Wound infection due to Absidia corymbifera and Candida albicans with fatal outcome.

A case of a mixed infection due to Candida albicans and the zygomycete Absidia corymbifera in a 38-year-old, previously healthy, Caucasian male is presented. The infection developed following serial rib fractures, and ruptures of kidney, liver and biliary tract as well as a pancreatic contusion resulting from a traffic accident. During intensive care treatment the patient underwent several surgical procedures but subsequently experienced multi-organ failure and sepsis.

Fatal pulmonary scedosporiosis.

We report on a case of scedosporiosis in a 72-year-old German woman. Her disease started with a purulent ulceration of unknown course at her left foot. Soon after onset of oral antibacterial therapy she needed in-hospital treatment because of an acute pneumonia.

In vivo monitoring of chlorophyll fluorescence response to low-dose gamma-irradiation in pumpkin (cucurbita pepo) leaves.

The effect of gamma-irradiation on the in vivo-measured chlorophyll fluorescence in a pumpkin leaves (Cucurbita pepo) has been investigated. Plants were grown in the same environment, then divided into several groups and irradiated at ambient conditions at small dose levels (up to 13.4 Gy) with (60)Co gamma-rays.