Development and Rapid Sensory Descriptive Characterization of Cereal Bars Made with Brazilian Licuri Nut ().

Licuri () is an oilseed fruit common in the Brazilian caatinga and cerrado biomes. This fruit has high socioeconomic importance in the regions where it grows, being incorporated into exported animal feed and also into gastronomic preparations. Cereal bars are ready-to-eat highly consumed products with increased demand, commonly made with cereals and oilseeds such as licuri.

[Splenectomy for splenic abscess caused by Salmonella typhi].

Splenectomy due to splenic abscess is without doubt an unusual occurrence, especially in Western countries. The paper reports the case of 19-year-old male who underwent splenectomy because of an abscess caused by Salmonella typhi. Following a revision of the literature it appears that only six cases of splenic abscess by S.

[Ogilvie's syndrome: clinical reality or nosographic error?].

The authors report their experience in the management of Ogilvie's syndrome, a rare form of large bowel acute pseudo-obstruction. The study includes fifteen cases of the disease. There were ten males and five female, with a mean age of sixty-two years (range 45-92).

[Splenic abscess in typhoid fever].

We report the case of a young patient with typhoid fever who complained of pain in his left hypochondrium and shoulder and recrudescence of fever after 21 days of treatment with tiamphenicol and ampicilline. Ultrasonography lead to the diagnosis of splenic abscess; the patient was splenectomized and S. typhi was cultured from the pus.