Serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) was measured in five children with untreated, active hypophosphatemic vitamin D-resistant rickets be[ore, during, and after an in[usion o[ calcium. During the calcium in[usion, serum PTH decreased while the tubular resorption of phosphate increased. Although these data clearly indicate that some degree o[ hyperparathyroidism accompanies the disease, it is apparen...

The nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in 808 Australian medical students was studied. Five groups of students experienced varying degrees of clinical exposure in a hospital environment ranging from 0 to 42 months. The overall percentage of carriers among the five groups did not vary. However, with increasing clinical exposure there was a decrease in the percentage of isolates sensitive to...

4. Eisxnan JA, Hamstra Ad, Kream BE, DeLuca HF. A sensitive, precise and convenient method for the determination of 1,25thhydroxyvitainin D in human plasma. Arch Biochem Biophys 1976;176:235-43. 5 Reinhardt TA, Horst EL, OrfJW, Hollis BW. A microassay for 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D not requiring high performance liquid chromatography: application to clinical studies. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1984;5...

CONTEXT We recently found that patients with X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets (XLH) have a muscle function deficit in the lower extremities. As muscle force and bone mass are usually closely related, we hypothesized that patients with XLH could also have a bone mass deficit in the lower extremities. OBJECTIVE The study objective was to assess the muscle-bone relationship in the lower extremi...

To evaluate levels and trends in drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in Zhejiang Province, China, we conducted 1 survey in each of 3 years (1999, 2004, and 2008). We found that <5% of new cases were multidrug-resistant TB. The prevalence of multidrug-resistant TB has not increased in new or re-treated cases in this province.