Tympanic membrane thermometry in the care of out-of-hospital patients.

Study Objectives: To determine the effectiveness of tympanic membrane (TM) thermometry in the out-of-hospital setting and to characterize the patients with abnormal out-of-hospital temperatures.

Design: Prospective, randomized, single-month study.

Setting: Inner city.

Characterization and sequence analysis of a Streptomyces rochei A2 endoglucanase-encoding gene.

A 7-kb fragment of Streptomyces rochei A2 chromosomal DNA was cloned into pAT153 and shown to confer endoglucanase (EglS) activity on Escherichia coli cells. In E. coli clones, the EglS was secreted into the periplasm.