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A Ruberto

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PubMed2005

Postpartum depression without delivering a child?

OBJECTIVE: Depression in people related to delivering women is documented in their mates, but only anecdotal in other family members. We describe a case of depression in a woman who had previously experienced postpartum depression after the birth of her nephew. METHOD: A clinical description of the case. RESULTS: A 53-year-old woman, hysterectomized at age 47 years, was admitted for attempted suicide. She developed major depressive episode 1 month after her daughter had delivered a son. She had a past history of two postpartum depressive episodes clinically identical to the current episode. The episode resolved after 5 weeks. At 1-year follow-up, the patient is still asymptomatic. CONCLUSION: Psychological and cultural factors were at play in this case more than hormonal and biopsychosocial ones.

Alprazolam↗
PubMed1997

Immunomagnetic separation and conventional culture procedure for detection of naturally occurring Salmonella in raw pork sausages and chicken meat.

The aim of the study was to compare immunomagnetic separation (IMS) and conventional selective enrichment procedures using selenite cystine broth (SC) and Rappaport-Vassiliadis broth (RV) in 137 naturally contaminated food samples (69 raw pork sausages and 68 chicken meat). The utilization of SC or IMS appeared to be the most appropriate enrichment procedure: 15 out of 18 Salmonella-positive samples (83.3%) were detected by SC and 12 (66.7%) by IMS; RV yielded only seven positive isolations (38.9%). However, RV yielded the highest count of Salmonella colonies per plate and the lowest interference by competing organisms. IMS could become a reliable alternative to standard enrichment procedures and a combined IMS and selective enrichment broth could increase the chance of Salmonella recovery.

Animals↗
PubMed1996

Prevalence of Helicobacter-like organisms in porcine gastric mucosa: a study of swine slaughtered in Italy.

Recent reports described some cases of gastritis in man caused by an uncultured gram-negative spiral bacterium morphologically identical to organisms observed in the stomachs of mammalians (e.g. cats, dogs, pigs). The aim of the present study is to confirm the presence of these bacteria in Italian swine. Tightly spiralled organisms (Gastrospirillum suis) were found in the stomach of eight (9.4%) out of 85 pigs examined. The bacteria were always associated with macroscopic lesions indicative of gastritis. Attempts to culture H. pylori or Helicobacter-like organisms were unsuccessful. The possibility that Gastrospirillum may be a zoonotic pathogen, with transmission occurring from pigs to humans, is discussed.

Abattoirs↗
PubMed1995

In situ mapping of urease-positive areas in porcine gastric mucosa.

Urease activity is a feature of gastric helicobacters, and its abundant production provides an indirect means of detecting their colonization. A method for mapping urease-positive areas directly on the gastric mucosa was developed, and 57.8% of pigs had evidence of Helicobacter colonization based on urease assay. Moreover, 89.2% of urease-positive pigs had gastritis, confirming that the known association found in man between Helicobacter and gastritis was found also in pigs. The proposed urease assay allowed detection of all urease-positive areas on the gastric mucosa, thus overcoming the biopsy sampling problems derived from the patchy distribution of helicobacters. In this way, gastric mucosa specimens from urease-positive areas could be usefully utilized for culture attempts and for microscopic examination.

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[Projective identification, mimesis and the analytical situation. Preliminary observations].

In an attempt to underline the need to refer to an imaginary setting, in which the analytical relationship is acted out, the Authors have considered the possible relations between the concept of projective identification, as defined by Klein and further developed by Bion, and the idea of "Mimesis", which is inevitably involved in every story, and which confronts the imaginary at the very moment in which it is produced. The "fusion" between subject and object, which may occur in a more or less partial manner, is defined as a phenomenal demonstration of the participation of the two poles of the relationship in a "super-individual" experience which embraces them both. The mythical image of the hunter. Anyone is, in our opinion, a paradigmatic clement in this from of "meeting" which takes place within an impersonal and illusionary dimension.

Humans↗