Predicting outcomes in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury undergoing intermittent hemodialysis - A retrospective cohort analysis (Publications)
Purpose: Despite advances in the management of critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (AKI), the prognosis is poor. The evidence base on risk factors for poor outcomes in these patients is s
Effect of physical activity on heart rate variability in normal weight, overweight and obese subjects: results from the SAPALDIA study (Publications)
Many studies have demonstrated an association of both a sedentary lifestyle and a high body mass index (BMI) with greater risk for cardiovascular disease. Within the prospective SAPALDIA cohort (Swiss
<em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> transmission in a country with low tuberculosis incidence: role of immigration and HIV infection (Publications)
Immigrants from high-burden countries and HIV-coinfected individuals are risk groups for tuberculosis (TB) in countries with low TB incidence. Therefore, we studied their role in transmission of Mycob
Analysis of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> var genes expressed in children from Papua New Guinea (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The variable antigen P. falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein-1 (PfEMP1) is a major virulence factor in malaria. A large number of var genes encode PfEMP1, and we hypothesized that a res
Effect of mutation and genetic background on drug resistance in <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> (Publications)
Bacterial factors may contribute to the global emergence and spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB). Only a few studies have reported on the interactions between different bacterial factors. We st
Didemnidines A and B, indole spermidine alkaloids from the New Zealand ascidian <em>Didemnum</em> sp (Publications)
Two new indole spermidine alkaloids, didemnidines A (1) and B (2), have been isolated from the New Zealand ascidian Didemnum sp. The structures of the metabolites, determined by analysis of 2D NMR spe
