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  1. Methicillin-resistant staphylococci can colonize and cause diseases in companion animals. Unfortunately, few molecular studies have been carried out in Brazil and other countries with the aim of characterizing...

    Authors: Isidório Mebinda Zuco Quitoco, Mariana Severo Ramundo, Maria Cícera Silva-Carvalho, Raquel Rodrigues Souza, Cristiana Ossaille Beltrame, Táya Figueiredo de Oliveira, Rodrigo Araújo, Pedro Fernandez Del Peloso, Leonardo Rocchetto Coelho and Agnes Marie Sá Figueiredo
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:336
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  2. We report an extremely rare case of massive hemoptysis and complete left-sided lung collapse in pregnancy due to pulmonary tuberculosis in a health care worker with good maternal and fetal outcome.

    Authors: Gwinyai Masukume, Elton Sengurayi, Phinot Moyo, Julio Feliu, Danboy Gandanhamo, Wedu Ndebele, Solwayo Ngwenya and Rudo Gwini
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:335
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  3. The current revolution in genomics has been made possible by software tools called genome assemblers, which stitch together DNA fragments “read” by sequencing machines into complete or nearly complete genome s...

    Authors: Mohammadreza Ghodsi, Christopher M Hill, Irina Astrovskaya, Henry Lin, Dan D Sommer, Sergey Koren and Mihai Pop
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:334
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  4. The study of coffee polysaccharides-degrading enzymes from the coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei, has become an important alternative in the identification for enzymatic inhibitors that can be used as an alt...

    Authors: Carolina Aguilera-Gálvez, Juan J Vásquez-Ospina, Pablo Gutiérrez-Sanchez and Ricardo Acuña-Zornosa
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:333
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  5. We report the outcomes of BioMed Central’s public consultation on implementing open data-compliant licensing in peer-reviewed open access journals. Respondents (42) to the 2012 consultation were six to one in ...

    Authors: Iain Hrynaszkiewicz, Stefan Busch and Matthew J Cockerill
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:318
    Content type: Editorial Published on:

  7. Adrenocorticotropic hormone-producing extraadrenal paragangliomas are extremely rare. We present a case of severe hypercortisolemia due to ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion by a nasal paraganglioma.

    Authors: Theodoros Thomas, Steffen Zender, Christoph Terkamp, Elmar Jaeckel and Michael P Manns
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:331
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  8. Influenza A virus contributes to seasonal epidemics and pandemics and contains Global Ordered RNA structure (GORS) in the nucleoprotein (NP), non-structural (NS), PB2, and M segments. A related virus, influenz...

    Authors: Salvatore F Priore, Walter N Moss and Douglas H Turner
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:330
    Content type: Short Report Published on:

  9. Esophageal dysmotility and gastroparesis are common secondary complications in patients with diabetes mellitus. Patients with dysmotility express antibodies against gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in ser...

    Authors: Kerstin Berntorp, Anders Frid, Ragnar Alm, Gunilla Nordin Fredrikson, Klas Sjöberg and Bodil Ohlsson
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:329
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  11. Hiccup (Singultus) is a sudden and involuntary contraction of the diaphragm followed by a sharp closure of the epiglottis which results in the production of a specific “hic” sound. Normally, hiccups are treate...

    Authors: Georgi Konstantinov Maximov and Deepak Kamnasaran
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:327
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  12. Hangul (Cervus elaphus hanglu), the eastern most subspecies of red deer, is now confined only to the mountains in the Kashmir region of Jammu & Kashmir State of India. It is of great conservation significance as ...

    Authors: Mukesh, Lalit K Sharma, Ved P Kumar, Samina A Charoo, Nipun Mohan, Surendra P Goyal and Sambandam Sathyakumar
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:326
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  14. To inform the design of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) of an exercise-based programme for long term stroke survivors, we conducted a mixed methods before-and-after case series with assessment at three tim...

    Authors: Leon Poltawski, Jacqueline Briggs, Anne Forster, Victoria A Goodwin, Martin James, Rod S Taylor and Sarah Dean
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:324
    Content type: Project Note Published on:

  15. Bacteriological examination of sputum is the cornerstone in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in developing world, which is usually done using a Ziehl-Nelseen (ZN) method. However, due to limited laboratory ...

    Authors: Yemane Weldu, Daniel Asrat, Yimtubezinash Woldeamanuel and Aregawi Hailesilasie
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:323
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  16. Arcobacter spp. have in recent years received increasing interest as potential emerging enteropathogens and zoonotic agents. They are associated with various animals including poultry and can be isolated from mea...

    Authors: Louise Hesselbjerg Rasmussen, Jette Kjeldgaard, Jens Peter Christensen and Hanne Ingmer
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:322
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  17. Eclampsia is known to cause posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) that is often associated with an extensive neurovascular damage affecting preferably posterior regions, often leading to reversib...

    Authors: Maïga Youssoufa, Kuate Tegueu Callixte and Napon Christian
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:321
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  18. Spontaneous regression of lesions occurs in non-infectious benign diseases, such as sarcoidosis, as well as in infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis. Lung cancer and malignant lymphoma, on the other hand, ...

    Authors: Munehisa Fukusumi, Tatsuya Ibe, Shinjiro Takeoka, Kazushige Wakuda, Atsuto Mouri, Yoichiro Hamamoto and Mitsuhiro Kamimura
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:320
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  22. Typhoid fever is a systemic illness which in high-income countries mainly affects travellers. The incidence is particularly high on the Indian subcontinent. Travellers who visit friends and relatives (VFR) hav...

    Authors: Freja Cecille Barrett, Jenny Dahl Knudsen and Isik Somuncu Johansen
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:315
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  23. Improving postgraduate medical training is one important step to attract more medical students into general practice. Keeping pace with international developments moving to competence-based curricula for gener...

    Authors: Jost Steinhaeuser, Jean-François Chenot, Marco Roos, Thomas Ledig and Stefanie Joos
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:314
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  25. Analysis of gene expression patterns leads to functional understanding of biological processes. Quantitative real-time PCR has become the most commonly used technique for in-depth studies of gene expression. T...

    Authors: Nagavara Prasad Gantasala, Pradeep Kumar Papolu, Prasoon Kumar Thakur, Divya Kamaraju, Rohini Sreevathsa and Uma Rao
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:312
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  26. Bench biologists often do not take part in the development of computational models for their systems, and therefore, they frequently employ them as “black-boxes”. Our aim was to construct and test a model that...

    Authors: Amir Rubinstein, Ofir Hazan, Benny Chor, Ron Y Pinter and Yona Kassir
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:311
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  27. Genetic variation at the melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) gene is correlated with melanin color variation in many birds. Feral pigeons (Columba livia) show two major melanin-based colorations: a red coloration due ...

    Authors: Romain Derelle, Fyodor A Kondrashov, Vladimir Y Arkhipov, Hélène Corbel, Adrien Frantz, Julien Gasparini, Lisa Jacquin, Gwenaël Jacob, Sophie Thibault and Emmanuelle Baudry
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:310
    Content type: Short Report Published on:

  28. Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) has no diagnostic clinical signs or biomarkers, so diagnosis requires ruling out conditions with similar signs and symptoms. We conducted a pilot registry of unexplained fatiguin...

    Authors: Dana J Brimmer, Elizabeth Maloney, Rebecca Devlin, James F Jones, Roumiana Boneva, Caryn Nagler, Lisa LeRoy, Scott Royal, Hao Tian, Jin-Mann S Lin, Jennifer Kasten and Elizabeth R Unger
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:309
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  29. Hydrogen atoms represent about half of the total number of atoms in proteins and are often involved in substrate recognition and catalysis. Unfortunately, X-ray protein crystallography at usual resolution fail...

    Authors: Mikael Elias, Dorothee Liebschner, Jurgen Koepke, Claude Lecomte, Benoit Guillot, Christian Jelsch and Eric Chabriere
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:308
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  30. Genetic linkage maps are important tools in breeding programmes and quantitative trait analyses. Traditional molecular markers used for genotyping are limited in throughput and efficiency. The advent of next-g...

    Authors: Chun Hang Au, Man Kit Cheung, Man Chun Wong, Astley Kin Kan Chu, Patrick Tik Wan Law and Hoi Shan Kwan
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:307
    Content type: Short Report Published on:

  31. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers are renoprotective but both may increase serum potassium concentrations in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The proporti...

    Authors: Eugenia Espinel, Jorge Joven, Iván Gil, Pilar Suñé, Berta Renedo, Joan Fort and Daniel Serón
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:306
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  32. Whereas we can use several human epithelioid sarcoma (ES) cell lines for basic and preclinical research, an angiomatoid ES cell line has not been reported to date. We have treated a case of an angiomatoid ES d...

    Authors: Yoshinori Imura, Norifumi Naka, Hidetatsu Outani, Hirohiko Yasui, Satoshi Takenaka, Ken-ichiro Hamada, Ritsuro Ozaki, Mitsunori Kaya, Ken-ichi Yoshida, Eiichi Morii, Akira Myoui and Hideki Yoshikawa
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:305
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  33. Retinoblastoma is the most common pediatric ocular tumour. It may rarely present in adults. The present case adds to the number of 26 cases already published in literature since 1919 till 2013. Our aim is to h...

    Authors: Saemah Nuzhat Zafar, Saqib Qayyum Ahmad and Nadeem Zafar
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:304
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  35. Our previous analyses using the Stress Recognition subscale of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ) resulted in significant effect estimates with equally opposing explanations. We suspected construct valid...

    Authors: Jennifer A Taylor and Ravi Pandian
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:302
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  37. The objective of this research was to assess the physical activity levels among a unique cohort of Western Australian (WA) mothers with young children who attend a WA Playgroup. Associated factors were also in...

    Authors: Carlie Jones, Jonine Jancey, Peter Howat, Satvinder Dhaliwal, Sharyn Burns, Alexandra McManus, Andrew P Hills and Annie S Anderson
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:300
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  38. Wall lizards of genus Podarcis are abundant and conspicuous reptiles inhabiting Europe and North Africa. In recent years, they have become a popular lizard model for phylogeographical and evolutionary ecology stu...

    Authors: Carolina Pereira, Alvarina Couto, Carla Luís, Diogo Costa, Sofia Mourão and Catarina Pinho
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:299
    Content type: Short Report Published on:

  39. Surgical site infections (SSIs) are difficult to treat and are associated with substantially longer hospital stay, higher treatment cost, morbidity and mortality, particularly when the etiological agent is mul...

    Authors: Jeremiah Seni, Christine F Najjuka, David P Kateete, Patson Makobore, Moses L Joloba, Henry Kajumbula, Antony Kapesa and Freddie Bwanga
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:298
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  40. Type III secretion system (T3SS) plays an important role in virulence or symbiosis of many pathogenic or symbiotic bacteria [CHM 2:291–294, 2007; Physiology (Bethesda) 20:326–339, 2005]. T3SS acts like a tunne...

    Authors: Vineet Sadarangani, Sunando Datta and Manonmani Arunachalam
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:297
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  42. Child Death Overview Panels (CDOP) provide a multidisciplinary and confidential forum to learn from and reduce deaths in those under 18 years. How well they perform and how to improve their effectiveness is a ...

    Authors: Francesca Mazzola, Abdu Mohiddin, Malcolm Ward and Gillian Holdsworth
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:295
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  43. The Candida albicans cell wall is the first point of contact with the host, and its outer surface is heavily enriched in mannoproteins modified through the addition of N- and O-mannan. Previous work, using mutant...

    Authors: Steven Bates, Rebecca A Hall, Jill Cheetham, Mihai G Netea, Donna M MacCallum, Alistair JP Brown, Frank C Odds and Neil AR Gow
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:294
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  44. Vitamin D deficiency has been reported among patients with tuberculosis in Africa despite abundant sunshine. Vitamin D plays a fundamental role in improving anti tuberculosis immunity, reducing progression and...

    Authors: Davis Kibirige, Edrisa Mutebi, Richard Ssekitoleko, William Worodria and Harriet Mayanja-Kizza
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:293
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  45. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common bacterial infections in humans, both in the community and hospital settings. It is a serious health problem affecting millions of people each year and ...

    Authors: Tazebew Emiru, Getenet Beyene, Wondewosen Tsegaye and Silabat Melaku
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:292
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  46. Sputum smear microscopy is fast and inexpensive technique for detecting tuberculosis (TB) in high incidence areas but has low sensitivity. Physical and chemical sputum processing along with centrifugation have...

    Authors: Mohammad Khaja Mafij Uddin, Md Raihan Chowdhury, Shahriar Ahmed, Md Toufiq Rahman, Razia Khatun, Frank van Leth and Sayera Banu
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:291
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  47. Extraneural and extracranial metastases of glioblastoma (GB) are very rarely reported in the literature. They occur in only 0.2% of all GB patients.

    Authors: Christian Blume, Marec von Lehe, Frank van Landeghem, Susanne Greschus and Jan Boström
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:290
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  48. Studies in Nigeria have shown that the main route of HIV transmission is sexual intercourse and that effective condom use protects people against infection. The objective of this study was to determine the pat...

    Authors: Samuel A Olowookere, Najeemdeen A Adeleke, Akinola A Fatiregun and Emmanuel A Abioye-Kuteyi
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:289
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. The prevalence of coronary heart disease is increasing worldwide contributing to mortality and morbidity of millions of people. Cardiac rehabilitation is an interdisciplinary activity with the aim of facilitat...

    Authors: Sarieh Poortaghi, Ali Baghernia, Samad EJ Golzari, Abdolrasoul Safayian and Shirin B Atri
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:287
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. Poor nutritional status of mothers has a direct and indirect consequence on their own health and that of their children. The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between nutritional status...

    Authors: Idowu O Senbanjo, Ibiyemi O Olayiwola, Wasiu A Afolabi and Olayinka C Senbanjo
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:286
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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