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13 April 1963 S.A. TYDSKRIF VIR GENEESKUNDE 379 with favism, with an extract of the beans. This haemolysis have manifested G6PD deficiency and GSH instability. was prevented by nonnal plasma, but not by the patient's However, since the beans do not cause haemolysis in own plasma. The patient's father had eaten the beans all persons with these defective red cells, and since without ill-effect, although his erythrocytes were markedly sensitivity to the beans varies in the same individual from enzyme-deficient, and it was of great interest that the time to time, other factors must clearly be operating. father's plasma also prevented haemolysis in the in vitro system. SUMMARY Further evidence is provided by the experiments of A case of favism in a White South African child is Vullo and Panizon.16 These workers labelled erythrocytes reported, and the pathogenesis of this cisease is briefly from favism patients with slCr and introduced them into discussed. the circulation of compatible nonnal recipients. When the We should like to thank Dr. J. Metz of the South African recipient then ate fava beans there was usually no Institute for Medical Research, Johannesburg, who suspected destruction of the labelled cells, although in a few experi­ the diagnosis and referred this patient for special investigation. ments this did occur. When sensitive cells were introduced We are also grateful to Dr. G. Borok of Middelburg, and into other favism sufferers, however, consumption of the Drs. T. Dunston and J. M. Martin of Pretoria for their help. beans resulted in rapid disappearance of the tagged cells REFERE 'CES on every occasion. Greenberg and Wong10 have confirmed 1. Senior. B. and Braudo. J. L. (1955): S.Afr. Med. J .. 29. 1264. 2. Sansone. G. and Segni. G. (1957): Lancet. 2. 295. these findings, and in addition showed that administration 3. Beutler. E. (1959): Blood. 14. 103. 4. Motulsky. A. G and Campbell, J. M. (1960): Personal communication of primaquine, in contrast to ingestion of the beans, pro­ (to appear in BloocI). duced rapid disappearance of the enzyme-deficient cells 5. Beutler. E. (1957): J. Lab. Clin. Med.. 49. 84. 6. Szeinberg. A .. Asher. Y. and Sheba, C. (195 ): Blood, 13. 348. from the circulation of a normal individual. These obser­ 7. luisada. l. (1941): Medicine. 20. 229. 8. Jand!. J. H., Engle, L. K. and Alien. D. W. (1%0): J. Clin. Invest.. vations were compatible with the concept of a protective 39. 181 plasma factor, as suggested by the work of Roth and 9. Szeinberg, A .. Sheba. C., Hirschorn. N. and Bodonyi, E. (1957): Blood. 12. 603. Frumin,12 although other explanations (such as a different 10. Greenberg, M. S. and Wong. H. (1%1): J. lab. Clin. Med.• 57. 733. 11. Charlton. R. W., Patz, I. M. and Borok, G. (1963): S.Afr. Med. J. metabolic degradation of the beans in favism sufferers) (in the press). are also possible. 12. Roth, K. L. and Frumin, A. M. (1960): J. Lab. Clin. Med.. 56. 695. 13. Jacobs. A. H. (1950): Pediatrics. 6. 51. It thus seems that the pathogenesis of haemolysis in 14. Wasserman, E. and Chapman, R. (1951): Conn. Med. J .• 15, 674. 15. McPhee. W. R. (1956): Amer. J. Clin. Path.. 26. 1287. cases of favism is complex. All cases so far investigated 16. Vullo. C. and Panizon, F. (1959): Acta haemal. (Basel). 22. 146. DIAGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF PROTEIN CONCENTRATION IN SEROUS FLUIDS V. K. G. PILLAY, M.B., CH.B. (NATAL), Registrar, King Edward V/l1 HospiTal, Durban, and Department of Medicine, UniversiTy of Natal The concentration of protein in a serous fluid is often used to differentiate an exudate from a transudate. An accepted 10 x level of total protein for this differentiation is 3 G. per x 100 ml., a higher level denoting an exudate and a lower F ,...,9 x level a transudate. We have found this method not ....i :A C :E 01 altogether reliable in a hospital population characterized by 1 • X 0 X ~ ~8 x abnonnalities of serum proteins.J.3 Since there is a relation­ x }/lx I :x -...... 8 0 ship between proteins in the serum and in partition -.:i ' 0 '--' x xo 0 fluids,H it was thought that the accuracy of distinguishing x 0 9XOO x 0 0 X <.Il 7 0 1 an exudate from a transudate might be improved if allow­ ::z 10 0 o 000 I • ance were made for the serum levels of protein. The W °xx .,,- I- 0 cJ.o present investigation was undertaken to elucidate this point. 0 I a:: 6 oX X 0- 0 MATERIAL AND METHODS 0 ~ The patients selected for study were those who had pleural :::5 ex: 5 or peritoneal effusions which on aspiration were neither w (Jl E turbid nor blood-stained. There were 64 patients with 0 0 tuberculous pleural effusions, 20 with tuberculous periton­ 4- :B D itis, 23 with cirrhosis of the liver, and 57 in cardiac failure - 22 with pleural effusions and 35 with ascites. The diag­ nosis in each instance was made on evidence other than the 2 3 4- 5 6 7 8 protein concentration of the fluid. A specimen of serous FLUID PROTEINS (G./IOOMl.) 1 fluid and blood was collected from each patient at the same time, and the total protein concentration was esti­ Fig. 1. Findings in ascilic fluid of various patients (e mated simultaneously in the serous fluid and the serum by those with tuberculosis, 0 = those with cardiac failure a biuret procedure.' and X = those with cirrhosis of the liver). 380 S.A. MEDICAL JOURNAL 13 April 1963 RESULTS as is shown by the line EF in Fig_ 1. Here one case of tuberculosis (5%) and 3 of cardiac failure (8,6%) fall 1. A linear correlation between the protein concentrations on the incorrect sides of the line_ One case of cardiac in the serum and serous fluids is present only in tuber­ failure (2-9%) falls on the line EF. -eulous pleural effusions (P < 0-01) (Fig. 2, Table IV)- A rough correlation is present in tuberculous peritonitis 3. Pleural Fluid (Fig. 2, Tables /V and V) (Fig. 1, Table I). (a) A vertical line at 3 G. per 100 m!. divides cardiac 2_ Ascitic Fluid (Fig_ J, Tables / -lJ/) failure satisfactorily from tuberculosis as is shown by the (a) In Fig. I, if a vertical dividing line AB (dotted) is line M of Fig. 2, the exceptions being 1 case of tuber­ drawn at 3 G. per 100 m!., the division is inefficient, culosis (1-6%) and 2 of cardiac failure (9%). One case of 2 cases of cardiac failure (5-7%) falling on the line and cardiac failure (4'5%) falls on the line. 9 case~ (25'7%) falling to the right of it. (b) A vertical dividing line at 4 G. per 100 rnI. (dotted (b) A vertical line at 4 G_ per 100 m!. divides cardiac line OP in Fig_ 2) provides very poor discrimination, failure satisfactorily from tuberculosis, as is shown by 9 cases of tuberculosis (14%) falling on the incorrect side the line CD in Fig. I. The only exceptions are I case of of the line_ tuberculosis (5%) and 2 of cardiac failure (5-7%)_ (c) A dividing line equally as good as MN is that given (c) 0 line can be drawn which effectively separates by the equation: 'total pleural fluid proteins in G_ per cirrhosis of the liver from either cardiac failure or 100 m!. = total serum proteins in G_ per 100 m!. - 3' tuberculosis_ as shown by the line QR in Fig. 2, the exceptions being (d) A dividing line almost as good as CD is that given 2 cases of tuberculosis (3·1 %) and 1 of cardiac failure by the equation: 'total ascitic fluid proteins in G_ per (4-5%)_ One case of tuberculosis (1-6%) and 1 of cardiac 100 ml. = total serum proteins in G. per 100 ml. - 3' failure (4-5%) fall on the line. TABLE I. TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS Concentration ofprotein in ascitic fluid (C./100 ml.) Concentration ofprotein in sertlm (C./100 1111.) 3-5-4 4-4-5 4-5-5 5-5-5 5-5-6 6-6-5 6-5-7 7-7'5 5-5-5 1 5-5-6 6-6-5 1 6'5-7 2 2 7-7-5 1 7-5-8 1 1 8-8-5 1 2 8-5-9 1 9-9'5 TABLE n. CARDIAC FAILURE ASCITES Concentration ofprotein in ascitic fluid (C./100 ml.). Concentration ofprotein in senlm (C./100 ml.) 0- 5-/ 1-1-5 1-5-2 2-2-5 2-5-3 3-3-5 3-5-4 4-4-5 4'5-5 5-5-5 5-5-5 1 5-5-6 1 2 6-6-5 1 2 1 6-5-7 1 3 1 7-7-5 1 2 3 7-5-8 2 1 3 8-8-5 2 8'5-9 TABLE JU. CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER Concentration ofprotein in Concentration ofprotein in ascitic fluid (C./100 ml_) serum (C./lOO ml.) 0-5-1 1-/- 5 1- 5-2 2-2-5 2-5-3 3-3-5 3-5-4 4-4-5 4-5-5 5-5'5 5· 5-6 6-6-5 6·5-7 6-6·5 I 1 1 1 6-5-7 1 1 7-7-5 2 I 7-5-8 I 3 8-8-5 2 8'5-9 9-9-5 9-5-10 13 April 1963 S.A.
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