this is a report of a case with unilateral cavernous sinus thrombosis due to ipsilateral ethmoid sinusitis. a 10 year old female was admitted in our hospital with severe headache, purulent postnasal discharge, right eye proptosis and third cranial nerve palsy in the same eye. she had history of viral upper respiratory tract infection and then acute otitis media which did not improve with routin...

abstract background: acute bronchiolitis is the most common form of lower respiratory tract infection in infancy. there are numerous contradictory reports regarding the efficacy of nebulized bronchodilators in the management of infants with acute bronchiolitis. this study was designed to compare the efficacy of nebulized epinephrine with salbutamol for treatment of the disease. methods: in a ra...

 ABSTRACT Background: Acute bronchiolitis is the most common form of lower respiratory tract infection in infancy. There are numerous contradictory reports regarding the efficacy of nebulized bronchodilators in the management of infants with acute bronchiolitis. This study was designed to compare the efficacy of nebulized epinephrine with salbutamol for treatment of the disease. Methods: In a r...

OBJECTIVE To examine whether reactive arthritis (ReA) known to occur after a urogenital infection with Chlamydia trachomatis can also follow an infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae, a recently described species of Chlamydiae that is a common cause of respiratory tract infections. METHODS Specific antibodies (microimmunofluorescence test) and lymphocyte proliferation to C trachomatis and C pneu...

Background: Asthma is a heterogeneous disease characterized by chronic airway inflammation. Thevirus infection in respiratory tract will activate greater pro-inflammatory cytokines asthma patients.The enhancement of induces various clinical symptoms. This study aims toinvestigate the virus and characteristics among patients with acute exacerbation.Methods: In this study, subjects were divided i...

The aim of this study was to determine whether interleukin (IL)-8 is released within the upper respiratory tract of infants during respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis and whether the large number of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) present in the respiratory tract of these infants are contributing to the inflammation through release of inflammatory mediators. Twenty-seven infant...

At the end of 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2SARS-CoV-2) emerged in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, and infected over 4 million people around the world. Individuals with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have an influenza-like illness and respiratory tract infections. We can categorize patients in three main groups: asymptomatic infected cases, patients with mild upper res...

Background: Moraxella catarrhalis is Gram negative diplococci which is a member of Neisseriacae. It was considered as a harmless commensal of the upper respiratory tract. Since 1990 its pathogenecity was established and known as a common cause of respiratory infection, particularly otitis media, sinusitis and lower respiratory tract. The aim of this research was to determine the prevalence and ...

The current pandemic of Corona virus disease (COVID) is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Commonly the presents as symptoms suggestive upper tract infection to (SARI). However various extra-pulmonary manifestations related gastrointestinal system and hepatobiliary including pancreatitis have been reported quite frequently. Here we report a case COVID-19 who...