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Effects of hyperthermia and boric acid on skeletal development in rat embryos.

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BACKGROUND The individual effects of boric acid (BA) and hyperthermia on the development of the axial skeleton have been reported previously. Both cause an increased incidence of axial skeletal defects including a decrease in the total number of ribs and vertebrae. Because of the similarity in the

Comparison of Boric Acid and Combination Drug of Polymyxin, Neomycin and Hydrocortisone (polymyxin NH) in the Treatment of Acute Otitis Externa.

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BACKGROUND Acute otitis externa is an inflammation of the external auditory canal known as "swimmer's ear". Direct costs including medical treatment, painkillers, antibiotics, steroids or both and indirect costs are also remarkable. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare the effect of boric

An outbreak of a food-related illness resembling boric acid poisoning.

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An outbreak of an illness suggestive of boric acid poisoning occurred among 51 persons who had eaten lunch at the cafeteria of the United States Agency for International Development in Islamabad, Pakistan, on February 11, 1990. Affected patients had headache and severe myalgias 2 to 4 hours after

Hyperthermia enhances thermal-neutron-induced cell death of human glioblastoma cell lines at low concentrations of 10B.

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OBJECTIVE To examine the ability of pre- vs. post-irradiation hyperthermia to enhance the effectiveness of thermal neutrons to kill human glioblastoma cells. METHODS Human glioblastoma cell lines, T98G, A7, A172, and U 87MG, were exposed to thermal neutrons from the Kyoto University Research (KUR)

Usefulness of forced diuresis for acute boric acid poisoning in an adult.

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BACKGROUND Boric acid is generally not recognized as a poisonous substance. However, boric acid has potentially fatal actions such as hypotension, metabolic acidosis and oliguria. Death may result from circulation collapse and shock. OBJECTIVE We present a clinical case history of the successful use

An outbreak of aflatoxicosis and boric acid poisoning in Malaysia: a clinicopathological study.

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An outbreak of food poisoning resulting in 13 deaths in children occurred in Malaysia during the Chinese Festival of the Nine-Emperor Gods in 1988. The offending food was a Chinese noodle called 'Loh See Fun' (LSF). The source was traced to a factory where a banned food preservative was added to

Clinical management of boric acid ingestion: pharmacokinetic assessment of efficacy of hemodialysis for treatment of acute boric acid poisoning.

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Seven hours after suicidal ingestion of about 21 g of boric acid, a 26-year-old female admitted to our hospital in a state of slightly impaired consciousness, with frequent vomiting, shivering, fever and skin flush. Immediately, gastric lavage, followed by administration of activated charcoal and

Environmental aspects of congenital scoliosis.

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Growing evidence has proved that many aspects of our lifestyle and the environment contribute to the development of congenital disease. Congenital spinal deformities are due to anomalous development of the vertebrae including failure of formation and segmentation during embryogenesis. The causes of

Bacterial study of clean intermittent catheterisation in children.

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Deterioration of the upper urinary tract is exceptional in children on clean intermittent catheterisation for neuropathic incontinence and is found only in those with pre-existing renal damage. This report describes a bacteriological study of 24 children, of whom 10 had renal damage and 14 did not

Purification and characterization of urease isolated from the pathogenic fungus Coccidioides immitis.

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Coccidioides immitis, the causative agent of San Joaquin Valley fever (coccidioidomycosis), produces a urease which has been suggested to contribute to the virulence of this fungal pathogen. Urease catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea and has been proposed to at least partly account for alkalinity of

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