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3,300 | 6,680 | Acute abdominal pain in the elderly.
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To determine the incidences of both specific diagnosis and surgical diseases in patients more than 65 years old who present to the emergency department with nontraumatic abdominal pain of less than one week's duration, and to determine the ED staff's ability to di... | C06 |
3,301 | 92 | A retrospective analysis of therapy for acute graft-versus-host disease: initial treatment.
We have reviewed results of therapy in 740 patients with grades II-IV acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after allogeneic marrow transplantation.
At the beginning of therapy, 597 patients (81%) had rash, 369 (50%) had live... | C06 |
3,302 | 9,131 | Angiodysplasia: characterization, diagnosis, and advances in treatment.
Gastrointestinal bleeding accounts for 2% of all adult hospital admissions each year.
Angiodysplasia is one of the most frequently reported causes of lower gastrointestinal bleeding.
In 80% of patients with bleeding angiodysplasia, the bleeding ... | C06 |
3,303 | 4,017 | A laser-induced scar at the cardia increases the yield pressure of the lower esophageal sphincter
Low yield pressure of the lower esophageal sphincter is associated with esophageal reflux, and fundoplication must increase yield pressure if it is to prevent reflux.
We attempted to increase yield pressure endoscopical... | C06 |
3,304 | 5,013 | Gastrointestinal pathology in adult iron overdose.
The gastrointestinal effects of iron overdose have been described in children.
They may occur acutely, ranging in severity from mucosal injury to complete infarction, or several weeks later, as obstruction due to stricture formation.
They typically occur in the stom... | C06 |
3,305 | 9,705 | Relation of Helicobacter pylori to the human gastric mucosa in chronic gastritis of the antrum.
The spatial relations between bacteria and the affected tissues can indicate pathogenic mechanisms.
This study was undertaken to define the spatial relation of Helicobacter pylori to the human gastric mucosa.
Antibodies a... | C06 |
3,306 | 8,463 | Primary sclerosing cholangitis.
Primary sclerosing cholangitis is a rare disease of unknown etiology.
Sclerosis of the bile ducts may actually be the final result of multiple factors such as autoimmune, bacterial, congenital, drug, or viral injury.
The most commonly associated diseases are ulcerative colitis and chr... | C06 |
3,307 | 8,458 | Acute cholangitis.
Cholangitis is an infection of the biliary ductal system that results from the combination of bactibilia and biliary obstruction.
Choledocholithiasis has been the leading cause of cholangitis.
However, in recent years, especially at tertiary referral centers, nonoperative biliary manipulations, of... | C06 |
3,308 | 8,025 | Plasma vasoactive intestinal polypeptide concentration determination in patients with diarrhea.
Determination of plasma levels of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) has been used for screening patients with chronic diarrhea to identify potential neuroendocrine tumors.
This 6-year blinded study from 1981 to 1986 ... | C06 |
3,309 | 8,453 | Gallstone dissolution.
Many methods are available for gallstone dissolution, including oral bile salts; cholesterol solvents such as mono-octanoin or methyl tert-butyl either; and calcium or pigment solvents such as EDTA and polysorbate.
Which of these approaches will be appropriate for an individual patient depends ... | C06 |
3,310 | 4,827 | Phase I clinical and pharmacologic study of intraperitoneal cisplatin and fluorouracil in patients with advanced intraabdominal cancer.
Fluorouracil (5-FU) and cisplatin display marked therapeutic synergy in preclinical models and are effective in the treatment of a number of solid tumors when combined and administere... | C06 |
3,311 | 8,819 | Xipamide disposition in liver cirrhosis.
The pharmacokinetics of the sulfonamide-type diuretic xipamide was studied in patients with liver cirrhosis and ascites and compared with healthy control subjects.
After oral administration of 40 mg xipamide, the diuretic was rapidly distributed in the blood and the ascites.
... | C06 |
3,312 | 9,027 | High-fat semielemental diet in the treatment of protracted diarrhea of infancy.
The capacity for greater fat absorption relative to carbohydrate absorption in protracted diarrhea of infancy was studied in a developed and a developing country (Buffalo, NY, and Bangkok, Thailand).
Fifty patients with protracted diarrhe... | C06 |
3,313 | 8,368 | Acute axonal polyneuropathy associated with anti-GM1 antibodies following Campylobacter enteritis.
We report 2 patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) following Campylobacter jejuni enteritis.
Electrophysiologic studies indicated that the predominant process was axonal degeneration of motor nerves, and clinical r... | C06 |
3,314 | 7,996 | Expression of leukocyte adhesion molecules by mucosal mononuclear phagocytes in inflammatory bowel disease.
Leukocyte adhesion molecules are important in cell-cell interactions of the immune system.
Lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1 (cluster designation 11a) mediates interactions between T cells and mononuclea... | C06 |
3,315 | 639 | Towards a true prevalence of peptic ulcer: the Sorreisa gastrointestinal disorder study.
This study, designed to overcome methodological problems inherent in earlier prevalence studies of peptic ulcer, was carried out in a municipality in northern Norway.
It included the total population of 2027, aged 20-69 years, an... | C06 |
3,316 | 620 | Daytime reduction of gastro-oesophageal reflux after healing of oesophagitis and its value as an indicator of favourable response to maintenance treatment.
In order to investigate the response of gastro-oesophageal reflux after medically induced healing of oesophagitis and its relation to the occurrence of relapse dur... | C06 |
3,317 | 6,750 | The role of endoscopic retrograde pancreatography (ERP) in blunt abdominal trauma.
The diagnosis of pancreatic injury is often difficult because it lies retroperitoneally in a protected area.
Delayed diagnosis and treatment of blunt pancreatic trauma can result in significant morbidity and mortality.
Endoscopic Retr... | C06 |
3,318 | 6,558 | Recurrence rate after discontinuation of long-term mebendazole therapy in alveolar echinococcosis (preliminary results).
The recurrence rate was investigated in 19 patients with non-resectable alveolar echinococcosis after discontinuation of a long-term therapy with mebendazole (average treatment 4.3 years).
A contro... | C06 |
3,319 | 4,665 | Diagnosis of intestinal amebiasis using salivary IgA antibody detection.
This investigation sought to determine whether detection of salivary IgA antibodies to Entamoeba histolytica could identify intestinal amebic infections among 223 school children.
Four groups of children were identified through coproparasitoscop... | C03 |
3,320 | 4,846 | Toxoplasmosis of the conus medullaris in a patient with hemophilia A-associated AIDS. Case report.
Toxoplasma gondii has been reported to be the most common cause of focal brain lesions in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
A case of intramedullary toxoplasmosis of the conus medullaris is report... | C03 |
3,321 | 4,664 | Bacterial infections in patients with visceral leishmaniasis.
Bacterial infections are often seen in patients with visceral leishmaniasis.
To determine the incidence of such infection and the more common infectious agents, 30 consecutive patients with visceral leishmaniasis were followed throughout hospitalization.
... | C03 |
3,322 | 2,580 | Successful medical management of Acanthamoeba keratitis
Seven patients with documented Acanthamoeba keratitis were treated with prolonged and intensive triple antiamoebic therapy consisting of topical neomycin-polymyxin B-gramicidin, propamidine isethionate 0.1%, and miconazole nitrate 1%.
Additionally, five patient... | C03 |
3,323 | 6,927 | Sulfadiazine crystalluria revisited. The treatment of Toxoplasma encephalitis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Toxoplasma gondii encephalitis is an important opportunistic infection in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, estimated to occur in 20,000 to 40,000 patients with acquired immunodefici... | C03 |
3,324 | 8,581 | Identification of Toxoplasma gondii in paraffin-embedded sections by the polymerase chain reaction.
We used the polymerase chain reaction to amplify DNA fragments specific to Toxoplasma gondii.
The sensitivity of the technique allowed for the detection of as few as ten cultured T.
gondii tachyzoites.
We applied the... | C03 |
3,325 | 3,000 | An immunofluorescence study of cerebral malaria. A correlation with histopathology.
Histopathologic and immunopathologic features of cerebral malaria have been defined in a study of six autopsy cases with severe Plasmodium falciparum infection.
In five cases, immunofluorescent studies demonstrated intense deposition ... | C03 |
3,326 | 6,547 | Ultrasonographical investigations of onchocerciasis in Liberia.
The efficiency of ultrasonography (US) for the diagnosis and clinical characterization of onchocerciasis was evaluated.
US was performed on 120 probands in Liberia.
Ninety-two patients had generalized onchocerciasis, 21 patients suffered from the chroni... | C03 |
3,327 | 8,666 | Visceral leishmaniasis in a Scottish child.
A Scottish girl acquired visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) while on holiday in Majorca.
She presented with the infection, six months later, in Scotland.
Because of inexperience with the disease and a degree of scepticism unnecessary investigations were carried out resulti... | C03 |
3,328 | 2,275 | Ascariasis.
Ascaris lumbricoides is the most common helminth to infect humans.
Infection occurs when contaminated soil containing mature eggs is swallowed.
Clinically, infection ranges from the asymptomatic carrier state to life-threatening pulmonary disease or intestinal obstruction.
Diagnosis is most frequently e... | C03 |
3,329 | 6,543 | Studies in owl monkeys leading to the development of a synthetic vaccine against the asexual blood stages of Plasmodium falciparum.
During the development of a synthetic vaccine for human use against the asexual blood stages of Plasmodium falciparum, monkey trials were performed to assess safety, immunogenicity, and p... | C03 |
3,330 | 6,544 | Immunization of owl monkeys with a combination of Plasmodium falciparum asexual blood-stage synthetic peptide antigens.
A mixture of 3 synthetic peptides (35.1, 55.1, and 83.1) corresponding to portions of the 35 kDa, 55 kDa, and 83 kDa proteins from the asexual blood stages of Plasmodium falciparum and a polymer of a... | C03 |
3,331 | 6,553 | Plasmodium falciparum-infected Anopheles stephensi inconsistently transmit malaria to humans.
Malaria was transmitted to only 5 of 10 volunteers bitten by 1-2 Anopheles stephensi carrying sporozoites of the 3D7 clone of the NF54 strain of Plasmodium falciparum in their salivary glands.
Parasites were detectable by cu... | C03 |
3,332 | 6,542 | Geographical distribution of Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte rosetting and frequency of rosetting antibodies in human sera.
Uninfected erythrocytes bind spontaneously to those infected with certain strains of Plasmodium falciparum.
This is known as spontaneous erythrocyte rosetting.
We have studied the occurrence ... | C03 |
3,333 | 787 | Cardiac echinococcosis: the diagnostic value of computed tomography scanning.
The diagnosis of cardiac hydatid disease is a difficult one.
Conventional and specific cardiac investigations are not pathognomonic of this disease.
In this report, the diagnostic value of computed tomography (CT) scanning was prospectivel... | C03 |
3,334 | 6,555 | Parasite antigenemia in untreated and treated lymphatic filarial infections.
To evaluate the merit of antigen detection assays as a tool to monitor the efficacy of chemotherapy for lymphatic filariasis, we serially measured antigen levels in sera from jirds infected with Brugia malayi and from humans with bancroftian ... | C03 |
3,335 | 6,554 | Quantitative in vitro drug potency and drug susceptibility evaluation of Leishmania ssp. from patients unresponsive to pentavalent antimony therapy.
Quantitative in vitro drug sensitivity of 32 Leishmania isolates (16 from patients failing pentavalent antimony [SbV] therapy) was determined using a radiorespirometric m... | C03 |
3,336 | 2,076 | Disseminated strongyloidiasis in AIDS and non-AIDS immunocompromised hosts: diagnosis by sputum and bronchoalveolar lavage.
In conclusion, disseminated strongyloidiasis is a fatal disease that commonly affects the lungs.
The disease should be suspected in an immunocompromised host who came from an area endemic for S ... | C03 |
3,337 | 3,761 | Hemoptysis in a 49-year-old man. An unusual presentation of a sporadic disease.
Although amebiasis is prevalent in tropical and subtropical areas, it occurs sporadically in the United States.
Pleuropulmonary involvement is seen in about 20 percent of the patients with amebic liver abscesses.
We describe a patient wi... | C03 |
3,338 | 2,632 | Comparison of active and passive case detection of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Guatemala.
To estimate the degree to which passive case detection underestimates the true incidence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Guatemala, we compared data from the passive surveillance system of the Guatemalan Ministry of Health with a cr... | C03 |
3,339 | 5,279 | Cerebral malaria in children
Cerebral malaria is a rapidly progressive encephalopathy with up to 50% mortality.
A cardinal feature is the massing of red cells containing mature Plasmodium falciparum within the cerebral capillaries.
Adhesion of these parasitised red cells to endothelium, an event which may initiate ... | C03 |
3,340 | 2,633 | Diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis acquired in Peru.
A case of diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis (DCL) acquired in Peru is described.
The causative agent was Leishmania mexicana amazonensis as determined by isoenzyme analysis and species-specific monoclonal antibody binding characteristics.
Histological examination of bi... | C03 |
3,341 | 8,585 | Acanthamoeba keratitis associated with disposable contact lenses.
Two patients developed Acanthamoeba keratitis associated with the use of disposable extended-wear hydrogel contact lenses.
Both patients removed, irrigated, and reinserted the contact lenses without disinfecting them.
One patient wore the lenses on a ... | C03 |
3,342 | 2,636 | Transmission indices of Loa loa in the Chaillu Mountains, Congo.
A longitudinal entomological survey of the vectors of loiasis was conducted in the Missama area (Lekoumou region) in the Congo from September 1987 to August 1989.
The principal catching site was a palm grove surrounded by forest 3 km from the village.
... | C03 |
3,343 | 2,635 | A comparison of host responses of the Mongolian jird to infections of Brugia malayi and B. pahangi.
Host responses of jirds receiving a single subcutaneous inoculation of subperiodic Brugia malayi were compared with those of jirds similarly infected with B.
pahangi.
Parasite burdens, lymphatic lesion severity, granu... | C03 |
3,344 | 6,923 | Acute renal failure in obstructive jaundice in cholangiocarcinoma.
This study was aimed at defining the natural history of renal failure in obstructive jaundice due to cholangiocarcinoma, which is an important health problem in northeastern Thailand.
Sixty-four patients among a total of 130 patients with obstructive ... | C03 |
3,345 | 6,777 | Efficacy and toxicity of sodium stibogluconate for mucosal leishmaniasis.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the efficacy and toxicity of the World Health Organization's (WHO) recommended treatment for mucosal leishmaniasis: antimony, 20 mg/kg body weight per day for 28 days.
DESIGN: Open trial with 12-month follow-up.
SETTING... | C03 |
3,346 | 8,016 | Light microscopic diagnosis of human microsporidiosis and variable response to octreotide.
Microsporida are protozoan parasites that have recently been identified as a cause of human disease in immunocompromised patients.
Because of their small size, they have been recognized primarily by electron microscopy.
This h... | C03 |
3,347 | 7,918 | Epidemiology of epilepsy in Guaymi Indians from Bocas del Toro Province, Republic of Panama.
This cross-sectional study was conducted to describe the epidemiology of epilepsy in Guaymi Indians residing in Changuinola, a small town on Panama's Caribbean coast near Costa Rica.
We randomly selected households and attemp... | C03 |
3,348 | 8,203 | B cell responses to paramyosin. Isotypic analysis and epitope mapping of filarial paramyosin in patients with onchocerciasis.
To examine the fine specificity of the human immune response to filarial paramyosin, the antigenicity of an expressed rcDNA (2.55 kb) of Dirofilaria immitis paramyosin was detailed by ELISA.
U... | C03 |
3,349 | 6,168 | HIV disease: a review for the family physician. Part II. Secondary infections, malignancy and experimental therapy.
The first part of this two-part article included recommendations for the initial evaluation of patients suspected of having HIV infection, the Centers for Disease Control's classification scheme for HIV ... | C03 |
3,350 | 2,125 | Cerebral cysticercosis.
We studied 143 cases of cerebral cysticercosis over a 30-year period.
In 46 there was hydrocephalus due to cysts obstructing the cerebrospinal fluid pathways, with signs of hydrocephalus and cerebellar dysfunction.
In 97 there were cysts in the cerebral parenchyma, causing symptoms of intracr... | C03 |
3,351 | 7,789 | Disseminated strongyloidiasis with central nervous system involvement diagnosed antemortem in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and Burkitts lymphoma.
A 45-year-old man presented with central nervous system involvement as the initial manifestation of disseminated infection with Strongyloides stercorali... | C03 |
3,352 | 8,260 | Eosinophilic meningitis: cause of a chronic pain syndrome.
Three tourists developed eosinophilic meningitis after visiting the Fijian Islands.
Two had a severe and long lasting illness with chronic intractable pain.
In one patient electrophysiological studies and MRI scan of the brain were abnormal and provided evid... | C03 |
3,353 | 2,446 | Toxoplasmic chorioretinitis and hepatic granulomas.
A 71-yr-old male presented with a 2-month history of fever, malaise, and weight loss.
Physical exam revealed chorioretinitis.
Laboratory studies were notable for elevated levels of alkaline phosphatase, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, aspartate transaminase, and ala... | C03 |
3,354 | 2,546 | High infectious morbidity in pregnant women with insulin-dependent diabetes: an understated complication.
Patients with insulin-dependent diabetes are prone to infection, possibly related to poor metabolic control.
Relative immune deficiency exists in pregnancy.
We hypothesized that pregnant patients with insulin-de... | C03 |
3,355 | 8,959 | Human cerebral malaria: association with erythrocyte rosetting and lack of anti-rosetting antibodies.
Plasmodium falciparum isolates from 24 Gambian children with cerebral malaria and 57 children with mild forms of the disease were assessed for their ability to form erythrocyte rosettes.
All isolates from the childre... | C03 |
3,356 | 2,629 | Humoral and cell-mediated immune responses to the Plasmodium falciparum antigens PF155/RESA and CS protein: seasonal variations in a population recently reexposed to endemic malaria.
Resurgence of falciparum malaria occurred in the Central Highlands of Madagascar in the 1980s and the disease is currently hyperendemic.... | C03 |
3,357 | 6,556 | Selective breeding of dogs for segregation of limb edema from microfilaremia as clinical manifestations of Brugia infections.
Three generations of beagles were monitored for microfilaremia (mf) and clinical disease during repeated infection with Brugia pahangi and were selectively bred for offspring manifesting limb e... | C03 |
3,358 | 9,298 | Activated eosinophils increase vascular permeability and resistance in isolated perfused rat lungs
The effects of eosinophils activated with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) on isolated perfused rat lungs were examined.
Eosinophils were obtained from lungs of rats infected with Toxocara canis by bronchoalveolar lavag... | C03 |
3,359 | 8,311 | The "nuisance" sexually transmitted diseases: molluscum contagiosum, scabies, and crab lice.
Although molluscum contagiosum, scabies, and infestation by crab lice do not carry the requirements of partner notification or other long-term consequences, they are among the most commonly reported sexually transmitted diseas... | C03 |
3,360 | 7,387 | Toxoplasma gondii retinochoroiditis and optic neuritis in acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Report of a case.
A 29-year-old man with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) was found to have a retinochoroiditis and optic neuritis of his left eye.
Results of fundus examination showed inflammatory and hemorrhagic... | C03 |
3,361 | 6,424 | Detection of congenital toxoplasmosis by chorionic villus sampling and early amniocentesis.
We describe a strategy used in this case to detect congenital toxoplasmosis early in pregnancy.
Combination of chorionic villus sampling and early amniocentesis with an in vitro cell culture technique makes prenatal diagnosis ... | C03 |
3,362 | 2,630 | In vitro growth inhibition of Plasmodium falciparum by sera from different regions of the Philippines.
Sera from different malaria endemic regions of the Republic of the Philippines were compared for their ability to inhibit growth of Plasmodium falciparum in vitro.
Dialyzed serum was added to synchronous cultures co... | C03 |
3,363 | 7,908 | Phrenomediastinal echinococcosis.
A patient with the rare presentation of posterior mediastinal echinococcosis is reported.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MR) demonstrated the extension of a primary retroperitoneal cyst into the posterior mediastinum which was subsequently confirmed surgically to be of echinococcal orig... | C03 |
3,364 | 2,039 | Impact of mass treatment of onchocerciasis with ivermectin on the transmission of infection.
Onchocerciasis is a major blinding disease that, until recently, has been essentially untreatable.
Ivermectin is a safe and effective drug for the mass treatment of onchocerciasis and when used on an individual basis, it redu... | C03 |
3,365 | 6,557 | Physical activity, opportunity for reinfection, and sibling history of heart disease as risk factors for Chagas' cardiopathy.
A case-control study was conducted to examine whether physical activity, sibling history of heart disease (HHD), and length of residence in an area endemic for Chagas' disease were associated w... | C03 |
3,366 | 2,263 | Pleuropulmonary manifestations of hepatic amebiasis
Pleuropulmonary manifestations of hepatic amebiasis occurred in 30 patients; 18 (60%) presented with at least 1 pulmonary complaint and 10 (33%) had multiple pulmonary symptoms.
In 14 patients (47%), abnormalities were found on examination of the chest.
In 16 ches... | C03 |
3,367 | 2,953 | Intraoperative bronchial aspiration of ruptured pulmonary hydatid cysts.
Ruptured pulmonary hydatid cysts are seen clinically and radiologically as persistent cavitary lesions of the lung.
Bronchi opening into the pericyst cavity allow for discharge of fluid matter but not the escape of solid remnants of the collapse... | C03 |
3,368 | 6,540 | Variations in malaria transmission rates are not related to anopheline survivorship per feeding cycle.
Anopheline survivorship, vectorial capacity, and mosquito infection probability estimates from mosquito infection rates were determined 4 times in 1 year in a Papua New Guinea village.
Estimates of survivorship over... | C03 |
3,369 | 4,773 | Dexamethasone increases plasma levels of albendazole.
Therapy of neurocysticercosis with cysticidal drugs is frequently complicated by the exacerbation of symptoms that follows the inflammation triggered by the acute destruction of cysticerci.
Treatment of such adverse reactions with dexamethasone is highly effective... | C03 |
3,370 | 3,292 | In vitro rosetting, cytoadherence, and microagglutination properties of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes from Gambian and Tanzanian patients.
To understand the molecular mechanisms that lead to sequestration of red blood cells infected with mature stages of Plasmodium falciparum and to examine the relevance... | C03 |
3,371 | 4,635 | Circulating immune complex-associated parasite antigens in human onchocerciasis.
This study identified and characterized parasite antigens in sera from humans infected with Onchocerca volvulus.
Immune complexes were precipitated from human sera with polyethylene glycol and analyzed by immunoblot with rabbit antibodie... | C03 |
3,372 | 7,838 | Echinococcus infestation of the biceps brachii. A case report.
Echinococcus is a genus of tapeworm endemic in certain parts of the world but found only rarely in the United States.
An extremely unusual case of an intramuscular infestation involving an extremity occurred in a 41-year-old man.
Since the infestation cl... | C03 |
3,373 | 604 | Endoscopic cholangiopancreatography in hepatic clonorchiasis--a follow-up study.
Cholangiographic changes of the biliary system in 16 patients with proven hepatic clonorchiasis, diagnosed by positive stool or bile ova isolates, were studied.
All patients presented with epigastric pain.
Other symptoms included jaundi... | C03 |
3,374 | 4,024 | Variceal sclerosis in schistosomotic patients: a 5-year follow-up study.
To assess the therapeutic possibilities of injection sclerosis in schistosomotic portal hypertension, a 5-year prospective study was conducted in northeast Brazil, where this parasitosis is endemic.
Fifty patients undergoing endoscopy for upper ... | C03 |
3,375 | 7,588 | Concomitant neurocysticercosis and brucellosis.
A young Mexican woman had headache and left arm weakness develop shortly after immigrating to the United States.
A solitary cerebral cysticercus was found at surgery, but, instead of the expected finding of clear fluid, the cyst contained pus from which Brucella meliten... | C03 |
3,376 | 3,674 | Mefloquine kinetics in cured and recrudescent patients with acute falciparum malaria and in healthy volunteers.
Mefloquine pharmacokinetics were compared in a randomized clinical trial in Thailand among patients with malaria and healthy volunteers.
A single oral dose of 1500 mg mefloquine hydrochloride was administer... | C03 |
3,377 | 2,864 | In vivo assessment of antimicrobial agents against Toxoplasma gondii by quantification of parasites in the blood, lungs, and brain of infected mice.
The in vivo effects of antimicrobial agents against Toxoplasma gondii were evaluated in mice that were infected intraperitoneally with 10(4) tachyzoites of the RH strain ... | C03 |
3,378 | 6,930 | Lindane (Kwell)-induced aplastic anemia.
Numerous toxic exposures have been implicated in causing aplastic anemia.
Thirteen cases of aplastic anemia and 5 cases of other blood dyscrasias, eg, red blood cell aplasia and thrombocytopenia, associated with lindane, have been reported in the literature.
However, aplastic... | C03 |
3,379 | 4,674 | Effects of albendazole on Echinococcus multilocularis infection in the Mongolian jird.
Albendazole chemotherapy of larval Echinococcus multilocularis was studied in the Mongolian jird by administration of medicated feed at various concentrations and durations.
The effects were evaluated by comparison of treated and c... | C03 |
3,380 | 7,386 | Longitudinal study of lesions of the posterior segment in onchocerciasis.
Onchocerciasis is a major cause of blindness, and much of the blindness due to onchocerciasis is caused by chorioretinitis.
Little is known about the progression of lesions in the posterior segment in either untreated or treated disease.
The a... | C03 |
3,381 | 7,117 | Pathophysiological insights into the cardiomyopathy of Chagas' disease.
The evidence gained from both human and animal studies of chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy suggests that the disease occurs as a consequence of several discrete and progressive pathophysiological processes occurring after infection, the ultimate ex... | C03 |
3,382 | 8,962 | Pregnancy outcome after inadvertent ivermectin treatment during community-based distribution.
Ivermectin is the drug of choice for community-based treatment of onchocerciasis.
Since pregnancy testing during mass distribution campaigns is not feasible, the safety of ivermectin in pregnancy must be established.
During... | C03 |
3,383 | 4,089 | Transfusion risks.
Hepatitis remains the most serious transfusion risk, in terms of incidence and severity.
Transfusion-associated AIDS, hemolytic reactions, TRALI, and anaphylaxis are severe problems that occur relatively rarely, while febrile reactions and mild allergic reactions are common but not serious.
The ke... | C03 |
3,384 | 4,197 | Successful surgical treatment of subaortic stenosis caused by an accessory mitral valve.
A 22-month-old boy with subaortic stenosis was found to have relatively mature mitral valve tissue beneath the aortic valve, associated with a hypertrophic and prominent interventricular septum.
This tissue caused obstruction of ... | C14 |
3,385 | 7,568 | Sudden death behind the wheel from natural disease in drivers of four-wheeled motorized vehicles.
The heart was studied in 30 persons who died suddenly from natural causes in the driver's seat of an automobile, truck or bus.
Twenty had cardiac arrest while driving and the other 10 while sitting in the driver's seat o... | C14 |
3,386 | 5,024 | Surgical treatment of renal artery stenosis after failed percutaneous transluminal angioplasty.
From 1980 to 1989, 53 patients with renovascular hypertension underwent surgical treatment after initial unsuccessful management with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty.
Renal artery stenosis was due to fibrous dysplasi... | C14 |
3,387 | 776 | Prosthetic above-knee femoropopliteal bypass for intermittent claudication.
There is no consensus about the most appropriate management of the patient with intermittent claudication due to a superficial femoral artery occlusion.
To evaluate the natural history of prosthetic above-knee femoropopliteal (AKFP) bypass, 2... | C14 |
3,388 | 7,145 | Effects of brief coronary occlusion and reperfusion on porcine coronary artery reactivity.
The loss of coronary vasodilator reserve after ischemia-reperfusion may be due to endothelial injury, and this vascular dysfunction may contribute to functional alterations observed after ischemia.
To determine whether endothel... | C14 |
3,389 | 6,274 | Erythrocyte fatty acids, plasma lipids, and cardiovascular disease in rural China.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality (coronary heart disease, hypertensive heart disease, and stroke), plasma lipids, and red blood cell fatty acid composition were examined in an ecologic study in 65 rural counties in the People's Re... | C14 |
3,390 | 3,562 | Prolonged cardiac preservation. Evaluation of the University of Wisconsin preservation solution by comparison with the St. Thomas' Hospital cardioplegic solutions in the rat.
The University of Wisconsin solution differs from other types of solutions used for organ preservation because it contains high-energy phosphate... | C14 |
3,391 | 8,527 | Screening 1140 fifth graders for hypercholesterolemia: family history inadequate to predict results
Cholesterol screening was performed on 1140 fifth-grade students in Scottsdale, AZ, as part of a school-affiliated, health-education program.
The goals were to determine whether family history of heart disease or high... | C14 |
3,392 | 2,303 | Functional significance of myocardial perfusion defects induced by dipyridamole using thallium-201 single-photon emission computed tomography and two-dimensional echocardiography.
The mechanisms responsible for inhomogeneous myocardial blood flow after oral administration of a large dose (300 mg) of dipyridamole were ... | C14 |
3,393 | 9,863 | Are blood pressure levels increasing in Denmark?
The Copenhagen City Heart Study is a prospective cardiovascular population study designed to evaluate the incidence of and risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
A random population sample comprising approximately 20,000 individuals was invited to participate.
Blood... | C14 |
3,394 | 3,699 | Increased erythrocyte sodium-lithium countertransport activity in essential hypertension is due to an increased affinity for extracellular sodium.
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Sodium-lithium countertransport activity in a standard assay, its sodium affinity constant and maximum velocity were measured in erythrocytes from normal subjects and f... | C14 |
3,395 | 2,746 | Arterial revascularization by laser angioplasty: first Italian experiences.
Eighty-seven laser angioplasty procedures were performed on 85 patients (73 men and 12 women).
In the first phase (54 patients) a broad selection process included long occlusions (23.9 cm avg) and vessels with heavy calcification; in the seco... | C14 |
3,396 | 7,563 | Ability of calcium-entry blockade by felodipine to disclose different pathogenetic mechanisms behind hyperventilation-induced myocardial ischemia in men.
To verify that myocardial ischemia occurring during either the overbreathing or recovery phase of the hyperventilation test is based on different pathogenetic mechan... | C14 |
3,397 | 8,035 | Role of endothelium in the response to endothelin in hypertension.
The relation between endothelin and acetylcholine (ACh) was examined and compared in aortas from Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats and from stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP).
The relaxation produced by ACh in an endothelin-induced contraction... | C14 |
3,398 | 2,459 | Systolic hypertension in the elderly: reasons not to treat.
Isolated systolic hypertension in the elderly is associated with increased morbidity and mortality.
Accurate measurement of blood pressure in older patients is difficult.
Therapy can be associated with various complications, and the special problems of the ... | C14 |
3,399 | 9,901 | Orthostatic hypotension in human immunodeficiency virus infection may be the result of generalized autonomic nervous system dysfunction.
We used an autonomic nervous system (ANS) testing battery to determine if generalized ANS dysfunction was present in five human immunodeficiency virus-positive (HIV+) patients presen... | C14 |
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