CFU, colony-forming units
Morbidity and mortality related to pneumonia and TRACHEOBRONCHITIS in ICU after lung transplantation
... BA: bronchial aspiration; BRI: bacterial respiratory infections; CFU: colony- forming units; coNS: coagulase-negative staphylococci; ECLS: extracorporeal lung support; ICU: intensive car[r] ...
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Antimicrobial peptides and their potential application in inflammation and sepsis
... Abbreviations AMP, antimicrobial peptides; BPI, bactericidal/permeability increasing; cfu, colony-forming units; CMV, cytomegalovirus; ENP, endotoxin-neutralizing protein; HBD, human bet[r] ...
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Gut microbiota, probiotics and diabetes
... diabetes-resistant; CFU: Colony-forming units; CLRs: C-type lectin receptors; CREB: CRE binding protein; DAMPS: Damage-associated molecular pattern molecules; FFA: Free fatty acid; GLP-1: ...
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Hyperoxemia as a risk factor for ventilator associated pneumonia
... Abbreviations ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; cfu, colony-forming units; CI, confidence interval; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; FiO2, inspired oxygen fraction; [r] ...
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Characterization of the anti Staphylococcus aureus fraction from Penthorum chinense Pursh stems
... Results: This study indicated that the PGF and three components (S1, S2, and S3) presented anti-S. aureus activities, including against clinically isolated MRSA strains. The molecular masses of S1, S2, and S3 were ...
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Sauerkraut and sauerkraut juice fermented spontaneously using mineral salt, garlic and algae
... Fig. 5. Number of yeasts and moulds in sauerkraut juice pressed after spontaneous fer- mentation at 20 °C using min- eral salt. The bars refer to the mean values and standard devi- ations of colony forming ...
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In vitro antibacterial activity of bioactive glass S53P4 on multiresistant pathogens causing osteomyelitis and prosthetic joint infection
... dot-shaped Colony Forming Units (CFU) of each bacterial clinical isolate were resuspended (TSB broth, BHI broth or saline) to a turbidity of ...
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Indoor Air Mycological Survey and Occupational Exposure in Libraries in Mato Grosso Central Region—Brazil
... Frequency of colony-forming units CFU of filamentous fungi and yeasts isolated from dust seven libraries, applying three collection methodology: Andersen’ sampler AS; exposure in petri d[r] ...
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Vasculotide reduces pulmonary hyperpermeability in experimental pneumococcal pneumonia
... Mice were anesthetized with ketamine (80 mg/kg) and xyla- zine (25 mg/kg) and transnasally inoculated with 5 × 10 6 colony-forming units (CFU) of S. pneumoniae (NCTC7978) in 20 μl of sterile ...
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Protocol for a systematic review of quantitative burn wound microbiology in the management of burns patients
... of colony-forming units (CFU)) per gram of tissue and is deemed to be superior than the non-quantitative methods, based on the presumption that there is a direct relationship between the ...
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Novel gramicidin formulations in cationic lipid as broad-spectrum microbicidal agents
... Escherichia coli (ATCC 25922; American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, VA, USA) and Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 25923) were incubated for 3 hours at 37 ° C under shaking in tryptic soy broth (Merck, Darmstadt, ...
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Neutrophil elastase as a biomarker for bacterial infection in COPD
... Sputum processing was carried out upon collection at the University of Leicester. This involved plug selection, followed by a dispersion step with Dulbecco phosphate- buffered saline (PBS) and a mucolytic step with ...
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Detoxifying Escherichia coli for endotoxin-free production of recombinant proteins
... of colony forming units (cfu) of up to 10 6 cfu/ml were virtu- ally free of hTLR4/MD-2-stimulating activity, whereas their parental strains BW30270 and BL21 (DE3) elicited a substantial ...
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Identification of immune protective genes of Eimeria maxima through cDNA expression library screening
... follows: colony-forming units (cfu)/ml = colonies on plate × dilution factor/volume plated ...Total cfu of the library = titer (cfu/ml) × total volume of cDNA li- brary ...
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Antibiotic perturbation of mixed-strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in patients with cystic fibrosis
... as colony-forming units (CFU)/mL of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in sputum samples collected from adult patients with cystic fibrosis at start-of-treatment, during treatment and end-of-treatment ...
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Hierarchy of mesenchymal stem cells: Comparison of multipotentmesenchymal stromal cells with fibroblast colony forming units
... fibroblast colony forming units or ...that CFU-F were multi- potent and could differentiate into osteoblasts, chondro- blasts, adipocytes, and even myoblasts (reviewed in ...of CFU-F in ...
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In vitro assay of alternative phytosanitary products and plant extracts on Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch ) Sorok (Clavicipitaceae)
... the colony forming units (CFU), vegetative growth, conidial production, conidial germination and insecticidal activity against Diatraea saccharalis larvae (Lepidoptera: ...
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Antimicrobial activity of mul-1867, a novel antimicrobial compound, against multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
... CFU/mL) in cation-adjusted MHB were added. Follow- ing a 24 h incubation period at 37 °C, biofilm samples were washed twice with phosphate-buffered saline to remove non-adherent bacteria and then exposed for 24 h ...
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R 100 improves pulmonary function and systemic fluid balance in sheep with combined smoke inhalation injury and Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis
... After 5 days of recovery with free access to food and water, tracheostomy (Shiley 10 SCT, Tyco Healthcare, Plesanton, CA) was performed under ketamine/isoflu- rane anesthesia and analgesia. Pneumonia and sepsis were ...
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Hypoxia with Wharton’s jelly mesenchymal stem cell coculture maintains stemness of umbilical cord blood-derived CD34+ cells
... Umbilical cord blood (UCB) is an alternative source of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) for trans- plantation in malignant and nonmalignant hematologic diseases. However, since the amount of HSPCs in a single ...
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