Nicole Mary Megazzini
Physician Assistant
57 UNION ST STE 101 WESTFIELD MA, 01085About
Nicole Megazzini is a physician assistant practicing in WESTFIELD, MA. Nicole specializes in preventing and treating human illness and injury by providing a broad range of care under the supervision of a physician. A physician assistant's work can include physical exams, ordering and interpreting tests, performing procedures and prescribing medication. Often times, they can assist in surgery but the scope of practice can vary according to jurisdiction or health care setting.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Role of Pneumolysin's complement-activating activity during pneumococcal bacteremia in cirrhotic rats.
- Ethanol feeding does not affect the efficacy or pharmacokinetics of azithromycin, trovafloxacin, or ceftriaxone in a rat model of pneumococcal pneumonia.
- Pneumococcal vaccine response in cirrhosis and liver transplantation.
- Effect of cirrhosis on the production and efficacy of pneumococcal capsular antibody in a rat model.
- Neutralizing monoclonal antibodies to Pasteurella haemolytica leukotoxin affinity-purify the toxin from crude culture supernatants.
- Pulmonary recruitment, adherence, and chemotaxis of neutrophils in a rat model of cirrhosis and pneumococcal pneumonia.
- Cloning and expression of a 30 kDa surface antigen of Pasteurella haemolytica.
- Resistance to host immune defense mechanisms afforded by capsular material of Pasteurella haemolytica, serotype 1.
- Chromatographic separation and characterization of Pasteurella haemolytica cytotoxin.
- Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of serum antibodies to Pasteurella haemolytica cytotoxin (leukotoxin) in cattle.
- Cytotoxin (leukotoxin) production by Pasteurella haemolytica: requirement for an iron-containing compound.
- Effect of repeated in vitro transfer of Pasteurella haemolytica A1 on encapsulation, leukotoxin production, and virulence.
- Effect of vaccination with live or killed Pasteurella haemolytica on resistance to experimental bovine pneumonic pasteurellosis.
- Saline-extracted antigens of Pasteurella haemolytica: separation by chromatofocusing, preliminary characterization, and evaluation of immunogenicity.
- Serum neutralization of cytotoxin from Pasteurella haemolytica, serotype 1 and resistance to experimental bovine pneumonic pasteurellosis.
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