Intoxication vs. infection

Intoxication vs. infection

“He was indeed a deplorable spectacle. In the dim light of a foggy November day the sick room was a gloomy spot, but it was that gaunt, wasted face staring at me from the bed which sent a chill to my heart. His eyes had the brightness of fever, there was a hectic flush upon either cheek, and dark crusts clung to his lips; the thin hands upon the coverlet twitched incessantly, his voice was croa...

Infection and Intoxication

Infection in human cases is often believed to be responsible for anemia. It is generally believed that lack of absorption and definite blood destruction are responsible for the anemia. Accelerated metabolism due to thyroid or dinitrophenol does not modify hemoglobin production in these standard anemic dogs. Endometritis lasting over many weeks will profoundly reduce the production of hemoglobin...

Predicting Alcohol Impairment: Perceived Intoxication vs. BAC

Bacillus cereus infection and intoxication

Clostridium welchii type A is a common agent of food poisoning when allowed to proliferate to large numbers in cooked foods, usually meat and poultry. The main factors of importance are survival of the spores, frequently found on raw products, through the cooking process, and possible contamination of cooked meats transferred to unclean containers; subsequent germination of spores and rapid mul...

Clozapine intoxication due to cessation of smoking and infection.

We report on a patient on clozapine treatment who was admitted to our hospital with pneumonia. He had stopped smoking a few weeks before admission. The serum clozapine rose to a toxic level, most likely due to the combination of infection and smoking cessation. Physicians and pharmacists are often not aware of risk factors for decreased metabolism of clozapine.