First case of a renal cyst infection caused by Desulfovibrio: a case report and literature review.

Background: Genus Desulfovibrio species is a sulphate-reducing anaerobic gram-negative rod that resides in the human oral cavity and intestinal tract. It was reported as the causative pathogen of bacteraemia and abdominal infections, but not renal cyst infection, and Desulfovibrio fairfieldensis has higher pathogenicity than other Desulfovibrio species.

Case Presentation: A 63-year-old man was on haemodialysis for end-stage renal failure due to autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.

Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Kopsiyunnanine K, a Monoterpenoid Indole Alkaloid with a Rearranged Skeleton.

A new monoterpenoid indole alkaloid, kopsiyunnanine K, was isolated from Kopsia arborea. Its intriguing rearranged structure and absolute configuration, which were inferred from spectral data and a possible biosynthetic pathway, were determined on the basis of a 13-step asymmetric total synthesis.

[Risk factors for recurrence of stage II colon cancer].

Purposes: This study was designed to clarify risk factors for the recurrence of stage II colon cancer in patients and to determine possible treatment options for postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy.

Subjects And Methods: The subjects were 132 patients with stage II colon cancer who underwent surgery in this department from January 1998 to December 2007. Various high risk factors for recurrence and factors indicative of poor prognosis were examined (age, gender, site of tumor, maximum tumor diameter, invasion depth, histopathological classification, D number, ly, v, number of biopsied lymph nodes, preoperative tumor marker values and presence of postoperative adjuvant therapy).

[A case of AFP-producing gastric carcinoma, in which liver metastases were eliminated successfully underwent total gastrectomy after chemotherapy].

A 64-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for severe anemia, and a thorough examination revealed an AFP-producing gastric cancer with multiple liver metastases. He was treated with S-1, and liver metastases were reduced. However, the originalgastric tumor did not disappeare.

Attenuation of the systemic inflammatory response and infectious complications after gastrectomy with preoperative oral arginine and omega-3 fatty acids supplemented immunonutrition.

Background: Past trials have shown perioperative immunonutrition to improve the outcome for patients with gastric cancer. The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of preoperative oral immunonutrition on cellular immunity, the duration of the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), and detailed postoperative complications in patients with gastric cancer.

Methods: Sixty patients with gastric cancer were randomly assigned to two groups: one group received immune-enhanced formulas supplemented with arginine and omega-3 fatty acids (immune-enhancing diet (ID) group, n = 30); the other received standard formulas (conventional diet (CD) group, n = 30) for 7 days before the operation.

A patient with unresectable advanced pancreatic cancer achieving long-term survival with gemcitabine chemotherapy.

A 68-year-old female visited a local clinic with epigastralgia. A routine laboratory test revealed jaundice and liver dysfunction. She was referred to this hospital.

Re-operation for tetralogy of Fallot with single right coronary artery.

A 7-year-old girl with tetralogy of Fallot in association with a single right coronary artery, was successfully re-operated on for right ventricular outflow tract obstruction. To identify the course of the abnormal coronary arteries during the re-operation, a probe was directly inserted into the coronary arteries after aortotomy. Ventriculotomy was successfully performed under the guide of the probe, without damaging the coronary arteries.