Whooping Cough
* Bordetella pertussis (Bordet and Gengou bacillus) Gram-negative bacilli cultivable aerobic.
Contamination is air (infectiousness continues after 3 weeks of the catarrhal phase).
The bacteria are...
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Arginine: protective amino acid
Arginine is a protective amino acid for several reasons:
Role on energetics because arginine:
Is the precursor of creatine, energy support, because once phosphorylated...
Leucine – Isoleucine – Valine: branched amino acids
These branched amino acids dominate in the composition of muscle fibers. Their penetration into the muscle is promoted by insulin. They are necessary for...
HOUSE DESIGN
TECH AND GADGETS
Antiaggregants
1- Indications:
A- Clopidogrel (Plavix):
* Severe arterial disease of lower members
* Ischemic stroke more than 7 days
* Unstable angina, myocardial
B- Persantine:
* Stroke Prevention
* Adjuvant treatment...
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Leucine – Isoleucine – Valine: branched amino acids
These branched amino acids dominate in the composition of muscle fibers. Their penetration into the muscle is promoted by insulin. They are necessary for...
PERFORMANCE TRAINING
Transaminases AST and ALT
Indications:
This is basically to highlight, thanks to the determination of transaminases SGOT and SGPT, cytolysis, whether liver, smooth muscle origin (eg the heart) or...
hCG and β-hCG
Indications:
β-hCG of the assay allows early diagnosis of pregnancy, but mostly ectopic pregnancies.
It also can diagnose secreting tumors, and early detection of trisomy 21...
Viral Infections
1- Herpes:
- Herpes is the leading cause of recurrent erythema multiforme.
- Virus isolation with search cytopathic effect remains the reference method.
Serology is used for...
D-dimer
Indications:
The dosage of D-dimer is an aid in the diagnosis of venous thrombosis formed, phlebitis as pulmonary embolism.
This examination is also useful when in...
Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHA)
Indications:
The test is useful for diagnosis of adrenal hyperandrogenism.
Before prescribing DHEA, we must ensure that the absence of biological cons-indications; consideration, as far as...
HOLIDAY RECIPES
Genital Herpes
* Due to the herpes simplex virus type II in genital tropism. The in utero contamination risk is rare (when primary herpetic infection).
The consequences...
