[Use of human anti-Pseudomonas immunoglobulins in treatment of children with burns].

This studies included 15 children with burns involving 10-55% of the whole body surface, treated at the two surgical departments in Poland. All patients have been given 0.5 mL of a 15% solution of anti-Pseudomonas immunoglobulin in a deep i.

Cryoprecipitate of intermediate purity produced in a closed thaw-siphon system from DDAVP stimulated blood donor plasma.

The effects of intravenous administration of DDAVP to blood donors and the use of DDAVP plasma for the production of cryoprecipitate in the closed thaw-siphon system were evaluated. DDAVP treatment produced on the average a 3.2-fold rise in plasma levels of factor VIII.

A new chromogenic assay for direct detection of staphylocoagulase.

Tube test for detection of staphylococcal coagulase, despite of many disadvantages, is commonly used in clinical microbiology for identification of Staphylococcus aureus. In this paper a new chromogenic method for detection of the coagulase directly in staphylococcal cultures is described and evaluated on the basis of a comparison with the standard tube assay. The chromogenic assay appeared to be as sensitive as the tube test but results of the former one can be read in a few hours without any apparatus.

Anticoagulant properties of extracellular slime substance produced by Staphylococcus epidermidis.

Slime produced by S. epidermidis strain KH 11 was extracted with phenol-saline. The saline phase was fractionated on a DEAE-Sepharose CL-6B column.