A 48-year-old male with history of alcohol abuse and untreated HIV presented with 1-week history of fever, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Complete blood counts showed pancytopenia with hemoglobin of 71 g/L, total leukocyte count of 2.2 3 10/L, and platelet count of 92 3 10/L. Initial renal, liver, and coagulation studies were normal. CD4 count was 23/mL, and HIV viral load was 3 600 000/mL. Hepa...

A 27-year-old HIV-infected male presented with a 1-month history of poor appetite, cough, low-grade fever, and diffuse rash involving the face and trunk. He lived in the city of Shenzhen in southern China near Hong Kong. He had not previously received antiretroviral therapy. He had pancytopenia with hemoglobin of 78.7 g/L, a total leukocyte count of 3.58 3 10/L, and a platelet count of 96 3 10/...

We compared an rK39 dipstick rapid test (Amrad ICT, Australia) with a direct agglutination test (DAT) and splenic aspirate for the diagnosis of kala-azar in 77 patients. The study was carried out under field conditions in an endemic area of north-east Sudan. The sensitivity of the rK39 test compared with splenic aspiration was 92% (46/50), the specificity 59% (16/27), and the positive predictiv...

AIMS To assess the value of immediate assessment of cytology in percutaneous fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology of lung. METHODS FNA specimens from 75 consecutive patients with suspected pulmonary neoplasms were subjected to immediate cytology assessment. Direct smears were prepared in the radiology department and stained using the Diff Quik method. The cellular content was assessed and, i...

Objective: To assess the mean gastric fluid volume in group ingesting clear 8 hours prior to surgery (8-hour group) comparison liquid 2 (2-hour Study Design: Randomized controlled trial Place and Duration of Study: Department Anesthesiology, The Indus Hospital, Karachi from 30th June 2016to 20th May 2017. Methodology: Sixty eligible patients were identified preoperative visit all study detail w...

Background: The ability to identify asymptomatic women at high risk for breast cancer using known pre-malignant changes in exfoliative cytopathology of nipple aspirate fluid is of clinical importance. Exfoliative cytopathology of Nipple Aspirate Fluid (NAF) has been shown to be an important adjunct to the currently accepted standard of medical care, i.e. mammography, coupled with physical exami...

BACKGROUND Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), which may result from intestinal stasis, is common in malabsorption syndrome (MAS). Quantitative culture of upper gut aspirate is used as a gold standard for the diagnosis of SIBO. Studies on diagnosis of SIBO using non-invasive hydrogen breath tests are contradictory. METHODS 83 patients (age 35 [14-70] y; 50 men) with MAS due to vario...

PURPOSE To report an experience with fine-needle aspiration biopsy of selected small melanocytic choroidal tumors during the interval from April 13, 1983, through January 19, 2001. METHODS Retrospective descriptive case series report of 34 patients with a small melanocytic choroidal tumor (maximal diameter, < or = 10 mm; thickness, > or = 1.5 mm but < or = 3 mm) evaluated diagnostically by tr...

BACKGROUND Infectious respiratory disorders are important causes of childhood morbidity and mortality. Viral causes are common and may lead to rapid deterioration, requiring mechanical ventilation; myocardial dysfunction may accompany respiratory decompensation. The etiologic viral diagnosis may be difficult with classic methods. The purpose of this study was to evaluate polymerase chain reacti...

We report the development of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus (CoV) nucleocapsid protein. The assay was carried out with hyperimmune polyclonal nucleocapsid-specific antibodies from guinea pigs and rabbits immunized with recombinant His(6)-tagged SARS CoV nucleocapsid protein. The assay was used for the detect...