Vang Melgaard

BACKGROUND Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) represents a serious threat to public health. Clinical microbiology laboratories (CML) need effective protocols for screening and confirmation of CPE. AIM To prospectively evaluate an algorithm for the screening of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in an OXA-48 endemic hospital.…[Read more]

BACKGROUND Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) represents a serious threat to public health. Clinical microbiology laboratories (CML) need effective protocols for screening and confirmation of CPE. AIM To prospectively evaluate an algorithm for the screening of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in an OXA-48 endemic hospital.…[Read more]

BACKGROUND Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) represents a serious threat to public health. Clinical microbiology laboratories (CML) need effective protocols for screening and confirmation of CPE. AIM To prospectively evaluate an algorithm for the screening of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in an OXA-48 endemic hospital.…[Read more]

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effects of dietary starch structure (amylose/amylopectin ratio, AR) on intestinal health of weaned pigs by determining the intestinal morphology, barrier functions, epithelium apoptosis and digestive enzymes. A total of one hundred and eight pigs (initial body weight 7.51 ± 0.05 kg) were…[Read more]

Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a heterogeneous connective tissue disorder characterized by repeated fractures and skeletal disorders. At present, bisphosphonate (BP) therapy is the gold standard for OI treatment. The present retrospective study evaluated the effect of BP therapy on tooth development and eruption of permanent teeth in a cohort of…[Read more]

OBJECTIVE To investigate the expression of programmed death-ligands 1 and 2 (PD-L1, PD-L2), programmed death-1 (PD-1), CD8 and granzyme B (GrB), as well as its correlation with the severity of oral lichen planus (OLP). MATERIALS AND METHODS In a collaborative study, 33 cases of OLP were evaluated according to the latest criteria proposed by the…[Read more]

We investigated how differential payoffs affect the temporal discrimination of humans. In a temporal bisection task, participants learned to make one response after a short sample and another after a long sample. When presented with a range of intermediate samples, the proportion of responses fitted well a Gaussian-like distribution function…[Read more]

05) were demonstrated by the machine-learning model. Thirteen features were able to discriminate FU disease status after NCA selection. Best performance in DA classification was obtained using the combination of the 13 selected features (sensitivity 74%, specificity 58% and accuracy 66%) compared to the use of all features (sensitivity 40%,…[Read more]

Both posterior decompression and fusion (PDF) and laminoplasty (LAMP) have been used to treat cervical myelopathy due to multilevel ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL). However, considerable controversy exists over the choice of the two surgical strategies. Thus, the aim of this study is to compare clinical outcomes of PDF and…[Read more]

Objective Intestinal parasitic diseases are important public health problems in our country as well as in the world. In this study, intestinal parasites were investigated in patients admitted to Dokuz Eylül University Hospital (DEUH) with various gastrointestinal system complaints. Methods Patients (n=18460) who were referred to the DEUH Central…[Read more]

These observations prompted our speculations on the common developmental and evolutionary origin of the claustrum and the subplate. Here we systematically compare the currently available data on cytoarchitecture, evolutionary origin, gene expression, cell types, birthdates, neurogenesis, lineage and migration, circuit connectivity and cell death…[Read more]