ABSTRACT
After a concise review of the progress and achievements of burn works in the past 40 years the auther firmly pointed out that the currently most significant causes of death in burn injury are three,Inhalation injury,Infection and Internal organ injury, abbreviated as"Three I".The precent status and problems of"Three 1"are analyzed and the auther proprosed a model for planning burn research projects.In order to achieve an significant decrease of burn mortality,the auther also highlights that the crucial point is to protect the organism from damages to the body defense mechanism after burn injury.That is to say,in all dimensions and by all means,burn research projects should mainly focus on the early protection of the ability of the body defense mechanism.
ABSTRACT
Se estudiaron 50 muestras de tierra de cuatro cuevas de la region de Rio Claro (Antioquia, Colombia), con el fin de aislar Histoplasma capsulatum en su forma natural; se encontraron dos muestras positivas (4%) tomadas en sitios diferentes de la Cueva del Condor. Se describen los metodos empleados y se discuten algunas implicaciones de la presencia del hongo para las personas que visitan las cuevas.
Fifty soil specimens from 4 caves located in the Río Claro region of the Department of Antioquia, Colombia, were studied In order to recover Histoplasma capstilatum in its natural form. Two of the specimens, obtained from different sites of one of the caves, were positive. The methods employed for cultivation are described and the implications of the presence of the fungus for tourists visiting the caves are discussed