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M Coulet

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[Antigenic analysis of cheese mites with view to a study of cheese-makers' illness (author's transl)].

"Somatic" and "metabolic" antigens prepared from A. farinae and T. casei mites in Auvergne cheese were used for experimental immunisation: the hyper-immune serums obtained permitted 11 to 21 precipitant systems to be distinguished. An enzymatic activity could be identified on certain arcs. Research into antigenic communities showed the existence of 1 to 3 arcs common to the mite antigens, but none with the antigens obtained from the Penicillium cyclopium and Mucor fuscus moulds accompanying the mites. The results obtained thus facilitate an epidemiological investigation among the cheesemakers.

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Cerebrospinal fluid cytomorphology in neonates.

A prospective cytologic study of cerebrospinal fluids from 57 full-term neonates confirmed the previously reported cellular polymorphism. The cells were classified as (1) exogenous cells, (2) blood and bone-marrow cells, (3) histiomonocytes, (4) cell aggregates and (5) "free" cells. Histiomonocytes were a constant feature in these fluids and were the cause of neonatal pleiocytosis. Various degrees of activation could be recognized. The so-called inactive forms were closely related to brain damage. Identification of erythrophages and siderophages had diagnostic significance. The presence of fat in macrophages (lipophages) suggested a serious developmental disorder. The free cells were incompletely identified, as were the cell aggregates, which probably originate in the meningeal lining. Both require further study.

Bone Marrow Cells↗