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Assessment of VITEK® MS IVD database V3.0 for identification of Nocardia spp. using two culture media and comparing direct smear and protein extraction procedures
We assessed the performance of the VITEK® MS IVD V3.0 matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization - time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-ToF MS) V3.0 database for the identification of Nocardia spp. as compare...
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Homeless women with schizophrenia reported lower adherence to their medication than men: results from the French Housing First experience
The aim of this study was to investigate the factors associated with non-adherence to medication in a large multi-center sample of homeless schizophrenia (HSZ) patients.
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Open AccessRelevance of a subjective quality of life questionnaire for long-term homeless persons with schizophrenia
Increasing numbers of programs are addressing the specific needs of homeless people with schizophrenia in terms of access to housing, healthcare, basic human rights and other domains. Although quality of life ...
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Open AccessValidation of the Medication Adherence Rating Scale in homeless patients with schizophrenia: Results from the French Housing First experience
The Medication Adherence Rating Scale (MARS) is one of the most widely used measurements of adherence in schizophrenia (SZ), but there is no available data regarding its psychometric properties in homeless SZ ...
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Comparison of MALDI-TOF MS and AFLP for strain ty** of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli
Ty** of bacterial isolates using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) potentially provides an efficient on-site method to monitor the spread of antibiot...
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Rapid urine preparation prior to identification of uropathogens by MALDI-TOF MS
Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-ToF MS) has been introduced in clinical routine microbiology laboratories. For the rapid diagnosis of urinary tract infection...
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Discrimination of Aspergillus lentulus from Aspergillus fumigatus by Raman spectroscopy and MALDI-TOF MS
In 2005, a new sibling species of Aspergillus fumigatus was discovered: Aspergillus lentulus. Both species can cause invasive fungal disease in immune-compromised patients. The species are morphologically very si...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Cellulose and β-Glucan Synthesis in Saprolegnia
The biological and physiological properties of fungal cell walls reside in their chemical composition and also in the mode of spatial arrangement of the individual polymers in the wall. The general organizatio...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Glucan Synthases and Cell-Wall Regeneration in Fungal Protoplasts
Protoplasts from filamentous fungi exhibit a very efficient capacity to regenerate a new cell-wall and to revert to normal colonies. The entire process takes place in about 24 h. These properties led us to use...