(1) Earlier recognition of foul-smelling mucoid discharge on the IUD tail, or abnormal bleeding, or both, as a sign of early pelvic infection, followed by removal of the IUD and institution of appropriate antibiotic therapy, might prevent the more serious sequelae of pelvic inflammation.
(2) The percentage of positive cases was highest in the serous MEE group (81.2%) and decreased in the purulent MEE group (57%), the mucoid MEE group (30%), and the hyperviscous MEE group (13.6%), in that order.
(3) Moreover, the mucoid substances of the sensillum lymph are probably involved in water conservation, since sensilla are prone to water loss, because the overlying cuticle must be permeable to the chemical stimuli.
(4) It leads to ganglia formation due to mucoid liquefaction.
(5) Five patients had mucoid degeneration of their mitral valves.
(6) Piperacillin-aminoglycoside combinations acted (partially) synergistically against 33-40% of the Enterobacteriaceae, 34-58% of non-mucoid strains of P. aeruginosa and 63-84% of the mucoid strains of P. aeruginosa (p less than 0.01).
(7) Animal antibody raised to this material is able to mediate opsonic killing of mucoid strains of P. aeruginosa.
(8) The null mutation of algR was generated in a mucoid derivative of the standard genetic strain PAO responsive to different environmental factors.
(9) Exceptionally, mucoid carcinomas showed weaker intensity for receptor expression.
(10) The combined action of IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha caused a dose-related cellular exfoliation, leading to the formation of a mucoid cap made of mucus and cellular debris.
(11) Suspensions of cells from colons of F344 rats always contained copious mucoid gel that was partially eliminated by washing the cells three times in culture medium with 10% fetal calf serum.
(12) In view of the facts that uric acid is a common end-product of human and animal metabolism, it is abundantly present in the avian faecal matter and is capable of inducing mucoid growth and capsule formation in dry growing non-encapsulated strains or in an otherwise rough looking hypha forming isolate, its role in studying the phylogenesis of C. neoformans and its pathogenicity seems to be an important proposition.
(13) The glands can be of the following types: cystognic case forming, mucoid and glands of penetration.
(14) Nonmucoid isolates were derived from strain SA1 mucoid by Tn551 insertional mutagenesis.
(15) These included medullary, mucoid, tubular, cribriform and lobular invasive cancers, and non-invasive cancers.
(16) Then, eta' and G' of saliva, bronchorrhoea and mucoid sputum samples were measured between 2 to 4 hours after expectoration.
(17) These results indicate that both molecular size and dose are critical determinants for eliciting opsonic killing antibody to mucoid P. aeruginosa after immunizing with MEP.
(18) Analysis of the constituents of the effusions showed that glycoprotein and DNA but not protein nor lipid were significantly higher in the mucoid effusions compared to the serous effusions.
(19) Removal of the mucoid cap that formed after application of the NaCl did not cause a reduction of the protective effects.
(20) Uteri from hamsters treated postnatally with DES and derived from normal (CD) or DES-treated mothers (DD) show that accumulated mucoid secretion products are not expelled in the uterine lumen but are "stored" in cystic dilated glandular spaces of the fibrocellular stroma of polyps and papillae filling the uterine lumen.
Purulent
Definition:
(a.) Consisting of pus, or matter; partaking of the nature of pus; attended with suppuration; as, purulent inflammation.
Example Sentences:
(1) Analysis of 156 records relating to patients at the age of 15 to 85 years with extended purulent peritonitis of the surgical and gynecological genesis (the toxic phase, VI category ASA) showed that combination of programmed sanitation laparotomy and intensive antibacterial therapy performed as short-term courses before, during and after the operation with an account of the information on the nature of the microbial associations and antibioticograms was an efficient procedure in treatment of severe peritonitis.
(2) Medium molecules have been detected by two methods, gel filtration and screening technique, in patients with diffuse purulent peritonitis and with chronic renal insufficiency.
(3) The unit was used to treat 110 patients with chronic purulent middle otitis.
(4) The percentage of positive cases was highest in the serous MEE group (81.2%) and decreased in the purulent MEE group (57%), the mucoid MEE group (30%), and the hyperviscous MEE group (13.6%), in that order.
(5) Purulent bronchitis appears to be a distinct, treatable entity in patients with HIV infection and may accompany bacterial pneumonia, bronchiectasis, and P carinii pneumonia.
(6) An infectious etiology should be suspected in cases of necrotizing scleritis associated with a purulent discharge, and appropriate smears and cultures should be obtained.
(7) Two complications were observed: one case each of pneumothorax and purulent peritonitis.
(8) The term phlegmonous enterocolitis or gastritis defines an acute inflammatory process with purulent or nonpurulent character, that selectively damages the gastric, small and large intestines submucosal layer.
(9) On the basis of the analysis of 69 outbreaks of hospital infections registered in the USSR in 1986-1989, as well as additional observations made by the authors, a number of factors which determined the present state of the problems concerning this kind of morbidity in the USSR were established: an insufficient level (in cases of enteric infections) or a low level (in cases of purulent septic infections) of etiological diagnosis; poor efficiency of the epidemiological investigation of outbreaks; defects in the work on the prophylactic detection of potential sources of infection among medical staff, parturient women or mothers taking care of their infants.
(10) The inside of the abscess contained a purulent exudate with polynuclear cells and necrotic material.
(11) Under study was the kinetics of changes in the kinin content, the activity of kininase and blood proteolytic activity in acute purulent peritonitis in 63 patients.
(12) The authors report on a case of purulent cholangitis and hepatic abscess developing 5 years after choledochoduodenostomy, diagnosed by means of ERCP.
(13) In 91 patients with generalized purulent peritonitis, peritoneal dialysis (in 44) and laparotomy with programmed lavage of the abdominal cavity (in 47) were performed.
(14) Acute purulent inflammations in the tissues of the brain, kidneys and myocardium developing at early periods after the infection were replaced by granulomatous reaction and fibroplastic processes.
(15) In the absence of other contraindications such as a grossly evident purulent infection, an abdominal aortic aneurysm infected by C. fetus may represent a subset of infected aneurysms that can be treated successfully with an anatomically placed prosthetic graft and antibiotics.
(16) It was established that the vacuum treatment of purulent wounds was effective but after surgical treatment.
(17) This group was isolated only from purulent vaginal discharge and aborted foeti.
(18) Cefprozil (CFPZ, BMY-28100) granules were administered to 20 children with bacterial infections: acute tonsillitis 8, acute bronchitis 10, purulent lymphadenitis 1, urinary tract infection 1.
(19) Partial necrectomy was found possible in the majority of cases with the surgical treatment of the purulent focus; therefore to prevent dissemination of the inflammatory process and liquidate it as soon as possible surgery had to be performed against the background of the maximal permissible antibiotic concentration in the adjacent tissues.
(20) Staphylococcus aureus was identified in cultures of the purulent material which was surgically drained.