Publications by authors named "Betsch B"

Buprenorphine (BPN), FDA approved for opioid use disorder (OUD), requires an induction protocol for the patient in mild to moderate withdrawal. This can be problematic in outpatient practice due to complicated medical management. An emerging technique in literature uses a novel approach, called microinduction.

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Background: Studies about transmission rates of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae in hospitals and households are scarce.

Methods: Eighty-two index patients with new carriage of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli (ESBL-Ec; n = 72) or ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (ESBL-Kp; n = 10) and their hospital (n = 112) and household (n = 96) contacts were studied prospectively from May 2008 through September 2010. Isolates were phenotypically and molecularly characterized (sequencing of bla genes, repetitive extragenic palindromic polymerase chain reaction, pulse-field gel electrophoresis, and multilocus sequence typing).

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We report four epidemiologically unrelated cases of KPC-carrying Klebsiella pneumoniae identified in Switzerland between May 2009 and November 2010. Three cases were transferred from Italy (two KPC-3, one KPC-2) and one from Greece (KPC-2). Resistance to colistin and doxycycline emerged in one KPC-3-carrying K.

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Background: Recently recommended treatment modalities for prosthetic joint infection (PJI) were evaluated.

Methods: A retrospective cohort analysis of 68 patients with PJI of hip or knee who were treated from 1995 through 2004 was conducted at the University Hospital Bern (Bern, Switzerland).

Results: A 2-stage exchange was the most frequent (75.

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The mammalian visual system is one of the most intensively investigated sensory systems. However, our knowledge of the typical input it is operating on is surprisingly limited. To address this issue, we seek to learn about the natural visual environment and the world as seen by a cat.

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The objective of visual systems neuroscience has shifted over the past few years from determining the receptive fields of cells towards the understanding of higher level cognition in awake animals viewing natural stimuli. In experiments with awake animals it is important to control the relevant aspects of behavior. Most important for vision science is the control of the direction of gaze.

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The indications or ultrasound in the evaluation of pulmonary disorders are described. Clinical applications are several lung diseases in adults and especially in children. In specific, well-defined applications, the feasibilities of ultrasound are promising.

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The sonographic diagnosis of malignant lymphoma in childhood is described. Malignant lymphomas are sonographically relatively uniform: initial enlargement of the lymph nodes and organs involved and disturbance of normal echo texture by mainly hypoechoic lesions can be found. Generally, four sonographic patterns of infiltration are described: diffuse, small nodular, large nodular and bulky type.

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Manifestation of childhood Hodgkin's disease and Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma differ, especially in the latter, from those in adults. Extranodal involvement is seen even more frequently in childhood Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas than in adults. This article reviews the radiological findings in malignant lymphomas in children, explains the differences in the manifestation of Hodgkin's lymphomas, of different subtypes and of the malignant lymphomas in adults.

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Radiological staging continues to remain the basis of a critical therapy of malignant lymphoma. As staging system, the Ann Arbor classification with some added modification is used. Up to now, CT is the imaging study of choice for staging and follow-up of cases of lymphoma.

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40 patients with suspected mediastinal tumors were independently examined with computed tomography (CT) and sonography. The findings were confirmed by bronchoscopy, mediastinoscopy or surgery. In the assessment of the upper and middle mediastinum, sonography reaches a high sensitivity.

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The standardized technique and typical normal findings of color-coded duplex sonography of the mediastinum are described. Anatomical structures of the sonographical presentations are explained. Important mediastinal regions, vessels and lymph nodes can be assessed sonographically.

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During the last four months we have been treating all 15 sonographically diagnosed intussusceptions by a new method; this is based on the introduction of a saline enema under sonographic control. In 13 cases the method was successful according to imaging and clinical criteria. In two patients conservative reduction was impossible: in one patient partial resection of the ileum was necessary and in the other there was a recurrence which was reduced at operation.

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A donut-shaped intestinal structure in the lower right abdomen, observed during abdominal ultrasound investigation following nonoperative intussusception reduction, may create a diagnostic problem concerning differentiation from a residual or recurrent intussusception or underlying small bowel disease. In 30 cases of ileocolic intussusception an abdominal ultrasound examination was performed after reduction, the success of which was proven by radiological and clinical criteria. More than half of the examinations showed an aperistaltic "donut" in the ileocecal region which was similar to the target sign commonly seen in intussusception.

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Alkylphosphocholines, and especially their main representative hexadecylphosphocholine (HPC), show high anticancer activity in methylnitrosourea (MNU)-induced autochthonous rat mammary carcinoma. The regression of MNU-induced rat mammary carcinoma during HPC treatment can be evaluated by computed tomography and sonography. This allows a noninvasive monitoring of therapy in vivo (tumor size, morphology, and blood supply).

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MR blood velocity measurements were performed by the RACE technique in a plane perpendicular to the flow of the pulmonary arteries. MR findings were correlated with those of perfusion scintigraphy, Doppler US and right heart catheter (thermodilution). The ratio of MR blood flow measurements of right and left pulmonary arteries correlated well with the results of perfusion scintigraphy (RPA to LPA) and Doppler.

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Estradiol-linked nitrosoureas are offering new perspectives in the antineoplastic chemotherapy of estradiol-receptor positive mammary carcinomas. In such a molecule estradiol has the function of a carrier which brings about a specific accumulation of the anticancer drug in estradiol-receptor containing tumor cells. However, there is only little knowledge about the pharmacokinetic behavior of this new group of anticancer agents.

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This study concentrated on the influence of 2-chloroethylnitrosocarbamoyl-L-alanine (CNC-L-ala) linked to oestradiol (CNA-L-ala-E2) or dihydrotestosterone (CNC-L-ala-DHT) in position 17 of the respective steroid hormone on tumour growth and receptor kinetics of methylnitrosourea-induced rat mammary carcinoma. Both compounds almost completely arrested logarithmically growing mammary carcinoma of Sprague-Dawley rats: in the first week CNC-L-ala-E2 blocked the growth of these tumours by 92% compared to untreated control animals while, in animals treated with the physically equimolar mixture of CNC-L-ala and oestradiol (positive control), tumour growth was inhibited by 51% only. CNC-L-ala-DHT arrested the tumour growth in the first week by 95%, while the respective positive control (CNC-L-ala plus dihydrotestosterone) effected a growth inhibition of 71% compared to the untreated control.

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Sexual-steroid-hormone-linked anticancer agents are a new group of cytotoxic drugs designed for a site-directed chemotherapy of tumors containing sexual steroid hormone receptors. The hormone (e.g.

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The half-life, peak concentration, peak accumulation and tissue availability of the DNA-crosslinking nitrosourea 1-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosocarbamoyl-L-alanine (CNC-alanine) and its oestradiol-linked derivate (CNC-alanine-oestradiol-17-ester) were studied in liver, lung, spleen, uterus and mammary carcinomas in female Sprague-Dawley rats with chemically induced mammary carcinomas. Compared with CNC-alanine, the ester had a longer half-life, higher peak concentration, increased peak accumulation and enhanced tissue availability in all tissues. In oestradiol receptor positive mammary carcinomas, the oestradiol-linked drug showed a 2 times higher peak concentration, a 5 times longer half-life, a 10 times increased peak accumulation and a 20 times greater tissue availability compared with CNC-alanine.

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The pharmacokinetics of 1-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosocarbamoyl-L-alanine-estradiol-17-ester (CNC-alanine-estradiol-17-ester) a new estradiol-linked anticancer drug and the unlinked DNA-crosslinking agent 1-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosocarbamoyl-L-alanine (CNC-alanine) have been studied in methylnitrosourea-induced female Sprague-Dawley rats after equimolar intravenous and oral administration. In comparison with the unlinked single agent, the CNC-alanine-estradiol-17-ester showed a 3-fold longer halflife in plasma and a three times larger volume of distribution. The distribution after intravenous administration was nearly three times faster.

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