نتایج جستجو برای: chemoprophylaxis

تعداد نتایج: 1426  

2011
Kathrine R. Tan Alan J. Magill Monica E. Parise Paul M. Arguin

Doxycycline, a synthetically derived tetracycline, is a partially efficacious causal prophylactic (liver stage of Plasmodium) drug and a slow acting blood schizontocidal agent highly effective for the prevention of malaria. When used in conjunction with a fast acting schizontocidal agent, it is also highly effective for malaria treatment. Doxycycline is especially useful as a prophylaxis in are...

2012
Amy M. Dechet Michele Parsons Madan Rambaran Pheona Mohamed-Rambaran Anita Florendo-Cumbermack Shamdeo Persaud Shirematee Baboolal Mary D. Ari Sean V. Shadomy Sherif R. Zaki Christopher D. Paddock Thomas A. Clark Lazenia Harris Douglas Lyon Eric D. Mintz

BACKGROUND Leptospirosis is a zoonosis usually transmitted through contact with water or soil contaminated with urine from infected animals. Severe flooding can put individuals at greater risk for contracting leptospirosis in endemic areas. Rapid testing for the disease and large-scale interventions are necessary to identify and control infection. We describe a leptospirosis outbreak following ...

2014
Yong Sung Won Mihyeong Kim Kang Woong Jun Woo Seok Nam Sanghyun Ahn Jeong-Kye Hwang Sang-Dong Kim Sun-Cheol Park Sang Seob Yun Won-Chul Lee Jang-Sang Park Jang Yong Kim

Objective: Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is very common and leading cause of death due to this procedure. The objective of this study was to investigate the incidence and clinical characteristics of DVT after TKA with DVT chemoprophylaxis. Methods: This is a prospective cohort study in single institution. The patients received postoperative DVT chemoprophylaxis ...

Journal: :International journal of epidemiology 1999
R Marchand P Tousignant H Chang

BACKGROUND To determine if the more interventionist approach of screening with the tuberculin test and chemoprophylaxis for high-risk positive reactors to control tuberculosis in long-term care facilities is cost-effective when compared to the case-finding and treatment approach. METHOD A decision-analysis model was designed wherein systematic screening with the tuberculin skin test of all el...

Introduction: More than one third of travelers to developing countries report health problems when traveling. The Egyptian Ministry of Health reports the occurrence of 400 cases of malarial infection yearly among Egyptian travelers. This article aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of Egyptian travelers towards infectious diseases, vaccination, and malari...

Journal: :acta medica iranica 0
iwalokun bamidele abiodun molecular biology and biotechnology division, nigerian institute of medical research, lagos, nigeria . afolabi oluwadun department of medical microbiology and parasitoogy, olabisi onabanjo university, sagamu-ogun state. aina olugbenga ayoola maternal and child complex, isolo general hospital, nigeria. iwalokun senapon olusola olorunda primary health centre, badagry, lagos, nigeria.

asymptomatic malaria (asm) has been implicated in the development of hemolytic crisis in infected sickle cell anemia (sca) patients worldwide. this study surveyed steady state sca nigerian patients for asm to investigate the influence of malaria prevention behaviors and age on parasitaemia and multiplicity of infection (moi). a total of 78 steady sca patients aged 5 – 27 years on routine care a...

Journal: :journal of cardio-thoracic medicine 0
basavaraju jayadeva pulmonologist., department of pulmonary medicine, bangalore medical college and research institute, bangalore, india nagaraja chikkananjaiah pulmonologist, department of pulmonary medicine ,bangalore medical college and research institute, bangalore, india. veeranna gowda internal medicine, department of internal medicine , bangalore medical college and research institute, bangalore, india. devika rani anesthesiologist, department of anesthesiology , bangalore medical college and research institute, bangalore, india. shebin poovathingal pulmonologist, department of pulmonary medicine, bangalore medical college and research institute, bangalore, india

introduction: this study aimed to evaluate the clinical profile and outcomes of adult patients screened and diagnosed with h1n1 influenza infection at a tertiary care hospital in india. materials and methods: this retrospective  study was conducted on all adult patients suspected of h1n1 influenza admitted at a teaching hospital during the epidemic period of january-march 2015. patients were sc...

Journal: :Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 1972

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