Publications
| Title | Abstract | Year(sorted ascending) Filter | PMID Filter |
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| polyploidy and distribution. | 1976 | 233065 | |
| minnesota multiphasic personality inventory profile patterns of suicide attempters. | 1976 | 429645 | |
| nonconventional innervation of the pancreatic islets of the teleost fish, gillichthys mirabilis. | the innervation of the pancreatic islets of a teleost fish, gillichthys mirabilis, was investigated with various techniques including axonal iontophoresis of cobalt, light microscopy, and electron microscopy. two types of postganglionic neurons, the splanchnic and the vagus, innervate the islet parenchyma. the splanchnic fibers originate from the single coeliac ganglion, situated near the third spinal nerve on the right side, and pass caudally to the islet. postganglionic vagal fibers reaching t ... | 1976 | 354795 |
| utilization of computed tomography scanners and the health planning issue: a process data summary. | studies were made of the computed tomography (ct) scanning process at three hospitals. the data collected, while of interest to hospital administrators and radiologists, are particularly significant in view of the current structure of health planning guuielines. the data show clearly that the utilization potential of a particular ct scanner is a function of patient demand, scan time, the ratio of head to body procedures, and medical practice insofar as contrast medium administration is concerned ... | 1976 | 429632 |
| fetal adrenal cytomegaly. | 1976 | 429599 | |
| galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase activity in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. | galactose-1-phosphate uridylytransferase (e.c.2.7.12) activity was measured in both lymphoid and erythroid cells from patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (cll). decreased enzyme activity was found in both cell types using two assay methods. the results suggest the presence of an inhibitor of the enzyme in cll patients. a correlation between decreased uridyl transferase activity and glycogen accumulation in cll is postulated. | 1976 | 233300 |
| effects of a dopamine antagonist on the release of gonadotropin and prolactin in normal women and women with hyperprolactinemic anovulation. | administration of a dopamine (da) antagonist, metoclopramide (mcp) resulted in dose-related acute increments of circulating levels of lh and fsh in patients with hyperprolactinemic anovulation due to pituitary microadenoma but not in normal cycling women during the early follicular phase. concomitant prl responses to mcp in hyperprolactinemic patients were 1/10 those observed in the cycling women. these findings suggest a relative da excess at the hypothalamic lrf neurons and a relative da defic ... | 1976 | 429515 |
| the brow-lift 1978. | the direct brow-lift for correction of brow ptosis can be one of the most beneficial surgical procedures in cosmetic surgery. careful preoperative evaluation and proper symmetrical marking of the correction are key elements for successful results. we discuss the surgical technique in detail. | 1976 | 420649 |
| electrochemical potentials of chloride in proximal renal tubule of necturus maculosus. | 1976 | 236126 | |
| carotenoids in eudiaptomus amblyodon marenz (crustacea) during ontogenetic development. | 1976 | 236119 | |
| augmented insulin responses to glucose after secretin priming in diabetic subjects. | 1976 | 429498 | |
| immunoglobulin g-insulin antibodies and immune region-associated alloantigens in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. | the present study was undertaken to determine the importance of immune region-associated alloantigens for susceptibility to insulin-dependent diabetes (idd), their possible influence on immunoglobulin g-insulin antibody formation, and their clinical significance. incidence of drw3 and drw4 (hla d-related immune region-associated alloantigens; w, defined by sera dispensed during the seventh international histocompatibility workshop) was found with significantly increased frequency in the idd pati ... | 1976 | 429493 |
| gynecomastia as a physical finding in normal men. | the prevalence of palpable gynecomastia was determined in 306 normal adult men ranging in age from 17-58 yr. palpable breast tissue was present in 36% and was bilateral in all but 7 subjects. in the great majority of cases, the gynecomastia was 4 cm or less in diameter. a diameter greater than 5 cm was distinctly unusual. with advancing age there was a progressive increase in the prevalence of gynecomastia. this increase was most striking in those over the age of 44 and in the 20- to 24-yr-old g ... | 1976 | 429488 |
| protein degradation in health and disease. introduction: the classification of proteinases. | twenty years after b.s. hartley's 1960 review, on which the present scheme for classification of the proteinases is based, most of the new information that has been obtained appears fully consistent with hartley's views. a slight amendment is proposed of the name of the four groups of these enzymes to 'serine', 'cysteine', 'aspartic' and 'metallo'-proteinases. | 1976 | 233352 |
| anaphylaxis to sunflower seed. | the clinical and immunological investigation of three patients with an acute anaphylaxis after ingesting commercial varieties of sunflower seeds is presented. specific ige-mediated hypersensitivity has been demonstrated in all three patients to sunflower seed extract by history, direct skin tests, and positive radioallergosorbent test (rast) titers. rast inhibition was positive in two patients tested. similar tests on controls were negative. | 1976 | 429702 |
| purification and properties of the methane mono-oxygenase enzyme system from methylosinus trichosporium ob3b. | 1. a three-component enzyme system that catalyses the oxidation of methane to methanol has been highly purified from methylosinus trichosporium. 2. the components are (i) a soluble co-binding cytochrome c, (ii) a copper-containing protein and (iii) a small protein; the mol. wts. are 13 000, 47 000 and 9400 respectively. the cytochrome component cannot be replaced by similar cytochrome purified from pseudomonas extorquens or by horse heart cytochrome c. 3. the stoicheiometry suggests a mono-oxyge ... | 1977 | 15544 |
| isolation and characterization of sheep pepsin. | sheep pepsin was isolated (approx. 120-fold purification) from aqueous abomasal homogenates by (1) ph fractionation, (2) chromatography on sepharose 4b-poly-l-lysine columns and (3) gel filtration on sephadex g-100. the enzyme had mol.wt. approx. 34000, n-terminal valine and c-terminal alanine. the amino acid composition of sheep pepsin was generally similar to that of pig and ox pepsins, with a very low content of basic residues and a high content of acidic and hydroxy-amino acids. the ph optim ... | 1977 | 15546 |
| prominent role of lysosomes in the proteolysis of rat liver mitochondria at neutral ph. | 1977 | 15866 | |
| hormonal control of zinc uptake and binding in the rat dorsolateral prostate. | the zinc uptake in the dorsolateral prostate of rats was studied after different hormonal manipulations. orchiectomy reduced the uptake of 65zn. administration of estradiol benzoate to orchiectomized rats doubled the 65zn uptake, a phenomenon which was not observed in orchiectomized-adrenalectomized rats. adrenalectomy in orchiectomized rats had no effect on the concentration of radioactivity beyond the castration-induced decrease. a prolactin release inhibitor, 6-methyl-8-erogelenylacetamide, r ... | 1977 | 15955 |
| acute bacteremia in asplenic renal transplant patients. | four cases of overwhelming bacteremia were observed in asplenic renal transplant patients 12 to 20 months after transplantation. the bacteriologic findings and presentation of these infections are characteristic of post-splenectomy sepsis reported in nontransplant patients. it is suggested that the absence of the spleen, more than immunosuppression with azathioprine and prednisone, predisposes to these late, uncommon infections after transplantation. | 1977 | 16144 |
| prune-belly syndrome in a 54-year-old man. | a 54-year-old man was diagnosed as having prune-belly syndrome, a deficiency of abdominal musculature, cryptorchidism, abnormalities of the urinary tract, and chronic renal failure. the patient was asymptomatic until the diagnosis was made at the age of 54 years; he is one of the oldest living patients to be reported in detail. recognition of the syndrome in adults with chronic renal failure is important. | 1977 | 16145 |
| regulation of adenosine cyclic 3',5'-monophosphate and guanosine cyclic 3',5'-monophosphate levels and contractility in bovine tracheal smooth muscle. | 1977 | 16208 | |
| quantitative relationship between neurons of a different mediator nature in the motor nuclei of the cat spinal cord cervical thickening. | a histochemical analysis of the neuronal composition of the motor nuclei was performed on the cat cervical spinal cord. motoneurons were distinguished by the location of ache in the perinuclear space, on the membranes of the granular reticulum, on the axolemma, neurofilaments and neurotubuli, in the synaptosomes and the synaptic cleft; this evidences for the perinuclear synthesis of this enzyme and its transport within the axoplasm. their amount reached 40-65% of the whole neuronal population. a ... | 1977 | 16229 |
| the transport of l-leucine into the brain of the rat in vivo: saturable and non-saturable components of influx. | 1977 | 16270 | |
| physiology of competence in bacteria. | 1977 | 16417 | |
| effect of imidazoles and ph on aging of phosphylated acetylcholinesterase. | 1977 | 16611 | |
| amine binding sites in acyl intermediates of transglutaminases. human blood plasma enzyme (activated coagulation factor xiii) and guinea pig liver enzyme. | 1977 | 16916 | |
| purification and characterization of sphingomyelinase from human brain. | 1977 | 16918 | |
| compartmentalization of adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate and adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate-dependent protein kinase in heart tissue. | in rabbit heart homogenates about 50% of the camp-dependent protein kinase activity was associated with the low speed particulate fraction. in homogenates of rat or beef heart this fraction represented approximately 30% of the activity. the percentage of the enzyme in the particulate fraction was not appreciably affected either by preparing more dilute homogenates or by aging homogenates for up to 2 h before centrifugation. the particulate enzyme was not solubilized at physiological ionic streng ... | 1977 | 16921 |
| the detection of soluble bacterial antigens studied in various pathological substances using counterimmunoelectrophoresis. contribution to diagnosis(151 cases). | examinations for soluble bacterial antigens using counter-immunoelectrophoresis (c.i.e.) was carried out in 151 patients suspected of suffering from various infectious syndrome were successful for s. pneumoniae, h. influenzae b, n. meningitis, sero-group b and d streptococcus. thus meningitis and pneumonia represent those areas in which the technique is particularly useful. apart from its rapidity--result in a hour--c.i.e., in association with bacteriology, makes possible an increase in aetiolog ... | 1977 | 17848 |
| the speed of passive dendritic conduction of synaptic potentials in a model montoneurone. | 1977 | 17867 | |
| the use of counter-immuno-electrophoresis to identify causative organisms in bacterial meningitis: experience in cape town. | crebrospinal fluid (csf) from 142 patients was tested for the presence of haemophilus influenzae, pneumococcal and meningococcal antigens by counter-immuno-electrophoresis with commercial antisera. group- or type-specific antigen was detected in the csf of 67% of 64 patients with meningitis proved by culture to be due to these organisms, and in 10 of 25 patients with purulent meningitis but negative cultures. no false positive results were obtained in 24 normal csf specimens, or in the csf of 29 ... | 1977 | 17927 |
| identification of essential histidine residues of aminoacylase by photooxidation and by reaction with diethylpyrocarbonate. | state and function of the histidine residues of aminoacylase were investigated by photoxidation in the presence of methylene blue and by chemical modification with diethylpyrocarbonate. complete inactivation of the enzyme was observed after oxidation of 4 histidine residues. from the ph dependence of the photooxidation it becomes evident that the inactivation of the enzyme is not a consequence of the simultaneous oxidation of tryptophan residues. the enzyme is also inactivated by chemical modifi ... | 1977 | 17959 |
| bacteremia in hospitalized children. | the results of 6,951 blood cultures taken from hospitalized children are reviewed. one or more organisms grew from 6% (399) of the cultures, of which 189 (two thirds) were considered to represent confirmed bacteremia. the most common organisms associated with bacteremia were haemophilus influenzae, streptococcus pneumoniae, enterobacteriaceae, and staphylococcus aureus. patients with deficient host defenses (newborns, oncology patients) with bacteremia had a higher mortality than normal children ... | 1977 | 18005 |
| bacterial flora of the respiratory tract in chronic bronchitis: comparison of transtracheal, fiberbronchoscopic, and oropharyngeal sampling methods. | 1977 | 18077 | |
| the cellulase enzyme system during growth and development of acanthamoeba castellanii (author's transl). | it could be shown that extracts of growing cultures of acanthamoeba castellanii contained a cellulose degrading system. reducing sugars are split off by one component of this system at an optimum of ph 4, another enzyme changes the viscosity at an optimum of ph 6, and a third component is a beta-glucosidase with an optimum at ph 3.5. at ph 4 the cellulose degradation products are cellobiose and glucose; at ph 6 higher molecular weight oligosaccharides are produced. during the development from tr ... | 1977 | 18125 |
| effect of 30 months in a locked environment on the microbial flora of dogs. | 1977 | 18131 | |
| purification and properties of the nad(p)h:nitrate reductase of the yeast rhodotorula glutinis. | the assimilatory nitrate reductase from the yeast rhodotorula glutinus has been purified 740-fold, its different catalytic activities have been characterized and some inhibitors studied. the purified enzyme (150 units per mg protein) contains a cytochrome of the b-557 type. an s20,w of 7.9 s was found by the use of sucrose density gradient centrifugation, and a stokes radius of 7.05 nm was determined by gel filtration. from these values, a molecular weight of 230 000 was estimated for the native ... | 1977 | 18182 |
| in vitro testosterone synthesis by testicular tissue of old mouse: the metabolism of 3beta-hydroxy-5-ene steroids. | 1977 | 18359 | |
| sound spectrographic cry analysis of infants with bacterial meningitis. | 1977 | 18378 | |
| partial purification of 6-(d-erythro-1',2',3'-trihydroxypropyl)-7,8-dihydropterin triphosphate synthetase from chicken liver. | an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of 6-(d-erythro-1',2',3'-trihydroxypropyl)-7,8-dihydropterin triphosphate (d-erythrodihydroneopterin triphosphate) and formic acid from gtp has been purified about 3700-fold from homogenates of chicken liver. the molecular weight of the enzyme, d-erythrodihydroneopterin triphosphate synthetase (gtp cyclohydrolase), has been estimated to be 125,000 by gel filtration on ultrogel aca-34. the enzyme functions optimally between ph 8.0 and 9.2 and is considerably ... | 1977 | 18471 |
| acute purulent otitis media in children older than 5 years. incidence of haemophilus as a causative organism. | it is generally believed that haemophilus influenzae is not commonly a causative agent of otitis media in children older than 5 years of age. we recently studied cases of 58 children, aged from 5 to 9 years, who had acute otitis media. haemophilus species were the causative agents in 36% of cases. this high incidence of haemophilus isolation from the middle ear exudate of these children has important therapeutic implications; antibiotics effective against h influenzae should be employed when dea ... | 1977 | 18616 |
| prognosis of pneumonia: sputum culture and gram stain. | 1977 | 18694 | |
| the influence of adrenergic blocking agents on the pressor response to vasopressin. | 1977 | 18878 | |
| nuclease detection in sds-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. | 1977 | 18945 | |
| influence of age and sex on the acute toxicity of two steroid anesthetics in rats. | during the newborn period, there is a hight increase of the acute toxicity of two steroid anaesthetics (hydroxydione, althesin) given by intraperitoneal route on the rat as also an influence of hormonal conditions. | 1977 | 19132 |
| pd2-, pa2- and pd2'-values of a series of compounds in a histaminic and a cholinergic system. | (1) affinity and intrinsic activity values of 75 compounds for a histaminergic and a cholinergic system are presented. the quantitative correlations between the affinity values of 35 compounds and some physicochemical constants (van der waals volume, lipophilicity, number of hydrogen atoms on the protonated amine) are discussed. (2) absence of systematic differences between pd2 and pa2 of partial agonists supports the assumption that these values are equivalent expressions of the same affinity. ... | 1977 | 19265 |
| the influence of ph, low sodium ion concentration and methotrexate on the jejunal-surface ph: a model for folic acid transfer. | 1977 | 19312 | |
| bacterial recombination. | the most perspective trends in studying the mechanisms of genetic exchanges in bacteria are discussed. they are the following. 1. comparison of the recombination stages in various biological phenomena such as transformation, transduction (generalized), conjugation (common and single-stranded) and transfection. 2. characterization of genetic determinants and basic enzymes of the recombination process in rec-systems of different bacteria. 3. determination of some peculiar features of the intrageni ... | 1977 | 19345 |
| the microbiology of chronic middle ear effusions in children. | serous otitis media is the most common cause of hearing loss in childhood. traditionally, this entity has been felt to be a sterile process. this study was undertaken to determine the incidence of infected middle ear fluid in patients with asymptomatic middle ear effusions. the external auditory canal, nasopharynx and middle ear fluids of 57 patients undergoing myringotomy were cultured. of 57 patients, 26 had positive cultures; 67% of patients less than 36 months of age had positive culture, wi ... | 1977 | 19659 |
| soterenol and related compounds: molecular modifications and changes in selectivity, affinity and efficacy at beta-adrenoreceptors in guinea-pig atria and trachea. | 1977 | 20258 | |
| effect of contrast media on the rate of oxidation of nadp.h and nad.h by rat liver microsomes. | the effect of roentgen-contrast media on the activity of the nadp'n and nad'n-dependent electron-transport chains of the rats liver microsomes was studied. bilignost, cardiotrast, triiotrast and triombrin are shown to lower the rate of the nadp'n oxidation by the rats' liver microsomes and have no effect (except for triiotrast) upon the rate of the nad'n oxidation. it is presumed that the relative resistance of the nad'n-specific flavoproteid is due to the presence of a hydrophobic layer impervi ... | 1977 | 20329 |
| acute bacterial meningitis at boston city hospital during 12 selected years, 1935-1972. | data are presented on the occurrence of and mortality rate from acute bacterial meningitis at boston city hospital during 12 years between 1935 and 1972 selected in relation to the introduction of potent antibacterial agents. the most frequent causative organisms were streptococcus pneumoniae, neisseria meningitidis, and haemophilus influenzae, but large proportions were caused by other gram-positive cocci and gram-negative bacilli. the greatest reduction in mortality rate after antibiotics beca ... | 1977 | 20479 |
| a new spectrophotometric assay for protein in cell extracts. | 1977 | 20815 | |
| an nadp-linked acetoacetyl coa reductase from zoogloea ramigera. | zoogloea ramigera i-16 m was found to contain two stereospecific acetoacetyl coa reductases; one was nadp+-linked and d(-)-beta-hydroxybutyryl coa specific and the other was nad+-linked and l(+)-isomer specific. the nadp+-linked enzyme, purified approximately 150-fold, had a ph optimum for the reduction of acetoacetyl coa at 8.1, but no definite ph optimum for the oxidation for beta-hydroxybutyryl coa. the apparent michaelis constants for acetoacetyl coa and nadph were 8.3 and 21 micrometer, res ... | 1977 | 20866 |
| the reversible inhibition of gluconeogenesis in kidney cortex by diazenedicarboxylic acid bis (n,n-dimethylamide). | 1977 | 21091 | |
| the structure and function of ribonuclease t1 xxiv. preparation and properties of a stable water-insoluble polyacrylamide derivative of ribonuclease t1. | ribonuclease t1 ec 3.1.4.8 was coupled to a water-insoluble cross-linked polyacrylamide (enzacryl ah) by the acid azide method. the immobilized enzyme exhibited about 45% and 77% of the original activity toward yeast rna and 2', 3-cyclic gmp, respectively, as substrates. although the specific activity was lowered by the coupling, the immobilized enzyme was found to be far more stable to heat and extremes of ph than the native enzyme. the immobilized enzyme was active toward rna even above ph 9 ( ... | 1977 | 21179 |
| properties of deoxynucleoside 5'-monophosphatase induced by bacteriophage t5 after infection of escherichia coli. | bacteriophage t5 induced a deoxynucleoside 5'-monophosphatase during its infection of escherichia coli. the enzyme was purified about 100-fold. it was clearly distinct from the host 5'-nucleotidase activity in its physical characteristics and substrate specificity. the enzyme was active on deoxynucleoside 5'-monophosphates but was not active as a phosphatase on ribonucleotides, deoxynucleoside 5'-triphosphates, deoxynucleoside 3'-monophosphates, or deoxyoligonucleotides. furthermore, it did not ... | 1977 | 21305 |
| early interactions of competent bacteria with nucleic acids (author's transl). | 1977 | 21387 | |
| effect of pindolol on experimental hypertension in the dog. comparison with propranolol, practolol, oxprenolol, bupranolol, alprenolol and butoxamine. | 1977 | 21636 | |
| interaction of folic acid with ribonuclease a. | 1977 | 21693 | |
| liver enzyme adaptation after lithium administration in handled and nonhandled rats. | we have examined the interaction of lithium administration and the infant stimulation procedure of handling on hormonally regulated enzymes of liver. animals handled in infancy show an increased morning corticosterone level in response to lithium feeding and markedly elevated serum glucose during refeeding following a two day fast, when compared to non-handled control animals. lithium alters serum corticosterone both in response to the stress of fasting, and during the diurnal cycle following gl ... | 1977 | 21840 |
| comparison of the ribonucleoproteins of different rabies virus serotypes by radioimmunoassay. | radioimmunoassay (ria) provides a sensitive serological procedure for detecting rabies virus ribonucleoprotein (rnp) as well as its specific antibodies, ria was carried out using highly purified rnps labelled by the chloramine-t method. this paper describes optimal conditions for iodination of rnp with high specific activity. the optimal concentrations of 125i, rnp, chloramine-t, and reducing agent as well as the effect of ph on the reaction were investigated. ria proved to be extremely sensitiv ... | 1977 | 22569 |
| light-activated calcium release from sonicated bovine retinal rod outer segment disks. | calcium trapped within sonicated and resealed bovine rod outer segment disks is released upon light exposure with a stoichiometry of 0.75 +/- 0.05 calcium for each rhodopsin bleached. the amount of calcium liberated is proportional to the amount of bleaching in the range of 20 to 100% bleaching and is relatively insensitive to the internal trapped calcium concentration. the results are obtained using a flow system in which the disk membrane vesicles are adsorbed on glass particle supported by a ... | 1977 | 14680 |
| new selective beta2-adrenoreceptor stimulants 5(1-hydroxy-2-isopropylaminobutyl)- and 5-(1-hydroxy-2-ethylaminobutyl)-8-hydroxycarbostyril hydrochlorides (opc-2009 and opc-2030) and cyclic amp concentration. | 1977 | 15090 | |
| effect of h+ on spontaneous neuronal activity in the surface layer of the rat medulla oblongata in vitro. | the effect of changing extracellular ph (phe) on the spontaneous activity of neurons in brain slices taken from the ventral layer of the rat medulla oblongata was compared to the response of neurons in dorsal slices. in the ventral medulla, more than 50% of the neurons were excited by h+. these neurons were found just lateral to the pyramidal tract between the root of the hypoglossal nerve and the trapezoid body. in the dorsal medulla, low phe caused an inhibition of activity in most neurons, al ... | 1977 | 22840 |
| non-specific pharmacodynamic action of a piperidyl derivative (thioridazinum) of phenothiazine on the reactivity of the genital tract. | 1977 | 22884 | |
| an in vivo and in vitro analysis of the alloantigen response in syrian hamsters. | 1977 | 22946 | |
| experimental liver failure. a comparison between hepatectomy and hepatic devascularization in the pig. | difficulties in the treatment of acute hepatic failure due to insufficient knowledge of the pathogenesis and the impredectability of the course has made an experimental model desirable. a number of such models have been proposed, among these hepatectomy and total hepatic devascularization. in the present study hepatectomy and total hepatic devascularization have been compared, as it has been doubted if hepatectomy, not including necrotic liver tissue, is a valid model of human hepatic failure. n ... | 1977 | 22974 |
| bacterial meningitis in the adult. | 1977 | 12560 | |
| relation of concentrations of bacteria and bacterial antigen in cerebrospinal fluid to prognosis in patients with bacterial meningitis. | 1977 | 13301 | |
| do bacteria mutate to erythromycin resistance? | 1977 | 23582 | |
| activities of leishmania from human skin ulcers in small laboratory animals. | 1977 | 23653 | |
| the use of gvh methods in analysis of the b-complex. | 1977 | 24559 | |
| the detection of bacterial antigens by counter-immunoelectrophoresis in n. meningitidis, h. influenzae serotype b, s. pneumoniae infections. diagnostic value and evolutive aspect (in 216 cases) (author's transl). | using counterimmunoelectrophoresis (cie) the authors have assayed for soluble bacterial s. pneumoniae, n meningitidis group a, b, c. h. influenzae type b antigens, biological fluids in 216 patients (meningitis: 136; pneumonia: 76; miscellaneous: 4) during 16 months. because of heterogeneous recruiting (the bacteriology was carried out by different laboratories) the increase in aetiological diagnosis given by cie is only statistically valid for the bacteriologic negative group when blind antibiot ... | 1977 | 26041 |
| central antagonism of tyramine-induced systemic hypotension by mescaline. | 1977 | 22607 | |
| research of the soluble microbial substances in organic fluids for the rapid diagnosis of some infections and particularly of bacterial meningitis (author's transl). | a number of immunological and non-immunological techniques have been recently used to detect soluble microbial substances in body fluids of patients with acute meningitis, bacteremia, and lobar pneumonia. by the immunological methods capsular highly polymerized polisaccharide group- or type-specific antigens of the most common c. n. s. pathogens (n. meningitidis a, b, and c; str. pneumoniae, h. influenzae type b, e. coli k1, mucoid pseudomonas, cryptococcus neoformans) can be detected and quanti ... | 1977 | 28697 |
| rapid detection of chloramphenicol resistance in haemophilus influenzae. | 1977 | 74780 | |
| frequency of e. coli k antigens in urinary-tract infections in children. | the somatic (o) and casular (k) antigens of escherichia coli from the urine of patients with acute pyelonephritis, acute cystitis, and asymptomatic bacteriuria, and in the faeces of healthy schoolchildren have been investigated. typing antisera for sixteen capsular acidic polysaccharide k antigens were used, and five (numbers 1, 2, 3, 12, and 13) accounted for 70% of isolates from patients with acute pyelonephritis. these five k antigens were found to a lesser extent in the three other study gro ... | 1977 | 66470 |
| counterimmunoelectrophoresis in the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis. | the aim of the present study was to investigate whether counterimmunoelectrophoresis (cie) would facilitate the rapid, etiological diagnosis of bacterial meningitis when used in parallel with other routine methods in a medical bacteriological laboratory. of 3,674 consecutive specimens of cerebrospinal fluid (csf) received at the department of diagnostic bacteriology, statens seruminstitu, 283 specimens (each representing one patient) were selected for examination by cie on the basis of the follo ... | 1977 | 67124 |
| degradation of transforming and transfecting dna by the restriction endonucleases of type i and type ii isolated from haemophilus influenzae. | the restriction endonucleases of type i and ii from haemophilus influenzae were studied for their activity on transforming and transfecting dna. type i restriction enzyme from haemophilus influenzae rf, which requires adenosine 5'-triphosphate, reduced the size of unmodified bacterial dna from 66x106 daltons to approximately 18x106 daltons and did not attack modified dna. the action of this enzyme gives only a low level of inactivation of single and linked markers in the transforming dna. in con ... | 1977 | 67762 |
| etiopathogenetic studies in a patient with whipple's disease. | a patient is presented with whipple's disease. before treatment, haemophilus influenzae type e, sensitive to tetracycline was cultured from multiple small intestinal biopsies. this isolated micro-organism was structurally similar to the one observed in the tissue. all further culture experiments during and after treatment proved negative except for one biopsy from which a tetracycline-resistant h. influenzae type-e mutant was isolated. the immunological disturbances, mainly characterized by cuta ... | 1977 | 67979 |
| antigens of haemophilus influenzae. | three antigenic preparations were obtained from a non-capsulated strain of haemophilus influenzae by ultrasonic disintegration, hot phenol extraction and from a fluid culture. they were designated h. influenzae cytoplasmic antigen (h(1-5); h. influenzae cell wall antigen (hcw); and h. influenzae culture filtrate antigen (hcf). studies showed that h(1-5) antigen contained heat stable and heat labile components. the heat stable fraction stained positively for polysaccharide, had a positive limulus ... | 1977 | 68839 |
| ovalbumin gene. action of restriction endonucleases upon dna coding sequence. | 1977 | 68956 | |
| haemophilus endocarditis. | 1977 | 69917 | |
| relationship between prophage induction and transformation efficiencies in haemophilus influenzae rd9. | 1977 | 70977 | |
| effect of heat on antigenicity and immunogenicity of the antigenic determinant shared by haemophilus influenzae type b and escherichia coli k100. | escherichia coli k100 produces an antigenic determinant similar to, or identical with, the capsular antigen of haemophilus influenzae type b. studies of the effects of heat on the immunogenicity, erythrocyte-modifying capacity, and antigenicity of this cross-reacting antigen (cra) revealed the following findings. immunization of rabbits with viable or formaldehyde-killed suspensions of e. coli k100, producing cra, engendered cra antibodies in significant titers, as demonstrated by hemagglutinati ... | 1977 | 71269 |
| chloramphenicol in haemophilus endocarditis. | 1977 | 72214 | |
| a rapid test for beta-lactamase production by haemophilus influenzae. | 1977 | 72244 | |
| [modification of the passive hemagglutination test for detection of the antibodies to capsular polysaccharide of haemophilus influenzae type b]. | 1977 | 72861 | |
| thymidine-requiring haemophilus influenzae and staphylococcus aureus. | 1977 | 72988 | |
| tumor biology of helium and heavy ions. | 1977 | 96044 | |
| mediators of immediate-type hypersensitivity in sputum from patients with chronic bronchitis and asthma. | mediators of immediate-type hypersensitivity were studied in the sputum of patients with chronic bronchitis. the same mediators were also measured in early-onset, skin-test-positive asthmatics, in late-onset, skin-test-negative asthmatics, and in patients with bronchial carcinoma, bronchiectasis, and pneumonia. sputum eosinophilia was a feature of bronchitics and asthmatics, whereas raised blood eosinophil levels were found only in the early-onset, skin-test-positive asthmatics. histamine and ig ... | 1977 | 95732 |
| [pathogenicity of the indigenous flora of the oral cavity]. | 1977 | 96398 | |
| effect of oophorectomy on estrogen receptors in rat mammary tumors induced by 7,12-dimethylbenz (a)anthracene. | 1977 | 96813 | |
| critical factors in the quality control of antilymphocyte globulin (alg). | 1977 | 98763 | |
| developmental patterns of peripheral nerve, myoneural junction and muscle: a review. | 1977 | 148071 | |
| mechanical properties of cardiac muscle from spontaneously hypertensive rats: accentuated aftercontractions. | 1977 | 139613 | |
| changes in calcium and magnesium in the kidneys of rats intoxicated with a single large dose of fluoride. | 1977 | 139709 | |
| a complete cleavage map of neurospora crassa mtdna obtained with endonucleases eco ri and bam hi. | a physical map of neurospora crassa mitochondrial dna has been constructed using specific fragments obtained with restriction endonucleases. the dna has 5 cleavage sites for endonuclease bam hi, 12 for endonuclease eco ri and more than 30 for endonuclease hind iii. the sequence of the eco ri and bam hi fragments has been established by analysis of partial fragments. by digestion of the eco ri fragments with bam hi, a complete overlapping map has been constructed. the position of the largest hind ... | 1977 | 139928 |