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Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKP) is recognized as a lifethreatening community-acquired infection associated with pyogenic liver abscess. However, rhabdomyolysis secondary to hvKP infection is rare. To the best of our knowledge, we report the first case of rhabdomyolysis due to hvKP infection in a patient who survived septic shock syndrome.
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This study explored pre-bereavement personality traits and gender as predictors of post-widowhood mortality risk, using newly derived life span data for participants originally recruited for Lewis Terman's classic study of the gifted. Personality traits measured in 1940 were used to predict mortality risk from 1940 through 2004 for married participants who were either widowed between 1940 and 1986 or who remained married. Results indicated that widowhood predicted a decrease in mortality risk for these (intelligent) individuals (relative hazard [rh]=0.68, N=843, p<.001) and neuroticism significantly moderated this effect. Specifically, neuroticism in young adulthood was significantly associated with decreased mortality risk among men who were later widowed (rh=0.50, N=66, p<.02) but not among women or consistently married men. Conclusions reveal the importance of personality-situation interactions and the adoption of a long-term perspective.
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Bereavement , Mortality , Personality , Widowhood/psychology , Adult , Age Factors , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Personality Inventory , Proportional Hazards Models , Risk Factors , Sex Factors , Spouses/psychologyABSTRACT
We proposed to combine an ultra-micro flow analysis instrument using the fused-silica capillary and the CL detector. The CL reaction of luminol and hydrogen peroxide was adopted and the batch-type CL detection cell was used. Luminol and isoluminol-labeled protein as a model were sensitively and reproducibly detected with very small amounts of quantitative reagents. The analyses were repeated at least 100 times without any treatments such as washing capillaries or exchanging the hydrogen peroxide solution. The present system successfully promoted the miniaturization, simplification, and sensitization of the analytical system.