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Vibrio damsela was isolated from six wound infections in otherwise healthy persons. In five of the six cases the wounds were known to have been exposed to salt or brackish water at the time of the injury. Vibrio hollisae was isolated from an index stool culture in nine cases in which no other enteric pathogen was identified. All nine patients had diarrhoea and abdominal pain; one patient had bloody diarrhoea. Six of the nine patients were known to have eaten raw seafood in the five days before they became ill. These data suggest that both V. damsela and V. hollisae can produce diseases with distinct clinical and epidemiological characteristics.
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PMID:Illness caused by Vibrio damsela and Vibrio hollisae. 612 29

The favorable clinical effects of water-soluble form of chlorophyll-a in the treatment of patients with chronic relapsing pancreatitis are described. 1) 34 cases were treated with chlorophyll-a infusion and fairly favorable effect was obtained in 23 cases and some favorable effect, in 9 cases. 2) The most disgusting symptom of pancreatitis, the abdominal pain disappeared in a week or so with infusion of 5--20 mg of chlorophyll-a per day for 1--2 weeks, in all the effective cases. 3) Patients have become well controlled by intermittent administration of chlorophyll-a, even when they had recurrences. 4) 5 cases which had difficulty in the treatment by trasylol, were also successfully treated with chlorophyll-a. 5) In all the cases treated with chlorophyll-a, no unfavorable side-effect, such as of allergic, or photosensitive, or hepatotoxic nature, was hitherto observed.
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PMID:Therapeutic effect of chlorophyll-a in the treatment of patients with chronic pancreatitis. 615 29

An outbreak of gastroenteritis occurred at a Pennsylvania summer camp in July 1978. Symptoms included abdominal pain (81 per cent), nausea (72 per cent), and vomiting (53 per cent); upper respiratory infection symptoms occurred in 35 per cent of the campers. Illness was associated with consumption of five or more glasses of water or water-containing beverages. Stool cultures from affected persons were negative for bacterial pathogens; however, a fourfold or greater rise to the Norwalk agent was demonstrated in serum samples of three of three ill persons tested and in none of eight controls (p < .02). Campers ill during the first session who were also present during the second session did not become ill during the second session (p < .001). (Am J Public Health 1982; 72:72-74.)
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PMID:Waterborne gastroenteritis due to the Norwalk agent: clinical and epidemiologic investigation. 627 8

A research based on the analysis of 479 coprocultures , allow the isolation of 22 strains of Aeromonas hydrophila. The epidemiological aspects, the contamination processes through water, food... and the enteropathogenic role of these Aeromonas are discussed. These bacteria seen responsible of digestive disturbances from simple gastric discomfort (nausea, light abdominal pain...) to the actual choleriform syndrome. The isolation of 7 strains from the environment (water from lagune , wells; lagune crabs) allow to suspect the role played by the seasonal variations of the lagune salinity in the development of the germ; this allow to drawn the following conclusions: the reduction of the rate of water salinity promotes the multiplication of Aeromonas and increase the risk of human contamination.
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PMID:[Aeromonas hydrophila in Ivory Coast Epidemiologic and ecologic aspects and its enteropathogenic role]. 632

The aetiology of acute pancreatitis in dogs is rather obscure. Although experimental studies may reveal a number of causative factors, an aetiological diagnosis is rarely established in 'spontaneous' pancreatitis. The pathogenesis and pathophysiology are reviewed. Activated trypsin plays a leading role in the injury to the pancreas, the ischaemia of the tissues and the disseminated intravascular coagulation. Vomiting, abdominal pain and general malaise are prominent features in the externally perceptible symptoms. Examination of the blood is of importance both in establishing the diagnosis and in determining the course of the disease. Great caution is indicated in setting store by individual results of haematological studies. There is neither a biochemical nor a haematological method of estimation today, by which acute haemorrhagic necrotic pancreatitis can be shown to be present or ruled out with one hundred per cent certainty. Treatment of the disease is mainly symptomatic. Complete withdrawal of food and water is the most important factor. Intravenous fluid therapy, anti-emetics, analgesics and possibly antibiotics are the main adjuncts to treatment. The prognosis will largely depend on the stage of the disease and the extent to which complications have occurred at the time.
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PMID:[Acute pancreatitis in dogs. A literature study]. 636 36

Multi-drug resistant Shigella dysenteriae type 1 caused an epidemic of dysentery in a village in southern India. The epidemic started as a common source outbreak, through the piped water supply of the village with subsequent person-to-person spread. Although the attack rate was high, with nearly 1/2 the children under age 5 being affected, the case fatality rate was only about 1%. Of the 248 patients who attended the field clinic, 89.4% passed small mucoid stools mixed with blood, with the majority complaining of crampy lower abdominal pain and tenesmus. The other 10.6% had a history of diarrhea, only without blood and mucus. Moreover, 126 patients were given appropriate doses of sulphamezathine for 4-7 days. Adequate doses of neomycin were also given as therapeutic agent to infected individuals. The role of early maintenance of hydration and nutrition in the field situation in managing diarrheal epidemics is emphasized. Comparisons with mortality figures in other epidemics support the hypothesis that early and adequate maintenance of hydration and nutrition is a significant factor in reducing mortality.
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PMID:Epidemic dysentery caused by the Shiga bacillus in a southern Indian village. 638 64

Campylobacter jejuni has recently been recognized as an important cause of human gastroenteritis in many countries. The clinical features of C. jejuni infections vary from those of a mild gastroenteritis to a severe enterocolitis. The most common symptoms of the disease are fever, abdominal pain and bloody diarrhoea. The small intestine is the main site of infection, but the colon may also be involved. The main pathogenesis of C. jejuni appears to be invasion of the wall of the gut as in salmonellosis. Isolation of the organism from faeces requires culture in a selective medium containing antibiotics and incubation under reduced oxygen tension at 42 degrees C. Most cases of campylobacter enteritis are sporadic and it is often difficult to confirm their source. Although cross infection between humans occurs rarely, the disease is mainly a zoonosis with many possible routes of infection. Human infections have been associated with the consumption of contaminated food, especially poultry, unpasteurized milk, and water, as well as contact with domestic animals such as dogs and cats. In most cases campylobacter enteritis is a selflimiting disease and therefore decision on treatment should be taken on clinical grounds. When considered necessary, erythromycin is the drug of choice. Information about C. jejuni infection has accumulated rapidly in recent years, but much remains to be learned, especially about its epidemiology.
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PMID:Campylobacter jejuni enteritis; a review. 639 Aug 86

Three of four family members reported recurrent episodes of gastrointestinal illness while residing in a house in a small northwestern Vermont village. The father and two daughters repeatedly experienced episodes of emesis and abdominal pain after drinking water drawn from their kitchen faucet. One early-morning water sample taken from the family household contained a copper level of 7.8 mg/L, which is above the standard for drinking water (1.0 mg/L). Values for the second daughter's copper in hair analysis (1,200 micrograms/g) and copper in nail analysis (100 micrograms/g) were elevated (normal range 11 to 53 micrograms/g). The household was at the end of a 3/4-in (19.05-mm) copper main, and it is suspected that copper levels increased in water when the water remained stagnant in the main. All symptoms of the family resolved when they stopped drinking water in their home. This is the first report of copper-induced gastrointestinal illness attributable to a public supply of drinking water.
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PMID:Drinking-water-induced copper intoxication in a Vermont family. 650 31

Etiological analysis and parasitological examinations of human echinostomiasis were investigated. The four volunteers (case A, B, C and D) were orally administrated metacercariae harvested from the fresh water snails (Lymnaea japonica) experimentally infected with Echinostoma hortense eggs. Numbers of metacercariae administrated were 20 for cases A and B, 30 for case C and 50 for case D. Prepatent periods of four cases were 14 days (case D) and 17 days (cases A,B and C) after administrations. Patent periods of egg output were 18 days (case A), 32 days (case C), 207 days (case B) and 209 days (case D). The latter of two cases (B and D) showed the longest period of egg output in human echinostomiasis. Case A revealed the symptoms of violent watery diarrhoea and abdominal pain from 3rd to 4th weeks after administration, but others were asymptomatic. Maximal eosinophilia (22-35%) in peripheral blood of the three cases (cases A, C and D) was recognized 4 weeks after administration and the values decreased gradually thereafter. Case B did not show eosinophilia during the experimental period. Total serum IgE value measured by RIST method did not rise in all cases.
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PMID:[Studies on the zoonoses in Hokkaido, Japan. 6. Experimental human echinostomiasis]. 653 Feb 10

Information from 2 recent books on the most common abortion techniques is presented. Menstrual aspiration can be performed up to 14 days after a missed period. A flexible plastic cannula 4-5 mm in diameter is passed through the cervix to the uterus, and the contents are evacuated using a syringe. Little dilatation is required and the procedure is done under local anesthesia. Aspiration through the 12th week is usually done under general anesthesia using a cannula and mechanical aspiration. A curette is used to assure that the abortion is complete. Local anesthesia is used in some places. From 12-16 weeks a combination of scraping and aspiration is used with general anesthesia and sometimes forceps. The uterine cervix requires greater dilatation. After 16 weeks the amniotic fluid is removed and a solution of salt and water is injected into the woman under local anesthesia. Contractions begin about 24 hours later. Labor may also be induced by oxytocin or prostaglandins which result in 8-15 hours of labor. This method of abortion probably causes the greatest amount of anxiety in the patient. Uterine scraping is described in the 2nd book as a procedure in which the cervix is progressively dilated with metal instruments of different sizes until it is sufficiently dilated to permit passage of the curette. Laminaria tents were previously placed in the cervix 24 hours prior to the abortion to achieve slow and progressive dilatation. General anesthesia is required because cervical dilatation is painful. In uterine aspiration the contents of the uterus are removed using tubes called Karmen cannulas. It is sometimes possible to avoid cervical dilatation by using thin cannulas, in which case general anesthesia may be avoided. After the aspiration the uterus may be scraped to assure the complete removal of the uterine contents. Prostaglandins may be used to initiate uterine contractions leading to expulsion of the uterine contents during the 2nd trimester of pregnancy. The procedure may cause significant side effects. Other procedures consist of injecting various substances into the uterine cavity during the 2nd trimester of pregnancy. Hysterotomy involves surgical opening of the abdomen and is analogous to cesarean section. Possible complications of an induced abortion include uterine perforation, bleeding, infection, and in extreme cases maternal death through sepsis. Medical attention should be sought in cases of hemorrhage, abdominal pain, fever, or general malaise after an induced abortion.
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PMID:[Literary but technical abortion]. 655 11


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