[Research on histoplasmosis].
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Histoplasmosis↗
Biomedical subjects
J Andre
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Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome: a case report and discussion.
Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome is a rare, inherited, autosomal recessive disease. Diagnosis is based on a triad of signs: oculocutaneous albinism, a hemorrhagic tendency due to a platelet disorder, and an accumulation of lipopigments in different organs, particularly the medullary macrophages. We describe a child with the characteristic findings of this syndrome, which often goes unrecognized because of the discrete nature of the cutaneous and hemorrhagic manifestations. This diagnosis is important because of the risk not only of hemorrhage but also of granulomatous colitis and long-term pulmonary fibrosis.
Albinism, Oculocutaneous↗
A survey of medical informatics in Belgium.
The Belgian Society for Medical Informatics (MIM) organized a survey in 1986 in order to assess the present state of development of medical informatics in Belgium. Questionnaires were sent to hospitals, laboratories, private practitioners and pharmacists, as well as to social security organizations and software industries. The response rate was higher in hospitals (93%) than in any other category. Results showed a large number of computerized hospitals (93% of general acute care hospitals and 91% of psychiatric hospitals). There has been a sharp increase (+ 15%) in computerization of the admission, accounting and billing procedures since 1985, most likely in relation with administrative rules issued by the Belgian Government. The same trend (+ 20%) has been observed for computer applications in clinical laboratories, between 1984 and 1985. There is almost one computer terminal for ten beds in the hospitals with more than 200 beds in 1986. This figure exemplifies the present trend to on-line access to data. Computerized instrumental aids to medicine such as text processing, imaging or computerized interpretation of signals have known a rapid extension during recent years, although less comprehensive than administrative applications in hospitals and in social security organizations. The present state of other applications in medicine (general practice, pharmacy, etc.) was more difficult to assess as those information systems remain more pinpointed. In all medical fields, there appears to be a new rise in computer programs offered by software companies.
Belgium↗
[Antimicrobial activity of ozonized water in determined experimental conditions].
Ozone is a potent disinfecting agent which has been used successfully in water treatment, as well as to cure wounds. It can also be used in dental clinics, in laboratories, and in hospitals to clean and disinfect work surfaces and instruments. In this paper we have carried out a study of the antimicrobial activity of ozonized water. Antimicrobial activity in ozonized water on bacterial suspensions and contaminated materials was meaningful and depended fundamentally on concentration and time of exposure. On buccal flora, one rinse alone had no effect, but various successive rinses led to substantial reductions in the number of colonies of bacteria. Ozone had a similar effect, although more pronounced, on the flora of the hands. Ozonized water placed in an open dish kept up antimicrobial activity for the first 20 minutes, but after 30 minutes this activity decreased substantially.
Disinfection↗