Toxic shock syndrome caused by suture abscess with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with late onset after Caesarean section.

Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a rare but life-threatening multisystem disease known to develop in the early postoperative period after various surgery. We report a rare case in which a patient who underwent Caesarean section developed TSS caused by methicillin-resistant (MRSA) on the 39th postoperative day. She was treated with debridement because of the possible diagnosis of necrotizing soft tissue infections.

Flare-Up Diverticulitis in the Terminal Ileum in Short Interval after Conservative Therapy: Report of a Case.

Diverticulitis in the terminal ileum is uncommon. Past reports suggested that conservative therapy may be feasible to treat terminal ileum diverticulitis without perforation; however, there is no consensus on the therapeutic strategy for small bowel diverticulitis. We present a 37-year-old man who was referred to our hospital for sudden onset of abdominal pain and nausea.

[The Basic Act on Measures against Alcohol-related Health Harm and Role of General Psychiatrists--With focus on SBRIT and Deadly Triangle].

Japan has just enacted a national law for alcohol, that named "Basic Act on Measures Against Alcohol-related Health Harm". This article includes 5 topics; i) General psychiatrists have the roles and responsibilities in this law, ii) All psychiatrists need to know about alcohol-related health harm and alcohol-related problem, iii) Alcohol dependence is attributed to change of neurotransmitter in the brain, iv) Mood disorder is more likely to be complicated by alcohol dependence and/or hazardous drinking. Some of the patients with the above-mentioned complicated disease have alcohol-induced mood disorder, v) If the patient has alcohol-induced mood disorder, it will place priority on alcoholism treatment and will be important to quickly resolve with abstinence.

Ultrastructural study of neuronal and related tumors in the ventricles.

Intraventricular tumors may arise from a variety of cells in the region. There are some difficulties in diagnosing these tumors because of their histologically similar appearance. We analyzed intraventricular tumors, including central neurocytoma, oligodendroglioma, cerebral neuroblastoma, and cerebellar neuroblastoma, the neuronal characters of which were established based on their ultrastructural findings, except for oligodendroglioma.

Collision carcinoma at the esophagogastric junction.

Atrue collision carcinoma at the esophagogastric junction is rare. In this article, we report colliding double primary cancers of the esophagus and the stomach in a 68-year-old man and discuss this entity. Pathological analysis after total gastrectomy and partial esophagectomy showed the following findings.

Role of interferon-gamma in inflammatory responses in murine respiratory infection with Legionella pneumophila.

The role of interferon (IFN)-gamma in host inflammatory responses, including inflammatory cytokine production, in experimental pneumonia with Legionella pneumophila was examined in IFN-gamma knockout (IFN-gamma-/-) mice. IFN-gamma-/- mice and wild-type BALB/cA mice were inoculated intranasally with L. pneumophila strain KC.

Protection against pulmonary infection with Klebsiella pneumoniae in mice by interferon-gamma through activation of phagocytic cells and stimulation of production of other cytokines.

The study was designed to determine the role of interferon (IFN)-gamma in inflammatory responses against experimentally induced pneumonia caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae. The host immunological responses in IFN-gamma gene knockout (IFN-gamma(-/-)) mice and immunocompetent control mice were compared. K.

Induction of interleukin-10 and down-regulation of cytokine production by Klebsiella pneumoniae capsule in mice with pulmonary infection.

The role of the capsule of Klebsiella pneumoniae in inducing cytokine production was investigated by comparing the responses of mice with experimentally induced pneumonia caused by capsulate (strain DT-S) or non-capsulate (mutant strain DT-X) K. pneumoniae. Anaesthetised ICR mice were inoculated intranasally.

Role of bacterial capsule in local and systemic inflammatory responses of mice during pulmonary infection with Klebsiella pneumoniae.

The role of bacterial capsule in inflammatory responses in experimentally induced pneumonia caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae was evaluated by comparing the host immunological responses in mice infected with capsulate strain DT-S and non-capsulate mutant strain DT-X. Anaesthetised ICR mice were infected intranasally with inocula of strain DT-S or DT-X. Mice infected with strain DT-X survived significantly longer than those inoculated with strain DT-S.