The effects of sodium salicylate, benzoate, gentisate, m- and p-hydroxybenzoates, antipyrine, and 2:4-dinitrophenol on the reduced glutathione concentration of rat liver were determined. An increase in concentration in the male, but not in the female, rats was found after salicylate, benzoate and
From Nov. 15 to Dec. 17, 1977, Pseudomonas cepacia was isolated from the blood of 16 patients in Odense, Denmark, and Nijmegen, Holland, 2--5 days after an operation with general anaesthesia. The fever started 14--70 h after operation and lasted 2--4 days. All patients recovered. 14/15 patients