Crohn's disease is a chronic illness that may often follow a relapsing-remitting course. Many of the factors that may be associated with the spontaneous remission of this disease (i.e. not related to specific treatment) remain to be determined. In the present report, we review the medical history of a patient with a long history of moderate to severe Crohn's whose complete remission immediately...

The article presents a case of periodic fever (PF) in 35-year-old patient, who did not have hereditary and proven genetic factors the disease, which was characterized by an atypical course with variable duration frequency severe abdominal pain febrile attacks, increased acute phase reactants ineffectiveness colchicine intake. Differential diagnosis wide range conditions performed. Daily subcuta...

objective to evaluate the efficacy and common side effects of intermittent clonazepam in febrile  seizures. materials & methods this study was an experimental trial designed to determine the efficacy of intermittent clonazepam in febrile seizures .thirty patients with an age range of 6 months to 5 years (60% male, 40% female) were studied. children with a history of psychomotor delay, abnormal ...

introduction : it has been reported that low serum ferritin level may increase risk factor of febrile convulsion. the aim of this study was to determine the level of serum ferritin in children with and without febrile convulsion. materials and methods : 40 children, 20 case with febrile convulsion and 20 healthy controls were studied.  case and control group were matched for age, sex and weight...

We have investigated the genetic evolution of three functionally distinct regions of the equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV) genome (env, rev, and long terminal repeat) during recurring febrile episodes in a pony experimentally infected with a well-characterized reference biological clone designated EIAV(PV). Viral populations present in the plasma of an EIAV(PV)-infected pony during sequenti...

OBJECTIVE To determine the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of testing for and empirically treating herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in neonates with fever aged from birth to 28 days. DESIGN Cost-effectiveness analysis. SETTING Decision model. PATIENTS Neonates with fever with no other symptoms and neonates with fever with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pleocytosis. INTERVEN...

In the past decade, malaria control has been successfully implemented in Cambodia, leading to a substantial decrease in reported cases. Wide-spread use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) has revealed a large burden of malaria-negative fever cases, for which no clinical management guidelines exist at peripheral level health facilities. As a first step towards developing such guidelines, a ...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the pattern of vancomycin administration in the hematology-oncology ward of Nemazee Hospital, Shiraz, Iran. Study criteria were developed to assess the several parameters involved in vancomycin therapy. These parameters include the appropriateness of drug usage, dosage, duration of therapy, monitoring for toxicity and serum concentration monitoring. ...