Chronic Diarrhea Associated with Edwardsiella Tarda Gastroenteritis: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Edwardsiella tarda , a Gram-negative bacterium classified into the genus Enterobacteriaceae, causes self-limited gastroenteritis. Here, we report a case of E. tarda gastroenteritis in a previously healthy 12-year-old boy in whom inflammatory bowel disease was precluded by endoscopy and tissue biopsy due to 3-month history of diarrhea, abdominal pain and weight loss.

Favipiravir-induced fever in coronavirus disease 2019: A report of two cases.

Favipiravir, an antiviral agent, is undergoing clinical trials for treating novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Here, we report two cases of COVID-19 with favipiravir-induced fever. In both cases, pyrexia was observed following the administration of favipiravir despite improvements in symptoms of COVID-19.

[A case of advanced gastric cancer which became operable after chemotherapy with combination of TS-1/CDDP and in which complete disappearance of liver metastasis was histopathologically confirmed].

We encountered a patient in whom TS-1/cisplatin (CDDP) combination chemotherapy was effective. The cancer became operable, and complete disappearance of liver metastasis was histopathologically confirmed. The patient was a 65-year-old man who presented with complaints of epigastric discomfort and anorexia.

Substrate specificity of cucumisin on synthetic peptides.

The substrate specificity of cucumisin [EC 3.4.21.

Autoregulated extra- and intracorporeal pump system for perfusion.

Recent statistics indicate that one serious event occurs once in every 300 perfusions. We have devised a cybernetic approach using photosensors and pressure sensors at critical points of the circuit which should allow feedback regulation of the bypass according to the changes in venous return. In order to avoid overtransfusion, left atrial pressure control is employed.

[Preoperative intra-arterial infusion of adriamycin in advanced breast cancer with reference to estrogen receptor status].

Preoperative intra-arterial infusion of adriamycin [I I A] for advanced breast cancer was performed in 22 cases, and correlation of the estrogen receptor (ER) status with the effect of I I A therapy was histologically examined. Fifty-five percent of all cases responded to I I A; 80% of ER-negative cases responded, whereas only 33% of ER-positive cases did. I I A was significantly effective in ER-negative cases (p less than 0.

[A case report of angiosarcoma of the breast].

The patient was a 24-year-old female, and had received 7-40 mg of prednisolone per day from the age of 19 because of SLE. The tumor occupied almost the entire right breast with a blue-red discoloration of the skin. Histological examination of the tumor disclosed angiosarcoma and a standard radical mastectomy was performed.

[Non-invasive secretory carcinoma of the breast].

A case of non-invasive secretory carcinoma of the breast is reported. The patient was a 33-year-old Japanese woman who complained of abnormal nipple discharge from the right breast. Although physical and radiological examinations failed to find any abnormal nodular lesions in the breast, a cytological examination revealed signet-ring-like atypical cells in the smears of nipple discharge.

A new method of conduction system staining.

Visualization of the conduction bundle is advantageous in the prevention of surgical trauma to the conduction system during open-heart surgery. Because vital staining using an iodine starch complex has been known to result in tissue damage, we have evaluated the effects of iodine gas on the specialized conduction system. The conduction bundle was stained, well enough to be identified, with iodine tincture, with Lugol's solution, and with iodine gas.

Scanning electron microscopical studies of the arterial terminals in the red pulp of the rat spleen.

The arterial terminals in the red pulp of the perfused rat spleen were studied by scanning electron microscopy. The arterial terminals were tubular or funnel-shaped and ended openly in the splenic cord. No continuity was observed between the arteries and the sinuses.

[A case with intramucosal carcinoma of the esophagus in widely expanding dysplasia--an autopsy case with simultaneous double-cancer of the esophagus and sigmoid colon].

Upon autopsy of a 67-year-old male who died of recurrence and metastasis from a carcinoma of the colon, early esophageal carcinoma was found. Diffuse slight thickening and longitudinal linear thinning with brownish discoloration were found in the esophageal mucosa. Upon microscopical examination, the esophageal epithelium showed mild dysplasia, severe dysplasia or intramucosal carcinoma.