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Spencer JA, Carnahan KG, Shafii B, Dalton J, Ahmadzadeh A. Pregnancy per artificial insemination during summer in lactating dairy cows after treatment with aspirin. Anim Reprod Sci 2019; 212:106253. [PMID: 31864501 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2019.106253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2019] [Revised: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 11/25/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Embryonic loss in cattle may be related to a hormonal imbalance resulting in alterations in timing of prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α) secretion around the time of maternal recognition of pregnancy. The objective of this study was to examine effects of aspirin (a PGF2α inhibitor) on pregnancy per AI (P/AI), and progesterone (P4), and pregnancy specific protein B (PSPB) concentrations in lactating dairy cows inseminated more than once after parturition. Fourteen days after second or subsequent AI (Day 0 = Day of AI), 556 cows were assigned randomly to aspirin (187.2 g total; n = 277) or control (n = 279) groups. Aspirin was administered orally on Day 14 and 15, and control cows were subjected to sham bolus administration. On Day 25, blood samples were collected from a subset of cows (n = 194) to quantify P4 and PSPB, whereas pregnancy was determined in all cows at 35-42 days post-AI. Maximum daily ambient temperature ranged from 38-41 °C during the experiment. Mean parity, days in milk, and times bred before treatment (TBRD) did not differ between groups. There were no differences in P/AI between treatments (aspirin 21.6 % compared with control 27.5 %). Neither treatment, parity, TBRD, or any two-way interactions with treatment affected concentrations of P4. Moreover, there were no effects (P > 0.50) of treatment, or treatment by TBRD interaction on serum PSPB concentrations. A tendency (P = 0.07) occurred for multiparous cows to have greater serum PSPB concentrations compared with primiparous cows. Mean serum PSPB concentrations tended (P = 0.07) to be greater for second or third TBRD compared to fourth and greater TBRD. These results provide evidence that aspirin administered during periods of heat stress after the second and subsequent AI post-partum during the summer months does not improve P/AI or alter P4 and PSPB in lactating dairy cows.
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- J A Spencer
- Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844, USA
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- Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844, USA
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- Statistical Programs, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 84844, USA
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- Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844, USA
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- Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844, USA.
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Claypool CK, Spencer JA, Zoca SM, Shafii B, Price WJ, Ahmadzadeh A, Rimbey NR, Dalton JC. Short communication: Reproduction outcomes in dairy heifers following a 14-d progesterone insert presynchronization protocol. J Dairy Sci 2019; 102:11730-11735. [PMID: 31629526 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2019-17000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Accepted: 07/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The objectives were to evaluate pregnancy per artificial insemination (AI), days to first AI, and proportion pregnant within 7 d of AI eligibility in dairy heifers subjected to presynchronization compared with dairy heifers not presynchronized. Thirty days before AI eligibility, Holstein heifers were assigned randomly to 1 of 3 groups: 14-d controlled internal drug release (CIDR; containing progesterone) presynchronization, PGF2α presynchronization, or control (no presynchronization). Heifers in the 14-d CIDR presynchronization treatment (n = 119) received a CIDR on d -30, which was removed on d -16, followed by an injection of PGF2α upon entry to the breeding program (d 0). Heifers in the PGF2α presynchronization treatment (n = 118) received an injection of PGF2α on d -11 and d 0. Control heifers (n = 121) were not presynchronized and received an injection of PGF2α on d 0. All heifers received tail paint on d 0 to facilitate once-daily detection of estrus (based on paint removal). Heifers detected in estrus received AI with conventional semen on the same morning as detected estrus. Generalized linear mixed models were used to assess mean treatment differences. Following PGF2α treatment on d 0, more heifers were detected in estrus in the first 7 d after eligibility in the 14-d CIDR group (95.8%) compared with the PGF2α (74.6%) and control (66.9%) groups. Days to first AI differed between treatments (14-d CIDR = 3.6 d vs. PGF2α = 5.0 d vs. control = 6.8 d). Pregnancy per AI for first AI within 7 d of eligibility was 71.9% (14-d CIDR), 58.0% (PGF2α), and 61.7% (control), and differed between 14-d CIDR and PGF2α heifers. Presynchronization with a 14-d CIDR increased the proportion of heifers pregnant in the first 7 d of eligibility (14-d CIDR = 68.9% vs. PGF2α = 43.2% vs. control = 41.3%). Projected days on feed (d 0 to projected calving date) were 295 (14-d CIDR), 302 (PGF2α), and 305 (control), and were different between the 14-d CIDR and control heifers. The potential economic benefit to the producer was $15.85 per heifer presynchronized with a 14-d CIDR protocol compared with the control group. Treatment of dairy heifers with a 14-d CIDR effectively presynchronized estrus, resulting in a greater proportion detected in estrus, reduced days to first AI, and an increased proportion of heifers pregnant within the first 7 d after breeding eligibility compared with heifers presynchronized with a single PGF2α injection and control heifers.
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- C K Claypool
- Animal and Veterinary Science Department, University of Idaho, Moscow 83844
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- Animal and Veterinary Science Department, University of Idaho, Moscow 83844
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- Animal and Veterinary Science Department, University of Idaho, Moscow 83844
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- Statistical Programs, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow 83844
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- Statistical Programs, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow 83844
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- Animal and Veterinary Science Department, University of Idaho, Moscow 83844
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- Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Department, University of Idaho, Moscow 83844
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- Animal and Veterinary Science Department, University of Idaho, Caldwell 83605.
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Spencer JA, Carnahan K, Shafii B, Price WJ, Dalton J, Ahmadzadeh A. Pregnancy outcomes are not improved by administering gonadotropin-releasing hormone at initiation of a 5-day CIDR-Cosynch resynchronization protocol for lactating dairy cows. J Dairy Sci 2018; 101:8524-8531. [PMID: 29885889 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2017-13491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 04/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Using a 5-d controlled internal drug-release (CIDR)-Cosynch resynchronization protocol, the objective of this study was to determine the effect of the initial GnRH injection on pregnancy per artificial insemination (P/AI) to the second artificial insemination in lactating Holstein dairy cows. On 37 ± 3 d (mean ± standard deviation) after the first artificial insemination, and upon nonpregnancy diagnosis (d 0 of the experiment), lactating cows eligible for a second artificial insemination (n = 429) were enrolled in a 5-d CIDR-Cosynch protocol. On d 0, all cows received a CIDR insert and were assigned randomly to receive the initial GnRH injection (GnRH; n = 226) of the protocol or no-GnRH (n = 203). Blood samples were collected from a sub-group of cows (n = 184) on d 0 and analyzed for progesterone (P4) concentration. On d 5, CIDR inserts were removed, and all cows received 1 injection of PGF2α. On d 6 and 7, cows were observed once daily by employees for tail-chalk removal, and cows detected in estrus on d 6 or 7 received artificial insemination that day (EDAI), and did not receive the final GnRH injection. The remaining cows not detected in estrus by d 8 received GnRH and timed artificial insemination (TAI). Pregnancy status was confirmed by transrectal palpation of uterine contents at 37 ± 3 d (mean ± standard deviation) after the second artificial insemination. Eliminating the initial GnRH injection had no effect on P/AI compared with cows receiving GnRH (27 vs. 21%), respectively. Similarly, method of insemination (EDAI vs. TAI) and its interaction with treatment had no effect on P/AI. Primiparous cows had greater P/AI than multiparous cows (31 vs. 21%). Mean P4 concentrations (n = 184) at the initiation of the protocol did not differ between treatments (4.51 ± 0.35 ng/mL no-GnRH vs. 3.96 ± 0.34 ng/mL of GnRH). When P4 concentrations were categorized as high (≥1 ng/mL) or low (<1 ng/mL), P/AI tended to be greater for high P4 concentrations (n = 136) compared with low (n = 48) P4 concentrations (26 vs. 16%, respectively). No differences were observed in the proportion of cows with high or low P4 between treatments. Collectively, these results provide evidence that eliminating the initial GnRH in a 5-d CIDR-Cosynch resynchronization protocol for lactating dairy cows did not reduce P/AI in this study.
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- J A Spencer
- Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow 83844
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- Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow 83844
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- Statistical Programs, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow 83844
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- Statistical Programs, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow 83844
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- Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow 83844
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- Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow 83844.
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Spencer JA, Carnahan KG, Shafii B, Dalton J, Ahmadzadeh A. 1131 The effects of aspirin on pregnancy rates and pregnancy specific protein B in lactating dairy cows during the summer. J Anim Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.2527/jam2016-1131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Spencer JA. Indeterminate lesions in cancer (I): pelvic adnexal masses. Cancer Imaging 2015. [PMCID: PMC4554685 DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2002.0013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Evstatiev EG, Svidzinski VA, Spencer JA, Kim JS. Analytical and numerical modeling of radio frequency electron cyclotron resonance power absorption within the cold plasma picture. Rev Sci Instrum 2014; 85:02A503. [PMID: 24593426 DOI: 10.1063/1.4827576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We present a one dimensional model of radio frequency (RF) power absorption in electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) ion sources based on a modified cold plasma dielectric description. The absorption is modeled by an imaginary collision frequency (damping coefficient) whose value is related to physical parameters such as magnetic field and its spatial derivative, electron temperature, and RF frequency and power. Properties and scaling laws of ECR power absorption are discussed within this model. Numerical benchmarking against a more accurate kinetic plasma code shows very good agreement.
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- FAR-TECH, Inc., San Diego, California 92121, USA
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- FAR-TECH, Inc., San Diego, California 92121, USA
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- J A Spencer
- Department of Clinical Radiology, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
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Takeuchi E, Anderson KE, Hall GD, Perren TJ, Spencer JA. Utility of image-guided peritoneal core biopsy and radiological findings in women with prior breast cancer and a new diagnosis of peritoneal carcinomatosis. J Clin Oncol 2008. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2008.26.15_suppl.1113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Hewitt MJ, Anderson K, Hall GD, Weston M, Hutson R, Wilkinson N, Perren TJ, Lane G, Spencer JA. Women with peritoneal carcinomatosis of unknown origin: efficacy of image-guided biopsy to determine site-specific diagnosis. BJOG 2006; 114:46-50. [PMID: 17233859 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.01176.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the use of image-guided biopsy (IGB) in routine clinical practice to obtain site-specific diagnoses in women presenting with peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC). STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case study. SETTING Tertiary referral centre. POPULATION A total of 149 consecutive women with PC who underwent IGB. METHODS Biopsy was performed in women considered unsuitable for primary surgery because of poor performance status or disease unlikely to be optimally debulked, with a prior history of malignancy or where there was clinicoradiological uncertainty about primary tumour site. Standard haematoxylin-eosin histological analysis was supplemented with immunohistochemistry. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The rate of site-specific diagnosis. RESULTS A total of 149 women underwent IGB using computed tomography or ultrasound over a 6-year period. The only complication was one rectus sheath haematoma. In 138 (93%) women, a site-specific cancer diagnosis was made on the IGB (including 111 müllerian tract, 8 gastrointestinal tract, 4 breast and 3 lymphoma); in ten women, a repeat biopsy was necessary, giving an overall failure rate of 7%. In a further six women, malignancy was confirmed but a site-specific diagnosis could not be made, and in four women, biopsy showed benign tissue. A site-specific diagnosis was obtained in 29 of the 32 women (94%) with previous malignancy, of which 18/32 (56%) showed a new primary cancer. CONCLUSIONS IGB is a safe and accurate technique for providing site-specific diagnoses in women with PC in routine clinical practice, including those with a previous relevant malignancy. IGB can replace laparoscopic or open biopsy in defining primary therapeutic options. The data would suggest that the biopsy should be performed with ultrasound where feasible.
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- M J Hewitt
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology UCC, BUPA Ireland Research Centre, Cork University Maternity Hospital, Cork, Ireland
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Endometrial cancer is the second most common gynaecological malignancy. The usual presentation with post-menopausal bleeding results in an early diagnosis in most cases and thus there is opportunity for cure. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is pivotal in the decision-making process regarding treatment options. We present a review of the magnetic resonance (MR) findings to illustrate its role in the staging of endometrial cancer.
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- C Messiou
- St James's University Hospital, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK.
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Hewitt MJ, Hall GD, Wilkinson N, Perren TJ, Lane G, Spencer JA. Image-guided biopsy in women with breast cancer presenting with peritoneal carcinomatosis. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2006; 16 Suppl 1:108-10. [PMID: 16515576 DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00322.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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When women with a history of breast cancer present with peritoneal carcinomatosis, the differential diagnosis lies between recurrent breast cancer or a new primary tumor. This scenario is of particular relevance to women with a BRCA gene mutation, who have a genetic predisposition to develop second primary tumors of the ovary, fallopian tube, and peritoneum. We describe the use of image-guided core biopsy as an alternative to laparoscopy or exploratory laparotomy in providing minimally invasive diagnosis in this increasingly common clinical dilemma.
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- M J Hewitt
- Department of Gynaecology, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, England.
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- J A Spencer
- St James's University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK
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Hewitt MJ, Hall GD, Wilkinson N, Perren TJ, Lane G, Spencer JA. Image-guided biopsy in women with breast cancer presenting with peritoneal carcinomatosis. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2006. [DOI: 10.1136/ijgc-00009577-200602001-00017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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When women with a history of breast cancer present with peritoneal carcinomatosis, the differential diagnosis lies between recurrent breast cancer or a new primary tumor. This scenario is of particular relevance to women with a BRCA gene mutation, who have a genetic predisposition to develop second primary tumors of the ovary, fallopian tube, and peritoneum. We describe the use of image-guided core biopsy as an alternative to laparoscopy or exploratory laparotomy in providing minimally invasive diagnosis in this increasingly common clinical dilemma.
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- M Quentin-Baxter
- Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
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Chahal R, Taylor K, Eardley I, Lloyd SN, Spencer JA. PATIENTS AT HIGH RISK FOR UPPER TRACT UROTHELIAL CANCER: EVALUATION OF HYDRONEPHROSIS USING HIGH RESOLUTION MAGNETIC RESONANCE UROGRAPHY. J Urol 2005; 174:478-82; quiz 801. [PMID: 16006868 DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000165169.94286.3d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE We assessed the potential of magnetic resonance urography (MRU) in the evaluation of hydronephrosis not explained by standard investigation in patients at high risk for upper tract urothelial cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 23 consecutive patients in a specialist urological unit with unexplained hydronephrosis prospectively underwent MRU which comprised overview heavily T2-weighted MR urographic images followed by focused high resolution turbo spin echo T2-weighted sequences obtained in an axial and coronal oblique plane through the level of urinary obstruction. All were at high risk for urothelial cancer and had either contraindications to or problems with standard investigations including poor contrast excretion due to obstruction or renal failure, failed ureteral cannulation or contrast allergy. Clinical events and imaging followup, subsequent endoscopic/surgical findings and histopathology validated MR findings. RESULTS In 23 patients with a high clinical suspicion of upper tract transitional cell tumors (TCC), 8 ureteral and 5 renal pelvic TCCs (2 bilateral) were diagnosed by MR, and confirmed histologically. In a further 5 patients benign causes for the hydronephrosis were found. No intrinsic or extrinsic pathology was demonstrable in 5 patients whose imaging findings were stable during 1 year of followup. CONCLUSIONS MRU is a valuable noninvasive investigation for evaluating hydronephrosis in this group of patients with suspected urothelial cancer in which routine investigation had failed to provide clinically important information. Focused high resolution T2-weighted images were reliable in the diagnosis of ureteral and renal pelvic TCCs, and were valuable in excluding these and other mass lesions as the cause of hydronephrosis.
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- R Chahal
- Pyrah Department of Urology, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Wokovich AM, Spencer JA, Westenberger BJ, Buhse LF, Jasper JP. Stable isotopic composition of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) naproxen. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2005; 38:781-4. [PMID: 15967309 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2005.02.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2004] [Revised: 02/03/2005] [Accepted: 02/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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A survey of the multi-stable isotopic composition of an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), naproxen, was performed to assess the potential of Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (IRMS) to distinguish the provenance of APIs. Twenty-six lots of naproxen from six manufacturers representing four countries (Italy, India, Ireland, and the USA) were analyzed for three isotope ratios (13C/12C, 18O/16O, and D/H). The samples were analyzed by either Elemental Analyzer/Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (EA/IRMS: carbon (delta13C)) or by Thermal Conversion-EA/IRMS (TCEA/IRMS: hydrogen (deltaD) and oxygen (delta18O)). Bivariate and trivariate isotope ratio graphs for naproxen show marked clustering of the data for five out of the six naproxen manufacturers, suggesting that IRMS may be a plausible means to screen for manufacturer of given APIs.
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- A M Wokovich
- Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis, St. Louis, MO 63101, USA.
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Mizzi A, Moss J, Richenberg J, Thompson P, Chakraborty S, Mchugh K, Wah TM, Spencer JA, Freeman SJ, Sells H. Picture quiz. Imaging 2005. [DOI: 10.1259/imaging/90828072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Billeter SA, Spencer JA, Chobotar B, Blagburn BL. Ponazuril inhibits the development of Eimeria vermiformis in experimentally infected outbred Swiss mice. Parasitol Res 2004; 95:172-5. [PMID: 15616859 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-004-1263-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2004] [Accepted: 09/23/2004] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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We evaluated a 15% paste formulation of ponazuril in outbred Swiss mice that were experimentally infected with Eimeria vermiformis. Thirty, 8-week-old female mice (approximately 20 g) were placed in one group of 10 mice and one group of 20 mice. Mice in both groups were gavaged with approximately 5,000 sporulated oocysts of E. vermiformis on day 0. Mice in group 2 (n=10) were treated orally on days 3 and 4 with ponazuril (suspended in 30% propylene glycol) at the rate of 20 mg/kg. Mice in group 1 (n=20) were gavaged with a similar volume of 30% propylene glycol. Rates of oocyst passage (oocysts/g feces) were determined on day 10 (peak patency) for treated and nontreated mice using a fecal aliquot oocyst counting technique. Oocysts were not observed in the feces of treated mice using the aliquot technique. Control mice passaged oocysts at a geometric mean rate of >104,000 oocysts/g feces. Control mice also produced significantly less feces on day 10. These results indicate that ponazuril is effective against E. vermiformis under the conditions utilized in this study, and that the E. vermiformis mouse model could be useful in predicting the efficacy of new anticoccidial drugs.
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- S A Billeter
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
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Spencer JA, Joiner KS, Hilton CD, Dubey JP, Toivio-Kinnucan M, Minc JK, Blagburn BL. Disseminated Toxoplasmosis in a Captive Ring-Tailed Lemur (Lemur catta). J Parasitol 2004; 90:904-6. [PMID: 15357101 DOI: 10.1645/ge-249r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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A 3-yr-old secundiparous female ring-tailed lemur presented to the Auburn University Small Animal Clinic with signs of dyspnea, lethargy, and anorexia. The animal died before she could be examined, and a full necropsy was immediately performed. Provisional necropsy findings included moderate pneumonia and hepatopathy. Acute interstitial pneumonia and focal hepatocellular necrosis were confirmed histologically. Lung impression smears, histopathology, electron microscopy, immunohistochemistry, and tissue culture isolation resulted in a diagnosis of acute disseminated Toxoplasma gondii infection, which was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction. The isolate of T. gondii was avirulent for mice and was named AU Tgl and genetically is type II. The source of the infection remains unclear, but speculation suggests contaminated fruit or blackbirds (Passeriformes: Icteridae) acting as transport hosts for oocysts from nondomestic felids and feral cats on the property.
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- Department of Pathobiology, 122 Greene Hall, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, USA.
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Jasper JP, Westenberger BJ, Spencer JA, Buhse LF, Nasr M. Stable isotopic characterization of active pharmaceutical ingredients. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2004; 35:21-30. [PMID: 15030876 DOI: 10.1016/s0731-7085(03)00581-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2003] [Revised: 08/19/2003] [Accepted: 08/20/2003] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Stable isotopic characterization or "fingerprinting" of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) is a highly-specific means of defining the provenance of these pharmaceutical materials. The isotopic analysts in this study were provided with 20 blind samples of four APIs (tropicamide, hydrocortisone, quinine HCL, and tryptophan) from one-to-five production batch(es) from one-to-five manufacturer(s). Only the chemical identity of the APIs was initially provided to the isotopic analysts. Depending on the API chemical composition, isotopic ratios of either three or four elements (13C/12C, 15N/14N, 18O/16O, and/or D/H) were measured by either elemental analyzer/isotope ratio mass spectrometry (EA/IRMS: carbon (delta13C) and nitrogen (delta15N)) or by thermal conversion-EA/IRMS (TCEA/IRMS; hydrogen (deltaD) and oxygen (delta15N)); in all cases, the isotopic results are reported in the standard delta-notation which represents part-per-thousand () variations from the isotopic ratios of international standards. The stable isotopic analyses of the four suites of APIs spanned broad ranges in absolute value (deltadelta) and in estimated specificity (a product of dynamic ranges (DR, unitless)--note that these are upper limits of specificity because some of these isotope values may be partially interdependent). The five samples of tropicamide from one production batch and one manufacturer demonstrated the narrowest ranges (deltadelta13C=0.13 ; deltadelta15N=0.52 ; deltadelta18O=0.24 ; deltadeltaD=2.8 ) and the smallest specificity of 1:30.9. By contrast, the five samples of tryptophan that came from five separate manufacturers had some of the widest isotopic ranges observed (deltadelta13C=21.32 ; deltadelta15N=5.26 ; deltadelta18O=22.07 ; deltadeltaD=55.3 ) and had the largest specificity of 1:19.6 x 10(6). The isotopic provenance of the four suites of APIs readily emerged from bivariate plots of selected isotope ratios, particularly deltaD versus delta18O.
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- J P Jasper
- Molecular Isotope Technologies, LLC, 8 Old Oak Lane, Niantic, CT 06357-1815, USA.
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Spencer JA, Chahal R, Kelly A, Taylor K, Eardley I, Lloyd SN. Evaluation of Painful Hydronephrosis in Pregnancy:: Magnetic Resonance Urographic Patterns in Physiological Dilatation Versus Calculous Obstruction. J Urol 2004; 171:256-60. [PMID: 14665888 DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000102477.19999.b2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE We evaluated magnetic resonance urography (MRU) appearances in symptomatic hydronephrosis in pregnancy and compared urographic patterns in physiological and calculous disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 24 consecutive pregnant women with symptomatic hydronephrosis underwent MRU, comprising an overview fast T2-weighted examination of the abdomen and pelvis, and thick slab, heavily T2-weighted MRU images, followed by focused, high resolution T2-weighted sequences obtained in an axial and coronal oblique plane through the level of ureteral caliber change. RESULTS Of these 24 pregnant women 15 were found to have physiological hydronephrosis, 7 had calculous disease and 2 had preexisting urinary anomalies. MRU findings in physiological hydronephrosis cases were extrinsic compression of the middle third of the ureter, no filling defect and a collapsed ureter below it. Obstruction by ureteral calculi was seen at points of ureteral narrowing in the ureter, that is at the vesicoureteral junction in 2 cases, in the compressed mid ureter in 3 and at the pelviureteral junction in 1. Nonobstructive renal calculi were seen in another patient. Calculi presented throughout pregnancy but physiological hydronephrosis presented only in the late second and third trimesters. With distal calculi the MRU appearance was the double kink sign with constriction at the pelvic brim and the vesicoureteral junction with a standing column of urine in the pelvic ureter. There was renal edema and perirenal extravasation. Small calculi were only identified using high resolution T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging. CONCLUSIONS MRU is a valuable and well tolerated investigation for evaluating painful hydronephrosis in pregnancy. There are characteristic and differing urographic appearances in physiological and calculous obstruction.
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- J A Spencer
- Deaprtment of Clinical Radiology, St Jame's University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom.
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Punt PJ, Drint-Kuijvenhoven A, Lokman BC, Spencer JA, Jeenes D, Archer DA, van den Hondel CAMJJ. The role of the Aspergillus niger furin-type protease gene in processing of fungal proproteins and fusion proteins. J Biotechnol 2003; 106:23-32. [PMID: 14636707 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2003.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We have characterized growth and protein processing characteristics of Aspergillus niger strains carrying a disrupted allele of the previously cloned and characterized kexB gene [Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66 (2000) 363] encoding a furin-type endoprotease. Deletion of the single-copy gene confirms it to be non-essential but disruptant strains exhibit a morphologically distinct phenotype characterized by hyperbranching. Processing of homologous pro-proteins and fusion proteins comprised of a heterologous protein fused down-stream of glucoamylase and separated at the fusion junction by an endoproteolytic cleavage site was compared in wildtype and mutant strains of A. niger. We show that maturation of the native glucoamylase requires KexB, whereas maturation of aspergillopepsin does not. The processing of fusion proteins carrying Lys-Arg requires KexB, although alternative endoproteases are capable of cleaving protein fusions at sites adjacent to Lys-Arg.
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- P J Punt
- TNO Nutrition and Food Research, Department of Applied Microbiology and Gene Technology, 3700 AJ Zeist, The Netherlands.
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Spencer JA, Butler JM, Stafford KC, Pough MB, Levy SA, Bledsoe DL, Blagburn BL. Evaluation of permethrin and imidacloprid for prevention of Borrelia burgdorferi transmission from blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) to Borrelia burgdorferi-free dogs. Parasitol Res 2003; 90 Suppl 3:S106-7. [PMID: 12928869 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-003-0904-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- J A Spencer
- Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Clinical Radiology, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK
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OBJECTIVE To survey medical students' views about the purposes and fairness of assessment procedures. METHOD The survey used a 19-item questionnaire designed for self-completion. Respondents were invited to "strongly agree", "agree", "disagree" or "strongly disagree" with a series of statements about the purposes and fairness of assessment. There was space for free text comments relating to each statement. RESULTS A total of 312 students out of a sample of 381 completed questionnaires (82% response rate). Whilst the majority of students (> 95%) agreed that ensuring competence, providing feedback and guiding student learning were important purposes of assessment, only half (51%) felt that assessment should be used to predict performance as a doctor. A clear majority of students (81%) agreed that, on the whole, assessment at Newcastle Medical School was fair. Data interpretation papers (comprising a combination of multiple true/false, "one best answer" and short answers) were perceived to be the fairest assessment tool; the assessment of clinical rotations by supervisors was perceived as the least fair. Differences in perception about the fairness of several assessment methods emerged between junior and senior students. A large number of respondents expressed desire for the provision of more feedback on performance in order to guide future learning. CONCLUSIONS Whilst students' views about the fairness of specific assessment tools may sometimes be at variance with published research on assessment, their perceptions will influence the acceptability of assessment. Students would welcome the introduction of methods that provide meaningful assessment feedback.
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- K E Duffield
- Department of Primary Health Care, School of Health Sciences, The Medical School, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
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OBJECTIVE To survey medical students' views about the purposes and fairness of assessment procedures. METHOD The survey used a 19-item questionnaire designed for self-completion. Respondents were invited to "strongly agree", "agree", "disagree" or "strongly disagree" with a series of statements about the purposes and fairness of assessment. There was space for free text comments relating to each statement. RESULTS A total of 312 students out of a sample of 381 completed questionnaires (82% response rate). Whilst the majority of students (> 95%) agreed that ensuring competence, providing feedback and guiding student learning were important purposes of assessment, only half (51%) felt that assessment should be used to predict performance as a doctor. A clear majority of students (81%) agreed that, on the whole, assessment at Newcastle Medical School was fair. Data interpretation papers (comprising a combination of multiple true/false, "one best answer" and short answers) were perceived to be the fairest assessment tool; the assessment of clinical rotations by supervisors was perceived as the least fair. Differences in perception about the fairness of several assessment methods emerged between junior and senior students. A large number of respondents expressed desire for the provision of more feedback on performance in order to guide future learning. CONCLUSIONS Whilst students' views about the fairness of specific assessment tools may sometimes be at variance with published research on assessment, their perceptions will influence the acceptability of assessment. Students would welcome the introduction of methods that provide meaningful assessment feedback.
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- Department of Primary Health Care, School of Health Sciences, The Medical School, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
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Sanderson A, Bonington SC, Carrington BM, Alison DL, Spencer JA. Cerebral metastasis and other cerebral events in women with ovarian cancer. Clin Radiol 2002; 57:815-9. [PMID: 12384107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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AIM To determine the incidence, imaging findings and prognostic significance of cerebral metastases and other cerebral events in women with ovarian cancer. METHOD A 5-year retrospective review of all women with ovarian cancer who had cranial imaging was undertaken at two major gynaecological oncology centers. RESULTS Of 1222 women under clinical review, 78 underwent cranial imaging and 13 (1.1%) had cerebral metastasis. Computed tomography (CT) was diagnostic of parenchymal disease in 12 and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed leptomeningeal disease in two. The women were aged between 23 and 73 years and all had stage III or IV disease at presentation. Cerebral metastasis occurred at 6-60 months from initial diagnosis, with death occurring predominantly within 12 months, but with five survivors at 4-45 months. Of the remaining 65 women, 10 had cerebrovascular disease and three had unrelated lesions. CONCLUSION Cerebral metastasis remains a rare event in women with ovarian cancer but may be an isolated late event associated with survival beyond a year after neurosurgery and chemotherapy. CT should be the first investigation as the incidence of cerebrovascular disease is similar to that of metastatic disease.
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- Department of Clinical Radiology and Medical Oncology, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK
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Three-dimensional anal endosonography has enabled sagittal and coronal reconstructions of the anal canal to be matched with longitudinal pressure data, to present a combined picture of structure and function. This novel technique has been applied to a group of women with a clinical diagnosis of a third degree tear. Endosonography showed that only 68% of women had ultrasound evidence of sphincter damage. Anal canal anatomy and pressure profile did not differ significantly between those with and those without sphincter damage, but the anterior external anal sphincter and the puborectalis tended to be shorter and the pressures were lower in those with sphincter disruption.
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- A B Williams
- Department of Intestinal Imaging, St Mark's Hospital, Harrow, UK
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Nelsen SF, Peacock VE, Weisman GR, Landis ME, Spencer JA. Conformations of four-membered ring hydrazines and hydrazine radical cations. J Am Chem Soc 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/ja00477a038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Boger-Megiddo I, Apter S, Spencer JA, Ben-Yehuda D, Nof E, Libson E. Is chest CT sufficient for follow-up of primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma in remission? AJR Am J Roentgenol 2002; 178:165-7. [PMID: 11756113 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.178.1.1780165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We aimed to evaluate whether chest CT alone is sufficient for follow-up assessment of patients with primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma that is in remission. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective review of medical records and CT examinations of patients who received a diagnosis of primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma between January 1989 and January 2000 was performed. The first-year follow-up comprised examinations at 3-month intervals of the neck, chest, abdomen, and pelvis, with the examination modality alternating between CT and gallium scintigraphy. Patients who achieved complete remission underwent the same CT protocol twice the following year and then once a year during sequential follow-up. RESULTS Fifty-three patients with primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma at presentation--31 females and 22 males, ranging in age from 17 to 61 years (average age at diagnosis, 34 years)--were studied. The follow-up time ranged from 6 to 143 months (average follow-up time, 42.4 months). Although 11 of the patients had only a partial remission, 42 patients (79%) achieved complete remission, with one patient lost to follow-up and thus excluded from study. Recurrence was diagnosed in six of these 42 patients. All six had mediastinal recurrence with additional involvement of the lungs, chest wall, pericardium, and pleura. One patient also had bone marrow involvement at recurrence. CONCLUSION Recurrence of primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma in patients who achieve complete remission appears to be confined to the chest. Consequently, chest CT alone is sufficient for routine follow-up of these patients.
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- Department of Radiology, Hadassah University Hospital, P. O. Box 12000, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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Lindsay DS, Rosypal AC, Spencer JA, Cheadle MA, Zajac AM, Rupprecht C, Dubey JP, Blagburn BL. Prevalence of agglutinating antibodies to Sarcocystis neurona in raccoons, Procyon lotor, from the United States. Vet Parasitol 2001; 100:131-4. [PMID: 11698158 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4017(01)00494-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) is the most important protozoal disease of horses in North America and it is caused by Sarcocystis neurona. Natural cases of encephalitis due to S. neurona have been reported in raccoons, Procyon lotor. We examined 99 raccoons for agglutinating antibodies to S. neurona using the S. neurona agglutination test (SAT) employing formalin-fixed merozoites as antigen. Raccoons originated in Florida (N=24, collected in 1996), New Jersey (N=25, collected in 1993), Pennsylvania (N=25, collected in 1999), and Massachusetts (N=25, collected in 1993 and 1994). We found that 58 (58.6%) of the 99 raccoons were positive for antibodies to S. neurona using the SAT; 44 of 99 raccoons (44%) had titers of > or =1:500. This prevalence is similar to the reported seroprevalence of 33-60% for S. neurona antibodies in horses from the United States using the Western blot test.
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- D S Lindsay
- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, 1410 Prices Fork Road, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0342, USA.
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Spencer JA, Swift SE, Wilkinson N, Boon AP, Lane G, Perren TJ. Peritoneal carcinomatosis: image-guided peritoneal core biopsy for tumor type and patient care. Radiology 2001; 221:173-7. [PMID: 11568336 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2203010070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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PURPOSE To assess image-guided peritoneal core biopsy for the diagnosis of tumor type and treatment of patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-five women (age range, 47-85 years; mean age, 69 years) prospectively identified in a gynecologic oncology center underwent 18-gauge core biopsy in omental cake (n = 25), peritoneal (n = 7), or adnexal (n = 3) sites. No complications of biopsy occurred. Standard hematoxylin-eosin analysis of the biopsy cores was supplemented by immunohistochemical markers to CA-125, carcinoembryonic antigen, cytokeratin 7, and cytokeratin 20. Diagnoses were validated with further multidisciplinary review, subsequent surgery, and response to specific chemotherapy. RESULTS In 27 (77%) of the 35 women, a confident primary site diagnosis was obtained with standard hematoxylin-eosin analysis of core biopsy material from the following sites: ovary (n = 22), breast (n = 2), colon (n = 2), and lymphoma (n = 1). The finding at hematoxylin-eosin analysis in another seven (20%) women was poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma with no definite primary site but with an immunohistochemical profile suggesting ovarian cancer (CA-125 positive, carcinoembryonic antigen negative, cytokeratin 7 positive, cytokeratin 20 negative). There was one false-negative biopsy result. CONCLUSION Image-guided peritoneal core biopsy with hematoxylin-eosin analysis supplemented with immunohistochemical analysis is a simple, safe, and accurate technique for providing site-specific diagnoses in women with undiagnosed peritoneal carcinomatosis.
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- J A Spencer
- Department of Clinical Radiology, St James's University Hospital, Beckett St, Leeds LS9 7TF, England.
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- Department of Clinical Radiology, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK
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- Department of radiology and ICRF cancer medicine research unit, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, U.K
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Williams AB, Bartram CI, Halligan S, Spencer JA, Nicholls RJ, Kmiot WA. Anal sphincter damage after vaginal delivery using three-dimensional endosonography. Obstet Gynecol 2001; 97:770-5. [PMID: 11339932 DOI: 10.1016/s0029-7844(01)01318-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence and functional consequences of external sphincter trauma compared with other perineal structures using a novel imaging technique, three-dimensional endosonography. METHODS Fifty-five nulliparous women (mean age 30 years, range 18--47 years) had three-dimensional anal endosonography, anal manometry, and questionnaire assessment of continence at a median gestation of 33 weeks (23--42 weeks) and 10 weeks (7--22 weeks) after delivery. RESULTS There was ultrasound evidence of postpartum trauma in 13 of 45 women who had a vaginal delivery (29%, confidence interval [CI] 16%, 44%), involving the external sphincter in five (11%, CI 4%, 24%), the puboanalis in nine (20%, CI 10%, 35%), and the transverse perineii in three (7%, CI 1%, 18%). In four, more than one structure was damaged. External sphincter trauma was associated with a significant decrease in squeeze pressure (P =.035) and an increase in incontinence score (P =.02) compared with those without trauma. Tears to the puboanalis or transverse perineii only did not affect pressure or incontinence scores. Coronal imaging of the external anal sphincter was a useful adjunct to the assessment of trauma. CONCLUSION The overall incidence of trauma to the sphincter complex was similar to that of previous reports, although actual damage to the external sphincter was less common and represented the only functionally significant component.
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- A B Williams
- Department of Intestinal Imaging, St. Mark's Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, United Kingdom
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Computed tomography (CT) is now the investigation of choice for evaluating haematuria following major abdominal trauma. This pictorial review provides a logical framework for understanding the classification and features of urinary tract injuries, defines the indications and outlines the techniques for CT imaging in upper and lower urinary tract trauma. The use of other competing imaging modalities is also discussed.
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- T M Wah
- Department of Clinical Radiology, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, LS9 7TF, UK
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Regioselective C-4 deprotonation of 3-bromopyridine, followed by Li/Zn transmetalation and Pd-mediated coupling processes, provides a flexible entry to 4-substituted and 3,4-disubstituted pyridines. Application of a similar sequence to 2-bromopyridine (with LDA as base) provides 2,3-disubstituted pyridines, but using lithium 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide (LiTMP) provides access to both the 2,3- and 2,4-disubstituted isomers.
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- G Karig
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, U.K
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Exploring prognostic factors that determine outcomes in fetomaternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FMAIT), a search of Medline was performed covering the years 1966 to April 1998. 376 articles were collected and reviewed; 140 articles contained the case histories of 297 mothers and 433 pregnancies that fulfilled entry criteria. More than 30 data variables were sought from these cases. The data were analysed using SPSS and Arcus Quickstat Biomedical. Nineteen different antigen incompatibilities were documented, the majority being human platelet antigen (HPA)-1a (77.3%), HPA-3a (3.5%) and HPA-5b (3.5%). The relative risk reduction (RRR) in mortality with any intervention was 57% (0.19-0.77) p = 0.009. Treatment of HPA-1a (PlA1) pregnancies with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) increased the likelihood of a neurologically normal outcome, relative risk (RR) 1.68, confidence interval (1.3-2.2) p = 0.0003. Treatment of HPA-1a (PlA1) pregnancies with only antenatal complementary platelet transfusions increased the likelihood of a neurologically normal outcome, RR 1.63 (1.1-2.1) p = 0.01. Despite reviews of more than 400 cases of FMAIT, few prognostic variables are identifiable. Although IVIG appears to reduce the risk of intracranial haemorrhage (ICH), the dosage and timing of IVIG treatment was varied. This study highlights the need for standardised and directed research.
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- J A Spencer
- Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Spencer JA, Witherow AK, Blagburn BL. A Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Polymerase Chain Reaction Technique That Differentiates between Neospora Species. J Parasitol 2000. [DOI: 10.2307/3285030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Neospora caninum is a recently described coccidial parasite that was first isolated from a dog in 1988 and has subsequently been shown to infect a wide range of mammals. Neospora hughesi, a new species of this genus, has recently been isolated from the spinal cord of horses showing clinical signs of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis. The random amplified polymorphic DNA polymerase chain reaction technique is capable of differentiating between N. caninum and N. hughesi.
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- J A Spencer
- Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Alabama 36849, USA
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Spencer JA, Paterson-Brown S, Brocklehurst P. Fetal blood lactate concentration. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2000; 183:1308. [PMID: 11084582 DOI: 10.1067/mob.2000.107464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Lindsay DS, Dykstra CC, Williams A, Spencer JA, Lenz SD, Palma K, Dubey JP, Blagburn BL. Inoculation of Sarcocystis neurona merozoites into the central nervous system of horses. Vet Parasitol 2000; 92:157-63. [PMID: 10946139 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4017(00)00281-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) is a neurologic syndrome in horses from the Americas and is usually caused by infection with the apicomplexan parasite, Sarcocystis neurona. A horse model of EPM is needed to test the efficacy of chemotherapeutic agents and potential vaccines. Five horses that were negative for antibodies to S. neurona in their serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were injected in the subarachnoid space with living merozoites of the SN2 isolate of S. neurona. None of the horses developed clinical disease or died over a 132-day observation period. All five horses developed antibodies to S. neurona in their CSF and serum 3-4 weeks after injection. Two of the horses were examined at necropsy and no parasite induced lesions were observed in their tissues and no parasites were recovered from portions of their spinal cords inoculated on to cell cultures. Results of this study demonstrate that merozoites of the SN2 isolate of S. neurona will induce seroconversion but not clinical disease when inoculated directly into the CSF of nonimmune horses.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, 24061-0342, USA.
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- Department of Clinical Radiology, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK
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Until recently, imaging had a limited role in the preoperative assessment of perianal fistulas. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has been shown to demonstrate accurately the anatomy of the perianal region. In addition to showing the anal sphincter mechanism, MR imaging clearly shows the relationship of fistulas to the pelvic diaphragm (levator plate) and the ischiorectal fossae. This relationship has important implications for surgical management and outcome and has been classified into five MR imaging-based grades. If the ischioanal and ischiorectal fossae are unaffected, disease is likely confined to the sphincter complex (simple intersphincteric fistulization, grade 1 or 2), and outcome following simple surgical management is favorable. Involvement of the ischioanal or ischiorectal fossa by a fistulous track or abscess indicates complex disease related to trans-sphincteric or suprasphincteric disease (grade 3 or 4). Correspondingly more complex surgery may be required that may threaten continence or may require colostomy to allow healing. If the track traverses the levator plate, a translevator fistula (grade 5) is present, and a source of pelvic sepsis should be sought.
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- J Morris
- Departments of Clinical Radiology, St James's University Hospital, Beckett St, Leeds LS9 7TF, England
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Until recently, imaging had a limited role in the preoperative assessment of perianal fistulas. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has been shown to demonstrate accurately the anatomy of the perianal region. In addition to showing the anal sphincter mechanism, MR imaging clearly shows the relationship of fistulas to the pelvic diaphragm (levator plate) and the ischiorectal fossae. This relationship has important implications for surgical management and outcome and has been classified into five MR imaging-based grades. If the ischioanal and ischiorectal fossae are unaffected, disease is likely confined to the sphincter complex (simple intersphincteric fistulization, grade 1 or 2), and outcome following simple surgical management is favorable. Involvement of the ischioanal or ischiorectal fossa by a fistulous track or abscess indicates complex disease related to trans-sphincteric or suprasphincteric disease (grade 3 or 4). Correspondingly more complex surgery may be required that may threaten continence or may require colostomy to allow healing. If the track traverses the levator plate, a translevator fistula (grade 5) is present, and a source of pelvic sepsis should be sought.
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- J Morris
- Departments of Clinical Radiology, St James's University Hospital, Beckett St, Leeds LS9 7TF, England
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Spencer JA. Prostate specific antigen: an opinion on its value to the radiologist. Eur Radiol 2000; 10:694. [PMID: 10795557 DOI: 10.1007/s003300050986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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