A glucose-negative group B strain of Neisseria meningitidis isolated from a meningitis case is described. A brief review of Neisseria identification procedures is also presented.

background: nonspecific symptoms are common in all areas of medicine. patients and caregivers can be frustrated when an illness cannot be reduced to a discrete pathophysiological process that corresponds with the symptoms. we therefore asked the following questions: 1) which demographic factors and psychological comorbidities are associated with change from an initial diagnosis of nonspecific a...

castleman disease (cd) is a rare, lymphoproliferative disorder of uncertain etiology. we are reporting on two cases of castleman disease. both patients were female. this disease can be found wherever lymph nodes are present. we have reported two unusual cases of castleman disease. a 29- year old woman was referred for evaluation because of a cervical lymph node, weight loss and night sweats. th...

distinction between brucellar epididymo-orchitis (beo) and nonspecific epididymo-orchitis (eo) is an important medical issue. this study was conducted to compare demographic, clinical and laboratory features, treatment and outcome of patients with beo and nonspecific eo in arak city, markazi province, iran. we compared the clinical and laboratory characteristics of 40 beo and 40 non-specific eo...

nonspecific activity-related arm pain is characterized by an absence of objective physical findings and symptoms that do not correspond with objective pathophysiology. arm pain without strict diagnosis is often related to activity, work-related activity in particular, and is often seen in patients with physically demanding work. psychological factors such as catastrophic thinking, symptoms of d...

In höherer Konzentration und bei Verlängerung der Einwirkungszeit verringerte auch Triton allein die Sorboseaufnahme ungekeimter Konidien. Mit dieser Verringerung war, im Gegensatz zu derjenigen geschockter, mit Fructose angekeimter Zellen, keine Verringerung der Atmungsintensität verbunden. Die Überlebensrate war beeinträchtigt, aber nicht stark genug um die gemessene Verringerung der Sorbosea...