High-temperature phase of trans-tetraaquabis(trifluoroacetato-O)manganese(II).

The title compound, [Mn(CF(3)COO)(2)(H(2)O)(4)], crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/c. At about 215 K, it undergoes a reversible phase transition, which leads to crystal twinning. The crystal structure of the high-temperature phase was determined at 220 K.

[Sepsis--a generalized infection. Etiopathogenetic, diagnostic and clinical problems in adults based on personal experiences].

Etiopathogenetic, diagnostic, and clinical problems seen in the adult patients with sepsis have been discussed. An emphasis is on the diagnostic problems in an early stage of infection as well as bacteriological findings. The authors stress that sepsis usually develops in patients with depressed immunological system.

[Sepsis--generalized infection. The treatment of adults based on personal observations].

Basing on the own experience, the authors discuss causative treatment of sepsis, mainly of unknown etiology. Emphasis is on the depression of immunological system in the acute phase of the disease. Therefore, a combined treatment with 2, often 3 or even 4 bacterial antibiotics is recommended, together with passive immunotherapy, and in certain cases surgical removal of the infection foci.

[Blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier in purulent cerebrospinal meningitis].

Our investigations concerned the blood-brain barrier (b.b.b.

[Methods and treatment results of purulent meningitis and encephalitis in adults--based on personal observations].

The authors present own methods and results of the treatment of 578 patients with suppurative meningitis and encephalitis. Etiologically most frequent infections due to N. meningitidis, S.