The study aimed to develop a rapid and simple method for the primary isolation and detection of Helicobacter pylori from dyspeptic patients. Mucosal antral biopsy specimens were obtained from 136 consecutive dyspeptic patients diagnosed with peptic ulcer by endoscopy at Basra General Hospital, Iraq. From histopathological examination of biopsies, H. pylori was detected in 81 (59.6%) peptic ulce...

To the Editor, The Indian Medical Gazette. Sir,?Of the pentavalent antimony compounds that are in common use in the treatment of kala-azar the preparation known as urea-stibamine is probably the one that has been used most extensively. At the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine we have tried out a large number of. antimony compounds and have selected a number of these as being of special value...

The increase in mycological work by diagnostic laboratories has stimulated the development of simple and reliable procedures for routine screening and identification of fungus cultures. The writer has investigated the possibility of applying procedures for the diagnosis of yeasts other than the widely used sugar fermentation and assimilation tests. During earlier investigations it was found tha...

Surface application of broiler litter to no-till cotton could lead to degradation of water quality. Incorporation of broiler litter into the top surface soil (0.05 m) could alleviate this risk. A 2-yr field study was conducted on a silt loam upland soil to determine the effect of incorporation of broiler litter into the soil surface on nutrient and bacterial transport in runoff. The experimenta...

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The efficacy of the string culture test to isolate Helicobacter pylori from gastric secretions of 28 volunteers was studied. With the urea breath test (UBT) as the "gold standard," the string culture test showed a sensitivity of 75% and a specificity of 100%. The results of string culture did not correlate with the UBT results, with serum antibody levels, or with the pH levels of gastric secret...

Six pregnant cows received, by injection into the rumen, 0.20 to 0.30 g urea/kg body-weight at 104 to 148 days of pregnancy, 0.35 g/kg at 124 to 169 days of pregnancy, 0.35 g/kg at 208 to 226 days of pregnancy and 0.30 g/kg at 256 to 273 days of pregnancy. The change in blood ammonia concentration was followed for approximately seven hours after dosing. Five cows survived until calving and gave...

Ornithine transcarbamoylase deficiency is the most common inherited urea cycle disorder. In adults, its phenotypes are diverse. In asymptomatic patients with late presentations, symptom onset is often associated with a precipitating factor. We present a case of a woman with urea cycle disorder diagnosed after an acute peptic ulcer bleed and fasting.

Common inborn errors of metabolism treated by low natural protein diets [amino acid (AA) disorders, organic acidemias and urea cycle disorders] are responsible for a collection of diverse clinical symptoms, each condition presenting at different ages with variable severity. Precursor-free or essential L-AAs are important in all these conditions. Optimal long-term outcome depends on early diagno...

We report a 50 hour old newborn with inborn urea cycle disorder and hyperammonia of 2320 umol/L. The pharmacological treatment of the first metabolic crisis was combined with venovenous hemodiafiltration and therapeutic hypothermia to rescue the patient from a life-threatening cerebral edema.