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A Shamiss

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PubMed1990

Multiple Salmonella enteritidis leg abscesses in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.

We describe a 19 year old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus on corticosteroid therapy, who developed bilateral, multiple, gas-forming Salmonella enteritidis leg abscesses and osteomyelitis mimicking deep vein thrombosis. The infection was treated successfully by a combination of surgical drainage and intravenous ceftriaxone, followed by prolonged oral pefloxacin. This rare case of gas-producing S. enteritidis emphasizes the difficulty in diagnosing such complications in active systemic lupus erythematosus.

Abscess↗
PubMed1990

Pleural fluid to serum bilirubin concentration ratio for the separation of transudates from exudates.

Whether fluid accumulating in the pleural space is a transudate or an exudate is determined by the widely used criteria of the pleural fluid to serum LDH and protein concentration ratios. Such a distinction is important for limiting the extent of the differential diagnosis of possible causes for this condition. We have found that a pleural fluid to serum total bilirubin ratio can serve the same purpose. The correlation of a bilirubin concentration ratio of 0.6 or more with the presence of an exudate as determined by established criteria is statistically highly significant; and its sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive accuracy, and overall accuracy in relation to etiology and LDH or protein criteria (Light's criteria) are about 90 percent. Hence, the bilirubin criterion is statistically equivalent to the widely accepted LDH and protein criteria.

Bilirubin↗
PubMed1990

Preliminary report of the Cardiovascular Diseases and Alimentary Comparison Study: the Israeli experience.

The relationship between blood pressure and dietary constituents including potassium, sodium, calcium, and protein was studied in 183 randomly selected men and women, 50-54 years of age. Twenty-five of the subjects were drug-controlled hypertensive patients. Subjects were investigated by automated BP measurements, 24-h urine collection, and blood sampling. Mean systolic BP (SBP) was 119 +/- 17 mm Hg, placing the sample between Shanghai and Sweden on the distribution chart of the Cardiovascular Diseases and Alimentary Comparison (CARDIAC) Study. Salt intake estimated by 24-h sodium excretion was 8.5 +/- 3.4 g/day, between Australia and Okinawa on the distribution chart. Potassium was 48.55 +/- 20 20 mEq/day, between Urumqi (China), and Beppu and Ohda (Japan). Calcium was 162.3 +/- 89.9 mg/day. Urea nitrogen, which might reflect protein intake, was 9.5 +/- 3.1 g/day. Cholesterol was 195.1 +/- 38.1 mg/dl, between Brazil and Hirosaki. The Israeli results, as well as the data on other countries participating in the CARDIAC Study, show wide variability in the profiles generated by the investigated parameters. Each parameter placed Israel with a different CARDIAC Study group.

Arteriosclerosis↗