Microbiological profile and nutritional quality of a regular diet compared to a neutropenic diet in a pediatric oncology unit.

It has been hypothesized that a neutropenic diet has lower microbe content. Here, the microbiological and nutritional contents of regular and neutropenic diets offered to pediatric patients were analyzed. Microbiological contamination was detected in five of 36 of the food samples analyzed, yet there was no statistical differences between the diets (P = 1.

Distortion product otoacoustic emissions in sheep before and after hyperinsulinemia induction.

Unlabelled: Transient evoked otoacoustic emissions and distortion product otoacoustic emissions have gained significant importance in the identification of cochlear alterations.

Aim: To record distortion product thresholds through the monitoring of otoacoustic emissions in normal conditions and in the presence of electrophysiologic changes in cochlear outer hair cells in sheep after hyperinsulinemia induction.

Material And Methods: Experimental study, with seven sheep in the control group and seven in the study group.