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  • 1
    ISSN: 1523-5378
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: BackgroundTransition mutations (A-G) at residue 2143, cognate to position 2058 in the Escherichia coli 23S rRNA gene, have been shown to confer resistance to macrolides in Helicobacter pylori. This study reports the finding that transversion mutations (A-C) can occur at 2143 as well. Materials and Methods.Three clarithromycin-resistant H. pylori isolated from three different patients after treatment with clarithromycin were analyzed for point mutations by cycle sequencing of a 163-bp amplified region surrounding residue 2143 within the conserved loop of the 23S rRNA gene. Results.Nucelotide sequence comparisons of a 163-bp amplified product revealed that A-C transversion mutations occurred at position 2143. H. pylori isolated from the patients prior to treatment were susceptible to clarithromycin and displayed no polymorphism at 2143. Conclusion.This is the first report to show that A-C transversion mutations at position 2143 can confer resistance to clarithromycin in H. pylori and further support the role that mutations at position 2143 play in conferring macrolide resistance in H. pylori.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1523-5378
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Background Helicobacter pylori is the cause of chronic (type B) gastritis, duodenal ulceration (DU), and gastric ulceration (GU). Smoking is associated with delayed ulcer healing. Epidermal growth factor (EGF) is produced in the salivary and Brunner's glands of the upper gastrointestinal tract, inhibits gastri acid secretion, and is a powerful mitogen. Materials and Methods.We sought to determine gastric luminal EGF (GL-EGF) in smokers and patients with Hp-associated DU and the effect of Hp eradication. Our aim was to determine GL-EGF in patients with GU and the effect of ulcer healing and to measure serum EGF in patients with Hp gastritis with or without DU disease. Results.GL-EGF was reduced in smokers compared to control (p= .008). Subjects with HP gastritis had reduced GL-EGF compared to controls (p= .0002). There was no difference in GL-EGF between Hp-positive subjects who had DU and those with chronic gastritis alone. Eradication of Hp from those patients with DU had no effect on the low levels of GL-EGF. There was no difference between GL-EGF in Hp gastritis alone and in Hp-associated active GU. GL-EGF fell after ulcer healing (p= .04), a difference confirmed by analysis of paired samples from patients before and after ulcer healing (p= .03). There was no difference in serum EGF between controls and subjects with Hp infection. There was no difference in serum EGF in subjects with DU-associated and non-ulcer-associated gastritis. Conclusions.Subjects with Hp gastritis, or those who smoke, had low concentrations of GL-EGF regardless of whether DU was present. Eradication of Hp did not return the concentrations of GL-EGF to normal in DU subjects. Individuals with Hp gastritis and inactive GU had low levels of GL-EGF compared to non-ulcer Hp infection. The relative increase in GL-EGF that occurred with ulceration of the gastric mucosa may have resulted from the development of an ulcer-associated cell lineage. Serum EGF did not play a role in the pathogenesis of Hp gastritis or of associated DU ulcer disease.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1523-5378
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: BackgroundAvailable data conflict regarding the possible relation between chronic gastritis, Helicohacter pylori (H p), and gastric motor disorders in nonulcer dyspepsia. The aim of this study, therefore, was (1) evaluate both gastroduodenal fasting motility and gastric emptying in subjects with functional dyspepsia, with and without gastritis, and (2) to correlate the motility pattern to H p infection. Materials and Methods.Thirty-eight patients were studied, 20 positive for Hp infection (15 with gastritis) and 18 Hp-negative (8 with gastritis). All the subjects underwent 240-minute manometric recording of the interdigestive migrating motor complex, with evaluation of gastric and duodenal motility pattern and scintigraphic study of gastric emptying. Results.Whereas gastric emptying half-times did not differ in the subgroups of dyspeptic patients, a significant reduction of gastric phase 111s of the migrating motor complex was detected between Hp-positive and Hp negative subjects, both in overall patients (p 〈 .01) and in patients with gastritis (p 〈 .05). Conclusions.Hp infection seems to be related to a reduction of interdigestive gastric activity fronts, though it does not affect gastric emptying. The conflicting data regarding gastric emptying and interdigestive motility in Hp infection could be explained as probably investigating two different functional aspects.
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  • 4
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    The @breast journal 4 (1998), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1524-4741
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
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  • 5
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    The @breast journal 4 (1998), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1524-4741
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: Many breast care centers have introduced image-guided breast biopsy programs. These newer one-step biopsy programs need to be evaluated and compared to localization and open surgical biopsy to ensure maintream acceptance. The authors describe a method that compares the histology from an image-guided breast biopsy with the histology from an open surgical biopsy using a traditional 4 × 4 table. The 16 conventional cells identified in the 4 × 4 table are simplified into three clinically relevant categories. In addition, eight numerically defined biopsy program performance measurements are presented.
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  • 6
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    The @breast journal 4 (1998), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1524-4741
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: Modified radical mastectomy and lumpectomy axillary node dissection with postoperative radiation therapy are both good surgical options for the treatment of early stage breast cancer. A number of parameters should be considered when evaluating a breast cancer patient for mastectomy versus breast conservation therapy. These parameters include size of the lesion and its biological characteristics as well as patient age and preference. Progress in breast cancer screening and treatment, including BRCA-1 testing and sentinel node biopsy, may also affect these decisions.
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  • 7
    ISSN: 1524-4741
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: Although multiple tests are often performed prior to surgery for the primary treatment of breast cancer, the role of perioperative testing has yet to be clearly defined. The purpose of this study was to examine the use of perioperative testing in the Department of Defense (DOD) health care system.Records from all patients who received an operation for breast cancer between April 1, 1990 and March 1, 1992 in the DOD health care system were reviewed. The results of bone scans (BS), abdominal CT scans, brain scans (CT, MRI), chest radiographs (CXR), blood tests, and specified parameters from the history and physical examination were analyzed. Chi-square statistics were performed.2,364 women underwent surgery for breast cancer during this period. The percentage of patients that received each test (A) and the percentage of the tests that were suggestive of metastatic disease (B) are as follows ([A%], [B%]): CXR (94%, 1.3%); BS (23%, 8%); abdominal CT (4%, 9%); and brain scans (1%, 11%). There were more abnormal BS in patients with an elevated alkaline phosphates than in those with a test that was normal or never performed (20% vs. 4.8%, p 〈 0.001). Elevated liver function tests or central nervous system signs or symptoms were not associated with abnormal studies.In the past, patients with breast cancer underwent an extensive array of blood tests, CXR, and scans of bones, liver, and brain in the attempt to detect occult metastatic disease prior to surgery. In a large and diverse system such as the DOD, however, a perioperative metastatic work-up, which includes a BS, brain scan, and abdominal CT scan is not routinely performed, suggesting that clinicians selectively perform specific tests during this period. Despite this tendency, when tests are performed on breast cancer patients in the perioperative period, they are infrequently suggestive of metastatic disease.
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  • 8
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    The @breast journal 3 (1997), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1524-4741
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    Topics: Medicine
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  • 9
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    The @breast journal 3 (1997), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1524-4741
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: The identification of familial breast cancer genes heralds an era of directed breast cancer treatment. Currently, two hereditary breast cancer genes have been identified, BRCA-1 and BRCA-2. Although accounting for only approximately 5% of all breast cancers, they are being used to identify women with germ-line alterations that are at high risk of developing breast or ovarian cancer. With the identification of such genes comes a need for consideration of the ethical issues associated with testing. These genes are also being examined from a biochemical standpoint encompassing both their biological roles and biochemical pathways in which they reside. Such studies are likely to lead to novel breast cancer therapies.
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  • 10
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    The @breast journal 3 (1997), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1524-4741
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: Tumorigenesis is often characterized by a combination of aberrant proliferation and the inappropriate suppression of apoptosis. In breast cancer, a variety of growth factors and hormones, as well as attachment to extracellular matrix, can regulate both cell growth and cell death via apoptosis, suggesting that the two processes may be closely linked. A better understanding of the mechanism by which those factors regulate the cell cycle and the apoptotic pathways could therefore be very useful in designing novel therapies for breast cancer.
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