Publications by authors named "Ventura Anna"
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- The study discusses the relationship between membrane receptor dynamics and behavior, focusing on how they can be observed in live cells using advanced microscopy techniques.
- Current methods like FRAP and SPT, while effective, are costly, time-intensive, and limited in scope, only examining small parts of the cell or few receptors.
- The proposed new approach uses an epifluorescence microscope for structured illumination, allowing researchers to visualize the entire receptor pool efficiently and analyze data in just a couple of days, with minimal daily prep time.
is one of the main opportunistic pathogens that cause a broad spectrum of diseases with increasingly frequent acquisition of resistance to antibiotics, namely carbapenems. This study focused on the characterization of 23 OXA-48-like carbapenemase-producing isolates using phenotypic and molecular tests. Phenotypic determination of the presence of β-lactamases was performed using the extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) NP test, and phenotypic determination of the presence of carbapenemase was based on the Carba NP test.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMultiple detection of hypermucoviscous and hypervirulent strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae: An emergent health care threat.
Acta Microbiol Immunol Hung
December 2022
This study focused on the characterization of 19 hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae strains, that were identified from 26 hypermucosal strains. In order to identify hypermucoviscous strains of K. pneumoniae, the string test was applied.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is an immunodeficiency disorder affecting about 1 in 250,000 individuals. The disease is caused by a lack of superoxide production by the leukocyte enzyme NADPH oxidase. Superoxide is used to kill phagocytosed micro-organisms in neutrophils, eosinophils, monocytes and macrophages.
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- Physical training is an effective therapy for managing muscle changes in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients, but adherence to such programs is often low.
- The study evaluated 322 CHF patients' participation in home-based physical training over 9 months, focusing on factors influencing adherence through a questionnaire.
- Out of the participants, only 22% adhered to the training program, with factors like employment type being statistically significant in affecting adherence rates.