Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to B F Reid.
A case of invasive streptococcal disease is presented. Bacteraemic spread from a peritonsillar abscess produced acral purpuric plaques that blistered and ulcerated. Histology showed a vasculitic picture. Group A beta-haemolytic Streptococcus was cultured from the skin biopsy and seen on Gram stain.
The N-glycopeptides alpha-Glc-(1----Asn and alpha-Glc-(1----6)-beta-Glc- (1----6)-alpha-Glc-(1----Asn have been synthesized efficiently from pent-4-enyl D-glucopyranoside derivatives. The methodology illustrates (a) a novel route for formation of the N-alpha-D-glucosyl-asparagine link, and (b) stereo-controlled construction of the glycan backbone alpha-Glc-(1----6)-beta-Glc-(1----6)-Glc in which the reactivity of each pentenyl glycosyl donor is controlled by an appropriate promoter. This strategy minimizes the number of changes of protecting groups that is required.