A Longitudinal Analysis of Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureusin a Hong Kong Teaching Hospital

2004 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Ip ◽  
D. J. Lyon ◽  
F. Chio ◽  
A. F. Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Dna Typing ◽  
Type A ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Pfge Type ◽  
Type B ◽  
Isolation And Characterization ◽  
Surgical Units

AbstractObjectives:To review the incidence and trends of MRSA during a 12-year (1989-2000) period at a university teaching hospital and the relationship between strain distribution by antibiogram and molecular typing.Design:Retrospective review of laboratory-based surveillance records on MRSA isolation and characterization of strains by antimicrobial susceptibility and PFGE. A patient episode was counted at the time when MRSA was first isolated.Setting:A 1,350-bed university teaching hospital in Hong Kong.Patients:Those with clinical isolates of MRSA.Results:During 1989 to 2000, the hospital recorded 1,203,175 deaths and discharges (D&D) and encountered 5,707 patient episodes of new MRSA isolation. The overall incidence of patient episodes of MRSA was 0.47/100 D&D. In 1989, the incidence was 0.81/100 D&D and fell to a low of 0.33/100 D&D in 1995, but then rose to 0.50/100 D&D in 2000. Antibiogram and DNA typing identified 5 major types. PFGE type A constituted 68% (211/312) of isolates and was present throughout the 12-year period. PFGE type B constituted 13% (40/312) of isolates and was only present from 1995 to 2000. These isolates form a distinct clone and had unique antibiotic resistance profiles.Conclusions:The study showed the establishment of a dominant MRSA clone (PFGE type A group) in the intensive care, medical, and surgical units and the appearance of a new MRSA strain in 1995 (PFGE type B), which partly explained the rise in incidence of MRSA cases and a disproportionate rise in MRSA bacteremia from 1995 to 2000.

THE ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A NEW INFLUENZA TYPE B VIRUS ON TAIWAN1

1964 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-112
Author(s):  
I. J. GREEN ◽  
S. C. HUNG ◽  
P. S. YU ◽  
G. W. LEE ◽  
H. G. PEREIRA
Keyword(s):  
Type B ◽  
Influenza Type ◽  
Isolation And Characterization ◽  
B Virus

scholarly journals A Tale of Two Tiles: Characterization of Floor Tiles from the Nineteenth-Century Akko Tower Shipwreck (Israel)

Coatings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1091
Author(s):  
Alexandra Inberg ◽  
Dana Ashkenazi ◽  
Yishai Feldman ◽  
Omri Dvir ◽  
Deborah Cvikel
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Type A ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Brown Pigment ◽  
Blue Color ◽  
Type B ◽  
Yellow Color ◽  
Floor Tiles

Fragments of decorated floor tiles were retrieved from the Akko Tower shipwreck, Israel. Most tiles were made of bright brown fired clay with a white glaze decorated with colored stenciled motifs (Type A); and others consisted of a red-brown fired clay body, coated with a brown pigment covered with transparent brown glaze (Type B). This study aimed to characterize the two tile types; to reveal information concerning the manufacturing process; and to determine the origin of their raw material. A multidisciplinary approach was used, including light microscopy, SEM-EDS, electron probe microanalysis with wavelength-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EPMA-WDS), XRD, Raman spectroscopy, and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) analyses. The characterization of both tile types demonstrated the use of different raw materials. The Type A tiles were covered with tin-opacified majolica glaze and colored with various mixtures of pigments. The blue color was due to pigment rich in cobalt; the yellow color was due to Naples yellow and lead-tin yellow I minerals; and the green, orange, and brown colors were all prepared by mixing the Naples yellow pigment with different minerals. These majolica glaze tiles were probably manufactured in Sicily. The brown coating of the Type B tiles was due to pigment rich in lead and iron minerals. These tiles were produced with different manufacturing processes, and apparently made in France.

scholarly journals Mineralogical Characterization of Dolomitic Aggregate Concrete: The Camarasa Dam (Catalonia, Spain)

Minerals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Encarnación Garcia ◽  
Pura Alfonso ◽  
Esperança Tauler
Keyword(s):  
Portland Cement ◽  
Type A ◽  
Alkali Silica Reaction ◽  
Type B ◽  
Mineralogical Characterization ◽  
Group Mineral ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Concrete Type ◽  
Further Development

The Camarasa Dam was built in 1920 using dolomitic aggregate and Portland cement with two different compositions: type A (dolomite and Portland cement) and type B (dolomite and sand-cement). The sand cement was a finely powdered mixture of dolomite particles and clinker of Portland cement. The mineralogy of concrete was studied by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and x-ray powder diffraction. Reaction of dedolomitization occurred in the two types of concrete of the Camarasa Dam, as demonstrated by the occurrence of calcite, brucite, and/or absence of portlandite. In the type A concrete, calcite, brucite, and a serpentine-group mineral precipitated as a rim around the dolomite grains and in the paste. The rims, a product of the dedolomitization reaction, protected the surface of dolomite from the dissolution process. In type B concrete, in addition to dolomite and calcite, quartz and K-feldspar were present. Brucite occurred in lower amounts than in the type A concrete as fibrous crystals randomly distributed in the sand-cement paste. Although brucite content was higher in the type A concrete, type B showed more signs of loss of durability. This can be attributed to the further development of the alkali-silica reaction in this concrete type.

scholarly journals Immunohistochemical Characterization of Genes Expressed in Leiomyoma using Ki67 and P53 in Patient Attending Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital

2021 ◽  
pp. 30-38
Author(s):  
E. F. Eruvwahwe ◽  
E. U. Eric ◽  
O. G. E. Alaba ◽  
M. B. Deele
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Niger Delta ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
P53 Gene ◽  
Good Prognosis ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Ki 67 ◽  
Morphological Evaluation ◽  
Hematoxylin And Eosin

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the expressions of p53 and ki67 genes in the characterization of leiomyomas. Materials: Fifty (50) Paraffin embedded tissue blocks were selected from the department of Histopathology, Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Okolobri from January 2011 to August 2019. The histological characterization and morphological evaluation were defined using the routine Hematoxylin and Eosin staining method. Immunostaining was done for p53 and ki67 using the manufacturers antibodies. Results: A direct correlation between age and the expression of the p53 gene was also made in this study. It was observed that in patients within the ages of 50-59 and 60-69, there was markedly no expression of the p53 gene whereas in patients within the ages of 20-29, there was still some level of expression (20%) and ages 30-39 (80%) and finally 40-49 (10%). There was no expression (0.0%) of Ki-67 in uterine leiomyomas across all age groups. Conclusion; This study therefore has suggested that based on the percentage of expression, it can rightly be inferred that the p53 gene is a good indicator in the immune-histochemical characterization of leiomyomas as it has good sensitivity and good prognosis as opposed to Ki67.

scholarly journals Genetic characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa-resistant isolates at the university teaching hospital in Iran

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hooman Sadighian ◽  
BahramNasr Esfahani ◽  
MohammadReza Pourmand ◽  
Hossein Fazeli
Keyword(s):  
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Genetic Characterization ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
The University
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