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  1. Microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) is used for rapid comparison of genomes of different bacterial strains. The purpose is to evaluate the distribution of genes from sequenced bacterial s...

    Authors: Liliana Sofia Cardoso, Cláudia Elvas Suissas, Mário Ramirez, Marília Antunes and Francisco Rodrigues Pinto
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:148
  2. S. pneumoniae is a major cause of meningitis, pneumonia and sepsis in children. In 2006 universal pneumococcal vaccination was recommended in Germany for all children up to their second birthday. We have compared...

    Authors: Christin Schnappauf, Arne Rodloff, Werner Siekmeyer, Wolfgang Hirsch, Ina Sorge, Volker Schuster and Wieland Kiess
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:145
  3. The assessment of the benefit-risk of medicines needs careful consideration concerning their patterns of utilization. Systems for the monitoring of medicines consumption have been established in many European ...

    Authors: Mònica Sabaté, Juan Fernando Pacheco, Elena Ballarín, Pili Ferrer, Hans Petri, Joerg Hasford, Marieke Wilma Schoonen, Marietta Rottenkolber, Joan Fortuny, Joan-Ramon Laporte and Luisa Ibáñez
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:143
  4. Here, we report the phase distribution of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), defined based on the World Health Organization criteria, among 63 patients in Bangladesh. All patients were diagnosed based on complete...

    Authors: Md Abdul Mottalib, Tanvira Afroze Sultana, Md Ibrahim Khalil, Siew Hua Gan, Md Sirazul Islam, Subhagata Choudhury and M Anwar Hossain
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:142
  5. Pegylated interferon combined with ribavirin treatment is an effective therapy for chronic hepatitis C viral infection. However, pegylated interferon combined with ribavirin is associated with various adverse ...

    Authors: Weimin Jiang, Hisashi Hidaka, Takahide Nakazawa, Hiroyuki Kitagawa and Wasaburo Koizumi
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:141
  6. Organophosphate (OP) poisoning is the most common cause (27.64%) and has the highest death rate (13.88%) of poisoning in Bangladesh. It leads to three main syndromes notably acute cholinergic syndrome, interme...

    Authors: Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury, Md Shafiqul Bari, MM Jahangir Alam, Md Mustafezur Rahman, Binayak Bhattacharjee, Junaid Abdul Qayyum and Md Sohel Mridha
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:140
  7. Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection during pregnancy is associated with insulin resistance. A meta-analytic technique was used to quantify the evidence of an association between CHB infection and the risk of g...

    Authors: Dechuan Kong, Haiyan Liu, Shan Wei, Yan Wang, Anqun Hu, Wenhui Han, Naiqing Zhao, Yihan Lu and Yingjie Zheng
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:139
  8. This study aimed to examine hearing function in a group of children aged between the ages of six months and twelve years admitted with bacterial meningitis so as to determine the prevalence and degree of senso...

    Authors: Benson Wahome Karanja, Herbert Ouma Oburra, Peter Masinde and Dalton Wamalwa
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:138
  9. Although there are several case reports of human parvovirus B19 infection in patients with hereditary spherocytosis, no systematic reviews of adult patients with hereditary spherocytosis with human parvovirus ...

    Authors: Yujin Kobayashi, Yoshihiro Hatta, Yusaku Ishiwatari, Hitoshi Kanno and Masami Takei
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:137
  10. Although cardiac troponin I gives excellent accuracy in the identification of myocardial necrosis, it can also be elevated in a series of diseases other than acute coronary syndromes.

    Authors: Feng Xue, Ting-Bo Jiang, Bin Jiang, Xu-Jie Cheng, Yong-Ming He, Xun Li and Xiang-Jun Yang
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:136
  11. Quantitative traits, such as disease resistance, are most often controlled by a set of genes involving a complex array of regulation. The dissection of genetic basis of quantitative traits requires large numbe...

    Authors: Shikai Liu, Luyang Sun, Yun Li, Fanyue Sun, Yanliang Jiang, Yu Zhang, Jiaren Zhang, Jianbin Feng, Ludmilla Kaltenboeck, Huseyin Kucuktas and Zhanjiang Liu
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:135
  12. Fractures of the pelvic ring including disruption of the posterior elements in high-energy trauma have both high morbidity and mortality rates. For some injury pattern part of the initial resuscitation include...

    Authors: Max J Scheyerer, Stefan M Zimmermann, Georg Osterhoff, Simon Tiziani, Hans-Peter Simmen, Guido A Wanner and Clèment ML Werner
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:133
  13. The STINGRAY system has been conceived to ease the tasks of integrating, analyzing, annotating and presenting genomic and expression data from Sanger and Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) platforms.

    Authors: Glauber Wagner, Rodrigo Jardim, Diogo A Tschoeke, Daniel R Loureiro, Kary ACS Ocaña, Antonio CB Ribeiro, Vanessa E Emmel, Christian M Probst, André N Pitaluga, Edmundo C Grisard, Maria C Cavalcanti, Maria LM Campos, Marta Mattoso and Alberto MR Dávila
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:132
  14. Adenoid cystic carcinoma is a malignant epithelial tumor derived from salivary glands and tends to invade the surrounding structures including nervous system. We present a case of adenoid cystic carcinoma with...

    Authors: Junya Fukai, Koji Fujita, Toshikazu Yamoto, Takahiro Sasaki, Yuji Uematsu and Naoyuki Nakao
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:131
  15. Access to sufficient food is essential for household welfare as well as for accomplishing other development activities. Households with insufficient access to food often face other challenges related to food i...

    Authors: Worku Endale, Zelalem Birhanu Mengesha, Azeb Atinafu and Akilew Awoke Adane
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:130
  16. Trauma induces local and subsequent systemic inflammatory reactions, and when the cytokine production is deregulated, a systemic inflammatory response syndrome with a potentially lethal outcome can occur. The ...

    Authors: Olav Reikeras, Pål Borgen, Janne Elin Reseland and Staale Petter Lyngstadaas
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:128
  17. We thought that using electrocautery for hemostasis caused recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy. We reflected the prolonged use of electrocautery and employed NU-KNIT® to achieve hemostasis nearby the recurrent lar...

    Authors: Yasushi Rino, Norio Yukawa, Tsutomu Sato, Naoto Yamamoto, Hiroshi Tamagawa, Shinichi Hasegawa, Takashi Oshima, Takaki Yoshikawa, Munetaka Masuda and Toshio Imada
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:127
  18. The incidence of dengue fever is on the rise in tropical countries. In Sri Lanka, nearly 45,000 patients were reported in 2012. With the increasing numbers, rare manifestations of dengue are occasionally encou...

    Authors: Milinda Withana, Chaturaka Rodrigo, Thashi Chang, Panduka Karunanayake and Senaka Rajapakse
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:125
  19. Two variants in the gene encoding the cytochrome P450 2C9 enzyme (CYP2C9) are considered the most significant genetic risk factors associated with bleeding after warfarin prescription. A variant in the vitamin K ...

    Authors: Despina Hadjipanagi, Stephanie Chrysanthou, Konstantinos Voskarides and Constantinos Deltas
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:123
  20. Australian Aboriginal women tend to have body shape and pregnancy risk profiles different from other Australian women. This study aims to examine the associations of anthropometric indices with gestational hyp...

    Authors: Maryam Sina, Wendy Hoy and Zhiqiang Wang
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:122
  21. Hospital cleanliness in hospitals with a tendency toward long-term care in Japan remains unevaluated. We therefore visualized hospital cleanliness in Japan over a 2-month period by two distinct popular methods...

    Authors: Reina Watanabe, Tomoko Shimoda, Rika Yano, Yasuhiro Hayashi, Shinji Nakamura, Junji Matsuo and Hiroyuki Yamaguchi
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:121
  22. Hyperglycemia-induced endothelial hyperpermeability is crucial to cardiovascular disorders and macro-vascular complications in diabetes mellitus. The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of gr...

    Authors: Xuezhi Zuo, Chong Tian, Nana Zhao, Weiye Ren, Yi Meng, Xin Jin, Ying Zhang, Shibin Ding, Chenjiang Ying and Xiaolei Ye
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:120
  23. Glucocorticoids exert recognized positive effects on lung development. The genes involved in the classical pathway of glucocorticoid synthesis normally occurring in adrenals were found to be expressed on gesta...

    Authors: Eric Boucher, Pierre R Provost and Yves Tremblay
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:119
  24. Since the late 1990s, patient safety has been an important policy issue in developed countries. To evaluate the effectiveness of the activities of patient safety, it is necessary to quantitatively assess the i...

    Authors: Takefumi Kitazawa, Kunichika Matsumoto, Shigeru Fujita, Ai Yoshida, Shuhei Iida, Hirotoshi Nishizawa and Tomonori Hasegawa
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:117
  25. Carbonic anhydrase VI (CA-VI) is produced by the salivary gland and is secreted into the saliva. Although CA-VI is found in the epithelial cells of distal straight tubule of swine kidneys, the exact function o...

    Authors: Toshiho Nishita, Juro Yatsu, Masaru Murakami, Shino Kamoshida, Kensuke Orito, Nobutune Ichihara, Kazuyoshi Arishima and Hideharu Ochiai
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:116
  26. Overweight, obesity and associated conditions are major public health concerns in Norway. The prevalence of overweight and obesity in the general population in Norway is increasing, but there are limited data ...

    Authors: Ingrid Sørdal Følling, Bård Kulseng and Anne-Sofie Helvik
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:115
  27. It is well known that exposure to light, especially of short wavelength, enhances human alertness during the nighttime. However, more information is needed to elucidate the effects of light wavelength on alert...

    Authors: Yosuke Okamoto, Mark S Rea and Mariana G Figueiro
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:113
  28. Diarrhoea induces massive problems in the rearing of calves. The aim of the study was to obtain current data about the frequency of Giardia spp., Cryptosporidium spp. and Eimeria spp. in diarrhoeic calves in Sout...

    Authors: Julia Gillhuber, David Rügamer, Kurt Pfister and Miriam C Scheuerle
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:112
  29. Identification of historic pathogens is challenging since false positives and negatives are a serious risk. Environmental non-pathogenic contaminants are ubiquitous. Furthermore, public genetic databases conta...

    Authors: Michael G Campana, Nelly Robles García, Frank J Rühli and Noreen Tuross
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:111
  30. Streptococcus pneumoniae is the leading cause of community–acquired pneumonia in Africa. Antimicrobial resistance of S. pneumoniae to penicillin and other commonly used antibiotics has increased worldwide. Howeve...

    Authors: Jeannet C Bos, Sara J Beishuizen, Geoffrey C Madeira, Elmano dos Santos Gomonda, Esmeralda O Cossa, Augusto C Macome, Reindert P van Steenwijk, Constance Schultsz and Jan M Prins
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:110
  31. The interactions among cells or among cells and components of the extracellular matrix, is a crucial pathophysiological process involving some molecules collectively known as adhesion molecules (CAMs). Glycopr...

    Authors: Christos Graidis, Christos Golias, Dimokritos Dimitriadis, Georgios Dimitriadis, Theodosis Bitsis, Ilias Dimitrelos, Afroditi Tsiakou and Konstantinos Charalabopoulos
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:107
  32. It is important that students have a high academic engagement and satisfaction in order to have good academic achievement. No study measures association of these elements in a short training program. This stud...

    Authors: Jean Joel R Bigna, Loic Fonkoue, Manuela Francette F Tchatcho, Christelle N Dongmo, Dorothée M Soh, Joseph Lin Lewis N Um, Paule Sandra D Sime, Landry A Affana, Albert Ruben N Woum, Steve Raoul N Noumegni, Alphonce Tabekou, Arlette M Wanke, Herman Rhais K Taffe, Miriette Linda N Tchoukouan, Kevin O Anyope, Stephane Brice E Ella…
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:105
  33. Currently, there is no value for the definition of abdominal obesity by measuring waist circumference in the Sub-Saharan Africa. Several definitions of metabolic syndrome (MS) have disparities concerning use o...

    Authors: Jean Joel R Bigna, Jean Bahebeck, Eugène Sobngwi and Jean Claude Mbanya
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:104
  34. Comprehensive care in homozygous sickle cell disease (HbSS) entails universal neonatal screening and subsequent monitoring of identified patients, a process which has been streamlined in the neighbouring islan...

    Authors: Kim R Quimby, Stephen Moe, Ian Sealy, Christopher Nicholls, Ian R Hambleton and R Clive Landis
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:102
  35. Evaluation of xenobiotics biodegradation potential, shown here for benzotriazoles (corrosion inhibitors) and sulfamethoxazole (sulfonamide antibiotic) by microbial communities and/or pure cultures normally req...

    Authors: Bastian Herzog, Hilde Lemmer, Harald Horn and Elisabeth Müller
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:101
  36. Physical conditions through gait and other functional task are parameters to consider for frailty detection. The aim of the present study is to measure and describe the variability of acceleration, angular vel...

    Authors: Alejandro Galán-Mercant and Antonio I Cuesta-Vargas
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:100
  37. Data on influenza in the healthcare setting are often based on retrospective investigations of outbreaks and a few studies described influenza during several consecutive seasons.

    Authors: Corinne Régis, Nicolas Voirin, Vanessa Escuret, Byeul-A Kim, Olivier Robert, Bruno Lina, Brigitte Comte and Philippe Vanhems
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:99

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