CSF/blood glucose ratio and other prognostic indices in pyogenic meningitis.

Fifty cases of pyogenic meningitis were examined for various prognostic indices, especially cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)/blood glucose ratio. Overall mortality was 40%. Age below one year and depressed level of consciousness were associated with high mortality.

Congenital cutis laxa.

A 16 days old male baby had congenital cutis laxa without family history. He had redundant and lax skin all over the body with slanting of the palpebral fissures medially and broad nasal root.

Pangeria.

A case of pangeria, with multiple leg ulcers and premature senility with a history of cataractomy, starting at the age of 6 years, without any history of consanguinity, is reported.

Itraconazole versus griseofulvine in the treatment of tinea corporis and tinea cruris.

126 patients (82 males and 44 females) aged above 12 years, suffering from tinea corporis and/or tinea cruris, were treated with either itraconazole (100 mg once a day for 2 weeks and then plecebo for 2 weeks) (63 patients), or griseofulvin (250 mg twice a day for 4 weeks). 90.47% of the patients treated with itraconzole improved whereas griseofulvin imporved 76.

Cholesterol in normal and pathological seminal plasma.

One hundred and twenty eight samples (seminal plasma) were studied for cholesterol. They included normozoospermia (44), oligozoospermia (22), oligoasthenozoospermia (34) and azoospermia (28). The cholesterol level in normal group was 61.

Effects of purified insulins on insulin requirement and metabolic control.

Seventeen diabetics requiring high insulin doses were transferred from conventional insulin to purified chromatographed porcine insulins (Actrapid and Lentard-Novo, Denmark). At the end of 8 to 12 weeks, there was a 46% reduction in insulin dosage while metabolic control improved. Some of these patients when transferred again to conventional insulins demonstrated poor metabolic control and an increase in insulin requirements.