Glycogen from flight muscle of the blowfly, Phormia regina, has been characterized ultrastructurally and biochemically. In situ, glycogen is in the form of rosettes, which vary in size with diameters of up to 0.1 micro. Sedimentation analysis of pure glycogen, isolated by mild buffer extraction, reveals a polydisperse molecular weight spectrum, with larger particles having molecular weights of ...

A 51-year-old woman presented with a 4-year history of slightly pruritic, bleeding papules on her right ear. Approximately 2 years earlier, the lesions had been excised, but they had recurred the following year and had increased in number within the past 3 months. The dermatologic examination revealed 5 violaceous, erythematous soft papules ranging from 3 mm to 1 cm in diameter in the helix and...

We have investigated some of the biochemical events that accompany the abortive infection by T2 of Shigella dysenteriae lysogenized with the temperate phage P2. After infection with T2, protein and RNA synthesis continued for 3 to 5 min. The virus-induced enzyme, deoxycytidylate hydroxymethylase was produced in reduced amounts (15% of normal), and the extent of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) synth...

BACKGROUND Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an inflammatory autoimmune disorder which is uncommon in men. It has a wide variety of clinical presentations. CASE REPORT We report a 21-year-old male presented with one month history of fever, loss of appetite, weight loss and reduced hair growth with an examination revealing an oral ulcer, cervical and axillary lymphadenopathy simulating hem...

Nitrifying activity in the surface water of the Włocławek Dam Reservoir (WDR) was determined by use of a nitrification selective inhibitor (ATU). The highest values of nitrification were observed in the stations nearer the dam, with lower flow velocity, where the activity amounted to up to 120 μg N/dm3/day. Nitrification process [%] involvement in biochemical oxygen demand increased with passin...

The case of spontaneous poisoning of 38 calves with Poison Hemlock (Conium maculatum) was described. The following indices were measured, among others: haemoglobin content (HGB), red blood cell counts (RBC), white blood cell counts (WBC), haematocrit (HCT), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC), differential white ce...

Accepted 19 November 1997 A 39-year-old Caucasian man presented to his general practitioner with an episode of vertigo, right-sided hearing loss and tinnitus. He was treated with betahistine. Two weeks later, he also experienced left-sided hearing loss with tinnitus and was hospitalised. There were no other otological symptoms. His medical history included ulcerative colitis for three years and...

167 A 44-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with complaints of weakness, arthralgia and fever for three weeks. He had a two-year history of hypertension and was a hepatitis B carrier for four years. His physical examination revealed hepatomegaly 4 cm below the costal margin, pretibial edema and maculopapular eruptions, especially on his legs and abdomen, reported to have been present for...

BACKGROUND Adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity has been discovered in several inflammatory conditions; however, there are no data associated with cutaneous anthrax. The aim of this study was to investigate serum ADA activity in patients with cutaneous anthrax. MATERIAL AND METHODS Sixteen patients with cutaneous anthrax and 17 healthy controls were enrolled. We measured ADA activity; periphera...