{"title":"[Observations upon some factors which influence the laboratory maintenance of Schistosoma mansoni (author's transl)].","authors":"C P De Souza, E P Dias, M D De Azevedo, E Paulini","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Schistosoma mansoni has been maintained in the laboratory using a laboratory strain of B. glabrata, white mice (Mus musculus) and golden hamster (Cricetus auratus). Observations were collected during five consecutive years and the results were analysed for factors which might have influenced them. The analysis has shown that--(1) snail mortalities were independent of the relatively small variation in temperature and of the mean number of miracidia used for infection; (2) rate of infection of snails increased slowly with the increase of the mean number of miracidia; (3) the temperature was in reciprocal proportion with the logarithm of the cercarial development period; (4) the yield of viable eggs has increased steadily in white mice during the observation period; (5) significant increase of egg production was observed in golden hamsters when subcutaneous route of inoculation was used instead of inoculation through the alimentary pouch.</p>","PeriodicalId":21265,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas","volume":"12 6","pages":"411-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11746844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
O S Beppu, C Uehara, N F Novo, M L Dos Santos, O R Ratto
{"title":"[Pulmonary function in dogs submitted to bilateral cervical vagotomy (author's transl)].","authors":"O S Beppu, C Uehara, N F Novo, M L Dos Santos, O R Ratto","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A study of the effects of cervical vagotomy on pulmonary function in two groups of dogs was done: the first group had been vagotomized and submitted to spontaneous breathing and the second had been vagotomized and submitted to mechanical ventilation. pH, partial pressure of carbonic acid in arterial blood (PaCO2), partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood (PaO2), plasmatic bicarbonate (HCO-3), alveolar arterial oxygen difference (P(A-a)O2) while the patients breathed room air and 100% O2 and pulmonary shunting didn't change after vagotomy. There was no difference between these two groups. Hemodynamic parameters like oxygen content difference (C(a-v)O2) between arterial and venous blood, heart hate (FC), mean blood pressure (Pam) and capillary hydrostatic pressure (Pcp) didn't change after vagotomy. None of these parameters were different between the two groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":21265,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas","volume":"12 6","pages":"383-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11267202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Glomerular immunopathology: comparative study with immunofluorescence and immunoperoxidase (author's transl)].","authors":"L M Vieira, E N Sarno, F Ruzany, P R De Lacerda","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In order to evaluate the reliability of immunoperoxidase technic (IP) for immuno-deposits in frozen renal tissue, a single blind study was done comparing it with immunofluorescent technic (IF). Fifty renal biopsies were studied. Ten there were no deposits by IF or IP. In 40 of them the results showed the same specificity and greater intensity for IP. There were 25 cases with IgG, 22 with IgM, 9 with IgA, 3 with Clq, 27 with C3 and 3 with HbsAg. We concluded that IP can be used in place of IF for detection of the immune deposits in renal biopsies and that it offers an easier observation than the later.</p>","PeriodicalId":21265,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas","volume":"12 6","pages":"377-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11603417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M I Leãg, C M Helou, R Costa, A D Rocha, J B Magaldi
{"title":"[The mechanism of the increase in potassium excretion produced by furosemide (author's transl)].","authors":"M I Leãg, C M Helou, R Costa, A D Rocha, J B Magaldi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21265,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas","volume":"12 6","pages":"391-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11746842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P E Marchiori, J L de Assis, M Scaff, L G Do Serro-Azul, E C Moraes, L A Bacheschi, N Yassuda
{"title":"[Hematin treatment of acute intermittent porphyria. A case report (author's transl)].","authors":"P E Marchiori, J L de Assis, M Scaff, L G Do Serro-Azul, E C Moraes, L A Bacheschi, N Yassuda","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A young woman with acute intermittent porphyria in profound relapse and severe nervous and respiratory involvement was treated by intravenous infusions of hematin, followed by improvement of symptoms. The diet with high carbohydrate and protein content and a B-adrenergic blocking agent, not showed any beneficial effect on acute attack. The infusion of hematin was followed by a lowering effect on urine porphybilinogen and delta-aminolevulinic acid and clinical improvement. The return to normal of porphyrin precursors in the urine was accompanied by almost complete clinical remission. The relationship of remission and repression of delta-aminolevulinic acid, decrease of urinary levels of porphyrin precursors, pulmonaries tests and electromyograms, were discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":21265,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas","volume":"12 4-5","pages":"325-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11735076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C P de Souza, J P Pereira, M de L de Azevedo, N M Mendes, E Paulini
{"title":"[Influence of EDTA on growth and reproduction of Biomphalaria glabrata (author's transl)].","authors":"C P de Souza, J P Pereira, M de L de Azevedo, N M Mendes, E Paulini","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The influence of EDTA on B. glabrata has been investigated. Newly hatched snails were exposed to concentrations of EDTA from 1 to 64 ppm, and young (diameter of 6 mm) snails to concentrations of 50, 80 and 100 ppm, for periods of 90 days. Fifty percent reduction of egg productivity has been caused by concentration of 16 ppm of EDTA while 50% of mortality has occurred at about 70 ppm. The calcium and iron content both in treated and non-treated young snails have been estimated by atomic absorption photometry. The uptake of calcium was 40, 83 and 90% less for calcium and 37, 77 and 81% less for iron as compared with the untreated group. The calcium content of the shell was 5--15 times greater than that of the soft body, while the iron content of those two parts was in the proportion of 1:1. These proportions were maintained constant in the treated and non-treated groups. The interference of increasing concentrations of EDTA has resulted in the proportional reduction of growth-rate, reproduction rate and of longevity of the exposed snails.</p>","PeriodicalId":21265,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas","volume":"12 4-5","pages":"265-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11338514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Candida lipolytica isolated from Guanabara Bay and its ability to grow in marine and estuarine conditions.","authors":"A N Hagler, L C Mendonça-Hagler","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although the petroleum degrading ability of Candida lipolytica is well known, its ability to grow in seawater is questionable. Sixteen strains of C. lipolytica were isolated from marine sites in Rio de Janeiro. Some variations from the standard description were noted including strains intermediate between the varieties lipolytica and deformans. A representative strain which grew well on petroleum was found to grow well in marine and estuary conditions which reinforces its potential as a seed organism for marine oil spills.</p>","PeriodicalId":21265,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas","volume":"12 4-5","pages":"273-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11265494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Utilization of the Kato-Katz-method (thick-smear technique) the diagnosis of Isospora (author's transl)].","authors":"D B Pereira","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Performing 10475 stool examination using the KATO-KATZ, HOFFMAN-PONS-JANER and direct examination (after agitation) methods, the author showed the best results with KATO-KATZ method for the diagnosis of Isospora hominis and Isospora belli. Among the 10475 stools examined 392 (3.74%) were positive for I. hominis and 55 (0.52%) for I. belli with the KATO-KATZ method; with the use of the others methods only 28 (0.26%) were positive for I. hominis and 6 (0.06% for I. belli.</p>","PeriodicalId":21265,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas","volume":"12 4-5","pages":"351-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11600734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M L Dos Santos, J A Furlaneto, O S Beppu, J Nakatani, O R Ratto
{"title":"[Anatomo-pathological alterations of the lung in hemorrhagic shock studied with lungs fixed by classical method and when expanded (author's transl)].","authors":"M L Dos Santos, J A Furlaneto, O S Beppu, J Nakatani, O R Ratto","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The authors have studied lungs of 14 dogs that have been submitted to hemorrhagic shock. The right lung was fixed in the ordinary way and the left lung in expansion. They examine preparations of a 11 lobes of both lungs. Vacuolar degeneration of the cells of the terminal bronchioles and the respiratory bronchioles, hypertrophy of the cells of the alveolar sac of mild degree were constant findings. Alveolar edema of some intensity was observed in all preparations. Atelectasias of severe degree were only seen in preparations fixed in the ordinary way.</p>","PeriodicalId":21265,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas","volume":"12 4-5","pages":"257-64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11735071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Frequency of antibodies to Toxoplasma in pregnant women and their newborn in Sao Paulo City, Brazil (author's transl)].","authors":"L M Jamra, O C Dos Santos, E C Guimarães","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 80 apparently healthy pregnant women and their newborns tested for toxoplasmosis through the dye-test (RSF) greater than or equal to 1:16, were found respectively 50% and 38.7% positives. The positive mothers had positive newborns. The major part with the same titers as their mothers or one titer lower. The negative mothers had negative healthy newborns with one exception, considered \"false positive reaction\". The great majority of positive newborns were found negative at the 8th month, and the other until the 12th month. It's emphazised that the maternal and the newborn serology must be done at the same time. This considerations should be remembered when asymptomatic newborns with positive serology for toxoplasmosis are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":21265,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas","volume":"12 4-5","pages":"279-85"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11735072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}