Biomedical subjects

C Benson

Publications and source records attributed to C Benson.

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PubMed1987

Comparative in vitro activity of A-56268 (TE-031) against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and Chlamydia trachomatis.

The in vitro activity of A-56268 (TE-031) was determined and compared with that of 13 antibiotics against 401 gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and 11 strains of Chlamydia trachomatis. A-56268 was very active against methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus and Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and was among the most active of the agents tested against Listeria monocytogenes, streptococci and Chlamydia trachomatis. It was moderately active against Haemophilus spp., Vibrio spp., Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus. It was inactive against enterococci, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Campylobacter coli, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp. and Yersinia enterocolitica. A-56268 was not consistently bactericidal or more active than erythromycin for any organism except Chlamydia trachomatis.

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PubMed1987

Cavernous hemangioma of the liver: detection with single-photon emission computed tomography.

The roles of single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and planar imaging with technetium-99m-labeled red blood cells in the diagnosis of cavernous hemangioma of the liver were evaluated. The study group consisted of 26 consecutive patients referred for evaluation of liver lesions. A total of 23 cavernous hemangiomas were found, all of which showed decreased or normal flow and delayed uptake of the radiotracer. SPECT demonstrated 13 hemangiomas that were not detected with planar imaging; both modalities demonstrated the other ten lesions. Lesions that were not cavernous hemangiomas showed either normal (n = 6) or increased (n = 4) flow; none had delayed increased uptake on either planar or SPECT images. SPECT with labeled red blood cells is an accurate method for the detection of cavernous hemangiomas of the liver and is more sensitive than planar imaging in depicting small lesions.

Adult↗

PubMed1987

On the albumin-dependence of measurements of free thyroxin. II. Patients with non-thyroidal illness.

We studied the relation between thyroxin-binding proteins and free thyroxin (FT4) measurements by five radioimmunoassays (RIA) and an FT4 index (FT4I) in patients with non-thyroidal illness (NTI). The one-step FT4 RIAs and the FT4I frequently failed to identify the true FT4 status (as determined by equilibrium dialysis) of NTI patients. In these patients, falsely low FT4 results with one-step RIAs and FT4I were associated with decreasing total T3 and T4 concentrations, which, furthermore, paralleled decreasing serum albumin concentrations. All NTI patients with "low T3, low T4 syndrome" had subnormal albumin concentration. The two-step RIAs and equilibrium dialysis showed normal FT4 concentrations in most patients with NTI. However, sera from a subset of NTI patients with "low T3 syndrome" gave above-normal FT4 results with these methods. From their predictably poor performance in the presence of a subnormal albumin concentration, we conclude that the one-step FT4 RIAs and FT4I are inappropriate for testing the thyrometabolic status of NTI patients.

Diagnostic Errors↗

PubMed1986

On the albumin dependence of measurements of free thyroxin. I. Technical performance of seven methods.

We evaluated three one-step (analog) and two two-step radioimmunoassay for free thyroxin (FT4), and a FT4 index calculated from the total T4 (TT4) and thyroxin-binding globulin (TBG) ratio for technical performance, for correlation with the reference FT4 method (equilibrium dialysis), and for dependence on TBG and albumin concentrations. The one-step methods (Amerlex, Coat-A-Count, and GammaCoat) showed greater precision than the two-step procedures (GammaCoat and Spiria). Results by the latter two techniques, however, correlated better with those by equilibrium dialysis than did those by the analog methods or by TT4/TBG. Only the GammaCoat two-step method had a slight but statistically significant (inverse) correlation with TBG concentration. All three analog methods and TT4/TBG showed a marked dependence on albumin concentration, whereas the Spiria technique showed only a slight dependence. Only equilibrium dialysis was independent of both the TBG and albumin concentration. Thus, despite their good precision, the analog (one-step) FT4 methods and the TT4/TBG approach cannot be expected to produce valid results when the concentration of albumin in serum is abnormally low or high.

Dialysis↗

PubMed1984