| thyroid abscess caused by eikenella corrodens. | to our knowledge, this is only the fourth case recorded of thyroid abscess due to eikenella corrodens and the first in which the causative organism has been isolated in pure culture from the site of infection. e. corrodens may be the cause of apparently sterile thyroid abscesses encountered in head and neck surgery and should be considered in their differential aetiology. | 1988 | 3280692 |
| complicated parapneumonic effusion and empyema thoracis: microbiology and predictors of adverse outcomes. | to describe the microbiological characteristics of a cohort of patients with complicated parapneumonic effusion and empyema thoracis, and to identify the potential risk factors for adverse outcomes, with particular reference to the choice of empirical antibiotics, intrapleural fibrinolytics, adherence to management guidelines, and input from pulmonologists. | 2007 | 17548905 |
| faecal steroids and bacteria and large bowel cancer in hong kong by socio-economic groups. | in a study of three socio-economic groups in hong kong, the high income group had a high faecal concentration of bile acids, especially the dihydroxy bile acids, compared to the low income group. the faecal bile acids were also more highly degraded. the faecal flora contained more bacteroides and fewer eubacteria. very few of the clostridia able to dehydrogenate the steroid nucleus were isolated. an epidemiological study based on street blocks indicated that the high income group also have a hig ... | 1976 | 962996 |