OBJECTIVE To determine if more useful information could be derived from delayed type hypersensitivity skin testing of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients by measuring the amount of induration in response to skin testing in contrast to assessing for the presence of anergy. DESIGN Prospective, double-blind trial. SETTING Two HIV clinics. PATIENTS A sample of 60 ambulatory, ...

Induration of magnetite pellet involves three important phenomena, namely oxidation, sintering and associate heat transfer; these phenomena are interdependent on determining the final quality of the pellet. In order to study the sintering a novel optical dilatometric method was used. These studies were performed separately for magnetite and completely oxidized magnetite. Further, the sintering ...

In India, pediatricians compared data on 240 low birth weight (LBW) infants with data on normal birth weight infants and data on 224 malnourished children with data on children of normal nutritional status to determine the tuberculin status of the two immunocompromised groups who received BCG vaccination at birth. No child had third degree or severe malnutrition. The pediatricians used PPD in...

A bronchopneumonia of calves in the early months of life is described and its etiology associated definitely with a minute bacillus, Bacillus actinoides. Bacillus pyogenes, Bacillus bovisepticus, and, less frequently, staphylococci and streptococci may appear later in the affected lungs. Subcutaneous injections of cultures of Bacillus actinoides produce large indurations ending in necrosis. Sim...

Necrobiosis lipoidica is a granulomatous skin condition typically occurring on the legs. A patient with this condition presented with gross bilateral induration of the eyelids sufficient to close both eyes.

A non-invasive, in vivo suction device was used to investigate the mechanical properties of the skin in a patient with scleredema of Buschke. Clinical scoring of skin induration and measurements of skin elasticity were performed over 9 anatomic regions on admission and after 3 (on discharge), 17 and 28 months. Immediate distension, final distension and immediate retraction were significantly de...

The European Scleroderma Study Group (EScSG) has recently identified three activity 10 point indices devoted to evaluating disease activity in systemic sclerosis (SSc) (table 1), which have been externally validated. An activity index must rely on widely used methods. The whole series index includes the total skin score (TSS) evaluated according to the scoring method of Kahaleh et al (KTSS). Be...