Acid attack

How Salmonella Survives the Macrophage’s Acid Attack

Instead of combating the acidification of the host cell vacuole, Salmonella acidifies its own cytoplasm in response to the low extracellular pH, helping it to secrete effector molecules.

Heart attack or rhabdomyolysis?

 Statins are commonly used drugs in the treatment of hyperlipidemia (HL), despite some undesirable side effects. These range from mild symptoms such as myopathy, muscle weakness and myalgia to severe muscle weakness associated with chronic myopathy and acute renal failure (ARF) as a result of rhabdomyolysis. The most serious and deadly side effect of statins is rhabdomyolysis. The case presente...

Rare recovery for acid attack victim in Cambodia.

Mode of Attack of Hydriodic Acid on Unsaturated Glyceryl Ethers.

Acute gout attack with normal serum uric acid levels.

AIM The paper aims to determine the prevalence of clinical cases with acute gout attacks and normal serum uric acid levels. MATERIAL AND METHODS This retrospective study was conducted between October, 2013 and June, 2014 in 30 patients diagnosed with acute gout attack admitted to the 1st Clinic of Rheumatology of Iasi. The diagnosis was based on clinical manifestations and positive response t...