Acute kidney injury during pregnancy in kidney transplant recipients.

Pregnancy-related acute kidney injury (AKI) is a public health problem and remains an important cause of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. The incidence of pregnancy-related AKI has increased in developed countries due to increase in maternal age and higher detection rates. Pregnancy in women with kidney transplants is associated with higher adverse outcomes like preeclampsia, preterm births, and allograft dysfunction, but limited data exists on causes and outcomes of pregnancy-related AKI in the kidney transplant population.

Effect of ultrasound and chlorine dioxide on Salmonella Typhimurium and Escherichia coli inactivation in poultry chiller tank water.

This study evaluated the application of ultrasound alone or combined with chlorine dioxide (ClO) for Salmonella Typhimurium and Escherichia coli inactivation in poultry processing chiller tank water. A Full Factorial Design (FFD) 2 was conducted for each microorganism to evaluate the effect of ultrasound exposure time (x: 1 to 9 min; fixed: 37 kHz; 330 W; 25 °C) using a bath, and ClO concentration (x: 1 to 17 mg L) on microorganism count expressed in log CFU mL in distilled water. Variable x had a negative effect on Salmonella Typhimurium (-5.