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Hernandez-Andrade E, Huntley ES, Bartal MF, Soto E, Johnson A. Fetal coronary circulation: the middle cardiac vein. ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY 2023; 61:269-270. [PMID: 36056766 DOI: 10.1002/uog.26060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Revised: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Arrieta O, Bautista-González E, Turcott J, Lara-Mejía L, Heredia D, Barrón F, Ramos-Ramirez M, Miranda LC, Salinas M, Aguerrebere M, Zorrilla AC, Rolfo C, Hernandez MA, Soto E, Báez-Saldaña R. OA17.03 Depression, Anxiety, and Distress Impact in Patients With Thoracic Malignancies During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [PMCID: PMC8523132 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.08.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Andler R, Pino V, Moya F, Soto E, Valdés C, Andreeßen C. Synthesis of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) by Bacillus cereus using grape residues as sole carbon source. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOBASED PLASTICS 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/24759651.2021.1882049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Sadovnichii VA, Aleksandrov VV, Aleksandrova OV, Vega R, Konovalenko IS, Soto E, Tikhonova KV, Gordillo Domingez JL, Gonzalez Petlacalco O. Galvanic Correction of Pilot’s Vestibular Activity during Visual Flight Control. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019. [DOI: 10.3103/s0027133019010011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Soto E, Pérez L, Villorbina G, Farré G, Christou P. CRISPR/Cas9-induced monoallelic mutations in the cytosolic AGPase large subunit gene APL2 induce the ectopic expression of APL2 and the corresponding small subunit gene APS2b in rice leaves. N Biotechnol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2018.05.1269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Gatersleben B, Jackson T, Meadows J, Soto E, Yan Y. Leisure, materialism, well-being and the environment. EUROPEAN REVIEW OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.erap.2018.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Pomaranski EK, Reichley SR, Yanong R, Shelley J, Pouder DB, Wolf JC, Kenelty KV, Van Bonn B, Oliaro F, Byrne B, Clothier KA, Griffin MJ, Camus AC, Soto E. Characterization of spaC-type Erysipelothrix sp. isolates causing systemic disease in ornamental fish. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2018; 41:49-60. [PMID: 28708262 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2017] [Revised: 05/17/2017] [Accepted: 05/24/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Since 2012, low-to-moderate mortality associated with an Erysipelothrix sp. bacterium has been reported in ornamental fish. Histological findings have included facial cellulitis, necrotizing dermatitis and myositis, and disseminated coelomitis with abundant intralesional Gram-positive bacterial colonies. Sixteen Erysipelothrix sp. isolates identified phenotypically as E. rhusiopathiae were recovered from diseased cyprinid and characid fish. Similar clinical and histological changes were also observed in zebrafish, Danio rerio, challenged by intracoelomic injection. The Erysipelothrix sp. isolates from ornamental fish were compared phenotypically and genetically to E. rhusiopathiae and E. tonsillarum isolates recovered from aquatic and terrestrial animals from multiple facilities. Results demonstrated that isolates from diseased fish were largely clonal and divergent from E. rhusiopathiae and E. tonsillarum isolates from normal fish skin, marine mammals and terrestrial animals. All ornamental fish isolates were PCR positive for spaC, with marked genetic divergence (<92% similarity at gyrB, <60% similarity by rep-PCR) between the ornamental fish isolates and other Erysipelothrix spp. isolates. This study supports previous work citing the genetic variability of Erysipelothrix spp. spa types and suggests isolates from diseased ornamental fish may represent a genetically distinct species.
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Phillips ACN, Suepaul R, Soto E. Ocular localization of mycobacterial lesions in tank-reared juvenile cobia, Rachycentron canadum. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2017; 40:1799-1804. [PMID: 28745814 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2017] [Revised: 03/24/2017] [Accepted: 03/25/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Severe clinical mycobacteriosis with consistent ocular lesion localization was diagnosed in a population of 800 juvenile tank-reared Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) which experienced a sudden increase in mortality approximately 5 months after arriving into Trinidad and Tobago from Florida, USA. Moderate daily mortality (15-20 animals per day) persisted for just over 1 month. Moribund fish displayed circling behaviour and had an open-mouth gape upon death. Fish consistently presented with bilateral exophthalmia, corneal cloudiness and hyphema. Non-branching acid-fast rods were detected in aqueous humour touch preparations. Histological analysis revealed severe bilateral intra-ocular granulomatous responses in all specimens. Mycobacterium sp. was identified using a real-time PCR assay detecting the RNA polymerase β-subunit (rpoB) gene in different tissue samples. Specimens did not present with characteristic granulomatous responses usually seen in viscera. To the best of our knowledge, this represents only the third documentation of piscine mycobacterial infection presenting with only localized ocular lesions, and the second documented case of mycobacteriosis in cobia. It is, however, the first documentation of an ocular presentation of mycobacteriosis in a marine species and is the first documentation of such a presentation in cobia.
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Sebastião FA, Pilarski F, Kearney MT, Soto E. Molecular detection of Francisella noatunensis subsp. orientalis in cultured Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) in three Brazilian states. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2017; 40:1731-1735. [PMID: 28449216 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2017] [Revised: 02/21/2017] [Accepted: 02/22/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Leo IM, Soto E, Vaquero F, Mota N, Garcia B, Liuzzi D, Guil-López R, Navarro RM, Fierro JLG. Influence of the Reduction of Graphene Oxide with Hydroiodic Acid on the Structure and Photoactivity of CdS–rGO Hybrids. Top Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s11244-017-0799-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Ives AK, Antaki E, Stewart K, Francis S, Jay-Russell MT, Sithole F, Kearney MT, Griffin MJ, Soto E. Detection of Salmonella enterica Serovar Montevideo and Newport in Free-ranging Sea Turtles and Beach Sand in the Caribbean and Persistence in Sand and Seawater Microcosms. Zoonoses Public Health 2016; 64:450-459. [PMID: 28009107 DOI: 10.1111/zph.12324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Salmonellae are Gram-negative zoonotic bacteria that are frequently part of the normal reptilian gastrointestinal flora. The main objective of this project was to estimate the prevalence of non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica in the nesting and foraging populations of sea turtles on St. Kitts and in sand from known nesting beaches. Results suggest a higher prevalence of Salmonella in nesting leatherback sea turtles compared with foraging green and hawksbill sea turtles. Salmonella was cultured from 2/9 and identified by molecular diagnostic methods in 3/9 leatherback sea turtle samples. Salmonella DNA was detected in one hawksbill turtle, but viable isolates were not recovered from any hawksbill sea turtles. No Salmonella was detected in green sea turtles. In samples collected from nesting beaches, Salmonella was only recovered from a single dry sand sample. All recovered isolates were positive for the wzx gene, consistent with the O:7 serogroup. Further serotyping characterized serovars Montevideo and Newport present in cloacal and sand samples. Repetitive-element palindromic PCR (rep-PCR) fingerprint analysis and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of the 2014 isolates from turtles and sand as well as archived Salmonella isolates recovered from leatherback sea turtles in 2012 and 2013, identified two distinct genotypes and four different pulsotypes, respectively. The genotyping and serotyping were directly correlated. To determine the persistence of representative strains of each serotype/genotype in these environments, laboratory-controlled microcosm studies were performed in water and sand (dry and wet) incubated at 25 or 35°C. Isolates persisted for at least 32 days in most microcosms, although there were significant decreases in culturable bacteria in several microcosms, with the greatest reduction in dry sand incubated at 35°C. This information provides a better understanding of the epizootiology of Salmonella in free-ranging marine reptiles and the potential public health risks associated with human interactions with these animals in the Caribbean.
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Soto E, Zayas M, Tobar J, Illanes O, Yount S, Francis S, Dennis M. Laboratory-controlled Challenges of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) with Streptococcus agalactiae: Comparisons between Immersion, Oral, Intracoelomic and Intramuscular Routes of Infection. J Comp Pathol 2016; 155:339-345. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2016.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2016] [Revised: 09/07/2016] [Accepted: 09/29/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Klinger-Bowen R, Tamaru C, McGovern-Hopkins K, Li Y, Sithole F, Kearney MT, Francis S, Soto E. Dynamics of piscine francisellosis differs amongst tilapia species (Oreochromis spp.) in a controlled challenge with Francisella noatunensis subsp. orientalis. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2016; 39:1305-1312. [PMID: 26916547 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2015] [Revised: 12/21/2015] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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A 25-week immersion challenge was conducted exposing Oreochromis mossambicus, Oreochromis aureus and Oreochromis urolepis hornorum to Francisella noatunensis subsp. orientalis (Fno). Two populations were compared for each fish species; 'resident fish' were defined as fish maintained in tanks since week 0 of challenge, whereas 'naïve fish' were defined as fish added to tanks once temperature in water reached <26 °C at 21 weeks post-challenge. Fno genome equivalents (GEs) in water were similar in all treatments 1 h post-challenge; however, significantly lower Fno GEs were detected 2 weeks post-challenge in all tanks, and the only treatment with detectable Fno GE after 4 weeks of challenge were the O. mossambicus tanks. Twenty-one weeks post-challenge, naïve fish were stocked with 'resident' cohorts. Over a 4-week period, mortalities occurred consistently only in O. mossambicus naïve cohorts. Overall presence of granulomas in spleen of survivors was similar (>55%) in all resident populations; however, in naïve populations, only O. mossambicus presented granulomas. Similarly, only O. mossambicus presented viable Fno in the spleen of survivors, and Fno GEs were only detected in O. mossambicus, and in resident O. aureus. In conclusion, the results of this study suggest different susceptibility of tilapia species to piscine francisellosis.
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Bernfeld P, Soto E, Tso TC. The Effects of Tobacco Modification on the Biological Response to 13-Week Cigarette Smoke Inhalation in Inbred Syrian Hamsters. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.3109/10915818409009079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Twice daily exposure of 12–24 male inbred Syrian BIO 15.16 hamsters for 13 weeks to maximally tolerated doses of smoke from 12 types of investigational cigarettes under experimental conditions and with previously described instrumentation (Bernfeld et al., 1979) resulted in the following response: increased occurrence and aggregation of alveolar macrophages, increased occurrence of tracheal squamous metaplasia, and increased frequency and severity of laryngeal hyperplasia. The statistical significance of these changes was evaluated by means of loglinear models. The effect of varying the nicotine level in tobacco leaf between 0.2 and 1.5% caused no statistically significant changes in the subchronic response. Smoke from Bright tobacco with average tar yields of from 22.4 to 26.2 mg per cigarette caused significantly more alveolar macrophages and laryngeal hyperplasia but less tracheal squamous metaplasia than did smoke from Burley tobacco, with from 9.3 to 10.5 mg tar per cigarette. Deproteinization of tobacco did not change the response of the hamsters to the resulting smoke. Maleic hydrazide-field treatment of tobacco significantly reduced the alveolar macrophages, but spiking of tobacco with maleic hydrazide increased the response. Previous work had suggested that the tumorigenic response to cigarette smoke in chronic inhalation studies in hamsters may be predicted from subchronic inhalation studies in the same animal model (Bernfeld et al., 1983a). The present results then suggest that smoke from low-nicotine cigarettes is not less tumorigenic in the hamster than that from high-nicotine cigarettes, that smoke from high-tar Bright tobacco is more carcinogenic than that from low-tar Burley tobacco, that deproteinization of tobacco does not affect the tumorigenicity of the resulting smoke, and that maleic hydrazide-field treatment of tobacco does not increase the tumorigenicity of the resulting smoke, whereas spiking of tobacco with maleic hydrazide might do so.
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Griffin MJ, Reichley SR, Greenway TE, Quiniou SM, Ware C, Gao DX, Gaunt PS, Yanong RPE, Pouder DB, Hawke JP, Soto E. Comparison of Edwardsiella ictaluri isolates from different hosts and geographic origins. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2016; 39:947-69. [PMID: 26661707 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2015] [Revised: 10/04/2015] [Accepted: 10/05/2015] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The intraspecific variability of E. ictaluri isolates from different origins was investigated. Isolates were recovered from farm-raised catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) in Mississippi, USA, tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) cultured in the Western Hemisphere and zebrafish (Danio rerio) propagated in Florida, USA. These isolates were phenotypically homologous and antimicrobial profiles were largely similar. Genetically, isolates possessed differences that could be exploited by repetitive-sequence-mediated PCR and gyrB sequence, which identified three distinct E. ictaluri genotypes: one associated with catfish, one from tilapia and a third from zebrafish. Plasmid profiles were also group specific and correlated with rep-PCR and gyrB sequences. The catfish isolates possessed profiles typical of those described for E. ictaluri isolates; however, plasmids from the zebrafish and tilapia isolates differed in both composition and arrangement. Furthermore, some zebrafish and tilapia isolates were PCR negative for several E. ictaluri virulence factors. Isolates were serologically heterogenous, as serum from a channel catfish exposed to a catfish isolate had reduced antibody activity to tilapia and zebrafish isolates. This work identifies three genetically distinct strains of E. ictaluri from different origins using rep-PCR, 16S, gyrB and plasmid sequencing, in addition to antimicrobial and serological profiling.
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Mahan K, Elm C, Soto E, O'Brien-Lambert A, Leatherman J, Prekker M. 375 Epidemiology and Management of Patients With Life-Threatening Asthma in an Urban Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.07.411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Adams RA, Homburger F, Russfield AB, Soto E. Methylcholanthrene-induced metastatic mammary carcinoma in several inbred hamster strains. PROGRESS IN EXPERIMENTAL TUMOR RESEARCH 2015; 24:408-13. [PMID: 538260 DOI: 10.1159/000402116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Homburger F, Adams RA, Soto E, Van Dongen CG. Susceptibility and resistance to chemical carcinogens in inbred Syrian hamsters. PROGRESS IN EXPERIMENTAL TUMOR RESEARCH 2015; 24:215-21. [PMID: 395569 DOI: 10.1159/000402098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Flyckt R, Soto E, Nutter B, Falcone T. Long-term fertility and bleeding outcomes after robotic, laparoscopic, and abdominal myomectomy. Fertil Steril 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.07.254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Goodman L, Holoch K, Soto E, Goldberg J, Austin C, Falcone T, Desai N. Morphological kinetics of euploid vs. aneuploid embryos using continuous time-lapse monitoring. Fertil Steril 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.07.324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Soto E, Al-Aref I, Wu J, Gojayev A, Goodman L, Holoch K, Goldberg J, Falcone T. Supraumbilical primary laparoscopic access: relationship between point of entry and retroperitoneal vital structures by imaging. Fertil Steril 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.07.1019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Soto E, Bogdanovic L, Krecek RC, Jovonovich JA, Arauz M, Overstreet RM. Parasitosis of Metabronema sp. (Nematoda: Cystidicolidae) in Caribbean porcupinefish, Diodon hystrix (L.). JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2013; 36:1031-1034. [PMID: 23534535 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2012] [Revised: 02/26/2013] [Accepted: 02/28/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Soto E, Uy-Kroh M, Falcone T. Strategies to Minimize Blood Loss during a Myomectomy. J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2013.08.281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Silverman Fenske S, Soto E, Astill N, Kolev V, Friedman K, Moshier E, El Hachem L, Chuang L, Gretz H. Comparison of the Incidence of Vaginal Cuff Dehiscence with Laparoscopic Continuous Unidirectional Barbed Suture Closure Versus Interrupted Polyglactin Closure. J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2013.08.150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Keirstead ND, Brake JW, Griffin MJ, Halliday-Simmonds I, Thrall MA, Soto E. Fatal septicemia caused by the zoonotic bacterium Streptococcus iniae during an outbreak in Caribbean reef fish. Vet Pathol 2013; 51:1035-41. [PMID: 24078005 DOI: 10.1177/0300985813505876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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An outbreak of Streptococcus iniae occurred in the early months of 2008 among wild reef fish in the waters of the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis, lasting almost 2 months. Moribund and dead fish were collected for gross, histological, bacteriological, and molecular analysis. Necropsy findings included diffuse fibrinous pericarditis, pale friable livers, and serosal petechiation. Cytological and histological analysis revealed granulocytic and granulomatous inflammation with abundant coccoid bacterial organisms forming long chains. Necrosis, inflammation, and vasculitis were most severe in the pericardium, meninges, liver, kidneys, and gills. Bacterial isolates revealed β-hemolytic, Gram-positive coccoid bacteria identified as S. iniae by amplification and 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing. Results from biochemical and antimicrobial susceptibility analysis, together with repetitive element palindromic polymerase chain reaction fingerprinting, suggest that a single strain was responsible for the outbreak. The inciting cause for this S. iniae-associated cluster of mortalities is unknown.
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