In Vitro Characterization of Hydroxyapatite-Based Coatings Doped with Mg or Zn Electrochemically Deposited on Nanostructured Titanium.

Biomaterials are an important and integrated part of modern medicine, and their development and improvement are essential. The fundamental requirement of a biomaterial is found to be in its interaction with the surrounding environment, with which it must coexist. The aim of this study was to assess the biological characteristics of hydroxyapatite (HAp)-based coatings doped with Mg and Zn ions obtained by the pulsed galvanostatic electrochemical method on the surface of pure titanium (cp-Ti) functionalized with titanium dioxide nanotubes (NTs TiO) obtained by anodic oxidation.

Synthesis and Investigation of Antibacterial Activity of Thin Films Based on TiO-Ag and SiO-Ag with Potential Applications in Medical Environment.

Multiple antibiotic resistance has now become a major obstacle to the treatment of infectious diseases. In this context, the application of nanotechnology in medicine is a promising alternative for the prevention of infections with multidrug-resistant germs. The use of silver as a powerful antibacterial agent has attracted much interest.

Disparities of perceived wellness by smoking and professional status among young individuals in Brasov, Brasov County, Romania.

Objective: We aimed to evaluate the association of risk factors such as smoking and professional status (students vs employed) as determinants of disparities in perceived wellness among Romanian individuals.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study in which 145 participants were enrolled from December 2017 to February 2018, in Brasov, Brasov County, Transylvania, Romania. We used a simplified Perceived Wellness Survey model to measure the holistic individual perceived wellness status by professional and smoking status.

Retrospective epidemiological survey of diagnostic errors and their implications in the development of human trichinellosis in Braşov County-Romania over a period of 10 years.

Trichinellosis is a disease that is difficult to diagnose because its symptoms are polymorphic and can be easily confused for several other diseases (Dupouy-Camet et al., 2002). Consuming pork from untested pigs bred in private households elevates risk of contracting trichinellosis.

Identifying risk factors for symptoms of severe trichinellosis--a case study of 143 infected persons in Brasov, Romania 2001-2008.

The presence of the parasite Trichinella spiralis in humans does not always manifest itself with obvious clinical symptoms; the clinical manifestations of trichinellosis are polymorphic and can cause diagnostic difficulties. Our aim was to identify risk factors that can be linked to the severity of the disease. We conducted a retrospective analysis of 143 cases of trichinellosis admitted to the Infectious Disease Hospital in Braşov, Romania during 2001-2008.

Molecular characterization and antibiotic susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus from a multidisciplinary hospital in Romania.

From 2004 to 2005, 60%-72% of invasive Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Romanian hospitals were resistant to methicillin (methicillin-resistant S. aureus [MRSA]), the highest frequency for any European nation. Few reports, however, have addressed the molecular characteristics of S.

[Study of germs involved in septicemia].

The aims of our study were to determine the etiological spectrum of the systemic infections diagnosed in patients hospitalized in the Braşov County Emergency Hospital between 2000 and 2003. The blood samples were analysed using the BACTEC 9050 hemoculture technique. The most frequent isolated were S.

[Clinical and biological aspects of liver damage in infectious mononucleosis].

Liver damage, clinical manifest or inapparent is a frequent manifestation of infectious mononucleosis. This study has in view the forms and frequency of manifestation of liver damage in infectious mononucleosis. The retrospective study has included 115 patients with infectious mononucleosis, hospitalised in Braşov Infectious Diseases Hospital between 1.

[Peripheral eosinophilia associated with ascaridiasis].

The positive diagnosis of ascaridiasis is sometimes difficult to identify because the anamnesis is insufficient, the clinical symptoms are poor or not very specific and the paraclinical arguments can be distinguished only in some cases and at different stages of the disease. Furthermore, the coproparasitological examination can ascertain negative results on false basis. Since the specialised literature associates ascaridiasis with peripheral eosinophilia, we attempted to monitor the frequency and the grade of this haematological parameter and its variations when considering the patients sex and age, in order to evaluate its diagnostic value.

[Enterobacteria isolated from different pathological products and their sensitivity to antibiotics].

The objectives of the study we have enhanced have focused on identifying the etiological implication of the Enterobacteria isolated from different pathological products and determining their sensitivity to the main antibiotics. We observed that from pharyngeal exudate and sputum the Enterobacter spp. strains were isolated the most frequently while from purulent secretion, urine, puncture liquids and blood, E.