Dark Matter Structures in the Universe: Prospects for Optical Astronomy in the Next Decade (2009)
Marshall, P. J., Auger, M., Bartlett, J. G., Bradac, M., Cooray, A., Dalal, N., ...
The Cold Dark Matter theory of gravitationally-driven hierarchical structure formation has earned its status as a paradigm by explaining the distribution of matter over large spans of cosmic distance...
M. Douspis, J. G. Bartlett, A. Blanchard, M. Le Dour
Concerning parameter estimation using the cosmic microwave
Making maps from Planck LFI 30 GHz data with asymmetric beams and cooler noise (2009)
Baccigalupi, C., Bartlett, J. G., Borrill, J., Cantalupo, C., De Gasperis, G., ...
The PLANCK satellite will observe the full sky at nine frequencies from 30 to 857 GHz. Temperature and polarization frequency maps made from these observations are prime deliverables of the PLANCK...
Making maps from Planck LFI 30 GHz data with asymmetric beams and cooler noise (2009)
Ashdown, M. A. J., Baccigalupi, C., Bartlett, J. G., Borrill, J., Cantalupo, C., De Gasperis, G., ...
Making Maps from Planck LFI 30GHz Data with Asymmetric Beams and Cooler Noise (2008)
Ashdown, M. A. J., Baccigalupi, C., Bartlett, J. G., Borrill, J., Cantalupo, C., De Gasperis, G., ...
The Planck satellite will observe the full sky at nine frequencies from 30 to 857 GHz. The goal of this paper is to examine the effects of four realistic instrument systematics in the 30 GHz...
An SZ/X-ray galaxy cluster model and the X-ray follow-up of the Planck clusters (2008)
Chamballu, A., Bartlett, J. G., Arnaud, M.
Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) cluster surveys will become an important cosmological tool over next few years, and it will be essential to relate these new surveys to cluster surveys in other wavebands. We...
The Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Power Spectrum measured by Archeops (2007)
Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...
We present a determination by the Archeops experiment of the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background anisotropy in 16 bins over the multipole range l=15-350. Archeops was conceived...
The Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Power Spectrum measured by Archeops (2007)
Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...
We present a determination by the Archeops experiment of the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background anisotropy in 16 bins over the multipole range l=15-350. Archeops was conceived...
The Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Power Spectrum measured by Archeops (2007)
Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...
We present a determination by the Archeops experiment of the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background anisotropy in 16 bins over the multipole range l=15-350. Archeops was conceived...
Making maps from Planck LFI 30GHz data (2007)
Ashdown, M. A. J., Baccigalupi, C., Balbi, A., Bartlett, J. G., Borrill, J., Cantalupo, C., ...
This paper is one of a series describing the performance and accuracy of map-making codes as assessed by the Planck CTP working group. We compare the performance of multiple codes written by...
Archeops In-flight Performance, Data Processing and Map Making (2007)
Macias-Perez, J.F., Lagache, G., Maffei, B., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., ...
Archeops is a balloon--borne experiment widely inspired by the Planck satellite and by its High Frequency Instrument (HFI). It is mainly dedicated to measure the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)...
Archeops In-flight Performance, Data Processing and Map Making (2007)
Macias-Perez, J.F., Lagache, G., Maffei, B., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., ...
Archeops is a balloon--borne experiment widely inspired by the Planck satellite and by its High Frequency Instrument (HFI). It is mainly dedicated to measure the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)...
Archeops In-flight Performance, Data Processing and Map Making (2007)
Macias-Perez, J.F., Lagache, G., Maffei, B., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., ...
Archeops is a balloon--borne experiment widely inspired by the Planck satellite and by its High Frequency Instrument (HFI). It is mainly dedicated to measure the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)...
Making sky maps from Planck data (2007)
Ashdown, M. A. J., Baccigalupi, C., Balbi, A., Bartlett, J.G., Borrill, J., Cantalupo, C., ...
We compare the performance of multiple codes written by different groups for making polarized maps from Planck-sized, all-sky cosmic microwave background (CMB) data. Three of the codes are based on a...
Making sky maps from Planck data (2007)
Ashdown, M. A. J., Baccigalupi, C., Balbi, A., Bartlett, J.G., Borrill, J., Cantalupo, C., ...
We compare the performance of multiple codes written by different groups for making polarized maps from Planck-sized, all-sky cosmic microwave background (CMB) data. Three of the codes are based on a...
Making sky maps from Planck data (2007)
Ashdown, M. A. J., Baccigalupi, C., Balbi, A., Bartlett, J.G., Borrill, J., Cantalupo, C., ...
We compare the performance of multiple codes written by different groups for making polarized maps from Planck-sized, all-sky cosmic microwave background (CMB) data. Three of the codes are based on a...
Cosmological constraints from Archeops (2007)
Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...
We analyze the cosmological constraints that Archeops places on adiabatic cold dark matter models with passive power-law initial fluctuations. Because its angular power spectrum has small bins in l...
Cosmological constraints from Archeops (2007)
Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...
We analyze the cosmological constraints that Archeops places on adiabatic cold dark matter models with passive power-law initial fluctuations. Because its angular power spectrum has small bins in l...
Cosmological constraints from Archeops (2007)
Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...
We analyze the cosmological constraints that Archeops places on adiabatic cold dark matter models with passive power-law initial fluctuations. Because its angular power spectrum has small bins in l...
Making sky maps from Planck data (2007)
Ashdown, M. A. J., Baccigalupi, C., Balbi, A., Bartlett, J. G., Borrill, J., Cantalupo, C., ...
Aims. We compare the performance of multiple codes written by different groups for making polarized maps from Planck-sized, all-sky cosmic microwave background (CMB) data. Three of the codes are...
Making Maps from Planck LFI 30GHz Data (2007)
Ashdown, M. A. J., Baccigalupi, C., Balbi, A., Bartlett, J.G., Borrill, J., Cantalupo, C., ...
This paper is one of a series describing the performance and accuracy of map-making codes as assessed by the Planck CTP working group. We compare the performance of multiple codes written by...
Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization (2007)
Cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy is our richest source of cosmological information; the standard cosmological model was largely established thanks to study of the temperature...
Making Maps from Planck LFI 30GHz Data (2007)
Ashdown, M. A. J., Baccigalupi, C., Balbi, A., Bartlett, J. G., Borrill, J., Cantalupo, C., ...
This paper is one of a series describing the performance and accuracy of map-making codes as assessed by the Planck CTP working group. We compare the performance of multiple codes written by...
Catalog Extraction in SZ Cluster Surveys: a matched filter approach (2007)
Bartlett, J.G., Delabrouille, J.
We present a method based on matched multifrequency filters for extracting cluster catalogs from Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) surveys. We evaluate its performance in terms of completeness, contamination...
We discuss the angular correlation function of Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ)-detected galaxy clusters as a cosmological probe. As a projection of the real-space cluster correlation function, the angular...
Vauclair, S.C., Blanchard, A., Sadat, R., Bartlett, J.G., Bernard, J-P., Boer, M., ...
The evolution with redshift of the temperature-luminosity relation of X-ray galaxy clusters is a key ingredient to break degeneracies in the interpretation of X-ray clusters redshift number counts....
Goodness-of-fit statistics and CMB data sets (2007)
Douspis, M., Bartlett, J. G., Blanchard, A.
Application of a Goodness-of-fit (GOF) statistic is an essential element in parameter estimation. We discuss the computation of GOF when estimating parameters from anisotropy measurements of the...
Vauclair, S.C., Blanchard, A., Sadat, R., Bartlett, J.G., Bernard, J-P., Boer, M., ...
The evolution with redshift of the temperature-luminosity relation of X-ray galaxy clusters is a key ingredient to break degeneracies in the interpretation of X-ray clusters redshift number counts....
We discuss the angular correlation function of Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ)-detected galaxy clusters as a cosmological probe. As a projection of the real-space cluster correlation function, the angular...
Goodness-of-fit statistics and CMB data sets (2007)
Douspis, M., Bartlett, J. G., Blanchard, A.
Application of a Goodness-of-fit (GOF) statistic is an essential element in parameter estimation. We discuss the computation of GOF when estimating parameters from anisotropy measurements of the...
Vauclair, S.C., Blanchard, A., Sadat, R., Bartlett, J.G., Bernard, J-P., Boer, M., ...
The evolution with redshift of the temperature-luminosity relation of X-ray galaxy clusters is a key ingredient to break degeneracies in the interpretation of X-ray clusters redshift number counts....
We discuss the angular correlation function of Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ)-detected galaxy clusters as a cosmological probe. As a projection of the real-space cluster correlation function, the angular...
Goodness-of-fit statistics and CMB data sets (2007)
Douspis, M., Bartlett, J. G., Blanchard, A.
Application of a Goodness-of-fit (GOF) statistic is an essential element in parameter estimation. We discuss the computation of GOF when estimating parameters from anisotropy measurements of the...
Making sky maps from Planck data (2007)
Ashdown, M. A. J., Baccigalupi, C., Balbi, A., Bartlett, J. G., Borrill, J., Cantalupo, C., ...
Making maps from Planck LFI 30 GHz data (2007)
Ashdown, M. A. J., Baccigalupi, C., Balbi, A., Bartlett, J. G., Borrill, J., Cantalupo, C., ...
The XMM--NEWTON Omega Project: I. The X-ray Luminosity - Temperature Relation at z>0.4 (2006)
H. Lumb, D., Bartlett, J.G., Romer, A.K., Blanchard, A., Burke, D.J., Collins, C.A., ...
We describe XMM-Newton Guaranteed Time observations of a sample of eight high redshift (0.45 < z < 0.62) clusters. The goal of these observations was to measure the luminosity and the temperature of...
Cosmological constraints from a 2D SZ catalog (2006)
We perform a Fisher matrix analysis to quantify cosmological constraints obtainable from a 2-dimensional Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) cluster catalog using the counts and the angular correlation function....
The XMM--NEWTON Omega Project: I. The X-ray Luminosity - Temperature Relation at z>0.4 (2006)
H. Lumb, D., Bartlett, J.G., Romer, A.K., Blanchard, A., Burke, D.J., Collins, C.A., ...
We describe XMM-Newton Guaranteed Time observations of a sample of eight high redshift (0.45 < z < 0.62) clusters. The goal of these observations was to measure the luminosity and the temperature of...
Cosmological constraints from a 2D SZ catalog (2006)
We perform a Fisher matrix analysis to quantify cosmological constraints obtainable from a 2-dimensional Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) cluster catalog using the counts and the angular correlation function....
The XMM--NEWTON Omega Project: I. The X-ray Luminosity - Temperature Relation at z>0.4 (2006)
H. Lumb, D., Bartlett, J.G., Romer, A.K., Blanchard, A., Burke, D.J., Collins, C.A., ...
We describe XMM-Newton Guaranteed Time observations of a sample of eight high redshift (0.45 < z < 0.62) clusters. The goal of these observations was to measure the luminosity and the temperature of...
Cosmological constraints from a 2D SZ catalog (2006)
We perform a Fisher matrix analysis to quantify cosmological constraints obtainable from a 2-dimensional Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) cluster catalog using the counts and the angular correlation function....
SZ Surveys are Coming: What should we do? (2006)
Galaxy clusters furnish extremely rich information on the contents and structure of our universe. The potential of galaxy cluster studies to constrain dark energy, for example, motivates a number of...
Making sky maps from Planck data (2006)
Ashdown, M. A. J., Baccigalupi, C., Balbi, A., Bartlett, J. G., Borrill, J., Cantalupo, C., ...
We compare the performance of multiple codes written by different groups for making polarized maps from Planck-sized, all-sky cosmic microwave background (CMB) data. Three of the codes are based on a...
Point Source Confusion in SZ Cluster Surveys (2006)
We examine the effect of point source confusion on cluster detection in Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) surveys. A filter matched to the spatial and spectral characteristics of the SZ signal optimally...
Catalog Extraction in SZ Cluster Surveys: a matched filter approach (2006)
Bartlett, J. G., Delabrouille, J.
We present a method based on matched multifrequency filters for extracting cluster catalogs from Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) surveys. We evaluate its performance in terms of completeness, contamination...
Catalog Extraction in SZ Cluster Surveys: a matched filter approach (2006)
Bartlett, J.G., Delabrouille, J.
We present a method based on matched multifrequency filters for extracting cluster catalogs from Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) surveys. We evaluate its performance in terms of completeness, contamination...
Point Source Confusion in SZ Cluster Surveys (2006)
We examine the effect of point source confusion on cluster detection in Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) surveys. A filter matched to the spatial and spectral characteristics of the SZ signal optimally...
Catalog Extraction in SZ Cluster Surveys: a matched filter approach (2006)
Bartlett, J.G., Delabrouille, J.
We present a method based on matched multifrequency filters for extracting cluster catalogs from Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) surveys. We evaluate its performance in terms of completeness, contamination...
Point Source Confusion in SZ Cluster Surveys (2006)
We examine the effect of point source confusion on cluster detection in Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) surveys. A filter matched to the spatial and spectral characteristics of the SZ signal optimally...
Making sky maps from Planck data (2006)
Ashdown, M. A. J., Baccigalupi, C., Balbi, A., Bartlett, J. G., Borrill, J., Cantalupo, C., ...
We compare the performance of multiple codes written by different groups for making polarized maps from Planck-sized, all-sky cosmic microwave background (CMB) data. Three of the codes are based on a...
SZ Surveys are Coming: What should we do? (2006)
Galaxy clusters furnish extremely rich information on the contents and structure of our universe. The potential of galaxy cluster studies to constrain dark energy, for example, motivates a number of...
Polarization in the Cosmic Microwave Background (2006)
Cosmic microwave background (CMB) studies underpin our understanding of the universe and its history. Until recently, we have relied principally on CMB temperature observations to build our standard...
Polarization in the Cosmic Microwave Background (2006)
Cosmic microwave background (CMB) studies underpin our understanding of the universe and its history. Until recently, we have relied principally on CMB temperature observations to build our standard...
Polarization in the Cosmic Microwave Background (2006)
Cosmic microwave background (CMB) studies underpin our understanding of the universe and its history. Until recently, we have relied principally on CMB temperature observations to build our standard...
Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...
We present the first determination of the Galactic polarized emission at 353 GHz by Archeops. The data were taken during the Arctic night of February 7, 2002 after the balloon--borne instrument was...
The XMM-Newton $\\Omega$ Project (2005)
Bartlett, J. G., Aghanim, N., Arnaud, M., Bernard, J. -Ph., Blanchard, A., Boer, M., ...
The abundance of high-redshift galaxy clusters depends sensitively on the matter density $\\OmM$ and, to a lesser extent, on the cosmological constant $\\Lambda$. Measurements of this abundance...
A New Local Temperature Distribution Function for X-ray Clusters: Cosmological Applications (2005)
Blanchard, A., Sadat, R., Bartlett, J. G., Dour, M. Le
(abridged) We present a new determination of the local temperature function of X-ray clusters. We use a new sample comprising fifty clusters for which temperature information is now available, making...
Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization (2005)
Cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy is our richest source of cosmological information; the standard cosmological model was largely established thanks to study of the temperature...
Precision CMB Polarization from Dome-C: the BRAIN experiment (2005)
Masi, S., Bernardis De, P., Giordano, C., Nati, F., Piacentini, F., Polenta, G., ...
In the current cosmological scenario, part of the linearly polarized emission of the CMB is expected to be rotational (B-modes). This component is due to tensor perturbations of the metric produced...
$XMM-Newton$ $\Omega$ project: III. Gas mass fraction shape in high redshift clusters (2005)
Sadat, R., Blanchard, A., Vauclair, S., Lumb, D., Bartlett, J.G., Romer, A.K., ...
We study the gas mass fraction, $f_{\rm gas},$ behavior in $XMM-Newton$ $\Omega$ project. The typical $f_{\rm gas}$ shape of high redshift galaxy clusters follows the global shape inferred at low...
Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization (2005)
Cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy is our richest source of cosmological information; the standard cosmological model was largely established thanks to study of the temperature...
Precision CMB Polarization from Dome-C: the BRAIN experiment (2005)
Masi, S., Bernardis De, P., Giordano, C., Nati, F., Piacentini, F., Polenta, G., ...
In the current cosmological scenario, part of the linearly polarized emission of the CMB is expected to be rotational (B-modes). This component is due to tensor perturbations of the metric produced...
$XMM-Newton$ $\Omega$ project: III. Gas mass fraction shape in high redshift clusters (2005)
Sadat, R., Blanchard, A., Vauclair, S., Lumb, D., Bartlett, J.G., Romer, A.K., ...
We study the gas mass fraction, $f_{\rm gas},$ behavior in $XMM-Newton$ $\Omega$ project. The typical $f_{\rm gas}$ shape of high redshift galaxy clusters follows the global shape inferred at low...
The Selection Function of SZ Cluster Surveys (2004)
Bartlett, J. G., Delabrouille, J.
We study the nature of cluster selection in Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) surveys, focusing on single frequency observations and using Monte Carlo simulations incorporating instrumental effects, primary...
Cosmological constraints from a 2D SZ catalog (2004)
We perform a Fisher matrix analysis to quantify cosmological constraints obtainable from a 2-dimensional Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) cluster catalog using the counts and the angular correlation function....
We discuss cosmological constraints from two-dimensional catalogs of galaxy clusters observed by the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect. Three kinds of SZ survey are considered: the almost all-sky Planck...
The XMM--NEWTON Omega Project: I. The X-ray Luminosity - Temperature Relation at z>0.4 (2004)
H. Lumb, D., Bartlett, J.G., Romer, A.K., Blanchard, A., Burke, D.J., Collins, C.A., ...
We describe XMM-Newton Guaranteed Time observations of a sample of eight high redshift (0.45 < z < 0.62) clusters. The goal of these observations was to measure the luminosity and the temperature of...
Cosmological constraints from a 2D SZ catalog (2004)
We perform a Fisher matrix analysis to quantify cosmological constraints obtainable from a 2-dimensional Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) cluster catalog using the counts and the angular correlation function....
We discuss cosmological constraints from two-dimensional catalogs of galaxy clusters observed by the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect. Three kinds of SZ survey are considered: the almost all-sky Planck...
The XMM--NEWTON Omega Project: I. The X-ray Luminosity - Temperature Relation at z>0.4 (2004)
H. Lumb, D., Bartlett, J.G., Romer, A.K., Blanchard, A., Burke, D.J., Collins, C.A., ...
We describe XMM-Newton Guaranteed Time observations of a sample of eight high redshift (0.45 < z < 0.62) clusters. The goal of these observations was to measure the luminosity and the temperature of...
Cosmological constraints from a 2D SZ catalog (2004)
We perform a Fisher matrix analysis to quantify cosmological constraints obtainable from a 2-dimensional Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) cluster catalog using the counts and the angular correlation function....
We discuss cosmological constraints from two-dimensional catalogs of galaxy clusters observed by the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect. Three kinds of SZ survey are considered: the almost all-sky Planck...
We discuss cosmological constraints from two-dimensional catalogs of galaxy clusters observed by the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect. Three kinds of SZ survey are considered: the almost all-sky Planck...
We discuss cosmological constraints from two-dimensional catalogs of galaxy clusters observed by the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect. Three kinds of SZ survey are considered: the almost all-sky Planck...
Vauclair, S. C., Blanchard, A., Sadat, R., Bartlett, J. G., Boer, M., ...
The evolution with redshift of the temperature-luminosity relation of X-ray galaxy clusters is a key ingredient to break degeneracies in the interpretation of X-ray clusters redshift number counts....
The XMM--NEWTON Omega Project: I. The X-ray Luminosity - Temperature Relation at z>0.4 (2003)
Lumb, D. H., Bartlett, J. G., Romer, A. K., Blanchard, A., Burke, D. J., Collins, C. A., ...
(abridged) We describe XMM-Newton Guaranteed Time observations of a sample of eight high redshift (0.45
Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...
We present the first determination of the Galactic polarized emission at 353 GHz by Archeops. The data were taken during the Arctic night of February 7, 2002 after the balloon--borne instrument was...
Goodness--of--fit Statistics and CMB Data Sets (2003)
Douspis, M., Bartlett, J. G., Blanchard, A.
Application of a Goodness--of--fit (GOF) statistic is an essential element of parameter estimation. We discuss the computation of GOF when estimating parameters from anisotropy measurements of the...
We discuss the angular correlation function of Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ)-detected galaxy clusters as a cosmological probe. As a projection of the real-space cluster correlation function, the angular...
Cosmological implications from the observed properties of CMB (2003)
Blanchard, A., Bartlett, J.G., Douspis, M.
Observations of the cosmic microwave background represent a remarkable source of information for modern cosmology. Besides providing impressive support for the Big Bang model itself, they quantify...
Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...
We present the first determination of the Galactic polarized emission at 353 GHz by Archeops. The data were taken during the Arctic night of February 7, 2002 after the balloon--borne instrument was...
Cosmological constraints from Archeops (2003)
Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...
We analyze the cosmological constraints that Archeops places on adiabatic cold dark matter models with passive power-law initial fluctuations. Because its angular power spectrum has small bins in l...
The Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Power Spectrum measured by Archeops (2003)
Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...
We present a determination by the Archeops experiment of the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background anisotropy in 16 bins over the multipole range l=15-350. Archeops was conceived...
We discuss the angular correlation function of Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ)-detected galaxy clusters as a cosmological probe. As a projection of the real-space cluster correlation function, the angular...
Vauclair, S.C., Blanchard, A., Sadat, R., Bartlett, J.G., Bernard, J-P., Boer, M., ...
The evolution with redshift of the temperature-luminosity relation of X-ray galaxy clusters is a key ingredient to break degeneracies in the interpretation of X-ray clusters redshift number counts....
Methodology of Observational Cosmology (2003)
These lectures focus on the methods of observational cosmology and their physical basis. After a brief reminder of the essential elements of the Big Bang model, we look at some of the basic methods...
The cosmic microwave background anisotropy power spectrum measured by Archeops (2003)
Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R, Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...
We present a determination by the Archeops experiment of the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background anisotropy in 16 bins over the multipole range l=15-350. Archeops was conceived...
Cosmological implications from the observed properties of CMB (2003)
Blanchard, A., Bartlett, J.G., Douspis, M.
Observations of the cosmic microwave background represent a remarkable source of information for modern cosmology. Besides providing impressive support for the Big Bang model itself, they quantify...
We discuss the angular correlation function of Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ)-detected galaxy clusters as a cosmological probe. As a projection of the real-space cluster correlation function, the angular...
Vauclair, S.C., Blanchard, A., Sadat, R., Bartlett, J.G., Bernard, J-P., Boer, M., ...
The evolution with redshift of the temperature-luminosity relation of X-ray galaxy clusters is a key ingredient to break degeneracies in the interpretation of X-ray clusters redshift number counts....
Methodology of Observational Cosmology (2003)
These lectures focus on the methods of observational cosmology and their physical basis. After a brief reminder of the essential elements of the Big Bang model, we look at some of the basic methods...
The cosmic microwave background anisotropy power spectrum measured by Archeops (2003)
Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R, Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...
We present a determination by the Archeops experiment of the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background anisotropy in 16 bins over the multipole range l=15-350. Archeops was conceived...
Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...
We present the first determination of the Galactic polarized emission at 353 GHz by Archeops. The data were taken during the Arctic night of February 7, 2002 after the balloon--borne instrument was...
Cosmological constraints from Archeops (2003)
Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...
We analyze the cosmological constraints that Archeops places on adiabatic cold dark matter models with passive power-law initial fluctuations. Because its angular power spectrum has small bins in l...
The Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Power Spectrum measured by Archeops (2003)
Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...
We present a determination by the Archeops experiment of the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background anisotropy in 16 bins over the multipole range l=15-350. Archeops was conceived...
Sterling, T R, Hoover, D R, Astemborski, J, Vlahov, D, Bartlett, J G, Schüpbach, J
CD4(+) lymphocyte count and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 RNA level are useful for determining when to initiate antiretroviral therapy but are not used widely in developing countries due...
The Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Power Spectrum measured by Archeops (2002)
Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...
We present a determination by the Archeops experiment of the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background anisotropy in 16 bins over the multipole range l=15-350. Archeops was conceived...
Cosmological constraints from Archeops (2002)
Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...
We analyze the cosmological constraints that Archeops places on adiabatic cold dark matter models with passive power-law initial fluctuations. Because its angular power spectrum has small bins in l...
Cosmological Parameter Estimation from CMB and X-ray clusters (2001)
Douspis, M., Blanchard, A., Sadat, R., Bartlett, J. G.
We present the results of a combined analysis of cosmic microwave background (CMB) and X-ray galaxy clusters baryon fraction to deduce constraints over 6 in flationnary cosmological parameters. Such...
Searching and studying clusters with the SZ effect (2001)
I discuss galaxy cluster surveys based on the Sunyaev--Zel'dovich effect and their relevance for cosmological studies. The unique aspects of cluster selection by this method are emphasized and...
Simulations of Sunyaev-Zel'dovich maps and their applications (2001)
Delabrouille, J., Bartlett, J. G.
We describe a fast method to simulate in a semi-analytical way consistent maps of the thermal, kinetic and polarised Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect, featuring both cluster spatial correlations and large...
The XMM-Newton $\Omega$ Project (2001)
Bartlett, J. G., Aghanim, N., Arnaud, M., Bernard, J. -Ph., Blanchard, A., Boer, M., ...
The abundance of high-redshift galaxy clusters depends sensitively on the matter density $\OmM$ and, to a lesser extent, on the cosmological constant $\Lambda$. Measurements of this abundance...
Cosmology from Cosmic Microwave Background and Galaxy Clusters (2001)
Douspis, M., Blanchard, A., Sadat, R., Bartlett, J. G., Dour, M. Le
We present the results of analysis of constraints on cosmological parameters from cosmic microwave background (CMB) alone and in combination with galaxy cluster baryon fraction assuming...
Concerning Parameter Estimation Using the Cosmic Microwave Background (2001)
Douspis, M., Bartlett, J. G., Blanchard, A., Dour, M. Le
Most parameter constraints obtained from cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy data are based on power estimates and rely on approximate likelihood functions; computational difficulties...
The XMM-Newton $\\Omega$ Project (2001)
Bartlett, J. G., Aghanim, N., Arnaud, M., Bernard, J. -Ph., Blanchard, A., Boer, M., ...
The abundance of high-redshift galaxy clusters depends sensitively on the matter density $\\OmM$ and, to a lesser extent, on the cosmological constant $\\Lambda$. Measurements of this abundance...
The XMM-Newton $\\Omega$ Project (2001)
Bartlett, J. G., Aghanim, N., Arnaud, M., Bernard, J. -Ph., Blanchard, A., Boer, M., ...
The abundance of high-redshift galaxy clusters depends sensitively on the matter density $\\OmM$ and, to a lesser extent, on the cosmological constant $\\Lambda$. Measurements of this abundance...
Cosmological Constraints from the Cosmic Microwave Background (2000)
Dour, M. Le, Douspis, M., Bartlett, J. G., Blanchard, A.
Using an approximate likelihood method adapted to band--power estimates, we analyze the ensemble of first generation cosmic microwave background anisotropy experiments to deduce constraints over a...
CMB Cosmological Parameter Estimation: Methods and Current Results (2000)
Douspis, M., Bartlett, J. G., Blanchard, A., Dour, M. Le
The majority of present efforts to constrain cosmological parameters with cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy data employ approximate likelihood functions, the time consuming nature of a...
A New Local Temperature Distribution Function for X-ray Clusters: Cosmological Applications (2000)
Blanchard, A., Sadat, R., Bartlett, J. G., Dour, M. Le
(abridged) We present a new determination of the local temperature function of X-ray clusters. We use a new sample comprising fifty clusters for which temperature information is now available, making...
A New Local Temperature Distribution Function for X-ray Clusters: Cosmological Applications (2000)
Blanchard, A., Sadat, R., Bartlett, J. G., Dour, M. Le
(abridged) We present a new determination of the local temperature function of X-ray clusters. We use a new sample comprising fifty clusters for which temperature information is now available, making...
A New Local Temperature Distribution Function for X-ray Clusters: Cosmological Applications (1999)
Blanchard, A., Sadat, R., Bartlett, J. G., Dour, M. Le
(abridged) We present a new determination of the local temperature function of X-ray clusters. We use a new sample comprising fifty clusters for which temperature information is now available, making...
An Approximation to the Likelihood Function for Band-Power Estimates of CMB Anisotropies (1999)
Bartlett, J. G., Douspis, M., Blanchard, A., Dour, M. Le
Band-power estimates of cosmic microwave background fluctuations are now routinely used to place constraints on cosmological parameters. For this to be done in a rigorous fashion, the full likelihood...
Guzzo, L., Bartlett, J. G., Cappi, A., Maurogordato, S., Zucca, E., Zamorani, G., ...
We present analyses of the two-point correlation properties of the ESP galaxy redshift survey. From the redshift-space correlation function xi(s), we see positive clustering out to separations ~50/h...
Approximating the Likelihood Function of CMB Experiments (1998)
Bartlett, J. G., Blanchard, A., Douspis, M., Dour, M. Le
We discuss the problem of constraining cosmological parameters with cosmic microwave background band--power estimates. Because these latter are variances, they do not have gaussian distribution...
Constraints on Cosmological Parameters from Current CMB Data (1998)
Bartlett, J. G., Blanchard, A., Douspis, M., Dour, M. Le
We discuss the constraints one can place on cosmological parameters using current cosmic microwave background data. A standard $\chi^2$--minimization over band--power estimates is first presented,...
Real and Redshift-Space Clustering in the ESP Galaxy Redshift Survey (1998)
Guzzo, L., Bartlett, J. G., Cappi, A.
We discuss the two-point correlation properties of galaxies in the ESO Slice Project (ESP) redshift survey, both in redshift and real space. The redshift-space correlation function xi(s) for the...
The Redshift and Real-Space Correlation Functions from the ESP Galaxy Redshift Survey (1998)
Guzzo, L., Bartlett, J. G., Cappi, A.
We discuss the behaviour of the redshift- and real-space correlation functions from the ESO Slice Project (ESP) galaxy redshift survey. xi(s) for the whole survey is positive out to ~80/h Mpc, with a...
Galactic H alpha emission and the Cosmic Microwave Background (1998)
Marcelin, M., Amram, P., Bartlett, J. G., Valls-Gabaud, D., Blanchard, A.
We present observations of Galactic H alpha emission along two declination bands where the South Pole cosmic microwave background experiment reports temperature fluctuations. The high spectral...
New Territory: SZ Cluster Surveys (1998)
Bartlett, J. G., Blanchard, A., Barbosa, D.
The potential of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect for cluster studies has long been appreciated, although not yet fully exploited. Recent technological advances and improvements in observing...
Galactic Free-free Emission and H$\alpha$ (1998)
We review present understanding of Galactic free-free emission and its possible importance to CMB fluctuation measurements. Current results, from both ``direct'' observations in the microwave band...
Constraints on Cosmological Parameters from Existing CMB Data (1998)
Bartlett, J. G., Blanchard, A., Dour, M. Le, Douspis, M., Barbosa, D.
We use current cosmic microwave background data to constrain cosmological parameters. The results are presented as confidence regions in the ($\Omega$--$H_o$) -- plane for both open and flat...
A Tale of Two SZ Sources (1998)
Bartlett, J. G., Blanchard, A., Barbosa, D.
The recent discovery of two flux decrements in deep radio maps obtained by the VLA and the Ryle Telescope can have powerful implications for the density parameter of the Universe, $\Omo$. We outline...
What Does Cluster Redshift Evolution Reveal ? (1997)
Blanchard, A., Bartlett, J. G.
Evolution of the cluster population has been recognized as a powerful cosmological tool. While the present--day abundance of X-ray clusters is degenerate in $\sigma_8$, $n$ and $\Omega_0$, Oukbir and...
Holes in the Microwave Sky (1997)
Bartlett, J. G., Blanchard, A., Barbosa, D., Oukbir, J.
We discuss the implications of two possible, recent Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) detections for which no optical or X--ray counterparts have been found. This suggests that the objects reside at high...
X-Ray galaxy clusters: constraints on models of galaxy formation (1996)
Oukbir, J., Bartlett, J. G., Blanchard, A.
We present a self-consistent approach to the modeling of X-ray clusters of galaxies in a flat universe. Employing the Press and Schechter (1974) formalism to derive the mass function and relating the...
The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect and the Value of Omega (1995)
Barbosa, D., Bartlett, J. G., Blanchard, A., Oukbir, J.
We consider the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect as a probe of Omega_o: Using a self-consistent modeling of X-ray clusters, we examine the dependence of both the mean Compton y parameter and the SZ...
The Physical State of the Intergalactic Medium or Can We Measure Y? (1995)
Bartlett, J. G., Barbosa, D., Blanchard, A.
We present an argument for a {\it lower limit} to the Compton-$y$ parameter describing spectral distortions of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The absence of a detectable Gunn-Peterson signal...
The Case for a Hubble Constant of 30 km/s/Mpc (1994)
Bartlett, J. G., Blanchard, A., Silk, J., Turner, M. S.
Although cosmologists have been trying to determine the value of the Hubble constant for nearly 65 years, they have only succeeded in limiting the range of possibilities: most of the current...
Role of clostridium difficile in diarrhoea in Bangladesh (1985)
Akhtar, S.Q., Sack, D.A., Van Loon, Wasserheit, J., Bartlett, J.G.
Activity of metronidazole against Escherichia coli in experimental infra-abdominal sepsis (1979)
Onderdonk, A. B., Louie, T. J., Tally, F. P., Bartlett, J. G.
Metronidazole treatment was found to reduce both mortality rates and the incidence of abscess formation in experimental animals challenged with an intraperitoneal implant of pooled caecal contents....
Rotimi, V O, Laughon, B E, Bartlett, J G, Mosadomi, H A
The in vitro activities of extracts of Nigerian chewing sticks against Bacteroides gingivalis and B. melaninogenicus are presented. The greatest inhibitory action was produced by Serindeia werneckei,...
This study was conducted to examine the effects of 0.3-Mrad irradiation on growth and toxigenicity of Clostridium botulinum types A and B on chicken skins. Irradiation followed by aerobic or...
Effect of environmental stress on Clostridium difficile toxin levels during continuous cultivation.
Onderdonk, A B, Lowe, B R, Bartlett, J G
A method for the continuous culture of Clostridium difficile has been described. It has been shown that subjecting continuous cultures of this microorganism to environmental stress results in...
Kinetics of growth and toxigenicity of Clostridium botulinum in experimental wound botulism.
An animal model of wound botulism was developed in mice using an inoculum of Clostridium botulinum type A spores. The number of C. botulinum in infected wounds was quantitated by culturing on egg...
Evaluation of a latex agglutination test for Clostridium difficile in two nursing home outbreaks.
Bennett, R G, Laughon, B E, Mundy, L M, Bobo, L D, Gaydos, C A, Greenough, W B, ...
The Culturette Brand Clostridium difficile test (CDT; Marion Laboratories, Inc., Kansas City, Mo.) is a latex agglutination test for C. difficile. The recent controversy involving the identity of...
Kinetics study of immunological response to Clostridium botulinum toxin.
Dezfulian, M, Bitar, R A, Bartlett, J G
A double-antibody enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detection of humoral antibody to type A botulinal toxin was developed. This assay was used to study the kinetics of antibody response...
Enzyme immunoassay for detection of antibody to toxins A and B of Clostridium difficile.
Viscidi, R P, Yolken, R H, Laughon, B E, Bartlett, J G
An enzyme immunoassay (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA]) to detect hamster antibody to toxins A and B of Clostridium difficile was developed in which toxin preparations are used to coat the...
Immunological tolerance is a state of unresponsiveness to foreign substances (antigens) which can develop in human and animal species as the result of continued exposure to antigens early in life. We...
Dezfulian, M, Hatheway, C L, Yolken, R H, Bartlett, J G
An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for Clostridium botulinum type A and type B toxins was assessed for diagnostic accuracy in cases of infant botulism. This test was positive in all 22...
Hanvanich, M, Viscidi, R, Laughon, B E, Bartlett, J G, Yolken, R H
We have developed a competitive enzyme immunoassay for the measurement of purified toxin A of Clostridium difficile. However, when we applied this assay to the detection of C. difficile toxin in...
A simple procedure for rapid identification of Clostridium botulinum type A and B colonies from cultures and stool samples from infants with botulism was devised. The stool samples were directly...
Stools from patients with antibiotic-associated diarrhea or colitis were cultured to detect the presence of Clostridium difficile. All specimens contained a cytotoxin which was neutralized by...
Anaerobes survive in clinical specimens despite delayed processing.
Bartlett, J G, Sullivan-Sigler, N, Louie, T J, Gorbach, S L
Quantitative cultures were performed on 11 purulent specimens of at least 2 ml from mixed aerobic-anaerobic infections to determine the effect of prolonged exposure to air on the recovery of...
In vitro susceptibility tests were performed on 84 strains of Clostridium difficile to 11 antimicrobial agents. All isolates were from the stools of patients with antibiotic-associated diarrhea or...
Comparison of two toxins produced by Clostridium difficile.
Taylor, N S, Thorne, G M, Bartlett, J G
Clostridium difficile was shown to produce a toxin which could be biochemically separated from the previously described cytotoxin of the same organism. The two proteins differ in biological activity...
Ultrastructural changes of cultured human amnion cells by Clostridiu difficile toxin.
Chang, T W, Lin, P S, Gorbach, S L, Bartlett, J G
The ultrastructure of the surface of primary human amnion monolayer cells undergoing cytopathology induced by Clostridium difficile toxin was examined by scanning electron microscopy. Our...
Microbial synergy in experimental intra-abdominal abscess.
Onderdonk, A B, Bartlett, J G, Louie, T, Sullivan-Seigler, N, Gorbach, S L
Intra-abdominal sepsis was studied in Wistar rats by using four microbial species: Escherichia coli, enterococci, Bacteroides fragilis, and Fusobacterium varium. These organisms were implanted into...
Clindamycin-induced enterocolitis in hamsters as a model of pseudomembranous colitis in patients.
Chang, T W, Bartlett, J G, Gorbach, S L, Onderdonk, A B
Stools from a patient with antibiotic-associated colitis and cecal contents from a hamster with clindamycin-induced enterocolitis were compared in a cytotoxicity assay to determine common properties....
Adherence of Bacteroides fragilis in vivo.
Onderdonk, A B, Moon, N E, Kasper, D L, Bartlett, J G
The ability of the encapsulated species Bacteroides fragilis to adhere to rat peritoneal mesothelium was compared to the adherence of unecapsulated strains of Bacteroides (B. distasonis, B. vulgatus,...
Rapid diagnosis of anaerobic infections by direct gas-liquid chromatography of clinical speciments.
Gorbach, S L, Mayhew, J W, Bartlett, J G, Thadepalli, H, Onderdonk, A B
Current methods to isolate and identify anaerobic bacteria are laborious and time consuming. It was postulated that the short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) produced by these organisms might serve as...
Clostridium difficile in gnotobiotic mice.
Onderdonk, A B, Cisneros, R L, Bartlett, J G
Germfree mice associated with Clostridium difficile developed intestinal disease characterized by polymorphonuclear cell infiltration of the lamina propria, diarrhea, and cecal cytotoxin...
Sitzmann, J V, Townsend, T R, Siler, M C, Bartlett, J G
The results of central venous catheterization for total parenteral nutrition were prospectively evaluated in 200 consecutive patients. All catheters were fabricated of polyurethane tubing inserted by...
Clarke, J S, Condon, R E, Bartlett, J G, Gorbach, S L, Nichols, R L, Ochi, S
The effectiveness of short-term, low-dose, preoperative oral administration of neomycin and erythromycin base combined with vigorous purgation in reducing the incidence of wound infections and other...
Bartlett, J G, Condon, R E, Gorbach, S L, Clarke, J S, Nichols, R L, Ochi, S
A ten hospital cooperative study comparing prophylactic oral neomycin and erythromycin base versus placebo demonstrated clinical efficacy of the antibiotics in preventing septic complications...
In this paper, the author describes several important aspects of planning for pandemic influenza and appraises our prospects for preparedness. Getting from our present state of readiness to full...
This Update in Infectious Diseases reviews important literature related to infectious diseases from 2004. The year had significant achievements, including substantial progress in the area of...
Rotimi, V O, Laughon, B E, Bartlett, J G, Mosadomi, H A
The in vitro activities of extracts of Nigerian chewing sticks against Bacteroides gingivalis and B. melaninogenicus are presented. The greatest inhibitory action was produced by Serindeia werneckei,...
This study was conducted to examine the effects of 0.3-Mrad irradiation on growth and toxigenicity of Clostridium botulinum types A and B on chicken skins. Irradiation followed by aerobic or...
Effect of environmental stress on Clostridium difficile toxin levels during continuous cultivation.
Onderdonk, A B, Lowe, B R, Bartlett, J G
A method for the continuous culture of Clostridium difficile has been described. It has been shown that subjecting continuous cultures of this microorganism to environmental stress results in...
Kinetics of growth and toxigenicity of Clostridium botulinum in experimental wound botulism.
An animal model of wound botulism was developed in mice using an inoculum of Clostridium botulinum type A spores. The number of C. botulinum in infected wounds was quantitated by culturing on egg...
Evaluation of a latex agglutination test for Clostridium difficile in two nursing home outbreaks.
Bennett, R G, Laughon, B E, Mundy, L M, Bobo, L D, Gaydos, C A, Greenough, W B, ...
The Culturette Brand Clostridium difficile test (CDT; Marion Laboratories, Inc., Kansas City, Mo.) is a latex agglutination test for C. difficile. The recent controversy involving the identity of...
Kinetics study of immunological response to Clostridium botulinum toxin.
Dezfulian, M, Bitar, R A, Bartlett, J G
A double-antibody enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detection of humoral antibody to type A botulinal toxin was developed. This assay was used to study the kinetics of antibody response...
Enzyme immunoassay for detection of antibody to toxins A and B of Clostridium difficile.
Viscidi, R P, Yolken, R H, Laughon, B E, Bartlett, J G
An enzyme immunoassay (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA]) to detect hamster antibody to toxins A and B of Clostridium difficile was developed in which toxin preparations are used to coat the...
Immunological tolerance is a state of unresponsiveness to foreign substances (antigens) which can develop in human and animal species as the result of continued exposure to antigens early in life. We...
Dezfulian, M, Hatheway, C L, Yolken, R H, Bartlett, J G
An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for Clostridium botulinum type A and type B toxins was assessed for diagnostic accuracy in cases of infant botulism. This test was positive in all 22...
Hanvanich, M, Viscidi, R, Laughon, B E, Bartlett, J G, Yolken, R H
We have developed a competitive enzyme immunoassay for the measurement of purified toxin A of Clostridium difficile. However, when we applied this assay to the detection of C. difficile toxin in...
A simple procedure for rapid identification of Clostridium botulinum type A and B colonies from cultures and stool samples from infants with botulism was devised. The stool samples were directly...
Stools from patients with antibiotic-associated diarrhea or colitis were cultured to detect the presence of Clostridium difficile. All specimens contained a cytotoxin which was neutralized by...
Anaerobes survive in clinical specimens despite delayed processing.
Bartlett, J G, Sullivan-Sigler, N, Louie, T J, Gorbach, S L
Quantitative cultures were performed on 11 purulent specimens of at least 2 ml from mixed aerobic-anaerobic infections to determine the effect of prolonged exposure to air on the recovery of...
In vitro susceptibility tests were performed on 84 strains of Clostridium difficile to 11 antimicrobial agents. All isolates were from the stools of patients with antibiotic-associated diarrhea or...
Comparison of two toxins produced by Clostridium difficile.
Taylor, N S, Thorne, G M, Bartlett, J G
Clostridium difficile was shown to produce a toxin which could be biochemically separated from the previously described cytotoxin of the same organism. The two proteins differ in biological activity...
Ultrastructural changes of cultured human amnion cells by Clostridiu difficile toxin.
Chang, T W, Lin, P S, Gorbach, S L, Bartlett, J G
The ultrastructure of the surface of primary human amnion monolayer cells undergoing cytopathology induced by Clostridium difficile toxin was examined by scanning electron microscopy. Our...
Microbial synergy in experimental intra-abdominal abscess.
Onderdonk, A B, Bartlett, J G, Louie, T, Sullivan-Seigler, N, Gorbach, S L
Intra-abdominal sepsis was studied in Wistar rats by using four microbial species: Escherichia coli, enterococci, Bacteroides fragilis, and Fusobacterium varium. These organisms were implanted into...
Clindamycin-induced enterocolitis in hamsters as a model of pseudomembranous colitis in patients.
Chang, T W, Bartlett, J G, Gorbach, S L, Onderdonk, A B
Stools from a patient with antibiotic-associated colitis and cecal contents from a hamster with clindamycin-induced enterocolitis were compared in a cytotoxicity assay to determine common properties....
Adherence of Bacteroides fragilis in vivo.
Onderdonk, A B, Moon, N E, Kasper, D L, Bartlett, J G
The ability of the encapsulated species Bacteroides fragilis to adhere to rat peritoneal mesothelium was compared to the adherence of unecapsulated strains of Bacteroides (B. distasonis, B. vulgatus,...
Rapid diagnosis of anaerobic infections by direct gas-liquid chromatography of clinical speciments.
Gorbach, S L, Mayhew, J W, Bartlett, J G, Thadepalli, H, Onderdonk, A B
Current methods to isolate and identify anaerobic bacteria are laborious and time consuming. It was postulated that the short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) produced by these organisms might serve as...
Clostridium difficile in gnotobiotic mice.
Onderdonk, A B, Cisneros, R L, Bartlett, J G
Germfree mice associated with Clostridium difficile developed intestinal disease characterized by polymorphonuclear cell infiltration of the lamina propria, diarrhea, and cecal cytotoxin...
Sitzmann, J V, Townsend, T R, Siler, M C, Bartlett, J G
The results of central venous catheterization for total parenteral nutrition were prospectively evaluated in 200 consecutive patients. All catheters were fabricated of polyurethane tubing inserted by...
Clarke, J S, Condon, R E, Bartlett, J G, Gorbach, S L, Nichols, R L, Ochi, S
The effectiveness of short-term, low-dose, preoperative oral administration of neomycin and erythromycin base combined with vigorous purgation in reducing the incidence of wound infections and other...
Bartlett, J G, Condon, R E, Gorbach, S L, Clarke, J S, Nichols, R L, Ochi, S
A ten hospital cooperative study comparing prophylactic oral neomycin and erythromycin base versus placebo demonstrated clinical efficacy of the antibiotics in preventing septic complications...
HIV/AIDS managed care program.
Approximately one-half of all patients with HIV infection who are under care have Medicaid as the third party payor. Unlike Medicare, Medicaid is a state-specific program that has huge variations in...