Reversal of the Pathophysiological Responses to Gram-Negative Sepsis by Megadose Vitamin C

Gram-negative sepsis: what dilemma?

examining the relationship between fear of negative evaluation and communication strategies by iranian efl learners

the purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between fear of negative evaluation (fne) and communication strategies (css) among iranian efl learners. it was aimed to examine the differences in the use of communication strategies between speakers with high or low degree of fear of negative evaluation. the current study was a case study consisting of 10 english learners at...

serum procalcitonin levels distinguish gram-negative bacterial sepsis from gram-positive bacterial and fungal sepsis

background: serum procalcitonin (pct) levels differ in patients with bacterial or fungal infections and are significantly elevated in patients with gram-negative bacteremia. we evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of different inflammatory markers to discriminate sepsis caused by different pathogens. materials and methods: we included 328 episodes of bacteremia from 292 patients with sepsis and 31...

Reversal of azotemia in lupus nephritis by megadose corticosteroid therapy.

To the Editor: Notable for mimicry of other arthritides ( I ) , pseudogout (PsG) may resemble rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the hands and wrists, sharing features such as narrowed radiocarpal and metacarpophalangeal joints (2), synovial swelling at the wrists (3-5), interosseous atrophy (6 ) , and ulnar deviation (6 ) . Tenosynovial swelling at the wrist, however, was not observed in one reporte...

Gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial toxins in sepsis

Bacterial sepsis is a major cause of fatality worldwide. Sepsis is a multi-step process that involves an uncontrolled inflammatory response by the host cells that may result in multi organ failure and death. Both gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria play a major role in causing sepsis. These bacteria produce a range of virulence factors that enable them to escape the immune defenses and dis...