Revista medico-chirurgicală̆ a Societă̆ţ̜ii de Medici ş̧i Naturaliş̧ti din Iaş̧i
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Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi · Oct 2010
[MecA and pvl genes detection in Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from lower respiratory tract infections].
Although community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia with highly virulent Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-positive strains, a severe disease with significant lethality, is rare, especially in adult and adolescent patients, recent reports highlight that these infections are on the rise. On the other hand, methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) is one of the high-risk and potential multi-drug resistant microorganisms. ⋯ Glicopeptides and linezolid are therapeutic options indicated in the treatment of staphylococcal pneumonia produced either by MRSA strains or pvl positive S. aureus strains.
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Tamoxifen is a non-steroid antiestrogen, used as adjuvant therapy for breast carcinoma in women with positive estrogen receptor (ER+). In this report we evaluated endometrial histological changes in women treated with Tamoxifen for ER+ breast carcinoma. ⋯ Endometrial pathology was more likely to be diagnosed in gynecological symptomatic postmenopausal and premenopausal women with breast carcinoma treated with Tamoxifen. Therefore, it is necessary that these patients to be supervise, first, with transvaginal ultrasonography for endometrium, and after, with biopsy of endometrium. All patients on long-term Tamoxifen therapy should be annually screened by endometrial biopsy for endometrial pathology.
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Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi · Oct 2010
Historical Article[Roman medical instruments from Lower Moesia].
To elucidate the evolution of society over time, ancient medicine is a very interesting and important researching field. Archaeological discoveries, such as the objects described by this article, but other ancient sources, also, are able to provide a complex framework of medical practice in Roman times. ⋯ Most likely, we have a mixed medical kit with tools used in general medicine, surgery, in preparation of the pharmaceutical treatments, but very possible, also, in cosmetic practices. Publication of these archaeological materials is, in addition to an extra page in the history of ancient medicine, a pretext for stepping up in a research field that, in other regions of the former Roman Empire, it is a great interest for researchers.