Azithromycin reaches high concentrations in phagocytic and other host cells, suggesting that they may transport this agent to specific sites of infection. Models of localized infection (Haemophilus influenzae middle ear infection in gerbils, Streptococcus pyogenes implanted contaminated paper disc and Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia in mice) that induced severe inflammatory response after ch...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of a community based, all age, all injury prevention program, the Safe Living Program, on injury risk and injury rates. DESIGN A quasiexperimental population based evaluation using an intervention and comparison community design. SETTING The intervention community (Shire of Bulla, n = 37,257) is an outer metropolitan area of Melbourne, Australia. The demogr...

The common cause of simple pneumothorax is rupture of an emphysematous bleb or bulla. The aetiology of these is uncertain. A familial predisposition has previously been suggested' and we report the incidence of concurrent spontaneous pneumothoraces in identical twins. We have found no previous report in the English literature of concurrent spontaneous pneumothorax in identical twins treated sub...

Authoritative anatomical references depict domestic dogs and cats as having a malleus with a short rostral (anterior) process that is connected via a ligament to the ectotympanic of the auditory bulla. Similar mallei have been reported for representatives of each of the 15 extant families of Carnivora, the placental order containing dogs and cats. This morphology is in contrast to a malleus wit...

Abstract Background The aim of the present study was to evaluate retrospectively frequency anatomical variations in sinonasal region, which were frequently seen our cases, for whom coronal section paranasal computed tomography imaging (CPNCT) taken, as well correlation these with age and gender correlations identified one another. In study, CBCT scans a total 1532 (825 males 707 females) cases ...

Abstract Recent phylogenetic studies amended the taxonomy of three-toed jerboas (subfamily Dipodinae), including raising subspecies to full species. Here, we use geometric morphometrics compare scaled-shape differences in dipodine crania while considering their revised taxonomy. We sampled Dipus deasyi, D. sagitta halli, s. sowerbyi, Jaculus blanfordi blanfordi, J. hirtipes, jaculus, loftusi, o...