Candida albicans translocation across the gut mucosa following burn injury.

Normal guinea pigs were challenged intragastrically with Candida albicans 1 hr prior to a 30 or 50% flame burn to determine if burn injury increased translocation of the yeasts across gut mucosa. Tissues were harvested between 3 and 24 hr postburn and cultured on Sabouraud dextrose agar. Control animals (no yeast challenge) showed no yeast in intestinal homogenates or in the mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN).

Acid reduction by intragastric contact Nd:YAG laser photoradiation in rats.

Gastric acid reduction in the treatment of duodenal ulcers occurs following extragastric vagotomy, antrectomy, or seromyotomy. This study examines the effects of intraluminal LCV and/or pyloric MA using laser photoradiation in Sprague-Dawley rats. Groups were compared to sham-operation and truncal vagotomy with pyloroplasty (TVP) regarding gastric acid secretion, plasma gastrin, pancreatic polypeptide, and histology, including immunocytochemistry for G-cells.

Social and biological factors in relation to survival among black vs. white women with breast cancer.

Longer survival for white women than black women with breast cancer has been observed even when relative survival rates are used and stage at diagnosis is controlled. This study compared prognostic factors in relation to survival for 144 white women and 67 black women with breast cancer diagnosed 1969 to 1979 and identified through the tumor registry. Data were obtained from medical records, the registry, death certificates, and pathology files.

The clinical significance of minimal breast cancer: a pathologist's viewpoint.

We can draw the following conclusions about minimal breast cancer: The concept of minimal breast cancer as a stage of cancer that is 95% curable is a valid one, if minimal breast cancer is defined by strict parameters. Both 0.5 and 1.