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Open AccessThe Efficacy and Safety of 14-day Rabeprazole Plus Amoxicillin High Dose Dual Therapy by Comparing to 14-day Rabeprazole-Containing Hybrid Therapy for the Naïve Helicobacter pylori Infection in Taiwan: A Randomized Controlled Trial
High-dose dual therapy (HDDT) can attain acceptable eradication rates provided that the optimal doses, timing and treatment duration are applied. The existing evidence still shows inconsistent reports (< 90%) ...
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Open AccessSulfolane degrading bacteria from petrochemical plant: activated sludge enrichment, isolation and characterization
Sulfolane is extensively used as an extractive solvent in sour-gas processing plants in the petrochemical industry. After repeated use, deteriorated sulfolane becomes corrosive and may leak into the environmen...
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Efficacy and Safety of 7-Day Non-Bismuth Concomitant Quadruple Therapy for First-Line Helicobacter pylori Eradication in the Elderly
Aging may affect the efficacy of Helicobacter pylori eradication. The aim of our study was to assess the efficacy and safety of 7-day non-bismuth concomitant quadruple therapy as a first-line H. pylori infection ...
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Lipid Production and Waste Reutilization Combination Using Yeast Isolate Rhodotorula mucilaginosa LP-2
For transforming the massive amounts of extensive wasted glycerol from the procedure of biodiesels production, oleaginous yeasts were isolated from an activated sludge tank located at a biodiesel manufacturing...
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Environmental microorganism classification using optimized deep learning model
Rapid environmental microorganism (EM) classification under microscopic images would help considerably identify water quality. Because of the development of artificial intelligence, a deep convolutional neural...
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Open AccessEnhancing the compost maturation of swine manure and rice straw by applying bioaugmentation
Microorganisms capable of decomposing cellulose, xylan, starch and protein were individually isolated from swine manure compost and soil in this study. The correlations with pH, carbon source concentration, C/...
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Open AccessThe impact of aspirin on Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess in diabetic patients
In this study, we aimed to investigate the impact of aspirin on the risk of pyogenic liver abscess caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP-PLA) and invasive KP-PLA syndrome (IKPS) in diabetic patients. Diabetic patie...
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Open AccessThe efficacy of limited endoscopic sphincterotomy plus endoscopic papillary large balloon dilation for removal of large bile duct stones
The removal of large bile duct stones (> 15 mm) by conventional endoscopic sphincterotomy (EST) and endoscopic papillary balloon dilation (EPBD) can be challenging, requiring mechanical lithotripsy (ML) in add...
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Open AccessLimited precut sphincterotomy combined with endoscopic papillary balloon dilation for common bile duct stone removal in patients with difficult biliary cannulation
Difficult biliary cannulation in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) can result in failure of common bile duct (CBD) stone removal and pancreatitis. The present study aimed to report the effi...
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Open AccessPredicting risk factors for rebleeding, infections, mortality following peptic ulcer bleeding in patients with cirrhosis and the impact of antibiotics prophylaxis at different clinical stages of the disease
Infections in cirrhotic patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding are a common event causing severe complication and mortality. This study aimed to identify risk factors that may predict rebleeding, bacter...
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Open AccessThe effects of endoscopic-guided balloon dilations in esophageal and gastric strictures caused by corrosive injuries
Esophageal stricture (ES) and gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) can occurred in patients injured by the ingestion of corrosive agents. These complications may occur concurrently but has not been reported in the...
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Open AccessIntravenous non-high-dose pantoprazole is equally effective as high-dose pantoprazole in preventing rebleeding among low risk patients with a bleeding peptic ulcer after initial endoscopic hemostasis
Many studies have shown that high-dose proton-pumps inhibitors (PPI) do not further reduce the rate of rebleeding compared to non-high-dose PPIs but we do not know whether intravenous non-high-dose PPIs reduce...
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Purple nonsulfur bacteria diversity in activated sludge and its potential phosphorus-accumulating ability under different cultivation conditions
This study investigates the diversity and the potential phosphorus-accumulating ability among the purple nonsulfur (PNS) bacteria. Traditional methods and molecular biotechniques were applied. Microscopic visu...
