Detection of Helicobacter pylori colonization in dental plaques and tongue scrapings of patients with chronic gastritis.

Objective: It has been suggested that the oral cavity and dental plaque might be a reservoir for Helicobacter pylori (Hp). In this study, our aims were to detect the prevalence of Hp colonization in dental plaque and tongue scrapings of patients with chronic gastritis and to investigate the effect of systemic treatment upon this colonization and eradication of Hp from gastric mucosa.

Method And Materials: Eighty-one patients (49 men, 32 women) were included in the study.

Penetration of meropenem and cefepim into pancreatic tissue during the course of experimental acute pancreatitis.

Introduction: Recent data from experimental and clinical studies suggest that the antibiotics showing good penetration into the pancreas may reduce mortality by preventing pancreatic infection, which is the most important prognostic factor in acute pancreatitis.

Aim: To determine and compare pancreatic tissue concentrations of meropenem and cefepime at different stages of acute necrotizing pancreatitis in an animal model that has been shown to closely mimic severe human pancreatitis.

Methodology: Acute necrotizing pancreatitis was induced in rats by a standardized intraductal infusion of glycodeoxycholic acid and intravenous cerulein.

Inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase reduces bacterial translocation in a rat model of acute pancreatitis.

Introduction: Translocation of bacteria from the gut into pancreatic necrosis is an important factor in the development of septic complications and mortality in acute pancreatitis. S-methylisothiourea (SMT) is an inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibitor that has been shown to decrease bacteria] translocation in sepsis and thermal injury.

Aim: To investigate whether SMT could affect bacterial translocation in acute necrotizing pancreatitis.

Accessory suprarenal gland: report of a case.

The suprarenal glands are normally located at the superomedial aspect of the kidneys. Accessory cortical masses are seen in approximately half of the newborn but usually disappear later. Several cases with accessory cortical tissues located near the main suprarenal glands have been reported but their usual locations have been rarely described.

Insulin resistance in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.

Background: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis is a chronic liver disease that is capable of progressing to end-stage liver disease, but generally has a benign course. Obesity, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidaemia are the most common associations of the disease.

Aims: To investigate the insulin resistance in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis who have no other causes of insulin resistance such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, and hyperlipidaemia.

CA-125; a new marker for diagnosis and follow-up of patients with tuberculous peritonitis.

Background: Most malignancies with peritoneal infiltration, especially ovarian cancers and chronic liver diseases associated with ascites give rise to high serum CA-125 levels. Tuberculous peritonitis is another cause for high serum CA-125 levels.

Aim: To investigate the relation between serum CA-125 level and response to treatment in tuberculous peritonitis patients.