A total of 702 sera, 81 cerebrospinal fluids and 131 urine specimens were studied for the evaluation of a high resolution electrophoresis system, as well as the usefulness of electrophoresis in general. Abnormal changes were found in 41.6 percent of the serum specimens. Meaningful changes of individual fractions were most frequently encountered in the gamma frac­ tion. In six recognized electro...

not significantly different from control animals suggesting that the total number of activated macrophages was small. Intratracheal inoculation with M faeni antigen resulted in the production of anti-M faeni precipitating antibodies in serum of all inoculated animals. Anti-M faeni precipitins demonstrated by counterimmunoelec-trophoresis were also found in 14 of 16 concentrated h g wash specime...

• The authors have no financial conflicts of interest. which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Dear Editor: Vasculitis leads to a loss of function in effected tissues and organs. Although the Chapel Hill consensus has established criteria for the classification of vasculitis, 1 many disorders, suc...

An unusual electrophoretic pattern for the isoenzymes of serum lactate dehy­ drogenase (LD; EC 1.1.1.27) was ob­ served. Two diffuse bands of LD activity w ere seen in the reg ion of the electropherogram in which LD-4 and LD-5 normally migrate, when this serum was fractionated by cellulose acetate e lec­ trophoresis (figure 1-A). One of the bands appeared to have the same mobility as LD -4 w it...

1320 Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 11, No. 8, August 2005 trophoresis (PFGE) analysis demonstrated these to be a unique clone distinct from Asian and American clinical strains (5). In July 2004, a V. parahaemolyticus outbreak of 80 illnesses occurred in A Coruña, Spain. All the casepatients attended weddings in the same restaurant. V. parahaemolyticus was isolated from s...

To the Editor: Cystic fibrosis (CF) (MIM 219700) is a genetic disease with multisystem involvement and in which defective chloride transport across membranes causes dehydrated secretion. The protein encoded by the CF gene (CFTR) is a transmembrane conductance regulator. The ability to detect CFTR mutations has led to the recognition of its association with a variety of conditions, including bro...

In a 2007 report of a collaborative study that analyzed data from 2005, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated that Staphylococcus aureus is the most important cause of serious and fatal infections in the United States [1]. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) strains are well recognized as posing substantial infection problems for hospitals, but in the last 15 years, com...

Potential involvement of seed storage proteins in susceptibility to aflatoxin contamination was assessed with in vitro tests. Initially, two oilseed storage proteins [cottonseed storage protein (CSP) and zein] were compared with bovine serum albumin (BSA) and collagen. Supplementation of a complete defined medium with either oilseed storage protein resulted in significantly more aflatoxin produ...

trophoresis. Patterns were compared visually with reference patterns (6). From January 1, 2003, to March 31, 2004, a total of 44 of 124 male rectal swabs were positive for C. trachomatis. Of those, 38 were identified as belonging to the L2 serotype, which confirms the diagnosis of rectal LGV. Epidemiologic information was retrospectively obtained by clinicians through review of medical records,...

I t has been reported that excessive intake of sugar-containing soft drinks can result in diabetic ketoacidosis or ketosis in obese patients with type 2 diabetes (1). We describe herein soft drink ketosis–onset diabetes in a nonobese patient with mito-chondrial myopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS). A 27-year-old Japanese man consulted a local otolaryngeal clinic with a hi...