Hanahan and Jayko (1952) isolated a pure individual unsaturated lecithin, L-ox-(dipalmitoleyI)lecithin, from fresh baker's yeast by adsorption on alumina. They showed that hydrogenation of this material produced the corresponding saturated lecithin which was identical with the synthetic L-oc-(dipalmitoyl)-lecithin of Baer and Maurukas (1952). The latter compound, when used in combination with c...

INTRODUCTION In 2013, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that 1.9 million pregnant women were infected with syphilis worldwide, of which 66.5% had adverse fetal effects in cases of untreated syphilis. Congenital syphilis contributes significantly to infant mortality, accounting for 305,000 perinatal deaths worldwide annually. AIM To estimate the prevalence of syphilis in parturients...

A white married man, aged 33 years was treated for penile warts between February and July, 1971. Serological tests for syphilis (WR, VDRL, and RPCF) were negative at his first attendance. He was admitted to hospital on October 1, 1971, for incision of a peri-anal abscess; the serological tests for syphilis were now found to be positive (VDRL titre 1:16) and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate wa...

We report successful treatment of syphilitic uveitis in a case series of three Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients at Malaysia's Selayang Hospital eye clinic. All three patients with syphilitic uveitis were male, aged from 23 to 35 years old, with a history of high-risk behaviors. Of the patients, two presented with blurring of vision and only one patient presented with floater...

Received 11 June 2008; accepted 19 June 2008; electronically published 20 August 2008. Reprints or correspondence: Dr. Daniel M. Musher, Infectious Disease Section, Rm. 4B-370, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 2002 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030 ([email protected]). Clinical Infectious Diseases 2008; 47:900–2 This article is in the public domain, and no copyright is...

OBJECTIVES To study the prevalence of HBsAg, Anti-HCV, HIV, Syphilis and Malaria in blood donors. METHODS This is a cross sectional descriptive study, conducted at Blood bank and Transfusion center at Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences (LUMHS) Hyderabad, during the period from January, 2014 to June, 2015. A total of 4683 blood donors were screened for HBsAg, Anti-HCV and HIV on A...

BACKGROUND The goal of this study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors for horizontal transmission of hepatitis B infection due to intravenous drug abuse (IVDA), tattooing, blood transfusion, and combinations of these risk factors. METHODS All people detained in 19 prisons were invited to participate. Subjects underwent a physical examination and completed a questionnaire. Blood s...

A 56‐year‐old man with a 9‐year history of progressive polyneuropathy was admitted to hospital, for feeling worse accompanied with chest discomfort and dyspnea in recent 1 month. In 2005, the patient started complaining of his limbs weakness and numbness then progressed to unable to walk. In 2006, the patient was diagnosed as chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) by the local...

In Brazil, syphilis is still a great problem of public health. Serological test is essential for syphilis diagnosis and the current trend is the use of recombinant antigen in the treponemal tests, due to its confirmed higher sensibility and specificity. The purpose of the present study was to analyze the profile of anti-Tp47 antibodies in patients with positive serology for syphilis. One hundre...

After a decade of steady decline, syphilis has reemerged within the past few years and it is seeping back into the HIV negative population. We describe herein 16 consecutive cases of neurosyphilis and compare its clinical characteristics. Of the 16 patients, 14 (87%) were men. Mean age at onset was 43 years old (range: 23-82). Twelve patients (75%) were HIV positive; stage was B2 in 2 patients,...