A rapid method is described for the isolation of Bacillus abortus from the peritoneal cavity of the guinea pig following the injection of uterine exudate or placental tissue.

There are certain pathological features common to all forms of conjunctivitis. Essentially these are the fundamental characteristics of inflammation: hyperaemia, stasis, cellular exudate, and a fibrin-rich oedematous fluid, added to the reaction of the conjunctival tissues themselves. However, when a fibrin-rich exudate is formed on the surface of the conjunctiva, a pseudomembranous conjunctivi...

INTRODUCTION Hemoglobin spray (Granulox®) comprises purified hemoglobin and is a novel approach for increasing oxygen availability in the wound bed in diabetic foot ulcer patients. Its mode of action is to bind oxygen from the atmosphere and diffuse it into the wound bed to accelerate wound healing in slow-healing wounds. PATIENTS AND METHODS Wound healing outcomes, that is, wound size, pain,...

In this study we tested the hypothesis that after administration of a single intraperitoneal dose of concanavalin A (Con-A) to mice, the proportion of neutrophils and macrophages in the peritoneal exudate and their phagocytic and candidacidal activities should change with time. The number of neutrophils in the peritoneal exudate was greatly increased 6 h after administration of Con-A, and those...

We have previously described the derivation of M 1/70, a hybrid myeloma line secreting monoclonal rat anti-mouse cell surface antibody (Springer, T., GalfrC, G., Secher, D. S. and Milstein, C., Eur. J. Immunol. 1978. 8: 539). We have now investigated the cellular distribution of this antigen using a '251-labeled anti-rat IgG indirect binding assay, the fluorescence-activated cell sorter, autora...

The regrowth of amputated digit tips represents a unique regenerative healing in mammals with subcutaneous volume regrowth, restoration of dactylogram, and suppression of scar formation. Although factor analysis in amphibians and even in mice is easy to obtain, safety of harvesting biomaterial from human digit tip amputations for analysis has not yet been described.The aim of this study was to ...

Abstract Objectives We aimed to investigate the usability of pleural pyruvate kinase (PK), total antioxidant status (TAS), and oxidant (TOS) as an alternative Light’s criteria in exudate-transudate differentiation. Methods This prospective study was conducted among 84 patients (42 transudates 42 exudates) with effusion. The levels PK, TAS, TOS were measured by using ELISA kits, ROC analysis use...