Fifty species of cephalopods are identified from the Straits of Florida from the 698 specimens collected by the R V GIRUA. This raises the total number of species known from the Straits from 49 to 64. Four are new records for the Western Atlantic: Pteryf-ioteiithis );enimala, Abraliopsis pfejjeri, Corynoma .speculator and Helicocraiichin pfefferi. Two others, Rosxia hullisi and Ahraliopsix atla...

INTRODUCTION Pneumatosis intestinalis is a condition characterized by the presence of submucosal or subserosal gas cysts in the wall of digestive tract. Pneumatosis intestinalis often remains asymptomatic in most cases but may clinically present in a benign form or less frequently in fulminant forms. Treatment for such conditions includes antibiotic therapy, diet therapy, oxygen therapy and sur...

Giardia intestinalis is a complex species divided into 7 assemblages (A - G). Two of them (A and B) are infective for both humans and animals. In cats four assemblages can occur: A, B, D, and F Assemblages A and B infect either cats, dogs and humans, assemblage D infects cats and dogs and assemblage F only cats. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and genotypes of G. intes...

pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (pci) is a rare condition charachterized by the presence of multiple gases filled cysts in the gastro intestinal tract. in this article we present three cases with different features, who at the end evaluation pci was diagnosed. the first patient present with rectorrhagia (submucosal pci). the second patient present with dyspepsia (subserosal intestinal pci) a...

The article describes a new rove beetle species, Thiasophila szujeckii sp. n., in southeastern Poland. This new species is associated exclusively with Formica truncorum. The authors describe its sexual dimorphism of habitus, structure of antennae, eighth abdominal tergite and eighth sternite. T. szujeckii sp. n. shares most morphological features with T. angulata and T. lohsei known in Europe. ...

This study presents a case of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis affecting the terminal ileum in a 25-year old male patient, discovered accidentally during laparotomy for acute abdomen which was proved to be due to perforated duodenal ulcer, Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis is characterized by the presence of subserosal or submucosal gas filled cysts in the wall of gastrointestinal tract, thi...

cladophora and enteromorpha are the filamentous green-algal genuses that have a widespread distribution in caspian sea coast. the aim of this study was to assess the antimicrobial activities of cladophora and enteromorpha in south of caspian sea. antibacterial activities of hydroalcoholic extracts of five different gram negative and positive bacteria including staphylococcus aureus, bacillus su...

Pneumatosis intestinalis is a radiographic finding of gas pockets within the bowel wall. It can be associated with a range of diagnoses, but the most life-threatening causes are mesenteric ischemia, bowel necrosis, and bowel obstruction. Here we present the case of a patient with multiple myeloma who had pneumatosis intestinalis due to gastrointestinal amyloidosis, which is a rare manifestation...

Giardia intestinalis is a widespread parasitic protozoa which has great significance as a public health threat. Molecular diagnostics of stool sample can be unreliable because of the presence of inhibitors of enzymatic reactions. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of selected pre-treatment methods of fecal samples for further PCR-based diagnostics of G. intestinalis, and t...