Detection of Escherichia coli serogroups O26 and O113 by PCR amplification of the wzx and wzy genes.

PCR-based assays for detecting enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli serogroups O26 and O113 were developed by targeting the wzx (O-antigen flippase) and the wzy (O-antigen polymerase) genes found in the O-antigen gene cluster of each organism. The PCR assays were specific for the respective serogroups, as there was no amplification of DNA from non-O26 and non-O113 E. coli serogroups or from other bacterial genera tested.

[Dislocation of an endoprosthesis of the hip joint operated by the open method.].

The authors evaluated in a series of endoprostheses of the hip joint the X-ray documentation and peroperative revision findings in 8 patients who from a total of 16 dislocations (2.2%) were subjected to surgical revision. Conditions of a postdysplastic hip joint with previous surgery predominated (62%).

Differences in saccadic eye movement-related potentials under regular and irregular intervals of visual stimulation.

The saccadic eye movement-related potentials (SEMRPs) were recorded over various brain areas in a group of righthanders while they performed saccades to visual stimuli appearing either at regular or at irregular time intervals. The premotion positivity, motion execution component and lambda responses were of shorter latencies and lower amplitudes over the parietal areas as compared to the occipital ones. This finding did not depend on the regularity of intervals.

[Computer analysis of muscle reflex responses to electric stimulation of peripheral nerves].

A computer program is described which allows analysis of reflex muscle responses to electric stimulation of peripheral nerves. Basically, the program is derived from an older methodic approach, yet the process of evaluating the obtained means of reflex muscle responses is in this computer assisted procedure simpler and of a higher quality. The proposed improvement of the original methodic approach provides an important advantage for clinical practice in significantly speeding up the investigation and evaluation of reflex muscle responses on using financially accessible computer technique of Czechoslovak make.

[Physiologic range of stabilometry values obtained in the upright posture using a computer].

The authors present physiological ranges of values of seven parameters of stabilometric examinations of the upright posture in man. In order to make the examination effective, the authors suggested and tested three situations which make it possible to characterize the activity of the visual, vestibular and proprioceptive feedback in the process of maintenance of the upright posture. For measuring the supporting forces during the upright posture the authors used a stabilometer with automatic compensation of the body weight.