including necrotizing fasciitis and gas gangrene

... and diglyceride It has been associated with gas gangrene and is known to be hemolytic, to destroy platelets and polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs), and to cause widespread capillary damage When ... characteristically produce abundant gas in artificial media and form subterminal endospores C perfringens, one of the most clinically important species, is encapsulated and nonmotile and rarely sporulates ... tissue toxins and enterotoxins The enterotoxins include four major lethal toxins: α, β, ε, and The α toxin is a phospholipase C (lecithinase) that splits lecithin into phosphorylcholine and diglyceride...

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... primary symptoms include epigastric pain, nausea, and watery diarrhea usually lasting 12–24 h Fever and vomiting are uncommon Molecular methods including ribotyping and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis ... and adults in New Guinea A similar disease, darmbrand, was epidemic in Germany after World War II Clinical features of pigbel include acute abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea, vomiting, shock, and ... abscess, frostbite with gas gangrene, infection of a stump in an amputee, brain abscess, prostatic abscess, perianal abscess, conjunctivitis, infection of a renal cell carcinoma, and infection of an...

Ngày tải lên: 08/07/2014, 02:20

... relatively free of pain and edema Perhaps because of the lack of edema, gas that is limited to the wound and the immediately surrounding tissue may be more evident than in gas gangrene In these localized ... black tar heroin Spreading Cellulitis and Fasciitis with Systemic Toxicity This condition involves diffuse spreading cellulitis and fasciitis, without myonecrosis and with only mild inflammation in ... the fascia, and colonic contents leak into the abdominal wall Patients present with extreme toxicity and occasionally with totalbody crepitation The syndrome differs from necrotizing fasciitis...

Ngày tải lên: 08/07/2014, 02:20

... red fluid, and are accompanied by dark patches of cutaneous gangrene Gas appears in later phases but may not be as obvious as in anaerobic cellulitis Jaundice is rare in wound gas gangrene (in ... incubation period of gas gangrene is usually short: almost always

Ngày tải lên: 08/07/2014, 02:20

... G treatment of gas gangrene has become more controversial because of increasing resistance to this drug and data obtained from animal models of infection In a mouse model of gas gangrene, antibiotics ... 2001–2005 MMWR 54:724, 2005 Lorber B: Gas gangrene and other Clostridium-associated diseases, in Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 6th ed, GL Mandell et al (eds) Philadelphia, Elsevier ... Epidemiological findings and medical, legal, and public health challenges of an investigation of severe soft tissue infections and deaths among injecting drug users—Ireland, 2000 Epidemiol Infect...

Ngày tải lên: 08/07/2014, 02:20

... 1952 the condition was described as necrotizing fasciitis by Wilson for the first time to include both gas- forming and non-gasforming necrotizing infection and stated that fascial necrosis is ... fascia and skin This rare, lifethreatening condition has been recognized since 18th century with various names including phagedena gangrenosum, hospital gangrene, Meleney's gangrene, Fournier's gangrene ... [20,34] Treatment Early diagnosis and prompt treatment including surgical debridement and braod spectrum antibiotics is the key to successful treatment in necrotizing fasciitis [35,36] The initial...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 23:20

... Printed and bound in Great Britain v Contents Preface vii Introduction ix Theory and general principles Gas- diesel and dual-fuel engines Exhaust emissions and control Fuels and lubes: chemistry and ... propulsion and gas turbines Both modes found favour in warships, however, and aero-derived gas turbines have recently secured firm niches in fast ferry and cruise tonnage A stronger challenge from gas ... circle diameters of the input and output gears are respectively = 14 POUNDER’S MARINE DIESEL ENGINES AND GAS TURBINES d1 and d and the speeds of the two shafts are n1 and n2, the circumferential...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 16:20

... requiring natural gas or propane as a source of heat; thereby saving valuable and diminishing  natural resources. Space heaters and furnaces are excellent candidates. Stoves and other  cooking units such as barbecue grills can also be fueled by the water‐hybrid system. Such  ... Cut a 1‐1/2” wide ring from the end of the coupling. Referring to Figure 14, and using a  band sander, sand the side of the ring to form a flat surface approximately 1‐1/4” wide.  Sand the side of the ring at another point to form a similar surface. Cut each of two flat  ... LEGAL DISCLAIMER: This book has been edited and revised for content clarity, text readability,  and technological suitability for modern fuel‐injection and older carburetor based vehicles, and is inspired by the original, public domain, Hydrostar conversion plans. ...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 04:20

... Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Kazakhstan Korea Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Mexico Morocco Netherlands New Zealand Norway ... you abandon after March 12, 2008 To abandon a security, you must permanently surrender and relinquish all rights in the security and receive no consideration in exchange for it All the facts and ... you and the following related parties Members of your family This includes only your brothers and sisters, half-brothers and half-sisters, spouse, ancestors (parents, grandparents, etc.), and...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 09:20

... the human and A thaliana sequences are presently lacking Furthermore, COG groups the YADH and CAD families together in COG 1064, and the MRF and QOR families together in COG 0604 COG and PFAM ... contribute zinc ligands [43] The exact nature of one ligand has been much investigated previously [44] In DM_7300579, two of the zinc ligands, Glu156 and Cys45, are missing and we postulate that ... 189 A3 and they are only found in the human, D melanogaster and C elegans genomes Orthologue analysis shows that only two of the three D melanogaster forms are closely related to the human and C...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 03:20

... unconventional natural gas resources including tight gas sands, shale gas, and CBM Unconventional oil and gas resources are loosely defined as resources that are generally deeper and / or more difficult ... air, water, and land use impacts associated with oil and gas production nationally and in Region These policies range from the implementation of mandatory emissions limits on oil and gas operations ... oil and gas production); • Haze precursors (which include ozone, NOx, SO2, and particulates); and In addition, greenhouse gases (GHGs, which include CO2 and CH4) are generated during oil and gas...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 16:20

... ECONOMIC IMPACTS FOR IRELAND OF HIGH OIL AND GAS PRICES 15 Ireland‘s dependence on Oil and Gas future dominance of oil and gas in Ireland’s imported fuel mix Ireland is part of a handful of EU 27 countries ... IMPACTS FOR IRELAND OF HIGH OIL AND GAS PRICES  Pathways to risk mitigation and a low carbon future Ireland‘s dependence on Oil and Gas Chapter ,s dependence on Oil and Gas Ireland Pathways to ... and Gas Prices and their Determinants 04 Chapter Baseline Scenario 2025 07 Chapter Economic and Social Impacts of three Oil and Gas Price Scenarios 09 Chapter Ireland’s dependence on Oil and...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 06:20

... ethanol and deposited on amorphous holey carbon membranes Results and discussion 3.1 Gas sensor response Fig 1a shows sensor response to ppm of NO2 and 20 ppm of H2S in synthetic dry air of gas sensors ... gas sensors to (a) 1ppm of NO2 in dry and 50% relative humidity air, (b) ppm of H2S in dry and 50% relative humidity air dependence of the sensor response to NO2 and H2S on humidity for 400 and ... Crystalline structure, defects and gas sensor response to NO2 and H2S of nanocrystalline WO3 were analysed in this work Annealing temperature was varied between 400 and 700 8C Gas sensors based on 700...

Ngày tải lên: 19/03/2014, 16:47

... hand, the sensitivity of sensor to other gases such as petrol, butane and methane is very low, though gas concentration is 1000 ppm Fig shows the relationship between sensitivity and sample gases ... compounds can be used as a gas- sensing material for ethanol gas The analysis of the electrical properties and gas- sensing mechanism of WO3 -based sensors revealed that the calcining and operating temperature ... on the sensitivity gas concentration ˆ 100 ppm) Fig The in¯uence of operating temperature on the sensitivity of the sensor for ethanol and petrol 100 ppm, and for butane and methane 1000 ppm...

Ngày tải lên: 19/03/2014, 16:48

... surface area and large pore volume 3.4 Gas sensing characteristics As stated above, the gas responses of the R5 and R0.5 powders were negligible Thus, the gas responses of the R30-RH and R30 240 ... the effective gas diffusion (Fig 5) The gas response was improved fur- Fig Dynamic sensing transients of (a) R30-RH and (b) R30 sensors and (c) gas responses (Rg /Ra ) of R30-RH and R30 sensors ... of those of the other gases These results demonstrated the high gas response and selective detection of WO3 nano-porous microspheres to NO2 The selective detection and gas responses were enhanced...

Ngày tải lên: 19/03/2014, 16:48

... surface-adsorbed species and make them excellent candidates for gas sensing applications [34,35] The gas sensing performance X Shen et al / Sensors and Actuators B 143 (2009) 325–332 329 Fig TEM and HRTEM images ... nanorod arrays and commercial WO3 powders (b) Sensing responses vs gas concentrations of various gases, including 1-butanol, acetone, toluene, 2-propanol, acetic acid, ethanol, gasoline, and heptane ... organic solvents and fuels, including acetone, ethanol, propanol, butanol, toluene, heptane, acetic acid, and gasoline Some of these chemicals are very important industrial raw materials, and the others...

Ngày tải lên: 20/03/2014, 13:04

... detection in gases and liquids, flue gas and fire detection, liquid quality sensors, biosensors and medical sensors Some of the major applications in the home include indoor air quality and natural gas ... homeland security, medical and environmental monitoring and also food safety A desirable goal is the ability to simultaneously analyze a wide variety of environmental and biological gases and ... metabolites and markers, and this can be valuable in measuring both medication adherence and in determining the blood levels of these drugs and medications Some of today’s blood and urine-based...

Ngày tải lên: 20/03/2014, 13:06

... distinct bands at 270, 327, 712, and 807 cm−1 except for the lattice mode band below 200 cm−1 and a small instrumental artifact around 520 cm−1 The four bands fall very 300 Y.S Kim / Sensors and Actuators ... C and the columnar crystals grow larger when an anneal temperature reaches above 600 ◦ C On the other hand, dry air and O2 anneal treatments result in a different onset temperature Fig 2A and ... Weimar, Conduction model of metal oxide gas sensors, J Electroceram (2001) 143–167 [2] Y Shimizu, M Egashira, Basic aspects and challenges of semiconductor gas sensors, MRS Bull 24 (1999) 18–24...

Ngày tải lên: 20/03/2014, 13:11

... She researches the interactions between gases and mixed oxides and the electrical and optical characterization of thin films for organic and inorganic gas sensors Dr Pietro Siciliano, physicist, ... effects and ambient atmosphere influence, Sens Actuat B 17 (1994) 241 [26] D.E Williams, Conduction and gas response of semiconductor gas sensors, in: P.T Moseley, B.C Tofield (Eds.), Solid State Gas ... Considering lowest gas concentrations, expected responses are smallest and reported in Fig 9; brighter columns represent the nanowires sensor and lowest ones the gas response of standard solid film...

Ngày tải lên: 20/03/2014, 13:11

... From the TEM and HRTEM micrographs of S2(150 8C), the amorphous polymer, granular and stick g-Fe2O3 particles could be seen, and the length and width of the stick form was about 200 nm and 15 nm, ... (a) and S2(150 8C) (b) to 2000 ppm NH3 at different working temperatures In the gas sensing study, S1 and S2 were made for thick film sensors, and their sensitivities for CO, H2, NH3, ethanol and ... bond, and the pyrrole ring bonds (1407, 1398, 1047, 930, 790 cmÀ1) In the S1(150 8C) and S2(150 8C) spectra, characteristic peaks of PPy were also found at 1407, 1398, 1047, 930 and 790 cmÀ1, and...

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