Impediment to the aquaculture industry and consequently, impoverishment of Nigerian populace can be attributed several factors ranging from managemental infectious or noninfectious. Despite abundantly blessed land capacity nourishment, continues face losses. As part very important agents known cause high morbidity mortality across fish species is Edwardsiella tarda. E. tarda directly associated...

background acute bacterial meningitis which is a pediatric emergency with high mortality and morbidity must be diagnosed and treat promptly. often diagnosis of bacterial meningitis from viral meningitis is difficult after some days. determination of some inflammatory mediators’ example il-6 and hs-crp were useful in differential diagnosis of bacterial and viral meningitis. objectives this study...

Objective: Meningitis is life-threatening condition and examination of the Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) may not give a precise diagnosis and prognosis of different types of meningitis. Bacterial meningitis is still a very common problem especially in many developing countries. The aims of study are to estimate the importance and significance of Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH), protein...

Meningitis Tuberkulosis (Meningitis TB) merupakan salah satu jenis TB ekstra paru yang sangat mematikan karena menginfeksi sistem saraf pusat. Oleh itu terapi farmakologi pasca ditegakkannya diagnosis diperlukan untuk mempertahankan dan meningkatkan kualitas hidup pasien. Berdasarkan hal tersebut didapatkan 210 artikel berkaitan dengan kata kunci 15 memenuhi kriteria inklusi. Terapi utama pasie...

tuberculous meningitis (tbm) and acute bacterial meningitis (abm) cause substantial mortality and morbidity in both children and adults. identification of poor prognostic factors at patient's admission could prepare physicians for more aggressive monitoring of patients with meningitis. the objective of this study was to determine the predictive value of neurological features to differentiate ab...

A 78-year-old woman presenting with fever and occipital headache was referred to our service with suspicion of meningitis. Neurological examination was normal except for cervical stiffness. CRP level was increased to 18.7 mg/dl. Cerebrospinal fluid examination was normal. Cervical CT image at C1/C2 level showed right dominant semicircular calcifications posterolateral to the odontoid process (d...

Cryptococcosis is a fungal infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans, generally associated with immunodeficiency and immunosuppressive agents, and it is rarely reported in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), particularly in juvenile SLE (JSLE). From January 1983 to June 2011, 5,604 patients were followed at our University Hospital and 283 (5%) of them met the American College of Rheumatology ...

BACKGROUND Isolated congenital asplenia (ICA) is a rare and life-threatening condition that predisposes patients to severe bacterial infections. Most of the reported cases are familial and the mode of inheritance is usually autosomal dominant. Here, we report a case of sporadic isolated asplenia and review the literature while focusing on sporadic cases. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case o...