Controlling microbial population in poultry industry using acidic and slightly acidic electrolysed water as a potential non-thermal food sanitizer.

1. The effects of electrolysed water (acidic or slightly acidic) on microbial load and physicochemical properties of chicken carcases were determined. Chicken carcases treated with chemical decontamination solution (chlorine dioxide) on the slaughter line were used as the control group (C).

Antioxidant and antimicrobial effects of blackberry, black chokeberry, blueberry, and red currant pomace extracts on beef patties subject to refrigerated storage.

This study evaluates the physicochemical and microbiological properties and sensory parameters of beef patties formulated with black chokeberry (B1), blackberry (B2), red currant (B3) and blueberry (B4) pomace water extracts during refrigerated storage over 9 days. The berry pomace extract treatment significantly decreased the TBARS numbers of the samples (P < 0.05).

Effect of various genetic polymorphisms on the incidence and outcome of severe sepsis.

Several genetic polymorphisms have been identified in patients with sepsis and severe sepsis, such as the tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and TNF-beta genes, the interleukin-1 (IL-1) family, the IL-6, the IL-10, the CD-14, the Toll-like receptors, plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1, and the factor V 1691G-A mutations. In this study, the relationship between the TNF-alpha 308G/A, the IL-6-174 G/C, the PAI-1, the FVL, the EPCR, and the Cathepsin G (Ars 125 Ser) polymorphisms and the development and outcome of sepsis in pediatric patients was studied. TNF-alpha 308 G/A, PAI-1 4G/4G, and EPCR mutations influence the risk of severe sepsis in children.