Concomitant avulsion fractures of the extensor carpi radialis longus and brevis tendons are relatively rare injuries. The usual injury mechanism is forced hyperflexion to an actively extended wrist. No consensus exists regarding the appropriate management of this injury, with some surgeons advocating closed treatment and others favoring operative fixation. The authors describe a novel surgical ...

Clinical disease caused by Empedobacter brevis (E. brevis) is very rare. We report the first case of E. brevis bacteremia in a patient with HIV and review the current literature. A 69-year-old man with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and CD4 count of 319 presented with chief complaints of black tarry stools, nausea and vomiting for 2 days. Physical exam was significant for abdominal pain on ...

Competition is a major force structuring marine planktonic communities. The release of compounds that inhibit competitors, a process known as allelopathy, may play a role in the maintenance of large blooms of the red-tide dinoflagellate Karenia brevis, which produces potent neurotoxins that negatively impact coastal marine ecosystems. K. brevis is variably allelopathic to multiple competitors, ...

Objective: Tampa Bay Area is an estuary and thus has varying levels of salinity, so it become imperative to determine whether or not the leading combat strategy (clay flocculation) HABs effective under these differing conditions. Method: experiment was conducted that measured settling rates Kaolin clay at salinity (0, 17.5, 30, 45 Parts Per Thousand) within range Karenia Brevis. Results: There ...

We investigated the synergic anti-inflammatory activity of Gleditsia sinensis Lam. (GS) extract and Lactobacillus brevis KY21 both in vitro and in vivo. Western blot analysis and immunostaining showed that AKT phosphorylation that increased by the exposure of LPS were significantly decreased by the presence of either GS extract or L. brevis KY21. In addition, p65 intracellular transport was cri...

Congenital absence of the abductor pollicis brevis is a very rare condition and is usually associated with other congenital anomalies. Here we report a case of bilateral congenital absence of the abductor pollicis brevis without any other abnormalities, which has not been previously reported. A 24-year-old Caucasian male patient presented to our clinic with flattening in the palmar region, pain...