Povidone-iodine spray technique versus traditional scrub-paint technique for preoperative abdominal wall preparation.

Objective: The study was conducted to compare povidone-iodine spray and traditional scrub-paint techniques in reducing abdominal wall bacteria during preoperative preparation.

Study Design: Sixty patients scheduled to undergo vaginal surgery were recruited for study. Cultures of the abdominal skin were performed before and after preparation with two techniques: A traditional 5-minute iodophor soap scrub-paint on one half and povidone-iodine aqueous spray on the other.

Hemolytic-uremic syndrome--an outbreak in Sacramento, California.

Between July and November 1982, 14 cases of the hemolytic-uremic syndrome occurred in the Sacramento, California, metropolitan area; 9 of the 14 patients lived within a 7.5-mile radius in northeast Sacramento, 10 were female, 12 were white non-Hispanic and 13 were children with a mean age of 3.6 years.

Regression of dense deposits in Type II membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis: case report of clinical course in a child.

The clinical course and follow-up of a child who presented with rapidly progressive renal failure due to dense deposit disease is described. The patient showed a dramatic response to immunosuppressive and anticoagulent therapy. Two and a half years later, a follow-up renal biopsy showed regression of the intramembranous dense deposits on electron microscopy.