neurologic and psychologic complications are usually related to drug toxicity, infections or symptoms induced by deterioration of renal allograft function. metabolic encephalopathy, hypertensive encephalopathy, cerebrovascular events, and new-onset seizures have all been reported in organ-transplant recipients. infections can be caused by listeria, cryptococcus, nocardia, aspergillus and mucor....

To determine factors that influence the occurrence of congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, the authors surveyed prospectively 8,254 infants born in eastern Iowa between October 1989 and June 1994. The authors conducted a case-control study to identify maternal risk factors, matching each CMV-infected infant with three uninfected infants according to hospital and date of birth. CMV strain...

Background & Aims: Maternal infections with parvovirus B19 and cytomegalovirus (CMV) maybe associated with intrauterine fetal death. The aim of this study was to compare frequency of CMV & Parvovirus B19 Infections in intrauterine fetal death (IUFD) and normal pregnancy. Methods: In a case-control study in Afzalipour Hospital during 2006 placental biopsies were collected from 70 cases of IUFD a...

Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune condition presenting with a wide variety of nonspecific gastrointestinal symptoms. It can be difficult to diagnose due the vagueness complaints such as diarrhea, anemia malabsorption, vitamin or electrolyte deficiencies, and/or failure thrive. This characterized by sensitivity ingested gluten-containing compounds. Blood tests used for screening, though confi...

Cytomegalovirus infections are widely distributed with a seroprevalence of up to 100%. The majority of the cases take a silent course or deal with unspecific clinical symptoms. Complications in immunocompetent patients are rare but may affect the liver and lead up to an acute organ failure. In this case report, we describe a 35-year-old immunocompetent female with an acute cytomegalovirus infec...

Cytomegalovirus and Chlamydia trachomatis are prevalent sexually transmissible pathogens. They produce persistent infections of the cervix and have been associated with cervical neoplasia. Cytomegalovirus has also been shown to induce transformation of cells in culture. Because of the high prevalence of genital infections with these pathogens and evidence that they may have oncogenic effects on...

Cytomegalovirus and Chlamydia trachomatis are prevalent sexually transmissible pathogens. They produce persistent infections of the cervix and have been associated with cervical neoplasia. Cytomegalovirus has also been shown to induce transformation of cells in culture. Because of the high prevalence of genital infections with these pathogens and evi dence that they may have oncogenic effects o...