objective: to determine the relationship between serum glutathione peroxidase and febrile seizure. materials & methods:   in this case-control study, 43 children with simple febrile seizure (case group) were compared with 43 febrile children without seizure (control group) in terms of serum glutathione peroxidase level. serum glutathione peroxidase levels were measured by elisa method. the resu...

introduction: febrile convulsions occur in young children when there is a rapid increase in their body temperature. it affects up to 1 in 20 children between the ages of one and four but can affect children between six months and about five years old.  previous studies have showed relationship between low serum sodium and calcium level and recurrence of febrile convulsions. this study designed ...

it is known that neuropeptide y which is widely distributed throughout the central nervous system is able to prevent seizures in animals. there are limited studies about the role of neuropeptide y in febrile seizures. this study was conducted to evaluate the association between plasma neuropeptide y level and febrile seizures in children. seventy six patients with typical and atypical febrile s...

CONTEXT Acute febrile illnesses are common in athletes over the course of training and competition seasons. Complete recovery and rapid yet safe return to participation are critical for competitive athletes. Alterations in thermoregulation, metabolism, fluid homeostasis, muscle strength, and endurance, as well as potential complications for the athlete and others, must be considered. EVIDENCE...

Feeding of stool supernates to volunteers has demonstrated that there are at least two different types-afebrile and febrile-of acute infectious non-bacterial gastroenteritis. The afebrile illness, produced by the Marcy agent previously described, has an average incubation period of 60 hours and is characterized by watery diarrhea. The agent (FS) responsible for the febrile illness has been carr...

A prospective study established the etiology of febrile illnesses in residents of Slovenia that occurred within 6 weeks after a tick bite. A combination of laboratory and clinical criteria identified 64 (49.2%) of 130 patients as having confirmed, probable, or possible cases of tickborne disease during 1995 and 1996. Of the 130 patients, 36 (27.7%) had laboratory evidence of tickborne encephali...

BACKGROUND Mucosal CXC chemokines recruit inflammatory cells to the infected urinary tract. The chemokine response repertoire of the urinary tract and the relationship to disease severity have not been examined, however. METHODS This study quantified CXC (CXCL1, CXCL3, CXCL5, CXCL8, CXCL9, and CXCL10) and CC (CCL2, CCL4, and CCL5) chemokines in sequential urine samples obtained from 50 patien...

Kawasaki disease is an acute, self-limiting febrile mucocutaneous vasculitis of infants and young children. Retropharyngeal lymphadenopathy is a rare presentation of Kawasaki disease. We present a case of Kawasaki disease mimicking a retropharyngeal abscess, with upper airway obstruction resulting in delayed diagnosis.

background : leptospirosis is an important re-emerging zoonotic disease in tropical and subtropical areas and acute febrile infection and a conveyable bacterial disease of animals and humans caused by pathogenic spirochetes of the genus leptospira. methods : five hundred and ninety seven serum samples (159 cattle, 142 sheep, 147 goats and 149 humans) were collected from center, southeast and no...

I diopathic epilepsies have a genetic basis and are characterised by the absence of an overt underlying neurological abnormality. Most idiopathic epilepsies are complex diseases with considerable clinical and genetic heterogeneity and an unclear inheritance pattern because of genetic and environmental factors. Families in which the disease segregates as an autosomal dominant trait with reduced ...