Kansenshōgaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases
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A case of the urachal sinus accompanied by umbilical infection is reported. A 21-day-old female infant was seen at the hospital because of umbilical granuloma, redness and umbilical purulent discharge. The separation of the umbilical cord in her neonate was delayed. ⋯ In spite of systemic administration of antibiotic agents, the umbilical infection did not get well. After extruding of the external urachal sinus from the umbilicus, she had not had any symptoms. After 3 months the IVP did not revealed in urachal diverticulum.
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Kansenshogaku Zasshi · Jun 1998
[The correlation between tissue injury and calcium oxalate crystal production in rat's lung with experimental Aspergillus niger infection].
It is well known that calcium oxalate crystals (crystal) are commonly found in Aspergillus niger (A. niger) infection site. However, there have been no pathological reports of crystal production and tissue injury using an animal model. I experienced a case with pulmonary aspergilloma and infiltration shadow of the lung that I guessed resulted in crystal-induced inflammation. ⋯ Therefore, I think that the crystals can induce tissue injury. However, in alveolar portions, depositions of crystals were seen mainly in the margin rather than in the central part of mycelial growth, but no findings indicating injury of the alveolar epithelial cells by crystals were seen. Therefore, possibility of crystals to cause tissue injury in the alveolar portion is not yet clear.