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N Hagen

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PubMed1992

Simplified method of grading primary carcinomas of the breast.

AIMS: To produce a simplified prognostic index for breast cancer. METHODS: A retrospective study of 105 cases of primary infiltrating breast adenocarcinoma (not otherwise specified) was performed. Mitotic counts and semiquantitative assessment of tumour necrosis, fibrosis tubule formation, nuclear pleomorphism were made in histological sections of the primary tumour. Statistical analysis was performed to determine which of these parameters best predicts the observed survival. RESULTS: Mitotic count and necrosis correlated best with survival. This allowed the formation of a simple prognostic index based on these two parameters. CONCLUSIONS: This new prognostic index, with four tumour grades, seemed to be superior to Bloom's grading method, with greater separation of the prognostic groups. In particular, there is clear segregation of a group of patients with a distinctly poor prognosis.

Adenocarcinoma↗
PubMed1983

Antibiotic susceptibility pattern and capsular types of Haemophilus influenzae recovered from clinical specimens in northern Norway.

One hundred and nine strains of Haemophilus influenzae recovered from clinical specimens were examined for antibiotic sensitivity pattern and capsular types. All strains from blood cultures, cerebrospinal fluid and a joint aspirate were type b whereas most of the isolates were acapsular when recovered from other specimens viz. wound secretions (67%), maxillary sinus (75%), lower resp tract (86%), nasal cavity (90%). Out of the 109 strains 88 (81%) were non-typable, and 3.6% were beta-lactamase-producing, two of which were type e, one was type b and one was acapsular. Three beta-lactamase-producing strains were isolated from specimens from the respiratory tract and one from blood cultures. Beta-lactamase-producing strains including one chloramphenicol-resistant strain harboured similar plasmids, as judged by agarose gel electrophoresis. The strains showed quite a uniform sensitivity to antibacterial agents with the exception of sulphonamides to which the capsular strains, particularly type b strains, were less susceptible.

Ampicillin↗
PubMed1983

Surface polysaccharide of Moraxella non-liquefaciens identical to Neisseria meningitidis group B capsular polysaccharide. A chemical and immunological investigation.

In whole cell preparations of 27 nonmucoid strains of Moraxella nonliquefaciens neuraminic acid was detected by gas chromatography (GC) in 16 (59%) of the strains. Seven neuraminic-acid-containing strains were tested for agglutination with diagnostic group-specific meningococcal antisera produced in rabbits, and all were positive with group B serum. Counter-immunoelectrophoresis of bacterial suspensions of the three strains with the strongest reaction with such anti-group B serum gave distinct precipitation lines. When tested by double immunodiffusion in agarose with monoclonal antibody to meningococcal group B polysaccharide, suspension of a strain of M nonliquefaciens gave identity reaction with a strain of Neisseria meningitidis, and reacted even more strongly than the latter. Phenol extracts of M nonliquefaciens strains generally contained higher amounts of neuraminic acid than N meningitidis group B strains. Neuraminic-acid-containing polysaccharides of M nonliquefaciens strains sedimented more slowly by ultra-centrifugation than the group-specific B polysaccharide of N meningitidis strains. They also reacted more strongly with a monoclonal anti-group B antiserum than did N meningitidis group B capsular polysaccharide in an antibody binding inhibition test (solid phase radioimmunoassay). Immunological reactivity of the polysaccharides of both species was lost if extraction was performed with unbuffered phenol at 68 degrees C, instead of with neutral phenol at 4 degrees C. The results show that several strains of M nonliquefaciens, often inhabiting the human nose, have high levels of a surface polysaccharide chemically and immunologically closely similar to N meningitidis group B capsular polysaccharide. The cross-reactivity may have immunological implications for meningococcal disease.

Chromatography, Gas↗
PubMed1983

Characterization of Gardnerella vaginalis by gas chromatography.

The principal objective of this study was the characterization of Gardnerella vaginalis by gas chromatography. Thirty-eight isolates and the type strain, ATCC 14018, of G. vaginalis were studied. Hexadecanoic (16:0), octadecenoic (18:1) and octadecanoic (18:0) were the major fatty acids detected. Only insignificant differences between the various isolates could be found. The gas chromatographic analysis of G. vaginalis revealed a characteristic pattern. Gas chromatography in combination with selective growth conditions provides a method for rapid and exact identification.

Agar↗
PubMed1982

Method for isolation of gardnerella vaginalis (Haemophilus vaginalis). Characterization of isolates by gas chromatography.

A method for the isolation of Gardnerella vaginalis (Haemophilus vaginalis) is presented. Bacteria isolated from 48-hour cultures grown on human blood agar were identified by means of beta-hemolysis, colony morphology, sensitivity to antimicrobial agents, oxydase and catalase reactions. Thirty-eight clinical isolates and one test strain were examined for fatty acid composition. Hexadecanoic (16:0), octadecenoic (18:1) and octadecanoic (18:0) were the major fatty acids. Also present, but in minor quantities, were myristic (14:0), hexadecenoic (16:1) and octadecadienoic (18:2) acids. Only insignificant differences between isolates could be detected. No hydroxy fatty acids commonly found in gram-negative bacteria were encountered. Gas chromatographic analysis of G. vaginalis revealed a characteristic and relatively simple pattern. The results support the use of the isolation method, which provides conditions highly selective for G. vaginalis.

Chromatography, Gas↗
PubMed1977

Oxidase positive rods from cases of suspected gonorrhoea. A comparison of conventional, gas chromatographic and genetic methods of identification.

Genito-urethral specimens from 3260 women and 1170 men, with ailments suggestive of gonorrhoea, were examined for growth of oxidase positive rodshaped bacteria, as well as of gonococci. Moraxella osloensis was identified in 26 cases (0.64 per cent of women and 0.43 per cent of men). Three patients harboured phenylalanine negative (or weakly reacting) and tryptophan deaminase negative M. phenylpyrouvica and, in three cases, a Flavobacterium species was detected. Among six oropharyngeal specimens from patients suspected of gonorrhoea, two yielded growth of oxidase positive rods, Kingella kingae and Neisseria elongata, respectively, N. gonorrhoeae was isolated from 537 patients, i.e., 12.1 per cent of all cases. The isolates of oxidase positive rods were in most cases completely identified by streptomycin resistance transformation. On this basis, the diagnostic reliability of some morphological and cultural-biochemical tests and gas chromatography was examined. Gas chromatographic analysis of fatty acid and alcohol composition of whole cells proved distinctive of species defined genetically, irrespective of confusing behaviour of some strains in other tests.

Bacteriological Techniques↗
PubMed1976

[Early postnatal overfeeding as an etiopathogenetic factor in adult obesity].

In 114 men and to a less degree in 111 women, significant positive relations were found between the weight gain during the first trimenon of postnatal life and the body weight per body length in adulthood. In contrast, there were not observed any significant relations between birth weight, birth length or weight gain during the second trimenon of postnatal life and the body weight per body length in adulthood. These findings suggest that over-nutrition during the first three months of life may be considered an essential risk factor for the development of obesity and its complications.

Adult↗