In 1979 an indirect haemagglutination test (gonococcal antibody test) using gonococcal pilus antigen replaced the gonococcal complement fixation test as our routine procedure to show gonococcal antibodies. In the diagnosis of current gonorrhoea the sensitivity of the gonococcal antibody test was far superior to that of the gonococcal complement fixation test (about 55% versus 9% for first episo...

Abstract Aim 1) To review current practice in the diagnosis and management of peri-orbital orbital cellulitis children at a London University Teaching Hospital. 2) design implement streamlined, multi-specialty care pathway to improve quality care. Background Clinical differentiation between is often difficult, especially young children. Early recognition aggressive, treatment are required order...

Objective: The aim of this study is a retrospective evaluation of survival in patients who had undergone lung resection for non-small cell lung cancer and in whose microscopic residual disease at the bronchial resection margin was found, according to the type of in®ltration, histology, lymph node involvement and postoperative treatment. Methods: A total of 1384 patients underwent lung resection...

Most accounts of the eucharistic controversy assume that after the Swiss cities rejected the Wittenberg Concord, Martin Bucer had no more influence in Switzerland. In Bern, however, a party supporting Bucer's concord theolStreit um das Abendmahl, in: Zwa 24, 1997, 59-79. This argument holds true for the Swiss who later followed Bucer, but the Zurich church did not genuinely embrace the First He...