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Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Single Daily Dosing Ceftriaxone And Metronidazole Vs Standard Triple Antibiotic Regimen For Perforated Appendicitis In Children: A Prospective Randomized Trial., Shawn D. St Peter, Kuojen Tsao, Troy L. Spilde, G W. Holcomb Iii, Susan W. Sharp, J Patrick Murphy, Charles L. Snyder, Ronald J. Sharp, Walter S. Andrews, Daniel J. Ostlie
Single Daily Dosing Ceftriaxone And Metronidazole Vs Standard Triple Antibiotic Regimen For Perforated Appendicitis In Children: A Prospective Randomized Trial., Shawn D. St Peter, Kuojen Tsao, Troy L. Spilde, G W. Holcomb Iii, Susan W. Sharp, J Patrick Murphy, Charles L. Snyder, Ronald J. Sharp, Walter S. Andrews, Daniel J. Ostlie
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INTRODUCTION: Appendicitis is the most common emergency condition in children. Historically, a 3-drug regimen consisting of ampicillin, gentamicin, and clindamycin (AGC) has been used postoperatively for perforated appendicitis. A retrospective review at our institution has found single day dosing of ceftriaxone and metronidazole (CM) to be a more simple and cost-effective antibiotic strategy. Therefore, we performed a prospective, randomized trial to compare efficacy and cost-effectiveness of these 2 regimens.
METHODS: After internal review board approval (IRB no. 04 12-149), children found to have perforated appendicitis at appendectomy were randomized to either once daily dosing of CM (2 total doses per …
Monitoring Lys-TrnaLys Phosphatidylglycerol Transferase Activity, Michael Ibba
Monitoring Lys-TrnaLys Phosphatidylglycerol Transferase Activity, Michael Ibba
Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research
In some bacteria Lys-tRNALys is used both in translation and for the specific addition of Lys to phosphatidylglycerol in the cytoplasmic membrane. This reaction is catalyzed by the membrane protein MprF, and the lysyl-phosphatidylglycerol formed contributes to the resistance of these bacteria to various cationic antibacterial molecules. Obtaining proteins and reconstituting an in vitro system mimicking membrane conditions is a major challenge to studying the function of membrane proteins, especially when labile substrates such as Lys-tRNALys are required. Here we report methods to obtain a stable enriched membrane fraction containing MprF, and the techniques necessary to quantitatively monitor …
In Vitro Analysis Of Tobramycin-Treated Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Biofilms On Cystic Fibrosis-Derived Airway Epithelial Cells, Gregory G. Anderson, Sophie Moreau-Marquis, Bruce A. Stanton, George A. O'Toole
In Vitro Analysis Of Tobramycin-Treated Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Biofilms On Cystic Fibrosis-Derived Airway Epithelial Cells, Gregory G. Anderson, Sophie Moreau-Marquis, Bruce A. Stanton, George A. O'Toole
Dartmouth Scholarship
P. aeruginosa forms biofilms in the lungs of individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF); however, there have been no effective model systems for studying biofilm formation in the CF lung. We have developed a tissue culture system for growth of P. aeruginosa biofilms on CF-derived human airway cells that promotes the formation of highly antibiotic-resistant microcolonies, which produce an extracellular polysaccharide matrix and require the known abiotic biofilm formation genes flgK and pilB. Treatment of P. aeruginosa biofilms with tobramycin reduced the virulence of the biofilms both by reducing bacterial numbers and by altering virulence gene expression. We performed microarray analysis …