in this paper, construction of triplet atmospheric plasma jet using argon, air, oxygen and nitrogen gases is reported. bactericidal effect of the plasma jet is also investigated. to that end, longitudinal geometric configuration for the electrodes was chosen because it would increase the jet length. electrical characteristics, jet length dependencies on the applied voltage and gas flow rate wer...

Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon malignancy of the lymphoid system characterized by the presence of Reed-Sternberg cells, which are multinucleated giant cells of B-cell origin. The average age at diagnosis is 30 years, and there is a second, but smaller, peak at 50 years or older. Patients often present with an asymptomatic mass or may have associated B symptoms like fever, drenching night ...

(Chest 1993; 104:251-53) A 23-year-old Hispanic man was admitted for bilateral arm weakness. Two weeks earlier, he had fallen forward on an outstretched left arm and developed pain. One day after visiting a local chiropractor for manipulation ofhis upper arms and back, he noted weakness and numbness in his arms as well as bilateral shoulder pain. There was no lower extremity weakness or bowel o...

Case 1 A 22-year-old aboriginal woman presented with a 12-week history of fever, night sweats, weight loss and productive cough. She had no history of lung disease or any condition known to compromise immune function. Plain chest radiography revealed consolidation and moderate volume loss in the left upper lobe of the lung, with at least 2 cavities at the apex, the largest measuring 4–5 cm in d...

Most patients with tuberculosis of the cervical spine present with localized neck pain and constitutional features like malaise, fever, anorexia, loss of body weight and night sweats, as early symptoms followed by long tract signs, with or without sphincter involvement, as the disease progresses. However, occasionally these patients may present with a radicular pain as an early presenting sympt...

Multicentric Castleman disease (MCD) is a rare nonmalignant lymphoproliferative disorder presenting systemic symptoms such as fever, night sweats, fatigue, anemia, effusions, and multifocal lymphadenopathy. The etiology of MCD has not been clarified to date. The coexistence of MCD with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) has been rarely reported. Although the pathogenesis remains unclear, th...

Background: In healthy people infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis often causes no symptoms since the person’s immune system acts to “wall off” the bacteria. The common symptoms of active TB of the lung are coughing, sometimes with sputum or blood, chest pain, weakness, weight loss, fever and night sweats. If left untreated, each person with active TB disease will infect on an average betw...