Cerebritis: An unusual complication of Klebsiella pneumoniae

Polyserositis: An Unusual Complication of Aluminum Phosphide Poisoning

  Background: Aluminum phosphide is the common cause of poisoning in adults in India, with a very high case fatality ratio. We studied five patients of aluminum phosphide poisoning with polyserositis. Methods: We enrolled all patients with aluminum phosphide poisoning presenting to emergency medical department, at a tertiary care hospital in northwestern India from January to July 2006. These p...

An unusual complication of mourning.

The emotional trauma of bereavement can, on occasion, be translated into physical trauma. Phrases such as "grinding of teeth", "breast-beating" and "tearing one's hair out" have a traditional association with mourning and lamentation.' We report a case where bereavement led directly to an uncommon neurological complication of blunt trauma. A forty year old housewife from the United Arab Emirate...

Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Nitrogenase of Klebsiella pneumoniae

1. Nitrogenase from the facultative anaerobe Klebsiellapneumoniae was resolved into two protein components resembling those obtained from other nitrogen-fixing bacteria. 2. Both proteins were purified to homogeneity as shown by the criteria of disc electrophoresis and ultracentrifugal analysis. 3. The larger component had a mol.wt. of 218000 and contained one Mo atom, 17Fe atoms and 17 acid-lab...

An Unusual Complication from an Electric Shock