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  2. 1. Go with your gut : The human intestinal microbiota, international travel, Campylobacter and ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae

    Author : Christian Kampmann; Hilpi Rautelin; Johan Dicksved; Lars Engstrand; Johan Tham; Johan Ursing; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; travel; travellers´diarrhea; microbiota; Campylobacter; Campylobacter jejuni; ST353CC; colonization resistance; enteritis; infection; Enterobacteriaceae; Christensenellaceae; Lachnospiraceae; whole genome sequence; vegetarian; bacterial resistance; ESBL; Extended spectrum beta-lactamase; probiotics; intestinal decolonization; eradication treatment; Infektionssjukdomar; Infectious Diseases;

    Abstract : Up to 100 million people travel annually from industrialized countries to resource-limited ones. Each traveller contains an internal ecosystem composed of tens of trillions of microbes, known as the intestinal microbiota, which has a large effect on health. READ MORE

  4. 2. Subjective recovery following colorectal cancer treatment

    Author : Ann-Caroline B Johansson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Cancer care; colorectal cancer; fatigue; grounded theory; health-related quality of life; illness perceptions; nursing; partners; path analysis; recovery; self-efficacy; self-reorientation;

    Abstract : As a basis for nursing support for survivors and partners following CRC treatment, the overall aim of the present thesis was to explore the first year of subjective recovery following such treatment. First, the focus was on illness perceptions and self-reorientation in cancer care settings from the survivors’ perspective as well as on cancer care settings and illness perceptions from the partners’ perspective. READ MORE

  5. 3. Colorectal cancer treatment and early response evaluation : how do we best evaluate treatment response?

    Author : Per Byström; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Colorectal cancer; TIMP-1; tumor marker; PET; CEA; CA19-9; TPA; SAA; CRP; prealbumin; HRQoL;

    Abstract : Colorectal cancer (CRC) is common, being responsible for around 12% of new cancers in Sweden, and contributing heavily to the large numbers of cancer deaths yearly. CRC is the second most common cause of cancer death not only in Sweden but also worldwide. READ MORE

  6. 4. Escherichia coli flora and diarrhea in Nicaraguan children

    Author : Daniel Reyes Navarrete; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : A combination of a phenotyping method (PhP typing) for the identification of clonal groups, and a genotyping method (PCR) for the identification of virulent strains of E. coli were used in order to obtain insight into diarrheal disease morbidity and epidemiology of diarrheagenic E. coli strains in children in León, Nicaragua. READ MORE

  7. 5. Children's diarrhea in Hanoi, Vietnam : importance of enteric pathogens

    Author : Vu Trung Nguyen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Diarrhea is one of the leading causes of illnesses and death among children in developing countries, where an estimated 1.3 billion episodes and 4 to 10 million deaths occur each year in children less than 5 years of age. READ MORE