(1) Four study groups were investigated using the Kato faecal smear method.
(2) Faecal excretion of T3 declined appreciably relative to that of T4.
(3) A diversity of serogroups and toxigenicity was a general finding, however, strains found in the proximal gut were also cultured from the rectum, indicating that faecal specimens would be a valid tool in investigating the role of these organisms in SIDS cases compared with healthy controls.
(4) Qualitative and quantitative anaerobic cultures were performed on faecal samples from 27 normal full-term newborn infants; from 32 preterm infants during intensive or intermediate care, not treated with antibiotics; and from 106 mostly preterm newborns, treated with antibiotics for various reasons.
(5) Faecal incontinence may be due to a trauma, a rectal prolapse, or a neurological disorder.
(6) Three bulls selected for high faecal worm egg counts and three bulls selected for low faecal worm egg counts were mated to Africander-Hereford cross cows.
(7) Twelve patients received oral fluticasone propionate for three weeks, and the effects were monitored using the Crohn's disease activity index and by 111In granulocyte scanning, assessing inflammation from scan appearances, four day faecal excretion of radioactivity, and whole body excretion of radioactivity.
(8) Faecal samples of the Romanov ewes more often harboured Nematodirus eggs while the larvae recovered from cultures of these samples contained a higher percentage of Teladorsagia.
(9) K1 capsule which was demonstrated only in a few serogroups (O1, O2, O7, O18) occurred more frequently among extraintestinal (32.1%) than among faecal (4.3%) or urinary (7.3%) isolates.
(10) An association between diarrhoea and high level adhesion was observed in that 12 of the 34 faecal isolates and none of the 29 environmental isolates yielded greater than 20 bacteria per HEp-2 cell in the adhesion assay.
(11) All the fifty ELISA-confirmed ADRV-positive faecal samples gave positive co-agglutination, whereas all the forty-eight ELISA-negative faecal samples from healthy subjects gave negative results.
(12) The nonfaecal and the faecal production of Pomadasys commersonni, a marine teleost, were investigated at 15, 20 and 25 degrees C. 2.
(13) Eleven of the 14 patients were found to have a faecal fat excretion of more than 7 g per day.
(14) A reduction in anal resting pressure was detected in the faecally incontinent geriatric patients but squeeze pressure did not differ significantly from that found in the other geriatric patients.
(15) High doses of intravenous desferrioxamine infused over a short period of time induce a large faecal and urinary iron excretion but also produce retinal abnormalities that are characterised by decreased amplitude on electroretinography and defective dark adaptation.
(16) All animals were capable of adapting to 20% dietary xylitol and an accompanying enhancement of the ability of caecal and faecal flora to utilize xylitol was observed.
(17) Pre-colonization of chicks with the first strain of F98 reduced faecal excretion of the second strain over many weeks, whether chickens were challenged directly or by contact with other infected chickens.
(18) It was found that combining faecal occult blood testing with the health check did not reduce attendance at the health check--43.5% of patients attended when the Haemoccult test kit was offered by the nurse at the health check, 43.6% attended when a test kit was included with the invitation to attend the health check and 42.9% attended when the health check invitation was posted on its own.
(19) Investigation of the concentration of norfloxacin in the faeces revealed that a substantial fraction of the dose was either absorbed or inactivated by faecal substances.
(20) Faecal samples of 139 Nigerian infants and young children admitted to hospital for gastro-enteritis and of 169 admitted for various other illnesses were tested for rotaviruses by an ELISA technique.
Fecal
Definition:
(a.) relating to, or containing, dregs, feces, or ordeure; faecal.
Example Sentences:
(1) Fecal occult blood was positive in 4 patients and fecal leukocytes were positive in one patient.
(2) Bacteriologic culturing of fecal samples from 28 clinically normal horses yielded only 2 salmonella isolations, S manhattan in each case.
(3) Recently a monoclonal antibody has been developed against the oocyst form of Cryptosporidium species for use in detecting the organism in fecal material.
(4) From the combined results of fecal examination and COPT, the reliable values of incidence, however, were shown to be stable during 2 years such as 22.06% and 24.21%, respectively.
(5) Ninety-two per cent of patients who irrigated their colostomies gained fecal continence.
(6) Therefore, it is not necessary to postulate a preponderant extraerythropoietic source to explain the amount of fecal excretion.
(7) To define more completely the period of fecal excretion of virus during hepatitis A virus infection, we studied 24 fecal samples from six children with clinical illness during an epidemic of type A hepatitis.
(8) Random fecal alpha 1-antitrypsin determinations seem to provide a reliable, although not directly quantitative, measure of the intestinal activity among patients with Crohn's disease, especially when other methods may be inconclusive.
(9) On average, clinical isolates were not more virulent than fecal isolates.
(10) The sensitivity of the EIAs ranged from 78% to 100% for patients whose fecal culture was positive for Shigella.
(11) Three of the 99 control fecal specimens were positive, which was a similar result to that obtained with the FECA-EIA and significantly superior to the chemical tests (both p less than 0.005).
(12) 4) this report is the 1st to document virus particles in fecal specimens from Indonesian children, and suggests that viruses may be important etiological agents in diarrheal diseases in Indonesia, where malnutrition and diarrhea are important health problems.
(13) In order to estimate the diagnostic validity of chemical fecal occult blood tests, i.e.
(14) The distribution of concentrates (38% of DM intake) with a mean particle size of .04 cm reduced differences in fecal mean particle size between diets.
(15) All fiber sources caused significantly greater fecal output compared with the fiber-free basal diet.
(16) (3) Based on fecal egg counts, adult populations of Ostertagia ostertagi paralleled circulating IgE levels in the calves.
(17) This morbidity must now be assessed in relation to the benefits of avoiding temporary fecal diversion in restorative proctocolectomy.
(18) To evaluate dopamine's effectiveness on regional perfusion and survival, neonatal pigs were subjected to fecal Escherichia coli peritonitis-induced septic shock and were randomly divided into equal groups.
(19) These cases suggest that collagenous colitis should be added to the differential diagnosis of diarrhea where fecal leukocytes are present.
(20) Presence (or absence) of flukes was confirmed by fecal examinations and examination of dissected livers at necropsy of the sheep.