TH~ recognition of the pal~ played by bacterial infection in the causation of death in chronic diseases has gained in importance with the multiplication of observations upon the occurrence of such infections in human beings, the subjects of chronic diseases of the heart, kidney, liver, and other organs. The data for a proper appreciation of the relation existing between bacterial infection and ...

Twenty patients with urinary tuberculosis were treated with ofloxacin (200 mg/day, 6 months), rifampin (600 mg/day, 3 months) and isoniazid (300 mg/day, 3 months) between 1989 and 1990. All patients were new cases, diagnosed by observation and/or isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in one of the three morning urine samples. Bacteriological culture conversion (negativization) was assessed as...

A case of cutaneous nocardiosis in a dog has been described. Clinical diagnosis was made on basis of cytological and histopathological examinations and bacteriological analysis. The dog was treated with cephalexin and successfully cured in 8 weeks. There have been no reports of such cases in Poland so far.

The objective of this study was to describe the first report involving a case of equine acute myonecrosis caused by C. novyi type A with an emphasis on clinical signs, the pathological and bacteriological analysis, and molecular identification of the microorganisms as the key of the definitive diagnosis.

BACKGROUND Recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 97 body-mass index (BMI) associated loci. We aimed to evaluate if dietary intake modifies BMI associations at these loci in the Singapore Chinese population. METHODS We utilized GWAS information from six data subsets from two adult Chinese population (N = 7817). Seventy-eight genotyped or imputed index BMI single nucleot...

Tularaemia is an emerging anthropozoonosis transmitted by contact with infected animals and through arthropod bites, inhalation, or ingestion. We describe a pulmonary nodule suggesting cancer in a 70-year-old man. Histological analysis excluded neoplasia, and bacteriological culture excluded tuberculosis. Serological testing and PCR Francisella were positive for this hunter patient, then treate...