Pindolol: a potent beta-adrenergic blocking agent in the treatment of hypertension.

Two groups of twenty-five hypertensive patients each were treated with a beta-adrenergic blocking agent (pindolol), either alone or in combination with classical anthihypertensives. In the group under monotherapy a significant lowering of the blood pressure was observed. The effect was, however, not so consistent as in the group under combined therapy.

Disseminated nocardiosis after pulmonary collapse: a case report.

A 24-year-old Thai woman receiving corticosteroid treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus, developed pulmonary nocardiosis after pulmonary collapse. The correct diagnosis was reached when dissemination had occurred which was characterized by two subcutaneous abscesses and acute uveitis of the right eye. Gram stain of sputum and pus revealed delicate, branching, Gram-positive filamentous mycelia which were identified as Nocardia asteroides on culture.

Total serum IgE level in patients with amoebic liver abscess and other parasitic infections.

Total serum IgE level was determined by the radioactive single radial diffusion technique in blood donors, nurse-aid students with the stool positive and negative for parasites, and in patients with helminthic infections. A geometric mean of 445.1 IU/ml in the sera from blood donors was found.