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J Dony

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PubMed1992

Phage typing of coagulase-negative staphylococci.

Seventy-nine staphylococcal strains isolated from blood cultures (57 coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) and 22 S. aureus) and 308 CNS isolated from the skin of healthy donors were phage typed. S. epidermidis and S. capitis were readily typed with 91 strains out of 124 and 24 strains out of 43 strains being successful. Species such as S. haemolyticus, S. hominis and S. simulans could be moderately phage typed. Others gave only a few strains capable of being typed, such as S. saprophyticus and S. sciuri. Under our experimental conditions the S. warneri, S. xylosus and S. cohnii could not be typed with our set of phages.

Bacteriophage Typing↗
PubMed1989

Disinfectants prepared in a hospital pharmacy--assessment of their microbiological purity and antimicrobial effectiveness.

The microbial contamination and antimicrobial effectiveness of seven topical disinfectants prepared at the hospital pharmacy were studied. These products were controlled throughout storage and use. The manufacturing routine investigated was able to deliver larger batch sizes and quality products that allowed increased storage time. The formulations chosen by the pharmacists were effective against bacteria for their intended uses. For chloramine only, loss of effectiveness required reduced storage time. No significant modification in the microbial quality of these products was observed during use in our hospital.

Belgium↗
PubMed1988

Marked increase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa serotype 012 in Belgium since 1982.

Routine typing was performed on a total of 7089 Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated in 16 Belgian hospitals in the period from 1977 to 1986. The annual number of strains received ranged from 318 to 1346. The incidence of serotype O:12 was less than 2% until 1981 when it rose to 4%, steadily increasing to become the predominant serotype in 1984 (22%), 1985 (18%) and 1986 (22%). Since 1980 the O:12 isolates have exhibited characteristic patterns on pyocin and phage typing, 89% of O:12 isolates belonging to pyocin types 1, 39, 43, 45 or 105, whereas only 51% of isolates of other serotypes belonged to those pyocin types. Ninety-three per cent of serotype O:12 isolates belonged to phage types 68/119x, 68 or 119x, or were non-typable, whereas only 24.37% of other serotypes isolates exhibited these phage patterns. These distinctive patterns of pyocin and phage types suggest a high degree of homogeneity within the O:12 strains isolated in recent years in Belgium. Multi-centre or country-wide survey of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated in hospitals using epidemiological markers may be of value in identifying a sudden increase in epidemic strains.

Anti-Bacterial Agents↗
PubMed1978

Multinational evaluation of etomidate for anesthesia induction. Conclusions and consequences.

An overall analysis was made of 4763 case report forms from 45 anesthesiologists who used etomidate (Hypnomidate) routinely as an induction hypnotic in a total of 4127 surgical cases or compared it to thiopental in a series of controlled studies (325 on etomidate, 311 on thiopental). Premedication was standardized only in the controlled studies, and there were no restrictions on the use of anesthetic agents or techniques. Etomidate proved to be a safe and effective induction hypnotic. Sleep was deep and long enough to allow the normal induction and maintenance procedures. Blood pressure and heart rate remained remarkably stable in the 3 study groups. The incidence of respiratory depression was higher for thiopental; anesthesiologists' acceptance of etomidate was, however, reduced by the occurrence of venous pain during injection and of associated involuntary muscle movements. It is expected that these adverse effects will be largely eliminated by using the recently introduced new formulation of etomidate shortly after fentanyl.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1975

A clinical trial design avoiding undue placebo treatment.

A design is descirbed of a modified placebo-controlled double-blind clinical trial procedure. The design was evolved in attempt to overcome certain problems inherent in the conventional double-blind procedure, in particular the ethical problem of prolonged exposure of the patient to placebo treatment. The modified designs consist of two phases. In the first (open) phase, patients selected according to the normal protocol requirements are given the medication under study for a predetermined time. Patients responding favorably to such treatment then enter a second (double blind) phase during which is tested the null hypothesis that all the favorable effects observed during the open phase are placebo effects. Experience with this clinical trial design in the evaluation of an antianginal agent is briefly described. In this case, the null hypothesis was disproved, and a potent therapeutic action was evidenced.

Angina Pectoris↗
PubMed1975

The radioactive microsphere method for the assessment of regional myocardial blood flow after coronary artery occlusion. Inaccuracies due to variations in the diameter distribution of the spheres.

In this study, we have tried to determine the magnitude of the inaccuracy of the radioactive microsphere method - due to variations in the diameter distribution of the spheres - for measuring regional myocardial blood flow after coronary artery occlusion. In 5 mongrel dogs, three types of 15 mum microspheres, labelled with 125I, 141Ce or 85Sr, were injected simultaneously after the descending branch of the left coronary artery had been ligated. Myocardial samples wert taken from the left ventricle and divided into four groups according to the number of spheres per sample. The radioactivity of the various isotopes per gram tissue was expressed as percentage of their activity per milliliter of the reference sample. The diameter distribution of microspheres, labelled with each of the isotopes, was determined light-microscopically in suspensions belonging to three different batches. The relative error, as determined from the difference in relative radioactivity of the various types of microspheres in the tissue samples, was higher than the theoretical error for each of the number of spheres per sample. It is very likely that this discrepancy is caused by the differences in diameter distribution of the various types of microspheres, resulting in non-random error. The smaller spheres tended to go to low flow areas and the larger ones to high flow areas. Because of the non-randomness, the error due to diameter variations in the spheres can be diminished by randomizing the order of injection of the various isotopes. The present study indicates that the relatively high degree of accuracy of the microsphere method for the determination of blood flow to large parts of the myocardium with an unimpeded coronary circulation, as was described in literature, cannot be extrapolated to the determination of regional myocardial blood flow after coronary artery occlusion, when the combination of small tissue samples, variations in the diameter distribution of the spheres and an unevenly distributed myocardial blood flow unfavourably affect the accuracy of the method.

Animals↗