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Real-time radiophotography.
J Oral Maxillofac Surg
June 2011
Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, College of Dental Science, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
[Mass health examination for tuberculosis].
Kekkaku
November 2010
Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, 1-3-12, Misaki-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0061, Japan.
Miniature radiography or radiophotography (RP) was first developed independently by de Abreu M of Brazil and Koga Y of Japan in 1936, and because of its utility, it was used as a tool of mass health examination for TB all over the world soon after its development. The idea of RP is to take a picture of the chest X-ray image on a fluorescent screen set in a dark box, and this idea was materialized through development of a camera with a small F-number. Through application of RP as a tool for mass health examination, many TB cases had been detected, and most of these had been previously unknown cases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntra-discal vancomycin-loaded PLGA microsphere injection for MRSA discitis: an experimental study.
Arch Orthop Trauma Surg
January 2011
Department of Orthopedics, Changzheng Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, 415 Fengyang Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai 200003, People's Republic of China.
Objective: To prepare the vancomycin hydrochloride (VA)-loaded poly lactic acid-glycolic acid (PLGA) copolymer microsphere by the multiple emulsion method and evaluate its therapeutic effects on infective discitis.
Methods: Firstly, the particle diameter distribution, shape, encapsulation efficiency, drug-loaded dosage and release curve of VA-PLGA microspheres were evaluated in vitro. Rabbits with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infective discitis were treated with VA-PLGA intra-discal injection.
[Tuberculosis and its control--lessons from the past and future prospect].
Kekkaku
June 2005
Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo.
Koch R reported the discovery of tubercle bacilli on March 24, 1882, and the numbers of death from phthisis were collected in the vital statistics from the latter half of 1883 in Japan. Tuberculosis death was officially adopted in the Japanese vital statistics from 1899, and there was certain disagreement existed between the numbers of death from TB and phthisis in 1899, the analysis on the trend of TB in Japan was done based on TB death. Trend of TB in Japan in the past 100 years could be divided into five phases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFModern tuberculosis control programme has been launched in 1951 by the major revision of the previous Tb. Control Law in Japan. Main control measures were BCG vaccination programme for tuberculin negatives, annual screening of Tb.
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