Diagnosis: protothecosis. To determine the cause of the nodules on the patient’s hand (figure 1) and elbow (figure 2), culture of fluid obtained from the right olecranon bursa was performed and revealed Prototheca wickerhamii. A methylene blue wet mount revealed the characteristic sporangia with internal septations (figure 3). P. wickerhamii is an acrophyllic algae that is ubiquitous in nature....

Sporotrichosis is a suba cu te or chro nic myco sis cau sed by the dimor phic fun gus Sporothrix schenc kii which is ende mic in Brazil and is trans mit ted pri ma rily through trau ma tic ino cu la tion of its cau sa ti ve agent into the skin. The zoo no tic trans mis sion, espe cially from infec ted cats, has been demons tra ted in seve ral reports and case series. We pre sent simul ta neous ...

KANSAS CITY, M o .Con­ struction tra ile rs loaded with 45,000 pounds of a chem ical used in dynam ite exploded T uesday, killing six firefigh ters, ripping large c ra te rs in the ground and sh a t­ te ring windows up to 10 m iles aw ay. The firs t tra ile r w as filled w ith an estim a ted 30,000 pounds of am m onium n itra te , w hich is used to m ake dynam ite explode m ore even­ ly, au tho...

Candida palmioleophila has previously been misidentified as C. famata or C. guilliermondii. We have investigated traditional and modern identification methods for the identification of this and related species. Forty-one clinical isolates previously identified as C. famata or C. guilliermondii and 8 reference strains were included. Color development on CHROMagar, growth temperature ranges, micr...

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BACKGROUND Study of in vivo antifungal activity of the hydroalcoholic extract (HE) and n-BuOH extract (BUTE) of Sapindus saponaria against azole-susceptible and -resistant human vaginal Candida spp. METHODS The in vitro antifungal activity of HE, BUTE, fluconazole (FLU), and itraconazole (ITRA) was determined by the broth microdilution method. We obtained values of minimal inhibitory concentr...

Proposals for coed housing at Notre Dame and for a lower drinking age in Indiana have a good chance of passing this year, Student Body President Ed Byrne said Thursday. “ I ’m op tim is tic ," said Byrne. “ The whole point of the COUL (C om m ittee on U ndergraduate L ife) report was that we should begin discussion this year so that we’l l have a coed dorm for the incoming freshmen in 1976.” Bu...

I f a frog’s skeletal muscle is soaked in modified R inger’s fluid, containing bromide, n itra te or iodide in place of chloride, the tension and duration of a tw itch, and its heat production, are largely increased, in the order B r < N 0 3 < I. In a tetanic contraction, however, the tension, the heat production and the velocity of shortening under any load are unaffected. The prim ary effect ...

SV40 virus-induced tumors, and cell cultures transformed by this virus, possess new antigens. The one most frequently studied has been the induced complementfixation antigen, ICFA.1-5 Studies which measure parameters other than CF ability would suggest that more than one new antigenic component is present as a result of virus-induced transformation. This especially pertains to studies with the ...