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SUMMARY: Fungal parotitis is rare and the sequela parotid abscess exceedingly so. We report our experience with Candida glabrata and Candida albicans parotid gland abscesses in critically ill HIV-positive patients and highlight the value of microbiological assessment to tailor management.
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HIV Seropositivity , Parotitis , Humans , Abscess/diagnosis , Parotid Gland , Parotitis/diagnosis , Disease ProgressionABSTRACT
Whole-body volatiles from males of the cryptic multimammate mouse speciesMastomys natalensis andM. coucha were analyzed by dynamic solvent effect sampling and capillary gas chromatography. One compound, 3-nonene-2-one, was always present, sometimes as the major component, in volatiles fromM. coucha and absent, or present only at low levels, in volatiles fromM. natalensis. The mean ±SD of the 3-nonen-2-one peak area forM. coucha was 8599 ±9630 and forM. natalensis 148 ±486. Chromatographic analysis was more reliable in identifying a male's species than were a female's in a two-choice olfactorium.
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Volatile constituents of the anal gland secretion and of scent marks of the aardwolf were identified using dynamic solvent effect sampling, capillary gas-liquid chromatography, and mass spectrometry. Both scent marks and gland contents consisted mainly of short- to medium-chain fatty acids, a complex series of medium- and long-chain esters, indole, and hexanol. There were marked individual differences in the relative concentrations of the various components.
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Volatiles emitted by male Amblyomma hebraeum while feeding on a rabbit were quantitatively sampled by the dynamic solvent effect and analysed by capillary gas-liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry. Changes in emissions of 2-methyl propanoic acid, benzaldehyde and 2-nitrophenol paralleled reported increases in the attractiveness of males to conspecific ticks after 4-5 days of feeding. These compounds are therefore candidates for the bioassay of pheromonal activity.
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Pheromones/analysis , Sex Attractants/analysis , Ticks , Animals , Benzaldehydes/analysis , Butyrates/analysis , Feeding Behavior , Isobutyrates , Male , Methods , Nitrophenols/analysis , Rabbits , Sex Attractants/metabolismSubject(s)
Butter/analysis , Insecticides/analysis , Meat/analysis , Milk/analysis , Toxaphene/analysis , Animals , Cattle , Chromatography, Gas/methodsABSTRACT
A technique is described in which a ring of air is used to produce sample concentration by solvent evaporation on high-performance thin-layer chromatography plates. The technique is compared to the ring-oven technique and both are evaluated by using a dye mixture. Both techniques are employed to reduce the size of relatively large spots on the plates in an attempt to match the resolution obtained from small spots in circular chromatography.
