brain abscess/phosphatase

A total of 286 rats were involved in an experiment, with 123 of them being control and 153 receiving daily injections of hydrocortisone (H) in a dose of 3 mg per 100 g body weight. Ten rats were intact. With regard to CNS changes 2 periods were identified in H-treated rats with experimental brain

Serratia marcescens is an opportunistic pathogen responsible for causing nosocomial infections, corneal ulcer, necrotizing fasciitis, cellulites, and brain abscess. Alkaline phosphatase (APase) is believed to play an important role in the survival of several intracellular pathogens and their

BACKGROUND A cynomolgus macaque (Macaca fascicularis) presented with decreased appetite, lethargy, ataxia, disorientation and visual impairment. It was used in a hepatitis B (HBV) study involving injections of HBV plasmid construct (450 microg) and aflatoxin B1 (25 microg/kg) in an effort to develop

Recent evidence implicates Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans in the etiology of localized juvenile periodontitis. This paper reviews the morphological, biochemical and serological charcteristics of A. actinomycetemcomitans, evidence incriminating it as a periodontopathogen, its importance in