April 2011

Aspergillus tracheobronchitis in an immunocompetent critically ill patient

Aspergillus tracheobronchitis (ATB) is a rare cause of respiratory failure in the critical care unit. Most commonly occurring in immunocompromised patients with underlying haematological malignancy, solid organ transplant, or HIV/AIDs, ATB is infrequently encountered in patients without underlying immunologic derangement.  This brief report describes a single case of ATB in a critically ill patient with no...

Author(s): Steve Reynolds, Stephen Blackie and Jason Faulds,

April 2011

An immunoassay using cord factor antigen of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for the confirmatory diagnosis of intracranial tuberculoma

Demonstration of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacillus in an intracranial tuberculoma by  bacteriological culture and staining methods are difficult. Hence the objective of this study is to describe an immunoassay to detect the presence of cord factor antigen of M.tuberculosis in intracranial tuberculoma. Cord factor antigen of M. tuberculosis in the surgical specimens of...

Author(s): Mathai A., Neelima R., Harikrishnan V. S. and Radhakrishnan V. V.

April 2011

Redistribution of fetal blood flow in response to an acute fever episode during pregnancy in comparison with malaria

The objective of the study was to determine if maternal fever during pregnancy alter placental function and induce fetal hypoxia. 31 pregnancies complicated by fever were studied. Uterine (UTRI), umbilical (URI), fetal cerebral (CRI ) Doppler resistance index and amniotic index were measured on admittance (day 0; d0) and after treatment and fever release (day 2 to 4; d2-4). From d0 to d2-4, UTRI decreased in...

Author(s): G. Carles, F. Dallah, G. Helou, N. Alassas, W. El Guindi and P. H. Arbeille

April 2011

Helicobacter pylori-DNA in nasal polyp tissues in compare with inferior nasal turbinate tissues: A case-control study in Tehran, Iran

This study is aimed at comparing serum Helicobacter pylori antibodies and H. pylori–DNA in tissue between cases with nasal polyps and controls. A case control study was conducted in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Rasul Hospital, Tehran, Persia between 2007 and 2008 upon polyp tissues from 62 nasal polyposis cases and inferior nasal turbinate mucosa from 25 controls. H. pylori-DNA was...

Author(s): Samileh Noorbakhsh, Azardokht Tabatabaei Mohammad Farhadi and Ahmad Reza Shamshiri