A case of traumatic intracranial vertebral artery injury presenting with life-threatening symptoms.

Traumatic intracranial vertebral artery injury is a relatively rare but potentially fatal disease. We present a case of a 63-year-old man who presented with sudden onset of loss of consciousness after hitting his head. After immediate resuscitation, he showed quadriplegia and absence of spontaneous breathing.

Modified rapid urease test for Helicobacter pylori detection in relation to an immunohistochemical stain.

Background: The rapid urease test and touch cytology have been used for the rapid detection of Helicobacter pylori infection. Recently, a modified rapid urease (MRU) test, which provides results in 20 min has been available on a commercial basis. To date, few reports have evaluated the accuracy of this test.

[Semi-quantitative detection of Helicobacter pylori using immunohistochemical staining].

Several methods have been used for the detection of Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection. However, few reports have evaluated the accuracy of each method and compared the level of HP infection. HP infection was evaluated semi-quantitatively using immunohistochemical staining and accuracy of several methods to detect HP infection were compared.