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S D Bell

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PubMed1987

Glucose and penicillin concentrations in agar medium below fungal colonies.

The growth of colonies of Rhizoctonia cerealis and Penicillium chrysogenum on solid media in plate cultures was studied. When grown on defined media containing 10-50 mM-glucose, R. cerealis did not cause a significant reduction in the glucose concentration of the medium in advance of colonization, but did cause the formation of a steep glucose concentration gradient in the substrate below the colony; the medium directly below the centre of a 7 cm diameter colony of R. cerealis was exhausted of glucose even when the fungus was grown on medium containing 50 mM-glucose. Penicillin produced by colonies of P. chrysogenum accumulated in the medium in advance of fungal colonization. For a period up to about 18 d after inoculation, the concentration of penicillin in the medium throughout the plate increased with colony development and thereafter, except at the margins of the plate, decreased.

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Synchronous embolization of the gastroduodenal artery and the inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery in patients with massive duodenal hemorrhage.

PURPOSE: To assess the efficacy and safety of synchronous embolization of the gastroduodenal artery (GDA) and inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery (IPDA) in patients with massive duodenal hemorrhage. PATIENTS AND METHODS: All cases of synchronous embolization of the GDA and IPDA at the authors' hospital between 1980 and 1989 were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS: Bleeding was successfully controlled acutely in all six patients who underwent synchronous embolization. Clinical evidence of recurrent hemorrhage was found in two patients, but repeat angiography showed no extravasation of contrast material. Three patients died within 30 days of embolotherapy. In one patient who also received an infusion of vasopressin, postmortem evidence of pancreatic necrosis was found. CONCLUSION: Synchronous embolization of the GDA and IPDA can be an effective treatment for continuing duodenal hemorrhage after failed endoscopic therapy in patients considered a poor surgical risk. The procedure should be undertaken only as a lifesaving measure due to the risk of pancreatic and duodenal necrosis.

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