Use of the Lung Flute ECO to assist in sputum collection for tuberculosis testing: a randomised crossover trial.

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First survey on seroprevalence of Japanese encephalitis in long-tailed macaques () in Bali, Indonesia.

Background And Aim: Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a zoonotic infectious inflammatory brain disease caused by the JE virus (JEV). Considerable research into the seroprevalence of JE in domestic animals has been conducted, but there have been no reports of its occurrence in wild animals, including long-tailed macaques (). This study aimed to estimate the seroprevalence of JEV infection and its determinants in long-tailed macaques in Bali and the prevalence of mosquito vectors.

Effect of N-Acetyl Cysteine on Renal Interstitial Fibrosis in Mice.

This study examined the effect of N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), a reactive oxygen species (ROS) inhibitor, on renal interstitial fibrosis induced by unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) in mice. UUO led to a significant increase in the fibrotic area of obstructed kidneys, which was attenuated by NAC (84.8 mg/kg/d) in the drinking water.

[A case of para-aortic lymph node metastasis from gastric cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy].

A 64-year-old man was diagnosed as having advanced gastric cancer with peritoneal and para-aortic lymph node metastases. He received 2 courses of chemotherapy with S-1 and cisplatin( CDDP) and 5 courses of combination chemotherapy with capecitabine, CDDP, and trastuzumab. The peritoneal and para-aortic lymph node metastases disappeared after chemotherapy, and subsequently, total gastrectomy was performed (pT2N3aM0, stage IIIA).

[Repeated resections of asynchronous liver metastases after pancreatomy for pancreatic cancer--a case report].

The prognosis of pancreatic cancer is most dismal in all gastrointestinal cancers, because the patients with pancreatic cancer are vulnerable for recurrence such as local relapse and liver metastasis even after a complete surgical resection. We herein report a case of pancreatic cancer, which underwent resection of local relapse and multiresections of liver metastases, resulting in a relatively longer survival. A 71-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for a local recurrence in the tail of the pancreas in October 2006, 17 months after the first distal pancreatectomy.