Introduction - This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of salicylate (Aspisol®; Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany) and chloroquine on preventing cartilage damage in septic arthritis. Methods - A septic arthritis model was created by inoculating the knee joint of young rabbits (n=21) with ...
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Eren, A.; Ugutmen, E.; Özkan, K.; Turhan, Y.; Ecevİz, E.; Cİllİ, F.
Publisher
Springer SBM, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Citation
Advances in Therapy, 2008, 25, 2, pp 133-142
Propionibacterium acnes and coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are opportunistic pathogens implicated in prosthetic joint and fracture fixation device-related infections. The purpose of this study was to determine whether P. acnes and the CoNS species Staphylococcus lugdunensis, isolated from...
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Gahukamble, A. D.; McDowell, A.; Post, V.; Varela, J. S.; Rochford, E. T. J.; Richards, R. G.; Patrick, S.; Moriarty, T. F.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Washington, USA
Citation
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2014, 52, 5, pp 1595-1606
Pasteurella multocida is the causative agent of numerous relevant diseases worldwide like hemorraghic septicemia in cattle and buffaloes, enzootic bronchopneumonia in cattle and sheep, fowl cholera, snuffles in rabbit, atrophic rhinitis in swine. Human infections with P. multocida predominantly...
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Ivana, S.; Caplan, M. E.; Bogdan, A. T.; Caplan, D. M.; Ipate, I.; Bărăităreanu, S.; Ioniță, C.; Ioniță, L.; Popescu, A. N.
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Universitatea de Științe Agronomice și Medicină Veterinară București, București, Romania
Citation
Scientific Works - University of Agronomical Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest Series C, Veterinary Medicine, 2010, 56, 3/4, pp 180-185
The beneficial effects of therapy combining an antibiotic and dexamethasone have been reported in human studies on meningitis and in experimental studies on septic arthritis, nephritis, and endophthalmitis. Since most patients with staphylococcal endocarditis need a combination of medical and...
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Siaperas, P.; Pefanis, A.; Iliopoulos, D.; Katsarolis, I.; Kyroudi-Voulgari, A.; Donta, I.; Karayiannakos, P.; Giamarellou, H.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Washington, USA
Citation
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2001, 45, 12, pp 3531-3537
The ability of polysulfated glycosaminoglycans (PSGAG) to inhibit the complement cascade was evaluated. Inhibition of the complement cascade by PSGAG could explain why intra- articularly administered PSGAG diminish diarthrodial joint inflammation and potentiate septic arthritis in horses....
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Rashmir-Raven, A. M.; Coyne, C. P.; Fenwick, B. W.; Gaughan, E. M.; Andrews, G. A.; DeBowes, R. M.
Citation
American Journal of Veterinary Research, 1992, 53, 1, pp 87-90
Inoculation of approx. 1 X 108 yeast phase Candida albicans into the supra-patellar bursae of rabbits produced a septic synovitis. Effusions began to develop in the second week after inoculation, and were maximal in the third and fourth week, subsiding to a chronic synovial pannus with cartilage...
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Hollingsworth, J. W.; Carr, J.
Citation
Sabouraudia, 1973, 11, 1, pp 56-58
On the basis of an immunological assay method developed with the Boivin endotoxin of E. coli 0: 113, the behaviour of this endotoxin and its antigenic component was studied in rabbits with septic arthritis produced by a single inoculation of this strain of E. coli into the knee. Somatic antigen was ...
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Braude, A. L.; Jones, J. L.; Douglas, H.
Citation
Journal of Immunology, 1963, 90, pp 297-311
Caprine arthritis-encephalitis is a fatal, widespread multisystemic inflammatory disease which is responsible for major production loss in goats. The...
Bacteria belonging to the genus Yersinia are widely distributed in the environment. Some species are foodborne pathogens that cause gastroenteritis,...
E. coli is a Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic rod that is part of the normal intestinal flora and grows easily in most culture media. E. coli is...