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Visvanathan R, Lange K, Selvam J, Dollard J, Boyle E, Jones K, Ingram K, Shibu P, Wilson A, Ranasinghe DC, Karnon J, Hill KD. Findings from three methods to identify falls in hospitals: Results from the Ambient Intelligent Geriatric Management system fall prevention trial. Australas J Ageing 2024; 43:199-204. [PMID: 37861202 DOI: 10.1111/ajag.13245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To (a) compare characteristics of patients who fall with those of patients who did not fall; and (b) characterise falls (time, injury severity and location) through three fall reporting methods (incident system reports, medical notes and clinician reports). METHODS A substudy design within a stepped-wedge clinical trial was used: 3239 trial participants were recruited from two inpatient Geriatric Evaluation and Management Units and one general medicine ward in two Australian states. To compare the characteristics of patients who had fallen with those who had not, descriptive tests were used. To characterise falls through three reporting methods, bivariate logistic regressions were used. RESULTS Patients who had fallen were more likely than patients who had not fallen to be cognitively impaired (51% vs. 29%, p < 0.01), admitted with falls (38% vs. 28%, p = 0.01) and have poor health outcomes such as prolonged length of stay (24 [16-34] vs. 12 [8-19] days [IQR], p < 0.01) and less likely to be discharged directly to the community (62% vs. 47%, p < 0.01). Most falls were captured from medical notes (93%), with clinician (71%) and incident reports (68%) missing 21%-25% of falls. The proportion of injurious falls identified through incident reports was higher than medical records or clinician reports (40% vs. 34% vs. 37%). CONCLUSIONS This study reaffirms the need to improve reporting falls in incident systems and at clinical handover to the team leader. Research should continue to use more than one method of identifying falls, but include data from medical records. Many falls cause injury, resulting in poor health outcomes.
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- R Visvanathan
- Aged and Extended Care Services, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville South, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Adelaide Geriatrics Training and Research with Aged Care (GTRAC) Centre, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Adelaide Geriatrics Training and Research with Aged Care (GTRAC) Centre, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Adelaide Geriatrics Training and Research with Aged Care (GTRAC) Centre, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- School of Allied Health, Curtin University, Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- School of Allied Health, Curtin University, Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Department of Rehabilitation and Aged Care, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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- Aged and Extended Care Services, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville South, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- School of Computer Science, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- School of Allied Health, Curtin University, Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- Rehabilitation, Ageing and Independent Living (RAIL) Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Ingram K, Shankumar R, Marwaha P, Mariño R. Evaluation of the Empower model of care for partial denture clients in a public oral health care setting. Aust Dent J 2024; 69:49-55. [PMID: 37792390 DOI: 10.1111/adj.12983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of the Empower model of care (EMC) on reducing the addition of teeth to removable partial dentures (RPD). METHODS Data reports were generated through the Titanium electronic database to retrieve all clients at Monash Dental Services (MHDS) who participated in the EMC or received an RPD prior to the implementation of EMC was assessed over a two-year period to determine if they had additional teeth added to their partial dentures (PD). A logistic regression was performed testing whether a combination of socio-demographic and clinical variables, provided a multivariate explanation of the EMC outcome. RESULTS Prior to EMC, 2034 patients attended MHDS requiring RPDs with 363 returning to have teeth added. From 2018 to 2020, 38 of 584 participants in EMC returned to have teeth added to their PDs. Those in the 'High' risk group were two times more likely to return requiring additional teeth (OR = 1.99; 95%CI:1.31-3.02); each additional year of age increased the odds of requiring additional teeth (OR = 1.03; 95%CI:1.02-1.04). Participants of the EMC were more than two times less likely to require additional teeth (OR = 0.42; 95%CI:0.29-0.59). The variance in requiring additional teeth accounted for using the full model was 9.1% (η2 = 0.091). CONCLUSIONS This analysis confirms the effectiveness of the EMC. This approach assists denture wearers to maintain good oral health and provides an effective way of managing public health funds by reducing denture repairs and additions. © 2023 Australian Dental Association.
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- K Ingram
- Monash Health Dental Services, Monash Health, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
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- Monash Health Dental Services, Monash Health, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
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- Monash Health Dental Services, Monash Health, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
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- Monash Health Dental Services, Monash Health, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
- Center for Research in Epidemiology, Economics and Oral Public Health (CIEESPO), University de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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Ingram K, Bass J, Walter E. 106 Real-time use of a cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator modulator tracking report can identify problems with adherence. J Cyst Fibros 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(22)00797-4] [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: 11/07/2022]
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Hill A, Francis-Coad J, Haines T, Waldron N, Etherton-Beer C, Flicker L, Ingram K, McPhail S. HOW OLDER PATIENTS ON REHABILITATION WARDS RESPOND TO FALLS-PREVENTION EDUCATION. Innov Aging 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.3321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- A. Hill
- School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia,
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- The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia,
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- Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- WA Department of Health, Perth, Western Australia, Australia,
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- University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia,
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- University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia,
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- WA Department of Health, Perth, Western Australia, Australia,
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- Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia,
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Hill A, Waldron N, Francis-Coad J, Haines T, Etherton-Beer C, Flicker L, Ingram K, McPhail S. STAFF RESPOND POSITIVELY WHEN OLDER PATIENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH FALLS PREVENTION EDUCATION. Innov Aging 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.1851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- A. Hill
- School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia,
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- WA Department of Health, Perth, Western Australia, Australia,
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- The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia,
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- Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia,
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- University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia,
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- WA Department of Health, Perth, Western Australia, Australia,
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- Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia,
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Hill K, Toye C, Slatyer S, Bronson M, Ingram K, Kitchen S, Pienaar C, Bharat C. PATIENT BED MOVES IN ACUTE HOSPITALS—FREQUENCY, RATIONALE, AND DO THEY CONTRIBUTE TO FALLS RISK? Innov Aging 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.3323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- K.D. Hill
- Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia,
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- Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia,
- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia,
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- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia,
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- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Neubeck L, Gallagher R, Ingram K, Celermajer D, Schumacher T, Ferry C, Buckley T, Redfern J, Chow C, Tofler G, Figtree G. MyHeartMate: Development of a Digital Game to Improve Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. Heart Lung Circ 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2016.06.780] [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: 10/21/2022]
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Lochmatter C, Schneider CL, Ingram K, Keiser J, Schifferli JA. Schistosoma mansoni tetraspanning orphan receptor (SmTOR): a new vaccine candidate against schistosomiasis. Clin Exp Immunol 2013; 170:342-57. [PMID: 23121675 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2012.04667.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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One approach to fight against schistosomiasis is to develop an efficient vaccine. Schistosoma mansoni tetraspanning orphan receptor (SmTOR) might be a vaccine candidate, as it is a tegument membrane protein expressed most highly in cercariae. In this study we characterized the recombinant first extracellular domain of SmTOR (rSmTORed1) as having the expected property to bind C2 of complement similarly to a smaller peptide of the same domain, and to produce specific and high-titre antibodies in BALB/c mice immunized using complete Freund's adjuvant/incomplete Freund's adjuvant (CFA/IFA). Immunization was protective against parasite infection, as demonstrated by a significant decrease in worm burden in immunized BALB/c mice versus the control groups over two independent trials [64 and 45% reduction for mean adult worm burden in immunized versus phosphate-bufferd saline (PBS) injected mice]. Interestingly, infection by itself did not lead to the generation of anti-rSmTORed1 antibodies, corresponding to the low frequency of specific anti-rSmTORed1 antibodies detected in the sera of patients infected with S. mansoni (2/20; 10%). These data suggest that, as opposed to the natural infection during which SmTOR induces antibodies only rarely, immunization with its smaller first extracellular domain might be more efficient.
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- C Lochmatter
- Immunonephrology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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de Moraes J, Keiser J, Ingram K, Nascimento C, Yamaguchi LF, Bittencourt CR, Bemquerer MP, Leite JR, Kato MJ, Nakano E. In vitro synergistic interaction between amide piplartine and antimicrobial peptide dermaseptin against Schistosoma mansoni schistosomula and adult worms. Curr Med Chem 2013; 20:301-9. [PMID: 23061657 DOI: 10.2174/092986713804806694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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: 05/23/2012] [Revised: 10/06/2012] [Accepted: 10/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Schistosomiasis is one of the world's major public health problems, and praziquantel is the only available drug to treat this notable neglected disease. Drug combinations have been considered an important strategy for treatment of infectious diseases, which might enhance therapeutic efficacy and delaying resistance. In this study, we have examined the in vitro activities of the amide piplartine and the antimicrobial peptide dermaseptin 01 administered singly or in combination against Schistosoma mansoni of different ages including 3-hour-old and 7-day-old schistosomula and 49-day-old adult schistosomes as well as on egg output by adult worms. We calculated the median lethal concentrations (LC(50)) of 7.87 and 17.99 μM on 49-day-old adults, 11.02 and 71.58 μM on 7-day-old schistosomula, and 70.87 and 98.42 μM on 3-hour-old schistosomula for piplartine and dermaseptin, respectively. Most Piplartine/dermaseptin combinations showed synergistic effect, with combination index (CI) values less than 0.9 when S. mansoni adults or schistosomula were simultaneously incubated with both drugs in vitro; synergy between these two compounds was also indicated using isobolograms. Additionally, we observed alterations on the tegumental surface of schistosomula and adult schistosomes by means of laser scanning confocal microscopy. Furthermore, egg laying of surviving worms was considerably more reduced when exposed to the piplartine/dermaseptin combinations than each drug alone, and this inhibition was irreversible. This is the first report on the synergistic effect between piplartine and dermaseptin against S. mansoni and opens the route to further studies (e.g. in vivo) to characterize this combination in greater detail.
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- J de Moraes
- Laboratório de Parasitologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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de Moraes J, Keiser J, Ingram K, Nascimento C, Yamaguchi L, Bittencourt C, Bemquerer M, Leite J, Kato M, Nakano E. In Vitro Synergistic Interaction Between Amide Piplartine and Antimicrobial Peptide Dermaseptin Against Schistosoma mansoni Schistosomula and Adult Worms. Curr Med Chem 2012. [DOI: 10.2174/0929867311320020010] [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: 11/22/2022]
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Fuss M, Kolbeck K, Naugler S, Zaman A, Ingram K, Tanyi J, Kaufman J. Transarterial Ethiodol-based Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Embolization (TACE): Impact on Image-guidance for SBRT and HFxRT. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.07.880] [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: 11/29/2022]
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Nolan C, Ingram K, Fowler R, Clark A, Man W. P48 Attendance rates and response to pulmonary rehabilitation. Thorax 2010. [DOI: 10.1136/thx.2010.150961.48] [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: 11/04/2022]
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Fowler R, Ingram K, Clark A, Nolan C, Man W. P43 Do changes in objective outcome measures match patient-reported experience of pulmonary rehabilitation? Thorax 2010. [DOI: 10.1136/thx.2010.150961.43] [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: 11/04/2022]
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Seguin RE, Ingram K. Cervicovaginal psammoma bodies in endosalpingiosis. A case report. J Reprod Med 2000; 45:526-8. [PMID: 10900592] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND The presence of psammoma bodies on cervicovaginal smears is a rare finding. These structures have usually been associated with malignant tumors, particularly ovarian carcinoma. However, a review of the literature reveals that up to 50% of these patients will have psammoma bodies in association with benign conditions; thus, this finding does not always correlate with the presence of a malignant tumor. CASE An asymptomatic, nulliparous woman had psammoma bodies on a cervicovaginal smear. Evaluation, including cervical conization, endometrial sampling, laparoscopy with pelvic washings and ovarian biopsy, revealed cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 1, endosalpingiosis and numerous psammoma bodies in all specimens except from the cervix. Follow-up examinations at three and six months were negative. CONCLUSION The finding of psammoma bodies in a Pap smear is not always associated with the presence of a pelvic malignancy.
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- R E Seguin
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock 72205, USA
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Ingram D, Ingram K. An innovative phonological therapy programme. Int J Lang Commun Disord 1999; 34:60-83. [PMID: 10505147 DOI: 10.1080/136828299247621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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- D Ingram
- Department of Linguistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Ingram K, Brain N. Osteoporosis: A Neglected Health Issue on a Rehabilitation Ward. Age Ageing 1998. [DOI: 10.1093/ageing/27.suppl_1.p14-c] [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: 11/15/2022] Open
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Guard-Petter J, Lakshmi B, Carlson R, Ingram K. Characterization of lipopolysaccharide heterogeneity in Salmonella enteritidis by an improved gel electrophoresis method. Appl Environ Microbiol 1995; 61:2845-51. [PMID: 7487016 PMCID: PMC167560 DOI: 10.1128/aem.61.8.2845-2851.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 01/25/2023] Open
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Salmonella enteritidis field isolates of different phage types and pathogenicities were assessed for changes in lipopolysaccharide (LPS) structure, using an improved method of polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) that revealed the same degree of structural detail as mass spectroscopy. The method allowed characterization of an LPS chemotype that may be associated, regardless of phage type, with increased virulence of S. enteritidis. The virulent variant SE6-E21, which efficiently contaminates eggs and yields high numbers of organisms from chick spleens, had an O-antigen/core ratio of 2.8, as determined from gels by densitometry, and 1.67 micrograms of mannose per microgram of 2-keto-3-deoxy-octulosonic acid (KDO), while the avirulent variant SE6-E5 had O-antigen/core ratios of 1.2 and 1.00. The association between O antigen and virulence was also seen on analysis of five new field isolates. One of the new field isolates generated a mixed population of smooth and semismooth variants in agreement with its mixed virulence in chicks. When LPS was purified from large-volume cultures, only the most virulent isolate yielded high amounts of O antigen (1.6 micrograms of mannose per microgram of KDO), while the other isolates had ratios characteristic of semismooth variants (< or = 1.0 microgram of mannose per microgram of KDO), including the isolate of mixed virulence. These results indicate that the improved PAGE method might provide a rapid, sensitive, in vitro assessment of field isolate virulence prior to the performance of definitive infectivity trials.
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- J Guard-Petter
- Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Athens, Georgia, USA
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