Various reactive dyes can elicit occupational asthma in exposed textile industry workers. To date, there has been no report of occupational asthma caused by the red dye Synozol Red-K 3BS (Red-K). Here, we report a 38-year-old male textile worker with occupational asthma and rhinitis induced by inhalation of Red-K. He showed positive responses to Red-K extract on skin-prick testing and serum spe...

The Bio-Rad Geenius HIV 1/2 assay was evaluated as an alternative to the INNO-LIA HIV 1/2 assay for the confirmation of HIV infection in 198 serum samples reactive to 4th-generation HIV enzyme immunoassays (EIAs). The Geenius assay correctly identified 85% of the samples, compared to 75% identified by the INNO-LIA assay, reduced the number of indeterminate results, and shortened the overall tur...

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODSdWe studied 562 nondiabetic (326 women), nonhypertensive participants of the second Strong Heart Study exam, without prevalent cardiovascular (CV) disease and with estimated glomerular filtration rate $60 mL/min/1.73 m (age 46–65 years, 198 with isolated IFG [35%], and 132 with combined IFG and IGT [23%]). Anthropometric parameters, insulin resistance, fibrinogen, C-r...

K. Almond*, P. Bikker, M. Lomax, M. E. Symonds and A. Mostyn Academic Division of Child Health, School of Clinical Sciences, E floor East Block, University Hospital, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK Division of Nutritional Sciences, School of Biosciences, North Lab, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonnington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK Schothorst Feed Research, Lelystad, The Netherlands School of ...

The in vitro activities of temafloxacin (A63004) and lomefloxacin (SC-47111; NY-198) were compared with those of seven other antibiotics against 146 isolates of bacterial enteric pathogens, including Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli. Ciprofloxacin was the most active drug against the Salmonella, Shigella, Yersinia, and Vibrio spp. tested. Lomefloxacin, temafloxacin, and difloxacin we...

Background: Gingival overgrowth is a common clinical finding that most often represents reactive hyperplasia as a result of inflammatory gingival disease related to dental plaque. Irritation fibroma (IF), pyogenic granuloma (PG), peripheral ossifying fibroma (POF), and peripheral giant cell granuloma (PGCG) are non-neoplastic enlargements of the gingiva that are categorized as reactive hyperpla...