CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCTION AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CARBAPENEM-RESISTANT KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE IN WESTERN CHONGQING, CHINA

Carbapenemase Production and Epidemiological Characteristics of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in Western Chongqing, China

BackgroundThis study here aimed to determine the molecular characteristics of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) isolates in a hospital in western Chongqing, southwestern China.MethodsA total of 127 unique CRKP isolates were collected from the Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, identified using a VITEK-2 compact syst

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Time-Universal Data Compression

Nowadays, a variety of data-compressors (or archivers) is available, each of which has its merits, and it is impossible to single out the best ones.Thus, one faces the problem of choosing the best method to compress a given file, and this problem is more important the larger is the file.It seems natural to try all the compressors and then choose th

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Upregulation of glycosaminoglycan synthesis by Neurotropin in nucleus pulposus cells via stimulation of chondroitin sulfate N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 1: A new approach to attenuation of intervertebral disc degeneration.

It is suggested that most cases of low back pain are related to degeneration of intervertebral discs.Disc degeneration is a chronic and progressive here disease and the search for effective medical treatments continues.Neurotropin is widely used in Japan and China to treat low back pain and neck-shoulder-arm syndrome.The present study aimed to inve

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