[Efficacy of fibronectin on opsonic activity by alveolar macrophage and experimental rat pneumonia].

The opsonic activity of plasma fibronectin (FN) by rat alveolar macrophage (AM) was examined, and the in vivo effect of FN in Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) experimental rat pneumonia was evaluated. The chemiluminescence response of AM was enhanced by the presence of FN (300 micrograms/ml) in S.

[A case of HTLV-I associated myelopathy with flutter-like oscillation].

We reported a 37-year-old woman showing HTLV-I associated myelopathy (HAM) with flutter-like oscillation of the eyes. She had a 15-year history of spastic paraplegia and noticed visual quaking at the age of 37 years. On neurological examination, she showed spasticity in both lower extremities, hyperreflexia in the extremities, neurogenic bladder, and transient, horizontal and pendular ocular oscillation.

[Hafnia alvei septicemia with shock and DIC in an adult with postoperative lung cancer].

In Japan, we experienced the first case of Hafnia alvei septicemia with shock and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) in an adult with postoperative lung cancer. A 63 year-old male, who had been followed up in our department since 1987, was admitted to our hospital with the complaints of fever, hemoptysis and dyspnea on June 25, 1989. After admission, he was treated with sulbactam/cefoperazone 4 g/day intravenously for suspicion of respiratory-tract infection.

Primary T-cell lymphoma with myelopathy associated with HTLV-1.

The case of a patient who had myelopathy associated with human T-cell lymphotropic virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) for 10 years and developed a T-cell lymphoma in the cerebellum is reported. The relationship between myelopathy associated with HTLV-1 and primary T-cell lymphoma is discussed.