The progression of maternal RSV antibodies in the offspring.

The concentrations of maternal anti-RSV IgG antibodies were followed in 49 healthy newborns over the first six months of life. At birth, 41 mothers (83%) tested positive for anti-RSV IgG and all of their babies carried maternal anti-RSV IgG. Anti-RSV IgG positivity dropped to 73% at 1 month, 6% at 3 months, and 2% at 6 months.

[Activity of frequently used disinfectants and antiseptics against nosocomial bacterial types].

In this study, bactericidal activity of widely used disinfectants and antiseptics (glutaraldehyde, laurylbispropylidentriamin 5 g and benzalkoniumchlorid 20 g, polyvinylpyrolidon iodine, benzalkonium chloride and sodium hypochloride) against some nosocomial bacterial isolates were investigated by qualitative and quantitative suspension test methods. One methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), 6 multi drug-resistant Gram-negative hospital isolates (Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterobacter cloaca, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Citrobacter diversus, Serratia marcescens) and 3 standard strains of American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) bacteria (S. aureus, P.

Pigmented paravenous retinochoroidal atrophy. A literature review supported by seven cases.

Seven patients (4 men and 3 women, ranging in age from 27 to 64 years) with pigmented paravenous retinochoroidal atrophy, a rare disorder of unknown origin, were studied. The mean follow-up time was 18.5 months.

Toxicity assessment of a dye industry treatment sludge.

Industrial treatment sludges often contain heavy metals and a variety of other hazardous substances which can cause soil and underground water pollution. In the present work, sludge samples from a dye industry treatment plant were analysed for their heavy metal contents, and three different leaching procedures were used to assess the potential toxicity of the sludge. The sludge samples were also incinerated at 600 degrees C, and the remaining inorganic residues were also tested for their leaching characteristics by using the same leaching procedures.

The protective effects of melatonin, vitamin E and octreotide on retinal edema during ischemia-reperfusion in the guinea pig retina.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to provide evidence that free radical damage is a component of retinal ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury, and to determine whether melatonin, vitamin E and octreotide can protect retina from this injury.

Methods: The right eyes of 50 male guinea pigs weighing 500-600 g were used. The animals were randomly assigned to group 1 (control), group 2 (I/R), group 3 (melatonin + I/R), group 4 (vitamin E + I/R) and group 5 (octreotide + I/R).

Reliability of procalcitonin as a severity marker in critically ill patients with inflammatory response.

Procalcitonin (PCT) is increasingly recognised as an important diagnostic parameter in clinical evaluation of the critically ill. This prospective study was designed to investigate PCT as a diagnostic marker of infection in critically ill patients with sepsis. Eighty-five adult ICU patients were studied.

Amperometric enzyme electrode for organic peroxides determination prepared from horseradish peroxidase immobilized in poly(vinylferrocenium) film.

Organic peroxides, t-butyl hydroperoxide, 2-butanone peroxide, cumene hydroperoxide and t-butyl peracetate, were determined by an amperometric enzyme electrode. The enzyme electrode was prepared through electrostatic immobilization of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) in a polyvinylferrocenium (PVF) film. A PVF(+)ClO(4)(-) film was coated on a Pt foil at +0.

Effects of melatonin, vitamin E and octreotide on lipid peroxidation during ischemia-reperfusion in the guinea pig retina.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to provide evidence that free radical damage is a component of retinal ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury, and to determine whether melatonin, vitamin E and octreotide can protect the retina from this injury.

Methods: The right eyes of 50 male guinea pigs weighing 500-600 g were used. The animals were randomly assigned to group 1 (control), group 2 (I/R), group 3 (melatonin + I/R), group 4 (vitamin E + I/R) and group 5 (octreotide + I/R).

Effects of melatonin, vitamin E and octreotide on lipid peroxidation during ischemia- reperfusion in the guinea pig retina.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to provide evidence that free radical damage is a component of retinal ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury, and to determine whether melatonin, vitamin E and octreotide can protect the retina from this injury.

Methods: The right eyes of 50 male guinea pigs weighing 500-600 g were used. The animals were randomly assigned to group 1 (control), group 2 (I/R), group 3 (melatonin + I/R), group 4 (vitamin E + I/R) and group 5 (octreotide + I/R).

Management of thoracic empyema in children.

The effectiveness of fibrinolytic treatment has been shown in cases of thoracic empyema in adults. In pediatric patients experience is, however, very limited. The aim of this study was to determine the success and complication rates of fibrinolytic treatment in thoracic empyema in children.

Amyopathic dermatomyositis associated with cervical cancer.

We here report a 44-year-old female patient who is the first documented case of cervical carcinoma with amyopathic dermatomysitis (ADM). The association of ADM with malignancy is clearly stated in the literature. This patient first presented with classic cutaneous findings of dermatomyositis with no signs and symptoms of muscle involvement for the first 7 months following the diagnosis.

Photodisruptive Nd:YAG laser in the management of premacular subhyaloid hemorrhage.

Purpose: Premacular subhyaloid hemorrhage is usually a benign condition that generally improves spontaneously and rarely causes visual loss. However, because the hemorrhage may cause permanent macular changes before it resolves, Nd:YAG laser posterior hyaloidotomy may be indicated in selected cases. This study investigated the effects of drainage of premacular subhyaloid hemorrhage into the vitreous with Nd:YAG laser treatment.

Palbebral anthrax.

Purpose: Anthrax is a rare infection transmitted to humans from animals or animal products. In cutaneous anthrax it may produce lesions of the eyelids which can lead to cicatricial ectropion.

Methods: We examined three women and five men with anthrax of the eyelids.

Low dose cyclosporin A treatment in generalized pustular psoriasis.

Generalized pustular psoriasis is a rare form of psoriasis, seldom seen in children. Three patients with generalized pustular psoriasis are presented, two of whom were a sister and brother and whose grandfather also had pustular psoriasis. Lesions consisted of pustular, erythematous, scaly, follicular papules located on the trunk, scalp, and extremities.

Large bilateral lateral rectus recession in large angle divergence excess exotropia.

Purpose: Classic teaching suggests that surgery for intermittent exotropia should be based on distance/near differences. True divergence excess exotropia should be treated with symmetric lateral rectus recession. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of large bilateral lateral rectus (LR) recession in large-angle intermittent exotropia.

Meropenem in neonatal severe infections due to multiresistant gram-negative bacteria.

Recently, new broad spectrum carbapenem has been investigated on a world-wide scale for the treatment of moderate to severe infections. In the neonatal intensive care units the extensive use of third generation cephalosporins for therapy of neonatal sepsis may lead to rapid emergence of multiresistant gram-negative organisms. We report the use of meropenem in 35 infants with severe infections due to Acinetobacter baumanii and Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Ocular findings in Sturge-Weber syndrome.

Purpose: We reviewed the rare ocular findings of Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) and the results of implantation of the Ahmed valve in cases associated with glaucoma.

Methods: Seven patients (range 18 to 52 years) diagnosed as SWS were reviewed as clinical findings over two years. An anterior chamber maintainer was placed in patients with glaucoma to maintain stable intraocular pressure and minimize the risk of intraocular hemorrhage due to sudden pressure changes during surgery, when an Ahmed valve is implanted.

Psoriasis in a patient with neurofibromatosis.

A seven-year-old boy with neurofibromatosis who developed scalp psoriasis is presented. The clinical evaluation of the patient revealed multiple café au lait spots, axillary freckling, bilateral Lisch nodules and a psoriatic plaque on his scalp. Though there is no known direct relationship between neurofibromatosis and psoriasis, one is suggested in this patient, possibly related to a common genetic defect.

Color Doppler ultrasonography in ocular Behçet's disease.

Purpose: The aim of this prospective study was to assess the ocular hemodynamic changes in patients with Behcet's disease who had involvement of the posterior segment by color Doppler ultrasonography.

Methods: The present study was carried out in 32 eyes of 24 patients with ocular Behcet's disease and 42 eyes of 21 persons as a healthy age-matched control group. In order to detect the hemodynamic changes in ocular Behcet's disease, peak systolic and end-diastolic velocities (PSV, EDV; cm/sec), resistive and pulsatile indices (RI, PI), and PSV/EDV ratio of central retinal artery (CRA), short posterior ciliary artery (PCA) and ophthalmic artery (OA) were determined.

The comparison of cyclopentolate and atropine in patients with refractive accommodative esotropia by means of retinoscopy, autorefractometry and biometric lens thickness.

Purpose: In this study, we aimed to compare the cycloplegic effect of cyclopentolate HCI 1% and atropine sulphate 1% in patients with refractive accommodative esotropia by means of retinoscopy, autorefractometer and the measurement of lens thickness by biometry.

Methods: Thirty-two patients with refractive accommodative esotropia aged from 5 to 10 (mean 6.8+/-1.

Effect of Octreotide on experimental corneal neovascularization.

Purpose: To examine the ability of subcutaneously administered Octreotide ( a long acting somatostatin analoque) to serve as an inhibitory agent for corneal neovascularization in eyes of Wistar Albino rats.

Methods: Neovascular growth into the corneas of all the animals was induced by silver nitrate cauterization. Half of the animals which were randomly selected for the Octreotide group received 30 micrograms systemic Octreotide for 7 days.

Penetration of oral and topical ciprofloxacin into human aqueous humor.

Purpose: This study was planned to investigate the penetration of ciprofloxacin into aqueous humor following oral and topical application as a prophylactic antimicrobial agent.

Methods: Forty-six patients undergoing cataract surgery were randomly divided into two groups. In the first group, the patients received 500 mg oral ciprofloxacin eight hours before surgery and in the second, 5 drops of 0.

Anthrax as the cause of preseptal cellulitis.

Anthrax is an infectious disease caused by Bacillus anthracis. It is primarily a disease of domestic animals such as cattle, goats, and sheep; but humans can rarely be infected by contact with infected animals or contaminated animal products. Our case is a 4-year-old boy who was initially diagnosed as preseptal cellulitis, but later he showed the characteristic anthrax lesions with a black necrotic eschar.

Effect of topical apraclonidine on flow properties of central retinal and ophthalmic arteries.

To investigate the acute effects of topically administered 1% apraclonidine hydrochloride on blood velocity and resistance parameters of central retinal and ophthalmic arteries, the vessels were studied by color Doppler ultrasonography during baseline and at the time of peak effect of apraclonidine in 20 healthy volunteers. After medication, significant decrease in peak systolic, peak diastolic, mean flow velocities and increase in resistive and pulsatility indices of ophthalmic artery were observed. Blood velocity and resistance parameters of central retinal artery didn't change significantly.