code for transcription fac- tors that actívate cascades of genes regulating phenomena such as segmentation and...
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