Multichannel intraluminal impedance to detect relationship between gastroesophageal reflux and apnoea of prematurity.

Background: The association between gastroesophageal reflux and apnoea of prematurity is still controversial. Available data are biased by the heterogeneity of the infants enrolled as regard to some confounding factors and by the use of the traditional pH monitoring that is unable to detect non acid reflux events which might be prevalent in infants receiving frequent milk feeding. Multichannel intraluminal impedance has been recently introduced as a pH-independent method to investigate the bolus transport in hollow organs.

[Clinical, epidemiological and microbiological aspects of Mobiluncus sp. in bacterial vaginosis].

Background: In this paper, our goal was to determine the optimal isolation conditions, biochemical characterization, and preservation of species of the genus Mobiluncus, associated with bacterial vaginosis in patients attending the family planning clinic. Also, we tried to relate its presence with demographic variables and criteria used in the clinical diagnosis of bacterial diagnosis.

Methods: The specimen from the posterior fornix were collected and transported to the laboratory in a Stuart medium, one at room temperature and the other at 4 degrees C.