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Comparison Of A Rapid Fluorescent Antibody Procedure With Bacitracin Disc Method For Identification Of Group A Streptococci, Hector C. Sanchez

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

Accurate and rapid identification of group A beta-hemolytic streptococci in upper respiratory infections is a vital step toward the appropriate treatment and eventual prevention of sequelae of streptococcal diseases. Presently, identification of group A streptococci may be accomplished in one of two ways: 1) serologically, by the Lancefield precipitin test, or by the fluorescent antibody test, and 2) by the bacitracin sensitivity disc test, or biochemically. Both the precipitin test and the bacitracin disc plate method take approximately 24-48 hours for identification of streptococci. The fluorescent antibody test requires less than 24 hours. Comparative studies have demonstrated that the conventional …

Dentos 1978, Chicago College Of Dental Surgery

Chicago College of Dental Surgery Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Immunocytochemistry At The Electron-Microscopic Level, David S. Papermaster

UCHC Articles - Research

Since the early slxtles, a number of reports have been published concerning immunocytochemical techniques for the detection of intracellular constituents at the electron microscope level. The· initial studies were made possible by the introduction by Singer of ferritin-tagged antibodies which could be visualized in the electron microscope. From all the procedures described later, immunocytochemical methods at the electron microscope can be classified into two main categories: 1) preembedding staining and 2) postembedding staining techniques.

D.O. Physician Distribution In Maine, 1978, New England Foundation For Osteopathic Medicine

William F. Bergen, D.O. Collection

Report by NEFOM detailing the number and specialties of osteopaths practicing in Maine in the late 1970s.

New England College Of Osteopathic Medicine Faculty Policy Handbook, University Of New England

Gene Yonuschot, Ph.D. Collection

The New England College of Osteopathic Medicine Faculty Policy Handbook includes information regarding the structure of the College, faculty classification, appointment, tenure, evaluation and benefits.

Mcv/Q, Medical College Of Virginia Quarterly, Vol. 14 No. 1

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Introduction

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The purpose of this group of papers is to present an up-to-date review of common urologic problems that confront the primary care physician. Two papers are presented on urinary tract infections, the most common complaint faced by physicians in their offices. Another paper covers congenital anomalies of the urinary tract which represent an important part of pediatric diseases. Dr. William McRoberts, one of the McGuire Lecturers, reviews aspects of male infertility, a significant concern in today’s society. Other topics discussed in this issue are parenchymal kidney disease, the management of the patient with end-stage renal disease, and urinary tract cancer. …

Mcv/Q, Medical College Of Virginia Quarterly, Vol. 14 No. 2

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Intrascrotal Masses: Differentiation, Diagnosis, And Management, Stephen N. Rous

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Abstract of the lecture given by Dr. Rous at the 49th Annual McGuire Lecture Series, December 3, 1977, at the Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Pyelonephritis, William F. Falls Jr.

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The purpose of this paper is to review current thinking about pyelonephritis. Pyelonephritis may be defined as a "bacterial infection of the kidney which affects the parenchyma, the pelvis, and the calyces. It occurs in two forms, acute and chronic."

Evaluation Of An Abnormal Urinalysis In The Asymptomatic Patient, Douglas M. Landwehr

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Physicians are occasionally presented with the problem of evaluating a patient who has an abnormal urinalysis but who has no other sign or symptom of genitourinary (GU) tract disease. For example, patients may present with hematuria, pyuria or slight proteinuria, but they may have no other clinical or laboratory abnormality to suggest glomerulonephritis, renal failure, urinary tract infection, obstruction, hypertension, or stones. There are a wide variety of lesions which may produce such isolated abnormalities, and a rational approach is indispensable in preparing an efficient and definitive diagnostic plan.

The Dental Health Status Of Pre-Columbian Peruvians: A Study Of Dental Caries, Missing Teeth, Attrition, Osteitis, Calculus, And Bone Loss, Danny R. Sawyer, Marvin J. Allison, Richard P. Elzay, Alejandro Pezzia

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Prior to the recent reports of Sawyer et al and Elzay et al on the characteristics and dental health status of ancient Peruvian cultures, only Stewart, Leigh, and Goaz and Miller had reported on the dental morphology and pathology of the pre-Columbian Peruvian Indians. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the dental health of these ancient peoples to further our understanding of the development of dental diseases. This paper follows up and expands the report of Elzay et al to include another culture and completely new specimens, with a look at primary dentitions not previously available for study.

Volume Fourteen Author Index

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Author Index for MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly, 1978, Volume Fourteen.

Volume Fourteen Subject Index

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Subject index for MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly, 1978, Volume Fourteen.

Treatment Of Chlordecone (Kepone) Toxicity With Cholestyramine — Results Of A Controlled Clinical Trial, William J. Cohn , M.D., James J. Boylan , M.D., Robert V. Blanke , Ph.D., Marc W. Fariss , B.S., John R. Howell , M.S., Philip S. Guzelian , M.D.

Pathology Publications

Abstract

Industrial workers exposed to the organochlorine pesticide, chlordecone (Kepone), had signs of toxicity in several organs. The extent of toxicity was proportional to the levels of this chemical in the tissues. In 22 patients, chlordecone was eliminated slowly from blood (half time of 165±27 days — mean ± S.E.M.) and fat (half time of 125 days, with a range of 97 to 177), chiefly in the stool. Output of chlordecone in bile was 10 to 20 times greater than in stool, suggesting that chlordecone is reabsorbed in the intestine. Cholestyramine, an anion-exchange resin that binds chlordecone, increased its fecal …

Systemic Membrane Defect In The Proximal Muscular Dystrophies, Nathan A. Pickard , Ph.D., Hanns-Dieter Gruemer , M.D., Harland L. Verrill , Ph.D., Edward R. Isaacs , M.D., Meinhard Robinow , M.D., Walter E. Nance , M.D., Ph.D., Edwin C. Myers , M.D., Barbara Goldsmith , B.S.

Human and Molecular Genetics Publications

Abstract

We studied lymphocyte capping in 61 patients with Duchenne, Becker, limb-girdle, facioscapulohumeral and congenital muscular dystrophies. All showed a markedly diminished percentage of capped cells when compared with 86 normal controls, providing support for previous evidence that an alteration in membrane fluidity may be a common pathogenic feature in several genetically distinct forms of proximal muscular dystrophy.

Heterozygous carriers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy showed diminished capping that was indistinguishable from that of afflicted males and was often present even when serum enzyme levels were normal. Studies in 25 families with 16 suspected sporadic cases indicated that no more than …

Appropriate Antibiotic Therapy For Urinary Tract Infections, Sheldon M. Markowitz

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

It was stated years ago that physicians pour medicines about which they know little, for diseases about which they know less, into human beings about whom they know nothing. Although as a prophet this wag may have overstated the case as it concerns the therapy of urinary tract infections (UTI), the character of contemporary infectious diseases is, in part, due to the use and abuse of anti-infective agents. One has only to look at the rising incidence of gram-negative bacteremia and the emergence of multiple antibiotic-resistant organisms over the past several decades to appreciate the impact physicians have made with …

Flexible Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy, Orhan Muren

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope was introduced in Japan by Dr. Shigeto Ikeda in the mid-1960s and became available for clinical use in the United States around 1970. The application of this technique represents one fo the most significant advances for the diagnosis and management of chest diseases as it enables the physician to directly visualize the tracheobronchial tree and obtain diagnostic specimens from regions of the lung previously inaccessible to the rigid bronchoscope. Except for suppleural lesions, fiberoptic bronchoscopy is the surgical procedure of choice in the evaluation of many pulmonary lesions. In addition, fiberoptic bronchoscopy plays a major therapeutic …

Information Interface - Volume 3, Issue 1 - January/February 1978, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Information Interface (1976 - 2009)

News and information about Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library of interest to users.

Patterns Of Prehistoric Epidemiology And Human Paleopathology, Mahmoud Y. El-Najjar

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Human paleopathologists are interested in the visible marks of diagnosable disease that reflect various aspects of human biocultural interaction. Whether infectious, nutritional, or a combination of both, pathological characteristics in the dry bone provide some insight into the health of past human populations. Paleoepidemiology and human paleopathology are important parts of ecology in that they deal directly with a major aspect of man's relationship to his environment. The significance of this relationship has, to a large extent, been neglected by human skeletal biologists. The purpose of this study is to examine one of the most important aspects of human biocultural …

The Female Urethral Syndrome And Urethritis And Prostatitis In The Male, Stephen N. Rous

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Two common urological problems frequently encountered by the primary care physician are the female urethral syndrome and urethritis in the male. Although I will touch on chronic prostatitis in this discussion, I question whether it is anything but a relatively uncommon entity.

Book Review, Frederick J. Spencer

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Book review for New Words for Old, Philip Howard, Oxford University Press, 1977.

Contents

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Table of contents for MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly, 1978, Volume Fourteen, Number Three.

Common Pediatric Problems: Hypospadias, Enuresis, And Circumcision, John H. Texter

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Three topics of common pediatric interest from the urologist’s viewpoint are congenital hypospadias, persistent enuresis, and complications of elective circumcision. None of these are usually life-threatening in severity, yet each problem can be of profound psychological importance and play an extremely important role in the child’s subsequent development.

Introduction, Donald E. Oken

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The 31st Stoneburner Lecture Series was planned to present an overview of some important aspects of clinical nephrology that we hope are of interest to a wide audience. The faculty for this symposium was drawn largely from the Medical College of Virginia Nephrology Division, and we were fortunate to have Dr. George E. Schreiner, Professor of Medicine at Georgetown University and a long-time friend, as our Stoneburner Lecturer.

Testicular Carcinomas And Carcinoma Of The Prostate, Paul F. Schellhammer

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Testicular neoplasms are relatively rare with approximately two new cases per 100,000 male population occurring per year. The peak occurrence is between the ages of 20 and 40. Because of their highly malignant characteristics testicular neoplasms must be treated aggressively if cure is to be achieved.

Bedside Flow-Directed Balloon Catheterization In The Critically Ill Patient, J. Eugene Millen

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Prior to 1970, catheterization of the right heart and pulmonary artery required the use of fluoroscopic guidance and was only performed in specialized research units and/or the cardiac catheterization laboratory. The need to assess the hemodynamic status of the left atrium and ventricle on a continuing basis brought about the development of the flow-directed balloon-tipped catheter. With the availability of this tool, routine bedside right heart catheterization has become a reality in the critical care units of many community hospitals. This technique provides the physician with the means for indirectly appraising left heart hemodynamics and to gauge the effects of …

Maxillary And Mandibular Jaw Size In Pre-Columbian Peru, Danny R. Sawyer, Marvin J. Allison, Richard P. Elzay, Dennis G. Page, Alejandro Pezzia

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Varying techniques of measurement coupled with lack of sufficient data have presented great difficulties in the comparison of dental arch dimensions obtained by different workers. Several authors have attempted to delineate the arches. Lavelle et al measured the dental arches of adults from several different ethnic groups and found little difference between the modern British Caucasian, Australian aborigines, and North American Indians. They did, however, see considerable differences between these modern populations and a group of Anglo-Saxons and a group of West Africans.

Introduction

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The winter issue of the MCV Quarterly presents a departure from our usual symposium proceeding. We offer, instead, five full-length articles and two case reports that range from respiratory failure and the dental health of pre-Columbian Peruvians to a report of a rare clinical entity, an intrapulmonary lymph node presenting as a ‘coin’ lesion. We hope that our readers will find these papers interesting and informative.

Intrapulmonary Lymph Node Presenting As A 'Coin' Lesion: A Case Report, Sibu P. Saha, Porter Mayo

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Intrapulmonary lymph node seldom presents as a solitary pulmonary nodule. This rare clinical entity is reported in the following case.