Multiplex-PCR Detection of , , and in Raw Milk for Cheesemaking.

Late blowing defects in semi-hard and hard cheeses caused by spore-forming clostridia (e.g., , , ) pose a major issue for the dairy industry.

The use of loop-mediated isothermal amplification improves Toxoplasma gondii detection in wildlife.

Toxoplasma gondii is among the most widespread parasites worldwide. Wildlife is recognized as an important reservoir and source of infection of T. gondii.

Major neurological sequelae of lumbar epidural anesthesia. Report of three cases.

We here report the major permanent neurological complications that developed in three patients after epidural anesthesia. MR clearly showed that paraplegia, which arose one and nine days after anesthesia, was due to epi-subdural haematoma in the first case and epidural abscess in the second. The sudden left lower limb palsy in the third patient was caused by a paracentral ischemic lesion all along the conus-epiconus following a probable trauma of the cord during the insertion of the needle.

[Medico-social considerations on a hospital case-load of accidental injuries in the elderly].

The files of the Casualty Ward in a Florentine hospital for 1934-36, 1955-57 and 1976-78 were examined and 5030 cases of accidental injuries in the elderly were extracted for analysis. The subjects were grouped according to age, type and locality of the accident and morphology of the clinical picture. The results obtained from statistical analysis of the data demonstrate an increased percentage of accidents in the home, at work and in the street.