Successful Use of Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitor Involving Severely Ill COVID-19 Patient.

This case report describes a successful outcome involving a patient with severe COVID-19 viral pneumonia utilizing a novel therapeutic approach with the glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor, eptifibatide.

Glucosinolate genetics and the attraction of the aphid parasitoid Diaeretiella rapae to Brassica.

The control of insect pests using parasitoids and carnivores has been successfully applied in protected cropping systems, orchards and forestry. Their success in annual field crops has been more limited due largely to the difficulties of attracting and maintaining a sufficient density of parasitoids in the crop before the levls of the insect herbivores become economically damaging. Parasitoids are known to be attracted to host-plant volatiles; thus, manipulating the host-plant chemistry may provide a means of enhancing the attraction of parasitoids to their prey.

Alveolar hemorrhage with epithelioid hemangioendothelioma. A previously unreported manifestation of a rare tumor.

Epithelial hemangioendothelioma (EH), originally termed intravascular sclerosing bronchioloalveolar tumor (IVBAT), is a rare pulmonary vascular neoplasm usually associated with an indolent but slowly progressive clinical course. We describe a patient with EH who presented with alveolar hemorrhage and died within 8 wk. This report extends the clinical spectrum of epithelial hemangioendothelioma to include this aggressive form.

Relapse of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in the upper lobes during aerosol pentamidine prophylaxis.

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia was diagnosed by bronchoalveolar lavage of the upper lobes in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) receiving aerosol pentamidine prophylaxis. Serendipitous availability of a normal premorbid lung gallium scan indicated that pneumocystosis had developed during aerosol pentamidine prophylaxis; at the time of presentation a repeat gallium scan indicated disease limited to the upper lobes. The relation of this unusual form of isolated upper lobe Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia to aerosol pentamidine prophylaxis warrants further investigation.