Screening for drug-resistant Candida yeasts with chromogenic agar.

We examined the utility of agar dilution to screen yeasts for reduced susceptibility to several newer antifungal drugs including echinocandins and azoles. We compared agar dilution susceptibility screening with the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) method for Candida isolates. We added echinocandins and azoles to CHROMagar Candida medium prior to its solidification.

Histogenesis of Abrikossoff tumour of the oral cavity.

Background: Abrikossoff or granular cell tumour (GCT) is a relatively rare neoplasia, benign in most of the cases. It may occur in any part of the human body, but it has an oral location in 70% of the cases. Its origin has been discussed for decades, and it is not yet definitively determined.

Blood supply of the tensor fasciae latae muscle.

The tensor fasciae latae (TFL) muscle has been successfully harvested as a myocutaneous flap in reconstructive surgery. Reports on the vascular supply of this muscle, however, are incomplete or inconclusive. Therefore the arterial pattern was examined by dissection in 100 injected human cadaveric specimens.

Anterior tibial artery: variation in origin and branching.

In a combined radiographic-anatomic study, the anterior tibial artery in a stillborn male was a branch of the posterior tibial at about its midpoint. It gave off an unusual lateral calcaneal vessel that coursed initially in the musculoperoneal canal. The variations are discussed in the context of the complex embryologic development of the blood supply to the lower limb.

Fascial layers of the scalp. A study of 48 cadaveric dissections.

The arrangement and structure of the fascial layers of the scalp were studied in 48 red neoprene latex-injected cadavers with the aid of an operating microscope. The galea aponeurotica was continuous with a superficial temporal fascia. Deep to the galea, the subaponeurotic connective tissue was bilaminar.