ISSN:1784-3286    

DOI:10.1080/22953337.1985.11719042

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1985

数据来源: Taylor

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SummaryA 79 year old woman developed a hepatocellular carcinoma following macronodular cirrhosis. This carcinoma invaded the right atrium throught direct spread into the right hepatic vein and inferior vena cava.Venous involvement was suggested by oedema resistent to diuretics and a collateral venous circulation. The origin of the cardiac metastasis was likely to be the hepatocellular carcinoma since it took up labeled anti alfafoetoprotein antibodies.The frequency of venous involvement by an hepatocarcinoma, the diagnostic approach and its treatment are discussed.

ISSN:1784-3286    

DOI:10.1080/22953337.1985.11719043

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1985

数据来源: Taylor

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SummarySamples of seawater, sediment, shrimps and mussels were collected from the North Sea off the Belgian coast. A total of 178 samples were taken in the vicinity of Knokke and Ostend from August 1982 to February 1983. 131 (73.6%) were found to containVibio spp.including 126V. alginolyticus(70.8%), 18V. parahaemolyticus(10.1 %) and 3V. cholerae(1.7%). None of the 201 liquid stool specimens submitted to the clinical laboratory containedVibrio,suggesting that although these organisms are common in our region, they do not pose a problem to the public health.

ISSN:1784-3286    

DOI:10.1080/22953337.1985.11719044

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1985

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SummaryA 33-year-old euthyroid woman presented with diplopia of sudden onset. The diagnosis of endocrine ophthalmopathy was made, based on the presence of a left intraorbital pseudotumor and left orbital extraocular muscle thickening, together with an asymptomatic atrophic thyroiditis. A treatment with plasmapheresis, prednisolone and azathioprine resulted in a spectacular improvement of the ophthalmoplegia and in a complete disappearance of the intraorbital mass. The association between endocrine ophthalmopathy and asymptomatic atrophic thyroiditis, though explainable by the immune disorder, has only rarely been described.Division of Endocrinology and Department of Internal Medicine, Academisch Ziekenhuis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.

ISSN:1784-3286    

DOI:10.1080/22953337.1985.11719045

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1985

数据来源: Taylor

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SummaryIn a multicenter study the susceptibilities of 1748 Gram-negative bacilli, isolated from hospitalized patients, have been tested to piperacillin in comparison with other betalactam antibiotics: 75 % of theEnterobacteriaceaeand 79 % of thePseudomonas aeruginosaisolates were found susceptible.The percentages inhibited by ticarcillin were 62 % and 72 %, and by gentamicin 94 % and 75 % respectively.

ISSN:1784-3286    

DOI:10.1080/22953337.1985.11719046

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1985

数据来源: Taylor

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SummaryCirculating immune complexes (CIC) are detectable in high titer in patients with various immune diseases and the deposition of these complexes is believed to be important in the pathogenesis of these disorders. The reticuloendothelial system (RES), which includes the KupfTer cells of the liver and the splenic macrophages, is involved in the removal of CIC from the vascular system. A defect in CIC clearance may enhance their tissue deposition. Accordingly, during the past few years, increased interest has been devoted to the measurement of immune clearance mediated by receptors for Fc. IgGcoated autologous red blood cells (IgG-RBC) labelled with51Cr have been used as immune tracer particles to follow the Fc-receptor function of whole RES in normal and pathological conditions. Prolonged clearance times of IgG-RBC are generally found in most immune complex-mediated diseases. Using IgG-RBC labelled with 99mTc, it has been thereafter possible to determine not only the clearance half-time of the tracer, but also separated spleen and liver Fc-receptor binding capacities. It has been clearly demonstrated that the spleen to liver ratios per surface area (S/Ls) are deeply pathological in immune disorders, even when clearance half-times (T 1/2) remain within the normal range. Abnormal ratios result from both a decreased splenic uptake and an increased liver uptake of IgGRBC, this«hepatic compensation»preventing the T 1/2 to be out of the normal values. Abnormal T 1/2 are therefore observed only when the spleen and liver phagocytic capacities are saturated.The splenic Fc-receptor blockade is generally correlated with the disease activity and, less frequently, with the immune complex plasma levels.Serial measurements of S/Lsmay be therefore of clinical interest by delineating those patients in whom the evolutivity of the disease is potentially high. Finally, serial S/Lsmeasurements have allowed the in vivo study of the modulation of the macrophage Fc-receptor function by plasma exchange, corticosteroid administration and highdose gammaglobulin infusion.

ISSN:1784-3286    

DOI:10.1080/22953337.1985.11719047

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1985

数据来源: Taylor

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SummaryA halophilicVibriopresenting the typical features ofV. vulnificuswas isolated from the blood of a 58-year-old woman presenting with diarrhoea and oedema of the legs.This report summarizes the clinical presentation and the bacteriological findings of the case.

ISSN:1784-3286    

DOI:10.1080/22953337.1985.11719048

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1985

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SummaryWe report a case of cryptosporidiosis in a 22-year-old women admitted to our hospital with an episode of headache, fever, abdominal pain, nausea, and severe diarrhoea requiring rehydration. The aetiologic diagnosis was based on the repeated finding of numerous oocysts ofCryptosporidiumin the faeces. No other cause for the diarrhoea could be found and the patient recovered with symptomatic treatment. This is the first description of Cryptosporidial enteritis in an immunologically normal Belgian patient.

ISSN:1784-3286    

DOI:10.1080/22953337.1985.11719049

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1985

数据来源: Taylor

ISSN:1784-3286    

DOI:10.1080/22953337.1985.11719050

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1985

数据来源: Taylor

ISSN:1784-3286    

DOI:10.1080/22953337.1985.11719051

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1985

数据来源: Taylor