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Faria N, Sucena M, Gomes J. Main bronchus fistula: An open window to the lung parenchyma. Pulmonology 2024; 30:317-318. [PMID: 37684106 DOI: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2023.07.007] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
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- N Faria
- Pulmonology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António, Porto, Portugal.
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- Pulmonology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António, Porto, Portugal
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- Pulmonology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António, Porto, Portugal
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Faria N, Reis R. Screening for TB infection: the operator´s impact. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2022; 26:857-861. [PMID: 35996296 DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.22.0052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND: Accurate diagnosis of TB infection (TBI) is challenging due to the lack of a gold standard. Tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) are currently useful in TBI diagnosis, but both have several limitations. This study aims to evaluate inter-operator variability in TST measurements and determine its impact on TBI diagnosis and treatment.METHODS: This was a retrospective analysis of patients screened for TBI using at least TST at a public outpatient clinic specialised in TB from January 2019 to August 2021. TST readings performed by five experienced nurses were compared.RESULTS: A total of 671 screenings were analysed. TST positivity rate (P < 0.001) and mean TST measurements obtained by our nurses were significantly different (P < 0.001). Concordance of TST and IGRA results was of 83.4% in the overall population (κ = 0.479). However, TST/IGRA agreement was significantly different among nurses (P = 0.003).CONCLUSION: Our analysis of TST measurements by experienced nurses shows significant differences in TST positivity rate, mean measured values and overall concordance with IGRA. This led to significant different outcomes in TBI diagnosis and subsequent treatment. TST measurement differences could potentially be more pronounced if we considered untrained operators or those with occasional reading experience.
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- N Faria
- Serviço de Pneumologia, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Centro de Diagnóstico Pneumológico do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Nazziwa J, Faria N, Chaplin B, Rawizza H, Dakum P, Abimiku A, Charurat M, Ndembi N, Esbjörnsson J. A3 Molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 in Nigeria. Virus Evol 2019. [PMCID: PMC6735677 DOI: 10.1093/ve/vez002.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Nigeria has been reported to have the highest number of AIDS-related deaths in the world. In this study, we aimed to use molecular epidemiology to investigate the HIV-1 diversity and phylodynamics in Nigeria. We analyzed 1,442 HIV-1 pol sequences collected from 1999 to 2014 from seven geopolitical zones in Nigeria. The main circulating strains, CRF02_AG (44.1% of the analyzed sequences), Subtype G (8.3%), and CRF43_02G (16.4%), were introduced to Nigeria in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, respectively. The number of effective infections decreased in Nigeria after the introduction of free antiretroviral treatment in 2006. We also found a significant number of unique recombinant forms (22.7%), the majority of which were recombinants between the two or three of the main circulating strains described above. In addition, phylogeographic analysis indicates multiple occasions of HIV-1 transmission between Lagos and Abuja (two of the main cities in Nigeria). Our results may be relevant for HIV-1 intervention and contribute in making informed decisions in strategies aiming at reducing further spread of HIV-1 in Nigeria.
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- J Nazziwa
- Department of Laboratory Medicine Lund, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious disease, Harvard T.H School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious disease, Harvard T.H School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Institute of Human Virology, Abuja, Nigeria
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- Institute of Human Virology, Abuja, Nigeria
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- Institute of Human Virology, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Institute of Human Virology, Abuja, Nigeria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine Lund, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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Braga A, Ferreira P, Oliveira J, Rocha I, Faria N. Heterologous production of resveratrol in bacterial hosts: current status and perspectives. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 34:122. [PMID: 30054757 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-018-2506-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2018] [Accepted: 07/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The polyphenol resveratrol (3,5,4'-trihydroxystilbene) is a well-known plant secondary metabolite, commonly used as a medical ingredient and a nutritional supplement. Due to its health-promoting properties, the demand for resveratrol is expected to continue growing. This stilbene can be found in different plants, including grapes, berries (blackberries, blueberries and raspberries), peanuts and their derived food products, such as wine and juice. The commercially available resveratrol is usually extracted from plants, however this procedure has several drawbacks such as low concentration of the product of interest, seasonal variation, risk of plant diseases and product stability. Alternative production processes are being developed to enable the biotechnological production of resveratrol by genetically engineering several microbial hosts, such as Escherichia coli, Corynebacterium glutamicum, Lactococcus lactis, among others. However, these bacterial species are not able to naturally synthetize resveratrol and therefore genetic modifications have been performed. The application of emerging metabolic engineering offers new possibilities for strain and process optimization. This mini-review will discuss the recent progress on resveratrol biosynthesis in engineered bacteria, with a special focus on the metabolic engineering modifications, as well as the optimization of the production process. These strategies offer new tools to overcome the limitations and challenges for microbial production of resveratrol in industry.
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- A Braga
- Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.
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- Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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- Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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- Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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Sabino R, Rodrigues R, Costa I, Carneiro C, Cunha M, Duarte A, Faria N, Ferreira FC, Gargaté MJ, Júlio C, Martins ML, Nevers MB, Oleastro M, Solo-Gabriele H, Veríssimo C, Viegas C, Whitman RL, Brandão J. Routine screening of harmful microorganisms in beach sands: implications to public health. Sci Total Environ 2014; 472:1062-1069. [PMID: 24355396 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2013] [Revised: 10/29/2013] [Accepted: 11/18/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Beaches worldwide provide recreational opportunities to hundreds of millions of people and serve as important components of coastal economies. Beach water is often monitored for microbiological quality to detect the presence of indicators of human sewage contamination so as to prevent public health outbreaks associated with water contact. However, growing evidence suggests that beach sand can harbor microbes harmful to human health, often in concentrations greater than the beach water. Currently, there are no standards for monitoring, sampling, analyzing, or managing beach sand quality. In addition to indicator microbes, growing evidence has identified pathogenic bacteria, viruses, and fungi in a variety of beach sands worldwide. The public health threat associated with these populations through direct and indirect contact is unknown because so little research has been conducted relating to health outcomes associated with sand quality. In this manuscript, we present the consensus findings of a workshop of experts convened in Lisbon, Portugal to discuss the current state of knowledge on beach sand microbiological quality and to develop suggestions for standardizing the evaluation of sand at coastal beaches. The expert group at the "Microareias 2012" workshop recommends that 1) beach sand should be screened for a variety of pathogens harmful to human health, and sand monitoring should then be initiated alongside regular water monitoring; 2) sampling and analysis protocols should be standardized to allow proper comparisons among beach locations; and 3) further studies are needed to estimate human health risk with exposure to contaminated beach sand. Much of the manuscript is focused on research specific to Portugal, but similar results have been found elsewhere, and the findings have worldwide implications.
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- R Sabino
- Reference Unit for Systemic Infections and Zoonosis, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
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- Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Environmental Health, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Av. Padre Cruz, 1649-016 Lisbon, Portugal
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- REQUIMTE/Centro de Química Fina e Biotecnologia, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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- Portuguese Environment Agency, Environment Reference Laboratory, Portugal
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, iMed.UL-Research Institute for Medicines and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Lisboa, Portugal
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- Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Environmental Health, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
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- Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Environmental Health, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
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- Reference Unit for Systemic Infections and Zoonosis, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
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- Reference Unit for Gastro-intestinal Infections, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
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- Unit of Medical Microbiology, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical-Centro de Recursos Microbiológicos (CREM), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL), Portugal
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- United States Geological Survey, Great Lakes Science Center, Porter, IN, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Av. Padre Cruz, 1649-016 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA
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- Reference Unit for Systemic Infections and Zoonosis, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
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- Lisbon School of Health Technology, Polytechnic Institute of Lisboa, Portugal
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- United States Geological Survey, Great Lakes Science Center, Porter, IN, USA
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- Reference Unit for Systemic Infections and Zoonosis, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Portugal.
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Ferreira A, Faria N, Rocha F, Teixeira J. Using an Online Image Analysis Technique to Characterize Sucrose Crystal Morphology during a Crystallization Run. Ind Eng Chem Res 2011. [DOI: 10.1021/ie2001499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- A. Ferreira
- IBB-Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre of Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
- LEPAE-Laboratory for Process, Environmental and Energy Engineering, Departamento de Engenharia Química, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias s/n, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
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- BIOTEMPO-Consultoria em Biotecnologia, Lda, Avepark-Zona Industrial da Granda, Apartado 4152, 4806-909 Caldas das Taipas, Portugal
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- LEPAE-Laboratory for Process, Environmental and Energy Engineering, Departamento de Engenharia Química, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias s/n, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
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- IBB-Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre of Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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Bento DP, Tavares R, Martins MDL, Faria N, Maduro AP, Araújo C, Ventura F, Mansinho K. Atypical presentation of entomophthoromycosis caused byConidiobolus coronatus. Med Mycol 2010; 48:1099-104. [DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2010.497973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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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Valério E, Chambel L, Paulino S, Faria N, Pereira P, Tenreiro R. Multiplex PCR for detection of microcystins-producing cyanobacteria from freshwater samples. Environ Toxicol 2010; 25:251-260. [PMID: 19489064 DOI: 10.1002/tox.20502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The aim of this study was to develop a PCR-based method of gene-directed multiplex PCR to rapidly identify microcystins producing cyanobacteria, regardless of their taxa, that could be applied in routine freshwater monitoring. Instead of using the amplification of only one or two mcy gene fragments, a multiplex PCR that simultaneously amplifies mcyA-cd, mcyAB, and mcyB fragments of the microcystin gene cluster was validated with DNA from 124 cyanobacterial isolates and applied in 37 environmental samples. The toxicological status of the isolates was assessed by high-performance liquid chromatography also used as the "gold standard" for the evaluation of multiplex mcy genes-based PCR, where a sensitivity of 92.3% and a specificity of 100% have been obtained. For the environmental samples, a rapid protocol for their direct use in the PCR reaction has been developed and, by using ELISA results as "gold standard" for the presence of microcystins in these samples, a sensitivity of 80% and a specificity of 100% were achieved, showing that this multiplex PCR test is a rapid, reliable, and economical way of assessing the microcystin-producing potential of cyanobacteria in freshwaters, regardless of their taxa or microcystins variant produced.
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- Elisabete Valério
- Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Centro de Biodiversidade, Genómica Integrativa e Funcional (BioFIG), Edifício ICAT, Campus da FCUL, Campo Grande, Lisbon, Portugal
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Santos MMM, Faria N, Iley J, Coles SJ, Hursthouse MB, Martins ML, Moreira R. Reaction of naphthoquinones with substituted nitromethanes. Facile synthesis and antifungal activity of naphtho[2,3-d]isoxazole-4,9-diones. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2009; 20:193-5. [PMID: 19926280 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.10.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2009] [Revised: 10/29/2009] [Accepted: 10/30/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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We report here a simple entry into naphtho[2,3-d]isoxazole-4,9-dione system containing a EWG in position 3 using the readily available 2,3-dichloro-1,4-naphthoquinone and nitromethyl derivatives in the presence of base. Antifungal activity of synthesised naphthoquinones was evaluated against ATCC and PYCC reference strains of Candida. The results suggest that the naphtho[2,3-d]isoxazole-4,9-dione scaffold has the potential to be developed into novel and safe therapeutic antifungal agents.
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- Maria M M Santos
- i-Med.UL, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Forças Armadas, Lisboa, Portugal.
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de Vries M, Deijs M, Canuti M, Jakobs M, van Schaik B, Faria N, Molenkamp R, Baas F, van der Hoek L. OP4-8 Virus discovery 454 sequencing. J Clin Virol 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1386-6532(09)70063-0] [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]
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Hart AJ, Skinner JA, Winship P, Faria N, Kulinskaya E, Webster D, Muirhead-Allwood S, Aldam CH, Anwar H, Powell JJ. Circulating levels of cobalt and chromium from metal-on-metal hip replacement are associated with CD8+ T-cell lymphopenia. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 91:835-42. [PMID: 19483243 DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.91b6.21844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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We carried out a cross-sectional study with analysis of the demographic, clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients with metal-on-metal hip resurfacing, ceramic-on-ceramic and metal-on-polyethylene hip replacements. Our aim was to evaluate the relationship between metal-on-metal replacements, the levels of cobalt and chromium ions in whole blood and the absolute numbers of circulating lymphocytes. We recruited 164 patients (101 men and 63 women) with hip replacements, 106 with metal-on-metal hips and 58 with non-metal-on-metal hips, aged < 65 years, with a pre-operative diagnosis of osteoarthritis and no pre-existing immunological disorders. Laboratory-defined T-cell lymphopenia was present in 13 patients (15%) (CD8(+) lymphopenia) and 11 patients (13%) (CD3(+) lymphopenia) with unilateral metal-on-metal hips. There were significant differences in the absolute CD8(+) lymphocyte subset counts for the metal-on-metal groups compared with each control group (p-values ranging between 0.024 and 0.046). Statistical modelling with analysis of covariance using age, gender, type of hip replacement, smoking and circulating metal ion levels, showed that circulating levels of metal ions, especially cobalt, explained the variation in absolute lymphocyte counts for almost all lymphocyte subsets.
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- A J Hart
- Department of Musculoskeletal Surgery (Charing Cross), Imperial College, London, England.
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Hart AJ, Buddhdev P, Winship P, Faria N, Powell JJ, Skinner JA. Cup inclination angle of greater than 50 degrees increases whole blood concentrations of cobalt and chromium ions after metal-on-metal hip resurfacing. Hip Int 2009; 18:212-9. [PMID: 18924077 DOI: 10.1177/112070000801800304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A cup inclination angle greater than 45 degrees is associated with increased wear rates of metal on polyethylene (MOP) hip replacements. The same maybe true for metal on metal (MOM) hips yet this has not been clearly shown. We measured the acetabular inclination angle from plain radiographs, and whole blood metal ion levels using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry of 26 patients (mean Harris Hip Score 94 and mean time post op of 22 months) with Birmingham Hip Resurfacings. We identified a threshold level of 50 degrees cup inclination. Below this threshold, the mean whole blood cobalt and chromium were 1.6 ppb and 1.88 ppb respectively; above this threshold, the mean blood cobalt and chromium were 4.45 ppb and 4.3 ppb respectively. These differences were significant cobalt (p<0.01) and chromium (p=0.01). All patients above the threshold had metal levels greater than any of the patients below the threshold. For 14 patients, who returned one year later for a repeat blood metal level measurement, cobalt and chromium levels were very similar. The effect of an acetabular inclination angle of greater than 50 degrees on wear rates of MOM hips, as measured through blood metal ion levels, appears to be similar to that seen with MOP hips. Additionally, our new analytical methods may allow blood metal levels to be used as a realistic biomarker of in vivo wear rate of MOM hips. The implication is that metal levels can be minimised with optimal orientation of the acetabular component.
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- A J Hart
- Department of Musculoskeletal Surgery, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK.
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Valério E, Chambel L, Paulino S, Faria N, Pereira P, Tenreiro R. Molecular identification, typing and traceability of cyanobacteria from freshwater reservoirs. Microbiology (Reading) 2009; 155:642-656. [DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.022848-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In order to assess the potential of several molecular targets for the identification, typing and traceability of cyanobacteria in freshwater reservoirs, molecular techniques were applied to 118 cyanobacterial isolates mostly sourced from Portuguese freshwater reservoirs and representative of three orders of cyanobacteria: Chroococcales (54), Oscillatoriales (15) and Nostocales (49). The isolates were previously identified by morphological methods and subsequently characterized by composite hierarchical cluster analysis of STRR and LTRR (short and long tandemly repeated repetitive sequences) PCR fingerprinting profiles. Representative isolates were selected from each cluster and their molecular identification, at the species level, was obtained or confirmed by phylogenetic positioning using 16S rRNA gene and rpoC1 phylogenies. A highly congruent association was observed between STTR- and LTRR-based clusters and taxonomic affiliation, revealing the usefulness of such PCR fingerprinting profiles for the identification of cyanobacteria. Composite analysis of hierarchical clustering of M13 and ERIC PCR fingerprints also appeared suitable for strain typing and traceability within a reservoir, indicating its potential for use in cyanobacterial monitoring, as a quality management control. Based on Simpson (D) and Shannon–Wiener (J′) indices a high diversity was observed within all species, with Planktothrix agardhii showing the lowest diversity values (D=0.83; J′=0.88) and Aphanizomenon flos-aquae the highest ones (D=J′=0.99). A diagnostic key based on 16S-ARDRA, ITS amplification and ITS-ARDRA for identification purposes is also presented.
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- Elisabete Valério
- Laboratório de Microbiologia e Ecotoxicologia, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr Ricardo Jorge, Avenida Padre Cruz, 1649-016 Lisboa, Portugal
- Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, Centro de Biodiversidade, Genómica Integrativa e Funcional (BioFIG), Edifício ICAT, Campus da FCUL, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, Centro de Biodiversidade, Genómica Integrativa e Funcional (BioFIG), Edifício ICAT, Campus da FCUL, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Microbiologia e Ecotoxicologia, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr Ricardo Jorge, Avenida Padre Cruz, 1649-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Microbiologia e Ecotoxicologia, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr Ricardo Jorge, Avenida Padre Cruz, 1649-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Microbiologia e Ecotoxicologia, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr Ricardo Jorge, Avenida Padre Cruz, 1649-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, Centro de Biodiversidade, Genómica Integrativa e Funcional (BioFIG), Edifício ICAT, Campus da FCUL, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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Ferreira A, Faria N, Rocha F, Feyo De Azevedo S, Lopes A. Using Image Analysis to Look into the Effect of Impurity Concentration in NaCl Crystallization. Chem Eng Res Des 2005. [DOI: 10.1205/cherd.04145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Conceição T, Faria N, Pimentel M, Soveral G, Duarte A, Lito LM, Melo Cristino J, Salgado MJ. New chromosomal AmpC beta-lactamase in Enterobacter cloacae. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2004; 48:1437. [PMID: 15047564 PMCID: PMC375280 DOI: 10.1128/aac.48.4.1437.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Duarte A, Faria N, Conceição T, Correia M, Lito LM, Cristino JM, Salgado MJ, Tenreiro R. Identification of TEM-10 beta-lactamase in a Kluyvera sp. and other Enterobacteriaceae at a Portuguese hospital. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2002; 46:4041-2. [PMID: 12435722 PMCID: PMC132787 DOI: 10.1128/aac.46.12.4041-4042.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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