Is non-operative management of severe blunt splenic injury safer than embolization or surgery?
Embolization, because of its important specific morbidity, should not be performed as a prophylactic measure, but only in presence of clinical or laboratory signs of bleeding.
Fluorescence staining in combination with flow cytometry and scanning electron microscopy are efficient tools for assessing the action of antifungal compounds against spores. Iturin-like compounds may permeabilize fungal spores and inhibit their germination.