Non-Secretion of blood group antigens and susceptibility to urinary tract infection

The material of the present study comprised 103 patients of urinary tract infection confirmed by bacterial examination of urine, [64] out of them had chronic renal failure, due to recurrent urinary tract infection these patients underwent determination of blood group [ABO and Lewis] and secretor status, to find out if there is relation between it and susceptibility to urinary tract infection. There was a predominance of blood group AB and non secretor status [Se Se] which proves that the absence of A and B antibodies and also absence of Se gene combine to give an increased risk to urinary tract infection. The appearance of increased frequency of Lea [a-b] in non secretors confirms the consumption of Le antigen as receptors for pathogenic organisms.There is no predominance of special blood groups in patients not confirmed to be recurrent

Echocardiographic left ventricular functions after diltiazem in patients with Friedrich's ataxia

Oral therapy with diltiazem [180 mg/day] for one month, in patients with Friedrich's ataxia, produces nonsignificant improvement in the diastolic L.V. functions, and non-deterioration of L.V. systolic function or heart failure. Long-term follow up, or increasing the dose of diltiazem may be the subject of further work