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Promene u bubrezima kod bolesnika sa visekratnim izlucivanjem urinom Mycobacterium xenopi i Mycobacterium fortuitum--prikaz 16 slucajeva	1999		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Med Pregl Periodical, Abbrev. Med.Pregl. Pub Date Free Form Volume 52 Issue 10-Sep Start Page 334 Other Pages 42 Notes ID: 10624381 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language hr SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract INTRODUCTION: Environmental or MOTT (mycobacteria other than tubercle bacilli) mycobacteria are found in both living environment and most of the food we consume. These mycobacteria can induce a disease in humans, although they rarely do. There are a few reports of urogenital infections caused by these bacteria. This is a report of 16 patients with successive findings of Mycobacterium xenopi and Mycobacterium fortuitum in the urine. MATERIAL AND METHODS: In patients suspected for a specific disease of the urogenital tract 7-10 morning urine samples were sent for a bacteriological analysis before initiating any therapy. The samples were treated by 2% NaOH, neutralized by 1% HCl and cultivated on four UIT media with penicillin and acid additives. The cultivated media were incubated at 37C and followed for a potential growth for up to three months. Growth-exhibiting cultures were submitted to a further cultural and biochemical investigation, applying antituberculotic sensitivity tests and a biological probe when needed. The study included 6,468 patients. Finding of mycobacteria was registered in 180 (2.78%) patients. Of them, 164 had Mycobacterium tuberculosis while 16 patients had successive urine culture findings of MOTT bacilli: Mycobacterium xenopi--14 patients or Mycobacterium fortuitum--2 patients. RESULTS: Of 180 patients with positive bacteriologic urine finding, 164 (91.11%) had Mycobacterium tuberculosis and 16 (8.89%) had MOTT bacilli. Of the latter 16 patients, Mycobacterium xenopi was found in 14. They were all females aged 14-64 yrs. MOTT bacilli were secreted in certain time intervals, ranging from a month to nine years. The bacteria were registered successively, at the frequency rate of 6-53 times. Even 5 of 14 patients worked at the Institute for Lung Diseases as either a nurse, laboratory technician, cleaning lady or an officer at the bacteriologic material admission unit. The evidence of patho-anatomic renal changes was obtained from 11 of 14 patients, including a deformed pelvic system of the kidney, a dilated pelvis of the kidney, papillary ulceration, cystic formations, calcification, hydronephrosis and the presence of concrements. Cystic lesions were the most common ones, registered in 7/14 patients. Regarding functional disorders, haematuria, leukocytes in the sediment, proteinuria and renal colics were most frequently registered. Two patients with successive findings of Mycobacterium fortuitum were presented with neither significant patho-anatomic nor functional renal disorders. DISCUSSION: The following conclusions have emerged from the comparative analysis of the findings: the most common source of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an infected person. The disease is transmitted by a droplet infection. Smear positive patients infect 50-63% of their family members. The renal disease induced by these bacteria is hematogenous in origin and is always associated with a former extrarenal infection. The infection is bilateral, but always manifested in one of the kidneys only. The symptoms of the infection appear in diverse combinations. The most common is a combination of dysuria and albuminuria, while 20% of patients are asymptomatic. The most effective diagnostic procedures are bacteriologic urine test for mycobacteria and intravenous pyelography. A combined antituberculotic 6-9-month treatment is usually effective. Regarding environmental mycobacteria (MOTT), their host is still obscure. The external environment contains them in abundance, but they are not transmitted from one person to another. The MOTT bacteria's habitat can be earth, water, waste waters, garbage, plant material, sphagnum of the swamp vegetation. They colonize the water-pipe systems in towns and are found in the biofilm which coats the water pipes. Water chlorination does not affect their development. They are also found in country yards, animal farms, raw milk and butter, fruit and vegetables. They are also registered in the house dust, in Descriptors Bacteriuria/microbiology, Kidney/pathology, Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/diagnosis, Mycobacterium fortuitum/isolation & purification, Mycobacterium xenopi/isolation & purification, Adolescent, Adult, Female, Humans, Kidney Diseases/complications, Kidney Diseases/diagnosis, Kidney Diseases/pathology, Male, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Middle Aged, Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/complications, Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/pathology, Mycobacterium fortuitum/drug effects, Mycobacterium tuberculosis/isolation & purification, Mycobacterium xenopi/drug effects, Tuberculosis/complications, Tuberculosis/diagnosis Links http://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/ghl/resource/en/mdl-10624381 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Lovodic-Sivcev,B., Vukelic,A. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Changes in the kidneys in patients with successive findings of Mycobacterium xenopi and Mycobacterium fortuitum in the urine--report of 16 cases	1999	LovodiÄ‡-Sivcev, B., Institut za pluÄ‡ne bolesti, Sremska Kamenica, Medicinski fakultet, Novi Sad.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Medicinski pregled Periodical, Abbrev. Med.Pregl. Pub Date Free Form / Volume 52 Issue 10-Sep Start Page 334 Other Pages 342 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0025-8105 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract INTRODUCTION: Environmental or MOTT (mycobacteria other than tubercle bacilli) mycobacteria are found in both living environment and most of the food we consume. These mycobacteria can induce a disease in humans, although they rarely do. There are a few reports of urogenital infections caused by these bacteria. This is a report of 16 patients with successive findings of Mycobacterium xenopi and Mycobacterium fortuitum in the urine. MATERIAL AND METHODS: In patients suspected for a specific disease of the urogenital tract 7-10 morning urine samples were sent for a bacteriological analysis before initiating any therapy. The samples were treated by 2% NaOH, neutralized by 1% HCl and cultivated on four UIT media with penicillin and acid additives. The cultivated media were incubated at 37C and followed for a potential growth for up to three months. Growth-exhibiting cultures were submitted to a further cultural and biochemical investigation, applying antituberculotic sensitivity tests and a biological probe when needed. The study included 6,468 patients. Finding of mycobacteria was registered in 180 (2.78%) patients. Of them, 164 had Mycobacterium tuberculosis while 16 patients had successive urine culture findings of MOTT bacilli: Mycobacterium xenopi--14 patients or Mycobacterium fortuitum--2 patients. RESULTS: Of 180 patients with positive bacteriologic urine finding, 164 (91.11%) had Mycobacterium tuberculosis and 16 (8.89%) had MOTT bacilli. Of the latter 16 patients, Mycobacterium xenopi was found in 14. They were all females aged 14-64 yrs. MOTT bacilli were secreted in certain time intervals, ranging from a month to nine years. The bacteria were registered successively, at the frequency rate of 6-53 times. Even 5 of 14 patients worked at the Institute for Lung Diseases as either a nurse, laboratory technician, cleaning lady or an officer at the bacteriologic material admission unit. The evidence of patho-anatomic renal changes was obtained from 11 of 14 patients, including a deformed pelvic system of the kidney, a dilated pelvis of the kidney, papillary ulceration, cystic formations, calcification, hydronephrosis and the presence of concrements. Cystic lesions were the most common ones, registered in 7/14 patients. Regarding functional disorders, haematuria, leukocytes in the sediment, proteinuria and renal colics were most frequently registered. Two patients with successive findings of Mycobacterium fortuitum were presented with neither significant patho-anatomic nor functional renal disorders. DISCUSSION: The following conclusions have emerged from the comparative analysis of the findings: the most common source of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an infected person. The disease is transmitted by a droplet infection. Smear positive patients infect 50-63% of their family members. The renal disease induced by these bacteria is hematogenous in origin and is always associated with a former extrarenal infection. The infection is bilateral, but always manifested in one of the kidneys only. The symptoms of the infection appear in diverse combinations. The most common is a combination of dysuria and albuminuria, while 20% of patients are asymptomatic. The most effective diagnostic procedures are bacteriologic urine test for mycobacteria and intravenous pyelography. A combined antituberculotic 6-9-month treatment is usually effective. Regarding environmental mycobacteria (MOTT), their host is still obscure. The external environment contains them in abundance, but they are not transmitted from one person to another. The MOTT bacteria's habitat can be earth, water, waste waters, garbage, plant material, sphagnum of the swamp vegetation. They colonize the water-pipe systems in towns and are found in the biofilm which coats the water pipes. Water chlorination does not affect their development. They are also found in country yards, animal farms, raw milk and butter, fruit and vegetables. They are also registered in the house dust, in Descriptors adolescent, adult, article, atypical mycobacteriosis, bacteriuria, drug effect, female, human, isolation and purification, kidney, kidney disease, male, microbiological examination, microbiology, middle aged, Mycobacterium fortuitum, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium xenopei, pathology, tuberculosis Links Book Title Promene u bubrezima kod bolesnika sa visekratnim izlucivanjem urinom Mycobacterium xenopi i Mycobacterium fortuitum--prikaz 16 slucajeva. Database MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors LovodiÄ‡-Sivcev,B., VukeliÄ‡,A. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Simultaneous transport of substrates, disinfectants and microorganisms in water pipes	1995	Lu, C., Department Environmental Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Water research Periodical, Abbrev. Water Res. Pub Date Free Form 1995/ Volume 29 Issue 3 Start Page 881 Other Pages 894 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0043-1354 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract A mathematical model that accounts for simultaneous transport of substrates, disinfectants and microorganisms has been developed to predict substantial changes in quality of distributed water. The model consists of a set of mass balance equations for organic substances, ammonium nitrogen, oxidized nitrogen, dissolved oxygen, alkalinity, biomass, and disinfectants in the bulk liquid phase and within the biofilm under laminar and turbulent flow conditions. This model is validated by comparing its solutions with the numerical solutions in the literature and then is applied for predicting the behavior of a typical water treatment plant effluent through a distribution pipe. The flow properties and disinfectant consumption rate at the pipe wall play a significant role in the determination of potable water quality in the distribution system. Descriptors ammonia, disinfectant agent, dissolved oxygen, nitrogen, organic matter, alkalinity, article, biofilm, biomass, controlled study, effluent, mathematical model, microorganism, priority journal, turbulent flow, water flow, water quality, water transport, water treatment Links Book Title Database Embase Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Lu,C., Biswas,P., Clark,R. M. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Risk of lung cancer among cigarette and pipe smokers in Southern China	1992	Lubin, J.H., Biostatistics Branch, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20892, United States	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full International Journal of Cancer Periodical, Abbrev. Int.J.Cancer Pub Date Free Form 1992/ Volume 51 Issue 3 Start Page 390 Other Pages 395 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0020-7136 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Studies in Shanghai and in north-east China indicate that cigarette smoking is a major contributor to the high rates of lung cancer in those areas, but doubts persist regarding the influence of cigarette use on lung cancer rates in other areas of China. In addition, the risk of lung cancer associated with other methods of tobacco consumption - in particular, the use of bamboo water-pipes and long-stem pipes - is uncertain. A population-based case-control study of 427 male lung cancer patients residing in a mining area of Southern China and 1,011 controls was carried out to address this and other issues. Of these patients, 63% smoked cigarettes and (water and long-stem) pipes; 17% and 14% smoked only cigarettes or pipes, respectively; and 6% did not smoke. Compared to non-smokers, smokers of cigarettes only, smokers of pipes only and mixed smokers were at increased risk; OR: 2.6 (95% CI 1.1-6.2), 1.8 (95% CI 0.8-4.2) and 4.1 (95% CI 2.3-9.2), respectively. Risk increased with duration of tobacco use; however, the rate of increase with years of cigarette use was significantly greater than for years of pipe use (p = 0.03). In addition, risks increased 8-fold in the highest quartile of number of cigarettes per day compared to non-cigarette smokers vs. 2.3-fold for the highest quartile of number of liang (50 g) smoked per month compared to non-pipe-smokers; the trends in the ORs differed significantly (p < 0.001). Results suggest that, in this area of China, tobacco use is an important cause of lung cancer, and that smoking cigarettes may be more deleterious than smoking pipes (primarily water pipes). Descriptors adult, aged, article, cancer risk, China, smoking, controlled study, human, lung cancer, major clinical study, male, priority journal Links Book Title Database Embase; MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Lubin,J. H., Li,J. -Y, Xuan,X. -Z, Cai,S. K., Luo,Q. -S, Yang,L. -F, Wang,J. -Z, Yang,L., Blot,W. J. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Quantitative evaluation of the radon and lung cancer association in a case control study of Chinese tin miners	1990	Lubin, J.H., Epidemiologic Methods Section, Biostatistics Branch, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20892, United States	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Cancer research Periodical, Abbrev. Cancer Res. Pub Date Free Form 1990/ Volume 50 Issue 1 Start Page 174 Other Pages 180 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0008-5472 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Studies of underground miners have consistently shown an increased risk of lung cancer with cumulative exposure to radon-222 and its decay products. Although the deleterious effects of high radon exposure are clear, questions regarding the shape of the exposure-response relationship, and the effects of time factors such as attained age, time since exposure and early age at first exposure, the effect of exposure rate, and the joint association of radon exposure and tobacco use have not yet been fully clarified. This report considers these questions by fitting various models for the relative odds of disease to 74 male lung cancer cases who were diagnosed between 1981 and 1984 and were alive in 1985 and an equal number of controls. All subjects are current or past employees of the Yunnan Tin Corporation, Gejiu City, China, who reside in the local area. Workers were interviewed to obtain information on work history, from which radon exposure in cumulative working level months and arsenic exposure were estimated, and on tobacco use. Results indicate that excess relative risk increases by 1.7% per cumulative working level month [95% confidence interval (0.5, 5.4)]. The linear exposure response relationship significantly declines with year since last radon exposure (P=0.02). The risk trend also declines with increasing exposure rate (P=0.001), indicating that long duration of exposure at a low rate may be more deleterious than short duration of exposure at a high rate. A unique aspect of this study population is the very early ages at first radon exposure for many of the workers, about 37% of the radon-exposed workers were first exposed under the age of 13 years. The analysis shows no modification of the radon lung cancer relationship with age at first exposure. These patterns of risk with radon exposure are generally consistent with those reported in the recent National Academy of Sciences' Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiations IV report. The primary method of tobacco consumption in this area of China is by waterpipe. Lung cancer risk increases with pipe-years of use. The joint analysis of tobacco use and radon exposure supports the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiations IV conclusion that the most likely model is between additive and multiplicative. The variations of the radon lung cancer relationship by years since last exposure and exposure rate are not affected by adjustment for arsenic exposure. Descriptors radon, tin, article, cancer risk, case control study, China, controlled study, human, lung cancer, major clinical study, miner, priority journal, quantitative assay Links Book Title Database Embase; MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Lubin,J. H., Qiao,Y. -L, Taylor,P. R., Yao,S. -X, Schatzkin,A., Mao,B. -L, Rao,J. -Y, Xuan,X. -Z, Li,J. -Y Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Growth responses and delayed winter hardening in Sitka spruce following summer exposure to ozone	1988	Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lancaster, Lancaster LA1 4YQ	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full New Phytologist Periodical, Abbrev. New Phytol. Pub Date Free Form 1988/ Volume 108 Issue 4 Start Page 495; 504 Other Pages 495; 504 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0028-646X Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Two-year-old seedlings of Sitka spruce [Picea sitchensis (Bong) Carr.] were exposed to <5, 70, 120 and 170 nl l-1 O3 for 7 h day-1 in large ventilated glasshouses during the summer of 1986. Relative growth rates (RGR) were calculated at intervals throughout the summer and autumn using a non-destructive technique in which measurements of stem height and diameter were used to estimate above-ground biomass. No statistically significant effects of the ozone on growth were apparent during or after the period of fumigation, and growth of the seedlings had largely been completed by the end of August. The winter hardiness of these plants was subsequently tested on 10 November and 8 December by subjecting detached shoots to a range of carefully regulated freezing temperatures in controlled environment chambers. The results for the samples taken on the earlier date suggested that plants exposed to ozone were more sensitive to frost than the controls, and that this effect was dependent on the concentration of the pollutant. In the samples taken later, all the shoots appeared to have hardened equally to freezing temperatures in excess of about -20Â°C. The results suggest that early autumn frosts might be damaging to Sitka spruce after exposure to high ozone concentrations in summer. Descriptors ozone, growth, vascular plant, tree Links Book Title Database Embase Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Lucas,P. W., Cottam,D. A., Sheppard,L. J., Francis,B. J. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
The hazard in hookah smoke. Water pipes seem safer than cigarettes--but may be worse	2008		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full US News World Rep Periodical, Abbrev. US News World Rep. Pub Date Free Form Volume 144 Issue 3 Start Page 60 Other Pages 1 Notes ID: 18318362 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors Smoking/adverse effects, Water, Commerce, Hazardous Substances, Humans, Risk Assessment, United States Links http://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/ghl/resource/en/mdl-18318362 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Lyon,Lindsay Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Urinary cotinine in narguila or chicha tobacco smokers.	1997	Macaron, C., RIA Reference Laboratory, Zahleh, Lebanon.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Le Journal mÃ©dical libanais.The Lebanese medical journal Periodical, Abbrev. J.Med.Liban. Pub Date Free Form / Volume 45 Issue 1 Start Page 19 Other Pages 20 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0023-9852 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Urinary levels of nicotine metabolites were measured in nonsmokers and smokers of tobacco either as cigarettes or as the Middle-Eastern water pipes (narguila). Levels of urinary cotinine were similar for the smokers of cigarettes (median 30 cigarettes per day) and narguila (median 2 pipes per day, or around 40 grams of tobacco). Use of water pipes may remove a small amount of nicotine, but smokers appear to titrate dose to effect. It is unlikely that narguila smoking confers any less risk. Descriptors cotinine, drug derivative, hydroxycotinine, adult, aged, article, comparative study, female, human, Lebanon, male, middle aged, radioimmunoassay, sex difference, smoking, urine Links Book Title Database MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Macaron,C., Macaron,Z., Maalouf,M. T., Macaron,N., Moore,A. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Fajka wodna jako alternatywny sposÃ³b palenia tytoniu przez mlodziez na terenie wojewÃ³dztwa slaskiego	2010		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Przegl Lek Periodical, Abbrev. Przegl.Lek. Pub Date Free Form Volume 67 Issue 10 Start Page 1021 Other Pages 4 Notes ID: 21360953 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language pl SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract SIGNIFICANCE: Waterpipe has been used for many centuries in Asia and Africa regions to smoke tobacco leaves. In recent years it has been gaining popularity also among adolescents and youths in Poland. AIM OF THE STUDY: The aim of the study was to examine waterpipe smoking prevalence among adolescents living in Silesia region of Poland. We investigated if waterpipe is used as alternative way to smoke tobacco and awareness among adolescents about heath risk of waterpipe smoking. METHODS: We surveyed 769 students of high schools located in Silesia region of Poland. RESULTS: Mean age of surveyed students was 16.5 years, and 52.5% were females. Our results showed that prevalence of waterpipe was higher than cigarette smoking (46.7% vs. 34.6%). Prevalence of waterpipe smoking among girls was almost the same as among boys. Most of the surveyed students used waterpipe as an alternative tool to smoke tobacco. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of waterpipe smoking among Polish adolescents is very high. There is an urgent need for education about health risks of waterpipe use in Poland. Descriptors Smoking/epidemiology, Administration, Inhalation, Adolescent, Female, Humans, Inhalant Abuse/epidemiology, Inhalation Exposure, Male, Poland/epidemiology, Prevalence, Sex Distribution Links http://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/ghl/resource/en/mdl-21360953 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Mach,Paulina, Zielinska-Danch,Wioleta, Goniewicz,Maciej L., Koszowski,Bartosz, Czogala,Jan, Sobczak,Andrzej Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Chronic lead poisoning in the course of ten years	2001	MachartovÃ¡, V., Klinika Pracovniho Lekarstvi, 305 99 PlzeÅˆ, Czech Republic	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Pracovni Lekarstvi Periodical, Abbrev. Prac.Lek. Pub Date Free Form 2001/ Volume 53 Issue 4 Start Page 170 Other Pages 172 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0032-6291 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract The author followed up for 10 years a family with non-occupational lead intoxication. The sources of lead were water pipes and acid water from their own well. The family was exposed in 1951-1991. Four members of the family were examined. Two members of the family are still in our care. In the latter after mobilizations deposited lead is released from the organism, the toxicological lead levels at rest are within physiological limits. Lead mobilization from the organism is problematical with regard to the reduced renal function which is progressing. Even 10 years after terminated exposure lead is still deposited in the organism. Descriptors aminolevulinic acid, coproporphyrin, edetate calcium disodium, lead, well water, article, case report, chronic kidney failure, follow up, human, lead blood level, lead poisoning, urine level, chelintox Links Book Title ChronickÃ¡ otrava olovem v prÅ¯bÄ›hu 10 let Database Embase Publisher Data Source Embase Authors MachartovÃ¡,V. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors

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