Directed freeze-fracturing of Bacillus subtilis biofilms for conventional scanning electron microscopy.

Biofilms have been intensively investigated over the past decades. Bacillus subtilis is able to form highly structured colony biofilms, and as one of the most studied Gram-positive model organisms, has helped to decipher the complex genetic regulation of biofilms. Several methods have been developed to analyze the architecture of biofilms.

Eradication of early P. aeruginosa infection in children <7 years of age with cystic fibrosis: The early study.

Objective: Antibiotic eradication treatment is the standard-of-care for cystic fibrosis (CF) patients with early Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa)-infection; however, evidence from placebo-controlled trials is limited.

Methods: This double-blind, placebo-controlled trial randomised CF patients <7 years (N = 51) with early Pa-infection to tobramycin inhalation solution (TOBI 300 mg) or placebo (twice daily) for 28 days with an optional cross-over on Day 35. Primary endpoint was proportion of patients having throat swabs/sputum free of Pa on Day 29.

Clinical Features and Outcomes of Takotsubo (Stress) Cardiomyopathy.

Background: The natural history, management, and outcome of takotsubo (stress) cardiomyopathy are incompletely understood.

Methods: The International Takotsubo Registry, a consortium of 26 centers in Europe and the United States, was established to investigate clinical features, prognostic predictors, and outcome of takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Patients were compared with age- and sex-matched patients who had an acute coronary syndrome.

Effects of increasing dried distillers grains with solubles on performance, carcass characteristics, and digestibility of feedlot lambs.

The objectives of this study were to determine the effects of 0, 20, 40, or 60% dietary dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) on 1) growing lamb performance, carcass characteristics, and tissue minerals, and 2) nutrient digestibility and retention in growing lambs. In Exp. 1, ninety-six lambs were blocked by sex (ewes, n = 48; wethers, n = 48) and BW, housed in 24 pens (4 lambs per pen), and used in a 92-d feedlot trial (initial BW = 26.