Infective Sarcomata in Dogs

Methotrexate in treatment of sarcomata.

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The Surgery of Sarcomata

Enterococcal Infective Endocarditis following Periodontal Disease in Dogs

In humans, one of the major factors associated with infective endocarditis (IE) is the concurrent presence of periodontal disease (PD). However, in veterinary medicine, the relevance of PD in the evolution of dogs' endocarditis remains poorly understood. In order to try to establish a correlation between mouth-associated Enterococcus spp. and infective endocarditis in dogs, the present study ev...

INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS IN CHILDREN

A total of 14 cases of infective endocarditis (IE) in children aged 6 months to 10 years were seen from December 1987 to December 1992 at the pediatric unit of Ayatollah Taleghani Medical Center. The majority of patients (12 of 14) were between 5 and 10 years of age. Acyanotic congenital heart disease was known to preexist in 78.6% and rheumatic valvular heart disease in 21.4% of cases. Or...

Skeletal sarcomata and giant-cell tumour.

There is no universal agreement on a classification of bone tumours. Iany of the existing methods are based on varying criteria and consequently the nomenclature is confused. Numerous descriptive terms are employed to denote only minor and irrelevant differences in essentially similar tumours. If a classification is to be more than an academic exercise, the diagnosis of a particular type of tum...