(1) We examined the reliability of Cand-Tec to diagnose invasive candidiasis in 142 consecutive in-patients intensively treated with chemo-radiation therapy.
(2) We analyzed 438 specimens from 57 patients requiring perioperative CVC management for more than three weeks, and investigated usefulness of CAND-TEC comparing with other serological methods.
(3) In the experiments with rabbits Cand-Tec was, in spite of its being positive in blood culture, always negative.
(4) Three different Candida antigen tests were studied in internal-surgical patients: two tests for Candida mannan antigen (C-Mannan-Dresden, Pastorex-Candida and Cand-Tec test for cytoplasmatic antigen.
(5) 3) Comparative examination of CAND-TEC and other testing methods revealed a correlation of CAND-TEC with D-arabinitol in cases showing 1:4 and 1:8 less than or equal to, but not other significant difference.
(6) For the Cand-Tec, the sensitivity was not related to the presence of antibodies, nor was it related to the number of samples per patient.
(7) The lack of sensitivity and specificity of the Cand-Tec Candida antigen test precludes its use in the diagnosis of disseminated candidiasis.
(8) Weekly use of the Cand-Tec test did not improve early detection of invasive candidiasis, providing only a mean interval of 0.4 day from the first positive Cand-Tec result to a definitive diagnosis of invasive candidiasis by blood culture, tissue biopsy, or autopsy.
(9) Coexistent disseminated candidiasis in some candidemic patients may have accounted for some positive Cand-Tec tests and possible overestimation of the sensitivity of the test for candidemia.
(10) Two commercially available latex agglutination tests: Cand-TEC(TM) from RAMCO Laboratories, Inc., Houston, Texas, USA, for the detection of a heat labile Candida antigen, and LA-Candida Antigen Detection System from Immuno-Mycologics (IMMY), Inc., Norman, Oklahoma, USA, for the detection of Candida mannan antigen, and Own LAT, a self-prepared latex agglutination test for the detection of Candida mannan antigen were tested on 467 sera of patients at risk for deep-seated Candidosis.
(11) In the context of current clinical management strategies for suspected fungal infection, the Candida antigen detection assay (Cand-Tec) is not a reliable method for diagnosis of deep candidiasis in neutropenic patients.
(12) A positive antigen test preceded other diagnostic indications for 6 of 10 Pastorex-positive patients and 5 of 9 Cand-Tec-positive patients.
(13) CAND-TEC would be useful in detecting Candida infection compared with conventional methods, and the fungus infection was much more frequent incidence than ever expected.
(14) In the gastrointestinal colonization model followed by systemic infection in neutropenic mice, the mannan antigen test became positive after 3 weeks of colonization with increased number of Candida of the stool, and Cand-Tec became positive after 5 weeks in neutropenic mice.
(15) The Cand-tec antigen test shows poor specificity and poor positive predictive value for the detection of systemic candidiasis in burn patients.
(16) The examination of E-TKA may be preclinical diagnosis to CAND.
(17) To differentiate the two cases with transient fungemia from those with systemic candidosis HA- and D-arabinitol tests were considered to be superior to Cand-Tec and F.I.
(18) Detection of serum mannan by enzyme immunoassay was less sensitive but more specific than the Cand-Tec Candida detection system for the diagnosis of invasive candidiasis.
(19) The correlation of Cand-Tec (candida antigen detection) with clinical findings and results in passive hemagglutination and immunoelectrophoresis (antibody detection) has been evaluated retrospectively.
(20) We evaluated the Cand-Tec (Ramco Laboratories Inc., Houston, Tex.)
Hand
Definition:
(n.) That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.
(n.) That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand
(n.) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
(n.) An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute hand of a clock.
(n.) A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses.
(n.) Side; part; direction, either right or left.
(n.) Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
(n.) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.
(n.) An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking.
(n.) Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature.
(n.) Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; -- usually in the plural.
(n.) Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the producer's hand, or when not new.
(n.) Rate; price.
(n.) That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once
(n.) The quota of cards received from the dealer.
(n.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
(n.) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
(v. t.) To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed them the letter.
(v. t.) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as, to hand a lady into a carriage.
(v. t.) To manage; as, I hand my oar.
(v. t.) To seize; to lay hands on.
(v. t.) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
(v. t.) To furl; -- said of a sail.
(v. i.) To cooperate.
Example Sentences:
(1) HSV I infection of the hand classically occurs in children with herpetic stomatitis and in health care workers infected during patient care delivery.
(2) On the other hand, the LAP level, identical in preterms and SDB, is lower than in full-term infants but higher than in adults.
(3) On the other hand, human IL-9, which is a homologue to murine P40, was cloned from a cDNA library prepared with mRNA isolated from PHA-induced T-cell line (C5MJ2).
(4) We sought additional evidence for an inverse relationship between functional CTL-target cell affinity on the one hand, and susceptibility of the CTL-mediated killing to inhibition by alpha LFA-1 and alpha Lyt-2,3 monoclonal antibodies on the other hand.
(5) Handing Greater Manchester’s £6bn health and social care budget over to the city’s combined authority is the most exciting experiment in local government and the health service in decades – but the risks are huge.
(6) Then a handful of organisers took a major bet on the power of people – calling for the largest climate change mobilisation in history to kick-start political momentum.
(7) On the other hand, after exposure to BrdUrd, neuron specific enolase decreased in NB-1 and SK-N-DZ and increased in GOTO.
(8) Theresa May signals support for UK-EU membership deal Read more Faull’s fix, largely accepted by Britain, also ties the hands of national governments.
(9) The NORPLANT-2 rod system on the other hand consists of only 2 rods.
(10) Symptomatic improvement was obtained in 14 of the 15 hands, and sensory-evoked response improved in 13 hands.
(11) Michael James, 52, from Tower Hamlets Three days after telling his landlord that the flat upstairs was a deathtrap, Michael James was handed an eviction notice.
(12) Patrice Evra Evra Handed a five-match international ban for his part in the France squad’s mutiny against Raymond Domenech at the 2010 World Cup, it took Evra almost a year to force his way back in.
(13) DI James Faulkner of Great Manchester police said: “The men and women working in the factory have told us that they were subjected to physical and verbal assaults at the hands of their employers and forced to work more than 80-hours before ending up with around £25 for their week’s work.
(14) On the other hand, the majority of gynecologic patients with pelvic infections are young and healthy.
(15) The pons, on the other hand, has a bioelectrical activity of its own during PS, i.e., the ponto-geniculo-occipital spikes (PGO).
(16) One-nation prime ministers like Cameron found the libertarians useful for voting against taxation; inconvenient when they got too loud about heavy-handed government.
(17) On the other hand, the limbic after-discharges to the hippocampal or amygdaloid stimulation were enhanced by Z. mioga as well as chlorpromazin, but they were inhibited by diazepam.
(18) On the other hand, as a cross-reference experiment, we developed a paper work test to do in the same way as on the VDT.
(19) It is entirely proper for serving judges to set out the arguments in high-profile cases to help public understanding of the legal issues, as long as it is done in an even-handed way.
(20) In a separate exclusive interview , Alexis Tsipras, the increasingly powerful 37-year-old Greek politician now regarded by many as holding the future of the euro in his hands, told the Guardian that he was determined "to stop the experiment" with austerity policies imposed by Germany.