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A Shimazu

Publications and source records attributed to A Shimazu.

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PubMed1987

Development of alumina ceramic bipolar hip prosthesis and clinical application.

The concept of the bipolar type prosthesis is that the articular motion is observed primarily between the HDP bearing insert and the inner head, thereby avoiding the greater frictional shear force between the prosthetic head and acetabulum found with the traditional one piece endoprosthesis. A newly developed ceramic bipolar hip prosthesis utilizes an outer head composed of bio-inert fine alumina ceramic rather than a metal head. The mechanical strength of this prototype bipolar hip prosthesis was tested with static load and impact force, and the dynamic fatigue strength was also tested with repeated loads. Results were judged to show that the device has strength adequate for clinical use. The hip prostheses has been clinically applied in replacement of the femoral head of a neck fracture, femoral head necrosis and osteoarthritic hip. Finally, using a mathematical model, the so-called self-centering effect due to center offset between outer and inner heads is discussed.

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PubMed1986

Induction of antibiotic production with ethidium bromide in Streptomyces hygroscopicus.

Protoplast regeneration carried out in a carriomycin producing organism, Streptomyces hygroscopicus 358 AV2, lose carriomycin productivity without loss of carriomycin-resistance and the ability of formation of aerial mycelium. Ethidium bromide treatment on the 358 AV2 strain generated a bald mutant that produced carriomycin and a new antibiotic curromycin. In some other media, however, the parent strain produced curromycin, indicating that the ethidium bromide treatment altered the regulation of antibiotic production. Ethidium bromide treatment on a protoplast-regenerated strain derived from the parent strain resulted in derivatives capable of producing carriomycin and curromycin. These strains were unstable and tended to lose the recovered antibiotic productivity easily.

Acridine Orange↗
PubMed1986

A novel macrolide antibiotic, notonesomycin A.

Fermentation of Streptomyces aminophilus subsp. notonesogenes 647-AV1 produced a mixture of antifungal antibiotics. Notonesomycin A, the main component has been characterized as a new macrolide antibiotic containing a sulfate group, a malonate moiety, two deoxysugars and a 1,3,4-trisubstituted benzene system in the molecule. It was active against some fungi and Gram-positive bacteria in vitro and effective against the sheath blight disease of rice plant in a green house test.

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PubMed1986

[A case of inferior vena cava thrombosis associated with cholelithiasis demonstrated by ultrasonic examination].

A case of a 44 year old female with inferior vena cava thrombosis associated with cholelithiasis was reported. The patient had chest and back pain due to pulmonary embolism. Ultrasonic examination showed stone echoes in the gallbladder and thrombus echoes in the inferior vena cava (IVC) at the height from renal veins to bifurcation of iliac veins, but iliofemoral thrombosis was not found by RI angiography and venography. Anticoagulant and urokinase were administered, then pulmonary embolus disappeared and IVC thrombus reduced. IVC thrombus was removed by incision of IVC. Thrombus was white thrombus. Etiology of thrombus was not clear. IVC ligation or plication for prevention of pulmonary emboli was not carried out. Etiology, diagnosis and treatment of IVC thrombosis were also discussed.

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