Transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease (TA-GVHD) is a rare complication of cellular blood component transfusion that produces a graft-versus-host clinical picture with concomitant bone marrow aplasia. We report the case of 2 patients with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) who developed TA-GvHD. Both patients had been given nonirradiated erythrocyte suspension before the diagnosi...

equine infectious anemia (eia) is a contagious disease that is clinically characterized by recurrent episodes of fever, hemolytic anemia, icterus, depression, edema and chronic weight loss. the disease is associated with a persistent viral infection. the virus of eia is a member of the retroviridae family. the aim of this study was to determine the status of eia in horses in ahvaz. one hundred ...

Fascioliasis is a zoonotic infection caused by Fasciola hepatica. It is rarely seen with icterus caused by obstruction of the common bile duct. We report five patients with obstructive jaundice due to Fasciola hepatica, who were diagnosed and managed with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). All cases were admitted to hospital with complaints of icterus and pain in the right u...