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J Telemed Telecare ; 21(5): 254-67, 2015 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25712113

ABSTRACT

The effectiveness of psychological services provided remotely, telepsychology, for the management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) was evaluated. Eleven studies (n = 472 participants) were identified from electronic database searches. Study quality was assessed, with studies characterised by small and underpowered samples. Effect sizes and associated confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated to determine the direction and magnitude of treatment change. Short-term treatment gains were reported for internet and video-based interventions. This included significant medium to large improvements (d range = 0.66-3.22) in cognitive and behavioural symptoms of depression, generalised anxiety and posttraumatic stress. However, the equivalence of telepsychology and face-to-face psychotherapy could not be determined, with few comparative studies available. Both treatment gains and deterioration were noted 1 to 6 months following treatment cessation, although this was based on limited follow-up data. Further larger scale and longitudinal research will help to ascertain the minimum requirements for the management and treatment of PTSD in a technology-supported environment.


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Psychotherapy/methods , Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/therapy , Telemedicine/methods , Cognitive Behavioral Therapy/methods , Humans , Internet , Videoconferencing
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Can J Microbiol ; 44(8): 784-8, 1998 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9830108

ABSTRACT

A gene locus abp was identified immediately upstream of the CAMP factor gene cfu in Streptococcus uberis. An open reading frame capable of coding for a 277-residue protein was identified. On the basis of sequence characteristics, the abp gene product is potentially a polar amino acid and opine binding component of an ATP-binding cassette type (ABC-type) transport system similar to those of Gram-negative bacteria. This membrane protein is likely lipid modified at its amino terminus and was present in five S. uberis strains and one Streptococcus parauberis strain examined.


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ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/genetics , ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/metabolism , Bacterial Proteins/genetics , Bacterial Proteins/metabolism , Carrier Proteins/genetics , Carrier Proteins/metabolism , Genes, Bacterial , Streptococcus/genetics , Streptococcus/metabolism , Amino Acid Sequence , Amino Acid Transport Systems , Base Sequence , DNA, Bacterial/genetics , Gram-Negative Bacteria/genetics , Gram-Negative Bacteria/metabolism , Molecular Sequence Data , Open Reading Frames , Plasmids/genetics , Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
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Infect Immun ; 63(3): 762-9, 1995 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7868245

ABSTRACT

TnphoA transposon insertion mutants of phoN-negative derivatives of Salmonella typhimurium TML (of human gastroenteritic origin) were selected by growing mutagenized recipient bacteria under a variety of growth conditions. Ninety-seven individual mutants, which expressed alkaline phosphatase, were collected and tested for their ability to invade HEp-2 cells. Seven smooth mutants had a reduced ability to invade HEp-2 cells, and three smooth mutants were consistently more invasive than their corresponding parental strains. One rough mutant was of similar invasiveness and two were of reduced invasiveness when compared with that of parental strains. The seven smooth hypoinvasive mutants, the three smooth hyperinvasive mutants, and the three rough mutant strains were tested for their abilities to invade ileal enterocytes by the rabbit ileal invasion assay described previously (3). All smooth mutants exhibited parental levels of invasiveness. The rough mutants were hypoinvasive in the rabbit ileal invasion assay. The HEp-2 system is therefore not a good predictor of behavior in gut tissue in this model. DNA sequences flanking the transposon were determined for five mutants which were hypoinvasive in the HEp-2 cell assay. The mutations were found to be insertions in two previously identified invasion genes, invG and invH, and in a gene not normally associated with invasion, pagC. These observations lead one to be cautious in the interpretation of the biological significance of data obtained from invasion of tissue culture monolayers when extrapolated to gut tissue.


Subject(s)
Gastroenteritis/microbiology , Salmonella typhimurium/genetics , Salmonella typhimurium/pathogenicity , Alkaline Phosphatase/genetics , Animals , Base Sequence , Cells, Cultured , Cloning, Molecular , Cold Temperature , DNA Transposable Elements/genetics , Hot Temperature , Humans , Ileum/microbiology , Ileum/pathology , Intestinal Mucosa/microbiology , Intestinal Mucosa/pathology , Molecular Sequence Data , Mutagenesis, Insertional , Rabbits , Sequence Analysis, DNA , Virulence/genetics
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