We compared the ability of the semiautomated BDProbeTec-SDA system, which uses the strand displacement amplification (SDA) method, with that of the Roche Amplicor-PCR system and the Septi-Chek AFB culture system to directly detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTB) and other mycobacteria in sputum samples. A total of 530 sputum samples from 299 patients were examined in this study. Of the...

Leg movements and leg muscle activity were monitored in unrestrained crayfish walking freely under several different load conditions. A variety of changes in the character of locomotion was found to vary with load including: (1) the timing and frequency of the step cycle and in particular the power stroke duration; (2) significant leg-positional changes which result in increased mechanical adva...

PREVIOUS studies " have shown that a specific depressor response occurs in normotensive and hypertensive rats following deprivation of dietary potassium. Cortisone restores the lowered blood pressures of such potassium-deficient rats to their initial normotensive' 6 or hypertensive levels. Although a similar depressor response occurs in human subjects, when fed a potassium-deficient diet and in...

was completely recovered from, and she was quite well for a couple of days. On the ninth day after delivery, her medical attendant found her with a temperature of 105?; there was much tenderness on the right side, and the uterus was much enlarged. On the same night she was removed to the Buchanan Ward of the Royal Infirmary. Condition on Admission.?Expression of face, anxious ; malar flush, wel...

OBJECTIVE To promote a clinical entity that could be part of differential diagnosis of most disorders that affect the pediatric age group. DESCRIPTION We describe a Brazilian girl affected by Johanson-Blizzard syndrome and review the literature. COMMENTS Johanson-Blizzard syndrome is an autosomal recessive condition characterized by hypoplastic alae nasi, scalp defect, deafness and pancreat...

Johanson Blizzard syndrome (JBS) is a rare multi-system disorder characterized by congenital aplasia or hypoplasia of alae nasi, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, hypothyroidism, deafness, growth retardation, varying degree of mental retardation, alopecia, wide open fontanels, anti-mongoloid slant, café-au-lait spots and absent of permanent teeth. We report a 3 months old male child having Joh...

A 77-year-old woman who was diagnosed with Parkinson disease at 51 years of age presented with a 4-year history of intermittent jaw tremor. This was present at rest and declined in amplitude during voluntary movements. Tremor reappeared after the patient bit a tongue depressor continuously for 10 seconds (video on the Neurology® Web site at Neurology.org). “Re-emergent tremor” is a postural han...