Described first by Kennedy JC in 1904, Brucella bursitis remains one of the rarest osteoarticular manifestations during this infection. Its prevalence was only 1-1.2% wide series but seems to be clinically under-diagnosed. Indeed, its systematic screening joint ultrasound objectified it 5.2% cases some series. Shoulder (subacromial, subdeltoid or subacromial-deltoid) exceptional and unusual bru...

Many studies have focused on the effects of anthropogenic noise on animal communication, but only a few have looked at its effect on other behavioural systems. We designed a playback experiment to test the effect of noise on predation risk assessment. We found that in response to boat motor playback, Caribbean hermit crabs (Coenobita clypeatus) allowed a simulated predator to approach closer be...

Paradoxical manifestation is worsening of pre-existing tuberculous lesion or appearance of new lesions in patients whose condition initially improved with antituberculous treatment. Our hypothesis was that paradoxical manifestation in non-HIV tuberculous meningitis (TBM) patients was underestimated and this could contribute to patients' prognosis. This was the first systemic study of paradoxica...

BACKGROUND Epidemiologic studies show that exposure to particulate air pollution is associated with asthma exacerbation. Ultrafine particles (diameter <100 nm) may contribute to these adverse effects. OBJECTIVE To investigate potential adjuvant activity of inhaled elemental carbon ultrafine particles (EC-UFPs) on allergic airway inflammation. METHODS The effects of ultrafine particle inhala...

background: one-third of the world’s population is currently infected by tubercle bacillus. this study was performed to evaluate epidemiological and clinical aspects of confirmed cases of tuberculosis infections in a seven-year time period, between years of 2002 to 2008, in the city of hamadan, west of iran. materials and methods: in this descriptive retrospective study, medical records of 375 ...

marfan’s syndrome (mfs) is a genetic disorder associated with autosomal dominant inheritance. in mfs, the most prevalent cause of death is cardiovascular involvement. here we introduce a family with a severe penetration of mfs. eleven members of this family have mfs (father, two daughters, three sons, and five grandchildren). the most common cardiac involvement in our patients was mitral valve ...

The Indonesian state implements a total defense system, meaning that it involves all the people and national resources, facilities infrastructure, as well entire territory of country one unit. This system demands awareness rights obligations every citizen to defend manifestation its totality. Efforts raise defending for are formidable challenge, recorded in history inseparable from attempts bet...

abstract malaria is still the number one killer especially among young children and is responsible for one death per minute in the world. overall,between 250-500 million cases of the disease occur worldwide causing more than one million deaths annually about 90% of which in children under five years of age. although the spread of the disease is worldwide but it is seen mostly in tropical and su...