Platelet function has been studied in 16 patients with uncomplicated infectious mononucleosis. Some abnormality of platelet aggregation and/or release of platelet factor III or platelet factor IV was found in all patients. Six patients with platelet defects were retested after three to four months and were found to have normal platelet function and appreciably higher platelet counts. Abnormal p...

The properties of enteroviruses justify their consideration as possible causes of foetal damage: they are highly prevalent and cause infections which, although usually of minor severity, are often associated with viraemia. Of the enteroviruses, ECHO type 9 is of particular interest because of its periodic epidemic prevalence and the similarity to rubella of many of the infections it causes. Stu...

The Gram-positive facultative intracellular bacterium Listeria monocytogenes is the causative agent of listeriosis, a severe food-borne infection. Pregnant women are at risk of contracting listeriosis, which can potentially lead to miscarriage, stillbirth, preterm birth, and congenital neonatal infections. While other systemic bacterial infections may result in adverse pregnancy outcomes at com...

Patients 258 in hospital, primiparous, breastfeeding women who were >16 years of age, were able to speak English, had a singleton birth at >37 weeks gestation, and resided in the surrounding region accessible by a local telephone call. Exclusion criteria were factors that could seriously interfere with breast feeding (eg, serious maternal illness or infant congenital abnormality) or prenatal en...

Immunodeficiency (whether congenital, iatrogenic, or caused by infection) increases the risk of some types of cancer, especially malignancies etiologically linked to DNA tumor viruses, such as herpesviruses and polyomavirus.1-4 Indeed, immunosuppression associated with HIV infection substantially increases the risk of developing Kaposi’s sarcoma and nonHodgkin’s lymphoma. These two malignancies...

The female pelvis is an anatomic region which is quite complex, because it contains some organs and systems accomplishing different and independent functions. The uro-genital system represents the main part of the female pelvis but there are also portions of other or‐ gans and systems such as some important blood vessels, gastrointestinal tracts, lymphatics, nerves and parts of the musculoskele...

Rubella is an innocuous illness in adult unless it is contracted by a pregnant woman. We recently observed a case of congenital rubella in the department of neonatology of Abass Ndao hospital in Dakar. It's a female new-born, born after 40 week gestation, with a well followed pregnancy. The first clinical examination shows a severe intrauterine growth retardation and bilateral comeal opacity. M...

Cases of hemolytic ansemia, other than of 'malarial origin, evoke considerable clinical interest. Two such cases are here recorded; the first seemed to arise in association with ulcerative colitis and the second was possibly a case of congenital acholuric jaundice. Case 1.?Mahmud Ali, male, aged 23 years, was admitted on 27th July, 1939, into the Mayo Hospital, Lahore, with complaints of diarrh...

THOSE who are substantially and permanently handicapped by defective vision resulting from illness, injury, or congenital deformity may be described as partially sighted. The following criteria are suggested as a general guide in estimating " substantial handicap": (1) Visual acuity 3/60 to 6/60, with full visual fields. (2) Visual acuity up to 6/24, with moderate contraction of the visual fiel...

background hepatitis b infection is still the main cause of chronic liver disease in iran, which is associated with significant economic and social costs. objectives this study aimed to estimate the financial burden caused by chb infection and its complications in iran. results the total annual cost for the activate population of chb patients and for those receiving treatment at various disease...