TUBERCULOSIS A CAUSE OF INFANTILE MORTALITY.

Infantile myofibromatosis: a cause of vertebra plana.

A 6-week-old boy was seen in the emergency department with progressive enlargement of head and neck masses. Bilateral periauricular masses had been present since birth and had undergone recent cervical extension. A mass of the right nasolabial fold had been present since 3 weeks of age. The lesions were asymptomatic and the infant was otherwise well. Computed tomography (CT) of the head and nec...

Infantile Mortality in India

The Health Officer of Calcutta, Dr. J. Neild Cook, has submitted a very interesting and valuable report on the terrible infantile mortality in Calcutta, which is deserving the attention of medical men and the general public in other parts of India also. It is well known to all Civil Surgeons that the infantile mortal it}' in India is far and away in excess of what it should be, and Dr. Cook giv...

Aggressive Regimens for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Decrease All-Cause Mortality

RATIONALE A better understanding of the composition of optimal treatment regimens for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is essential for expanding universal access to effective treatment and for developing new therapies for MDR-TB. Analysis of observational data may inform the definition of an optimized regimen. OBJECTIVES This study assessed the impact of an aggressive regimen-one co...

CDKL5 Encephalopathy: A Rare Cause of Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy.

Severe Infantile Cholestasis as a Cause of Silent Rib Fractures

Despite biliary drainage, she had significant cholestasis, ascites, malnutrition, and transient melena. Subsequently she was evaluated for a liver transplantation. A chest X-ray and an abdominal CT scan were obtained with an incidental finding of healing right sixth and seventh lateral rib fractures with callus formation and healing left seventh lateral rib fracture with callus formation (Figur...