BACKGROUND:Splenectomy in patients with liver cirrhosis(LC)is expected to become more common owing to its efficacy on portal *** this report we describe an alarming case of group B streptococcus(GBS)infection after sp...
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BACKGROUND:Splenectomy in patients with liver cirrhosis(LC)is expected to become more common owing to its efficacy on portal *** this report we describe an alarming case of group B streptococcus(GBS)infection after splenectomy in a patient with ***:A 72-year-old woman with a history of LC was admitted to our emergency department because of respiratory *** patient had received left lateral segmentectomy of the liver and splenectomy three months before *** examination revealed significant wheezing during inspiration and expiration,but no crackles and *** radiography and CT showed no infiltrates.A presumptive diagnosis of bronchial asthma caused by upper respiratory infection was *** days after admission,GBS infection was confirmed by blood culture and penicillin G was *** were given intravenously for a total of 12 ***:The patient was discharged on the 12th day after ***:Although efficacy of splenectomy in patients with LC has been reported,immune status should be evaluated for a longer *** who have undergone splenectomy are highly susceptible to bacteria;moreover,LC itself is an independent risk factor for mortality in patients with *** prophylaxis against GBS has not been established,immediate action should be *** physicians should be aware of invasive GBS infection in the context of the critical risk factors related to splenectomy and LC,particularly the expected increase of splenectomy performed in LC patients.
AIM: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of esomeprazole-based triple therapy compared with lansoprazole therapy as first-line eradication therapy for patients with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) in usual post-market...
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AIM: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of esomeprazole-based triple therapy compared with lansoprazole therapy as first-line eradication therapy for patients with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) in usual post-marketing use in Japan, where the clarithromycin (CAM) resistance rate is 30%.
AIM:Coptidis Rhizoma(CR),the dried rhizomes of Asian herbs(including Coptis chinensis Franch),has been used to treat diabetes mellitus for thousands of *** explored the possibility that CR acts directly on skeletal mu...
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AIM:Coptidis Rhizoma(CR),the dried rhizomes of Asian herbs(including Coptis chinensis Franch),has been used to treat diabetes mellitus for thousands of *** explored the possibility that CR acts directly on skeletal muscle,the major organ responsible for glucose homeostasis,and activates 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase(AMPK),a signaling intermediary leading to metabolic enhancement of skeletal ***:Isolated rat epitrochlearis and soleus muscles were incubated in a buffer containing a CR water extract(CE),and activation of AMPK and related events were ***:In response to CE treat-ment,phosphorylation of Thr172 at the catalyticαsubunit of AMPK,an essential step for full kinase activation,increased in both *** of Ser79 of acetyl CoA carboxylase(ACC),an endogenous substrate of AMPK,increased *** of isoform-specific AMPK activity revealed that CE activated both the α1 and α2 isoforms of the catalytic ***,the maximal effect of CE on AMPK phosphorylation was significantly greater than that of berberine(BBR),indicating that the action of CE is not totally ascribed to ***:We propose that CE is an acute activator of AMPK in both fast-and slow-twitch skeletal muscles.
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