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Braz. j. med. biol. res ; 49(9): e5319, 2016. tab, graf
Article in English | LILACS | ID: biblio-951695

ABSTRACT

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a disabling condition resulting in deficits of sensory and motor functions, and has no effective treatment. Considering that protocols with stem cell transplantation and treadmill training have shown promising results, the present study evaluated the effectiveness of stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth (SHEDs) transplantation combined with treadmill training in rats with experimental spinal cord injury. Fifty-four Wistar rats were spinalized using NYU impactor. The rats were randomly distributed into 5 groups: Sham (laminectomy with no SCI, n=10); SCI (laminectomy followed by SCI, n=12); SHEDs (SCI treated with SHEDs, n=11); TT (SCI treated with treadmill training, n=11); SHEDs+TT (SCI treated with SHEDs and treadmill training; n=10). Treatment with SHEDs alone or in combination with treadmill training promoted functional recovery, reaching scores of 15 and 14, respectively, in the BBB scale, being different from the SCI group, which reached 11. SHEDs treatment was able to reduce the cystic cavity area and glial scar, increase neurofilament. Treadmill training alone had no functional effectiveness or tissue effects. In a second experiment, the SHEDs transplantation reduced the TNF-α levels in the cord tissue measured 6 h after the injury. Contrary to our hypothesis, treadmill training either alone or in combination, caused no functional improvement. However, SHEDs showed to be neuroprotective, by the reduction of TNF-α levels, the cystic cavity and the glial scar associated with the improvement of motor function after SCI. These results provide evidence that grafted SHEDs might be an effective therapy to spinal cord lesions, with possible anti-inflammatory action.


Subject(s)
Humans , Animals , Male , Physical Conditioning, Animal/methods , Spinal Cord Injuries/therapy , Stem Cell Transplantation/methods , Dental Pulp/cytology , Exercise Therapy/methods , Time Factors , Tooth Exfoliation , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay , Random Allocation , Treatment Outcome , Rats, Wistar , Combined Modality Therapy , Recovery of Function , Flow Cytometry , Locomotion
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Braz. j. med. biol. res ; 45(1): 49-57, Jan. 2012. ilus
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-610545

ABSTRACT

Cell transplantation is a promising experimental treatment for spinal cord injury. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of mononuclear cells from human umbilical cord blood in promoting functional recovery when transplanted after a contusion spinal cord injury. Female Wistar rats (12 weeks old) were submitted to spinal injury with a MASCIS impactor and divided into 4 groups: control, surgical control, spinal cord injury, and one cell-treated lesion group. Mononuclear cells from umbilical cord blood of human male neonates were transplanted in two experiments: a) 1 h after surgery, into the injury site at a concentration of 5 x 10(6) cells diluted in 10 µL 0.9 percent NaCl (N = 8-10 per group); b) into the cisterna magna, 9 days after lesion at a concentration of 5 x 10(6) cells diluted in 150 µL 0.9 percent NaCl (N = 12-14 per group). The transplanted animals were immunosuppressed with cyclosporin-A (10 mg/kg per day). The BBB scale was used to evaluate motor behavior and the injury site was analyzed with immunofluorescent markers to label human transplanted cells, oligodendrocytes, neurons, and astrocytes. Spinal cord injury rats had 25 percent loss of cord tissue and cell treatment did not affect lesion extension. Transplanted cells survived in the injured area for 6 weeks after the procedure and both transplanted groups showed better motor recovery than the untreated ones (P < 0.05). The transplantation of mononuclear cells from human umbilical cord blood promoted functional recovery with no evidence of cell differentiation.


Subject(s)
Animals , Female , Humans , Rats , Fetal Blood/cytology , Leukocytes, Mononuclear/transplantation , Spinal Cord Injuries/surgery , Cell Differentiation , Nerve Regeneration , Rats, Wistar , Recovery of Function , Transplantation, Heterologous
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Rev. argent. microbiol ; 42(3): 193-198, jul.-set. 2010. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-634657

ABSTRACT

Según estudios previos, el nuevo carbapeneme doripenem sería más activo frente a Pseudomonas aeruginosa en comparación con otros carbapenemes. En este estudio evaluamos la actividad in vitro del doripenem, el meropenem y el imipenem frente a 93 aislamientos de P. aeruginosa mediante los métodos de dilución en agar y de difusión con discos. Las CIM50 y CIM90 de los carbapenemes fueron (μg/ml): imipenem, 4 y 8; meropenem, 2 y 8; doripenem, 2 y 4, respectivamente. El doripenem fue 1 a 3 diluciones más activo que el imipenem para un 82% de los aislamientos. Comparado con el meropenem, el doripenem fue, 1-3 diluciones más activo frente a un 50% de los aislamientos, mientras que en el 49% la CIM fue la misma. Los porcentajes de resistencia según los métodos de dilución y de difusión fueron: imipenem = 7,5%/49,5% y meropenem = 3,2%/9,7%. Para el doripenem, estos valores variaron según los puntos de corte (PC) que se consideraron: 1,1%/2,2% usando el PC del CLSI para el imipenem y el meropenem, o 1,1%/17,2% según los PC sugeridos por Brown et al. El método de difusión presentó un elevado porcentaje de errores menores en la categorización de los aislamientos respecto de la dilución en agar, lo que sobrestimó la resistencia. El doripenem mostró muy buena actividad frente a P. aeruginosa, superior a la del imipenem y al menos equiparable a la del meropenem, por lo que puede considerarse una interesante opción para el tratamiento de infecciones por esta bacteria.


Doripenem, a new carbapenem, has shown to be more active against Pseudomonas aeruginosa than other carbapenems. The activity of doripenem, imipenem and meropenem was evaluated against 93 P. aeruginosa isolates, by agar dilution and disk diffusion methods. MIC50 and MIC90 were as follows (μg/ml): doripenem, 2 and 4; meropenem, 2 and 8; and imipenem, 4 and 8, respectively. Doripenem MICs were 1 to 3 dilutions lower (i.e. more active) than those for imipenem in 82% of the isolates. In comparison with meropenem, doripenem was 1 to 3 dilutions more active in 50% of the isolates. Forty-nine percent of isolates showed the same MIC for both antibiotics. Resistance percentages for both methods were (dilution/diffusion): imipenem = 7.5%/49.5% and meropenem = 3.2%/9.7%. As the CLSI has not established cut off values for doripenem yet, resistance rates for this antibiotic were estimated by considering (a) the same cut off values for imipenem/meropenem set up by the CLSI, and (b) those suggested by Brown et al. In case (a), resistance rates would be 1.1%/2.2% whereas in case (b) 1.1%/17.2% for agar dilution and disk diffusion, respectively. In scenarios where resistance to carbapenem is based on mechanisms other than carbapenemases, doripenem has a promising future for treating P. aeruginosa infections.


Subject(s)
Carbapenems/pharmacology , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/drug effects
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Rev. argent. microbiol ; 37(1): 57-66, ene.-mar. 2005. ilus, tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-634489

ABSTRACT

En este documento se elaboraron una serie de recomendaciones para el ensayo, lectura, interpretación e informe de las pruebas de sensibilidad a los antimicrobianos para las enterobacterias aisladas con mayor frecuencia de especímenes clínicos. Se adoptaron como base las recomendaciones del National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) de los EEUU, los de la subcomisión de Antimicrobianos, de la Sociedad Argentina de Bacteriología Clínica (SADEBAC), división de la Asociación Argentina de Microbiología (AAM) y de un grupo de expertos invitados. En él se indican las resistencias naturales de los diferentes miembros que integran la familia Enterobacteriaceae y se analiza la actividad de las diferentes beta-lactamasas cromosómicas, propias de cada especie, sobre las penicilinas, cefalosporinas y carbapenemes. Se recomiendan los antimicrobianos que se deberían ensayar, ubicados estratégicamente, para detectar los mecanismos de resistencia más frecuentes y cuales se deberían informar de acuerdo a la especie aislada, el sitio de infección y el origen de la cepa (intra o extrahospitalario). Se detallan los métodos de "screening" y de confirmación fenotipíca para detectar beta-lactamasas de espectro extendido (BLEE) que son más adecuados a nuestra realidad. Por último, se mencionan patrones infrecuentes de sensibilidad/resistencia que deberían verificarse y los perfiles de sensibilidad que pueden hallarse en las distintas enterobacterias en relación con los probables mecanismos de resistencia. Se debe resaltar que el contenido de este documento debe ser considerado como recomendaciones realizadas por expertos argentinos basadas en una revisión de la literatura y datos personales.


Taking into account previous recommendations from the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS), the Antimicrobial Committee, Sociedad Argentina de Bacteriología Clínica (SADEBAC), Asociación Argentina de Microbiología (AAM), and the experience from its members and some invited microbiologists, a consensus was obtained for antimicrobial susceptibility testing and interpretation in most frequent enterobacterial species isolated from clinical samples in our region. This document describes the natural antimicrobial resistance of some Enterobacteriaceae family members, including the resistance profiles due to their own chromosomal encoded beta-lactamases. A list of the antimicrobial agents that should be tested, their position on the agar plates, in order to detect the most frequent antimicrobial resistance mechanisms, and considerations on which antimicrobial agents should be reported regarding to the infection site and patient characteristics are included. Also, a description on appropriate phenotypic screening and confirmatory test for detection of prevalent extended spectrum beta-lactamases in our region are presented. Finally, a summary on frequent antimicrobial susceptibility profiles and their probably associated resistance mechanisms, and some infrequent antimicrobial resistance profiles that deserve confirmation are outlined.


Subject(s)
Humans , Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , Enterobacteriaceae/drug effects , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Bacterial Proteins/analysis , Drug Resistance , Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial , Enterobacteriaceae Infections/drug therapy , Enterobacteriaceae Infections/microbiology , Enterobacteriaceae/enzymology , Enterobacteriaceae/isolation & purification , Microbial Sensitivity Tests/economics , Microbial Sensitivity Tests/methods , Microbial Sensitivity Tests/standards , Phenotype , Quality Control , beta-Lactamases/analysis
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Rev. argent. microbiol ; 35(1): 29-40, ene.-mar. 2003.
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-356646

ABSTRACT

El antibiograma por difusión en agar con discos se encuentra ampliamente difundido en nuestro medio y se basa primariamente en las recomendaciones del National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS). En este documento se elaboraron una serie de recomendaciones para el ensayo, lectura, interpretación e informe de las pruebas de sensibilidad a los antimicrobianos en cocos gram-positivos, adaptadas a la realidad argentina. En esta primera etapa se redactaron las consideraciones generales para la realización de la prueba por difusión, los controles de calidad internos para todos los microorganismos y una actualización sobre las pruebas de sensibilidad en cocos gram-positivos. Se debe resaltar que el contenido de este documento debe ser considerado como recomendaciones realizadas por expertos argentinos y que son el resultado de reuniones de consenso organizadas por la Subcomisión de Antimicrobianos de la Sociedad Argentina de Bacteriología Clínica, división de la Asociación Argentina de Microbiología. Se formó un equipo de trabajo integrado por expertos en antimicrobianos y a partir de una propuesta inicial, basada en una revisión de la literatura se fueron elaborando diversos documentos de trabajo que fueron mejorados después de ser debatidos por los miembros del grupo de trabajo hasta llegar al documento final. El criterio general fue elaborar recomendaciones acordes a las necesidades de nuestro país que puedan utilizarse en la práctica diaria con el objeto de colaborar en la adecuada elección del tratamiento antibiótico según la especie bacteriana aislada y la localización de la infección.


Subject(s)
Argentina , Enterococcus , Gram-Positive Cocci , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Staphylococcus , Streptococcus
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Rev. argent. microbiol ; 27(4): 204-9, 1995 Oct-Dec.
Article in Spanish | LILACS-Express | LILACS, BINACIS | ID: biblio-1171653

ABSTRACT

Detection of pyrrolidonyl-aryl-amidase activity (PYR) is an important tool to identify gram-positive cocci, such as staphylococci, enterococci, streptococci, and other related genera. However, only few studies evaluating its usefulness with gram-negative rods have been published. Thus, a prospective study including 542 and 215 unique clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae and non-fermentative gram-negative rods, respectively, was undertaken. Strains were identified by conventional methods. PYR test was performed using a commercial kit, according to the manufacturer recommendations. Positive results were uniformly obtained for the PYR test with the following species: Citrobacter spp, Klebsiella spp, Enterobacter aerogenes, Enterobacter agglomerans group, Serratia marcescens and S. odorifera. On the other hand, negative results were uniformly displayed by E. coli (including inactive E. coli), Protease group, Salmonellia spp, Shigella spp, Acinetobacter spp, Burkholderia (Pseudomonas) cepacia and Flavobacterium spp. Variable results were shown in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Stenotrophomonas (xanthomonas) malthophilia, Kluyvera cryocrescens, and Enterobacter cloacae. PYR test proved to be a reliable and simple tool to rapidly distinguish certain species belonging to Enterobacteriaceae (ie. Citrobacter freundii from Salmonella spp, and inactive E. coli from K. ozaenae). Further studies, including a wide diversity of species, are required to assess usefulness of the PYR test for the identification of non-fermentative gram-negative rods.

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