The Gut Microbiota and IBD

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3. Rath HC, et al. Normal luminal bacteria, especially Bacteroides species, mediate chronic colitis, gastritis, and arthritis in HLA-B27/human beta2 microglobulin transgenic rats. J Clin Invest. 1996;98(4):945–53.PubMedCrossRef 4. Sartor RB….

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Cytokines and Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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2. Reinecker HC, et al. Enhanced secretion of tumour necrosis factor-alpha, IL-6, and IL-1 beta by isolated lamina propria mononuclear cells from patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. Clin…

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Genetics of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

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Fig. 1.1 Associations of the IL12/IL23- and IL27-regulating genes with IBD in keeping with the TH1 and TH2/TH17 theory (Wang et al. 2010). Only the main proteins in these pathways…

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Selected Infectious Disease Topics

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(1) Department of Emergency Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands   Funny Bacteria Overview (Unfortunately, Not Really Funny, Just Peculiar!) First, to briefly review, bacteria come in three general…

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General Infectious Disease Question and Answer Items

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(1) Department of Emergency Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands   When is toxoplasmosis typically transmitted to a fetus (under what conditions)? When the mother has a primary infection…

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Infectious Disease Prevention Question and Answer Items

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(1) Department of Emergency Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands   Many immunoglobulins used in prevention are now synthesized. Which ones come from pooled serum immunoglobulin, instead? (2) •…

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Respiratory Mechanics in the Mechanically Ventilated Patient

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and Katherine C. Clement10 (9) Arkansas Children’s Hospital, 800 Marshall Street, Little Rock, AR 72202, USA (10) Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of North Carolina, CB 7221, Chapel Hill,…

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Automation of Weaning in Children

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as a surrogate for blood gas PCO2, to decrease or increase ventilatory support. IntelliVent® also uses SpO2 to decrease or increase PEEP and FiO2. The two ECPs were studied in…

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Mechanical Ventilation

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and Sunil K. Sinha14 (13) Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, F4790 C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan Health System, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5254, USA (14) Paediatrics and Neonatal…

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