(1) These results suggest that the bacterium may not play an important pathogenetic role in ulcer healing and relapse, when patients are managed using an H2-blocker.
(2) The accumulation of BM material in CNF kidneys is regarded as a secondary phenomenon induced by an unknown pathogenetic defect in the metabolism of some BM component.
(3) A pathogenetic mechanism is postulated to explain the subacute evolution of fluid collection with diffusion of proteolytic enzymes between the splenic capsule and parenchyma.
(4) The three-dimensional view obtained with scanning electron microscopy provides another perspective on the pathogenetic changes of the RCS retina.
(5) On account of symptomatological and pathogenetical similarities with the dystrophy of Sudeck and the causalgic state, it appears that the Q.S.
(6) The volume of the thoracic cavity of newborn mutants was less than half that of controls, suggesting that the pathogenetic mechanism for the hypoplastic lungs in chondrodysplastic mice includes thoracic dystrophy.
(7) A scheme for pathogenetic immunocorrection of wound infections and burns was developed.
(8) These variables have to be kept under careful control before changes can be claimed as having pathogenetic importance for schizophrenia or for the progressing dementia in this disease.
(9) Synovitis in patients with severe immunodeficiency has important pathogenetic implications.
(10) Pathogenetically, the delta formation may represent an intermediate stage in the bifurcation process of a polydactylic ray.
(11) The conclusions drawn from these studies include (i) that the amyloidosis associated with AD is probably a central pathogenetic factor and (ii) that the development of drugs capable of inhibiting amyloidosis might be an appropriate strategy for the treatment of AD.
(12) Iritis is, therefore, presumed to result from a variety of pathogenetic mechanisms.
(13) In order to gain more insight into the pathogenetic mechanism leading to beta cell destruction in BB rats we searched for specific changes in the immune system at the time of diabetes development.
(14) The availability of a purified LG antigen can facilitate the further analysis of pathogenetic mechanisms in EAD.
(15) Stretch reflexes of posterior tibial (PT) and triceps surae (TS) muscles were studied electrophysiologically in 27 children with unoperated unilateral congenital equinovarus deformity, in an attempt to evaluate changes in tone of the leg muscles as a possible pathogenetic factor.
(16) A number of risk factors for breast cancer are considered jointly in one pathogenetic framework which relates to the formation of pre-cancerous lesions.
(17) It appears probable that this may be of fundamental pathogenetic significance in the three abovementioned diseases, the causes of which we have difficulty in finding or agreeing upon.
(18) The pathogenetic investigation suggested that cystic endometriosis in the ovary might mainly be ascribed to the endometrioid metaplasia of the celomic epithelium and that non-cystic endometriosis might occasionally originate from metastasis or implantation of endometrial tissues.
(19) The possible pathogenetic mechanisms leading to this limb abnormality are discussed with special emphasis on a field morphogen gradient hypothesis.
(20) One of the most appealing current pathogenetic concepts is that progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) is a reaction to repeated episodes of endothelial cell injury.
Pathogenic
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to pathogeny; producting disease; as, a pathogenic organism; a pathogenic bacterium.
Example Sentences:
(1) These results show that the pathogenic phenotypes of MCF viruses are dissociable from the thymotropic phenotype and depend, at least in part, upon the enhancer sequences.
(2) The causative organisms included viruses, fungi, and bacteria of both high and low pathogenicity.
(3) Evidence is presented in support of the hypothesis that fresh bat guano serves as a means of pathogenic fungi dissemination in caves.
(4) Anaerobes, in particular Bacteroides spp., are the predominant bacteria present in mixed intra-abdominal infections, yet their critical importance in the pathogenicity of these infections is not clearly defined.
(5) Groups of inbred female mice of strains CBA or C3H were infected genitally with a pathogenic human strain of Chlamydia trachomatis (N.I.1, serovar F) known to produce salpingitis and infertility in mice.
(6) The pathogenicity of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in atypical pneumonias can be considered confirmed according to the availabile literature; its importance for other inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract, particularly for chronic bronchitis, is not yet sufficiently clear.
(7) The indication of the DNA probe method would be considered in the four cases as follows, 1. necessity of the special equipment to isolate the pathogen, 2. necessity of the long period to isolate the pathogen, 3. existence of the cross reaction among the pathogen and relative organisms in the immunological procedure, 4. existence of the difficulty to identify the species of the pathogen by the ordinary procedure.
(8) A large number of recently isolated bacterial pathogens were tested for susceptibility to cephalexin and cephaloglycin by the replica inoculating method.
(9) Twelve strains of the Crimean hemorrhagic fever (CHF)-Congo group of viruses the Bunyaviridae family were investigated with respect to sensitivity to lipid solvents and temperature, pathogenicity for animals, interactions with cell cultures and antigenic relationships.
(10) Apart from their pathogenic significance, these results may have some interest for the clinical investigation of patients with joint diseases.
(11) Microscopic monitoring of the subgingival microbiota to detect pathogens associated with periodontal diseases has been an active area of investigation.
(12) Immunogenic or pathogenic factors of recombinant proteins (rBCSP20, rBCSP-31, and rBCSP45 of Brucella abortus strain 19) for mice were compared with factors of a proteinase K-treated lipopolysaccharide extracted from B abortus strain 2308.
(13) It was also established that the Y. enterocolitica strains isolated from raw cow milk did not refer to the European serotypes 0:3 and 0:9 that were pathogenic for humans.
(14) The interaction of four pathogenic and three nonpathogenic E. histolytica strains with two human intestinal cell lines (Caco-2 and HT-29) was examined.
(15) The antibacterial effect of lysozyme manufactured in the USSR was studied with respect to 1496 pathogenic strains of different microbial species.
(16) The pathogenic effect of enterotoxogenic E. coli is mainly to be found in the jejunum.
(17) Twelve healthy rabbits, in three similar subgroups, were exposed to pathogenic Escherichia coli and their immune response was studied under different experimental conditions.
(18) In addition to a better understanding of pathogenic mechanisms associated with autoimmunity, the knowledge of these disease-predisposing genes is expected to permit a better classification of often complex syndromes as well as the design of new treatments.
(19) Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the most frequently encountered bacterial pathogens in patients with chronic pulmonary infections, including cystic fibrosis and diffuse panbronchiolitis.
(20) Patients treated with ciprofloxacin may need added coverage for anaerobes, but the drug's excellent activity against nosocomial pathogens and its availability in oral form allow for an early change to oral therapy without compromising effectiveness coupled with added savings and convenience.