Measurement of Size Distributions of Bacterial Cells. R. J. HARVEY AND ALLEN G. MARR.................................................................. 805 Paper Chromatographic System for the Identification of Glycerol in Bacterial Cell Walls. MIYOSHI IKAWA, JAMES W. MORROW, AND SHEILA J. HARNEY........... 812 Desulfovibrio africanus sp. n., a New Dissimilatory Sulfate-reducing Bacterium. L. LE...

The aim of this study was to determine if children in the community with persistent cough can be considered to have asthma. A validated questionnaire was given to the parents of 1245 randomly selected children aged 6-12 years. Atopy was measured with skin prick tests. Children with persistent cough had less morbidity and less atopy compared with children with wheeze. Although the syndrome commo...

Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), important organisms in the Genus Mycobacterium and commonly present in the environment, are known to cause disseminated disease in AIDS patients. In this study, NTM were isolated from environment (soil and water) of the AIDS patients with disseminated NTM disease to know the prevalence of environmental NTM species and their correlation with clinical isolates f...