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Tuberculosis is an AIDS-defining illness in HIV-seropositive patients. Though disseminated tuberculosis is common in HIV-seropositive patients, hepatic involvement in the form of abscess formation is rare. We report such a patient.
Two cases of chromomycosis were diagnosed in B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital during the years 1980-1989. Isolates were identified as Fonsecea compactum.
Novel acrylated phosphonate esters containing 1,3-dioxane and 1,3-dioxolane moieties derived from polyols such as glycerol, D-mannitol, D-sorbitol, pentaerythritol, and dipentaerythritol have been evaluated in vitro for their role as adhesion-promoting agents in composites employed for restorative dentistry. Some of the acrylated phosphonate esters have been found to promote strong bonding to dentin; the dipentaerythritol derivative exhibits a bond strength of approximately 960 psi (7 MPa) which compares favorably to commercial dentin adhesive systems. The bonding agents appear to act in multifunctional ways: the phosphonate group of the monomer chelates the calcium ions of hydroxyapatite at the dentin surface, ethereal oxygen atoms of 1,3-dioxolane or 1,3-dioxane moieties interact with the proteinaceous content of collagen, and the methacrylic fragment copolymerizes concomitantly with the other comonomers of the restorative composite material. Methods of preparing radiopaque adhesion-promoting acrylated phosphonates are also discussed.
The influence of purified porcine relaxin on contractility of human cervical smooth muscle was investigated in vitro. Strips of cervical tissue were obtained by needle biopsy from pregnant and nonpregnant women and were mounted in a superfused organ chamber for isometric measurement of contractile activity. Relaxin (0.005-25 micrograms/ml) inhibited the spontaneous contractions in cervical strips from 18% of nonpregnant, 68% of early pregnant, and in 100% of term pregnant women. These results indicate that relaxin has an inhibitory action on cervical smooth muscle and that this effect is more constantly detected as pregnancy proceeds.
The effects of adrenoceptor agonists and antagonists on the contractile activity of cervical strips from early pregnant and nonpregnant women were studied. Noradrenaline and the alpha-adrenoceptor agonist, phenylephrine, had a stimulatory effect on smooth muscle activity. This response could be blocked totally by the alpha-adrenoceptor antagonist, phenoxybenzamine. Isoprenaline, known to be a beta-adrenoceptor agonist with some alpha-adrenoceptor activity, had stimulatory and inhibitory effects, whereas the beta 2-adrenoceptor agonist, terbutaline, exhibited a pure inhibitory action. The inhibitory effects of isoprenaline and terbutaline were totally blocked by the beta-adrenoceptor antagonist propranolol. In pregnant patients, the sensitivity to noradrenaline was significantly higher, and the inhibitory action of terbutaline was less pronounced, which indicated the predominance of alpha-receptor activity in the uterine cervix during pregnancy.
The contractile activity of smooth muscle from the pregnant and nonpregnant human cervix uteri was studied in organ bath experiments. Several patterns of spontaneous activity with varying frequency and amplitude were observed. Prostaglandin E2 inhibited muscle activity in a concentration-dependent manner, and total inhibition was achieved in pregnant tissue at extremely low concentrations. Prostaglandin F2 alpha, on the other hand, did not influence spontaneous contractions. Prostaglandin I2 and 6-keto-prostaglandin F1 alpha had an inhibitory effect but only at comparatively high concentrations. 5,8,11,14-Eicosatetraynoic acid and indomethacin abolished spontaneous contractions, indicating a regulatory influence of endogenous prostanoids on cervical contractility. The extreme sensitivity to prostaglandin E2 and enhancement of its action during early pregnancy provide evidence for a specific role of this compound in controlling cervical smooth muscle activity in the human female.
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