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Antagonistic effect of predacious Arthrobotrys fungi on infective Haemonchus placei larvae.

Laboratory experiments were performed to investigate the ability of isolates from the predacious fungus species Arthrobotrys conoides (one isolate) and Al. robusta (four isolates) to trap and kill infective Haemonchus placei larvae. Three groups for each isolate were formed: group 1, fungi and infective larvae; group 2, fungi; group 3, infective larvae. There were statistically significant differences (P < 0.05) between the antagonistic effects of three isolates of A. robusta, but there was no such difference between the isolate of A. conoides and isolates of A. robusta. This result indicates that there can be a variation in the predatory capacity of different isolates within a single fungus species. After 20 days of assay, there was greater recuperation of infective H. placei larvae in group 3 compared to group 1.

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[Sodoku--a case report].

Rat-bite fever results from an infection with the organism Spirillum minus. The authors report a symptomatic patient with fever, malaise, and ulcer in forehead after a rodent exposure. The organism was identified in darkfield examination of the ulcer exudate. Penicillin was the drug used with clinical improvement of symptoms.

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[Torticollis as a cause of consultation in neuropediatrics].

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: Torticollis is a very non-specific symptom occurring in different conditions and may therefore be the reason for consultation in many specialties including neuropaediatrics. Analysis of torticollis as a cause for consultation in neuropaediatrics may contribute to the establishment of a suitable strategy for diagnosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We review, from the diagnostic point of view, the clinical histories of cases in which the reasons for consultation included torticollis. These cases were included in the database of all the patients assessed by the neuropaediatric department of the Hospital Miguel Servet in Zaragoza between May 1990 and February 1999. RESULTS: Of the 4,138 new patients evaluated during the period studied, in 60 patients torticollis was either the sole symptom or was one of the symptoms leading to consultation. The diagnoses established were: 30 congenital torticollis (50%), 6 secondary to space-occupying intracranial lesions (10%), 5 benign paroxystic torticollis (8.3%), 4 post-traumatic, 3 secondary to ocular disorders, 3 Sandifer syndrome, 1 focal dystonia of the neck, 1 secondary to a submandibular adeno-phlegmon, 1 secondary to an epidural hematoma of the cervical spine, 1 to encephalomyelitis and 1 to spondylodiscitis, with 4 cases unclassified. CONCLUSIONS: The clinical history, physical examination and follow-up of the course of the disorder orientate or permit the diagnosis to be established in many cases of torticollis. The indications for complementary investigations, particularly neuroimaging, should be considered individually in each case.

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