Cases of the above kind are by no means common, and I think the following is for this reason alone worthy of being put on record.

Staphylococcus pseudintermedius is an important opportunistic pathogen of companion animals, especially dogs. Since 2006 there has been a significant emergence of methicillin-resistant S. pseudintermedius (MRSP) mainly due to clonal spread. This article reviews research on MRSP with a focus on occurrence, methods used for identification, risk factors for colonization and infection, zoonotic pot...

Objective: To compare the duration for stabilization of respiratory rate in children having pneumonia with and without rickets. Methods: This case control study was conducted at Department of Paediatrics Dow University of Health Sciences and Civil Hospital Karachi, Pakistan, from January to August 2016. In this study 100 diagnosed cases of pneumonia with age group of >2 months to 60 months were...

UNLABELLED: Renal control of systemic phosphate homeostasis is critical as evident from inborn and acquired diseases causing renal phosphate wasting. At least three transport proteins are responsible for renal phosphate reabsorption: NAPI-IIa (SLC34A1), NAPI-IIc (SLC34A3) and PIT-2 (SLC20A2). These transporters are highly regulated by various cellular mechanisms and factors including acid-base ...

Privational infantile rickets is now rare in the UK. Privational vitamin D deficiency remains common in the British Asian population, leading to neonatal, infantile and late rickets in childhood and osteomalacia (adult rickets) in Asian women (Dunnigan et al. 1962; Ford et al. 1972a, 1973; Holmes et al. 1973; Stamp et al. 1980). The prevalence of these manifestations of severe vitamin D deficie...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The treatment for X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH) with phosphate and calcitriol can be complicated by secondary hyperparathyroidism and nephrocalcinosis. Furthermore, vitamin D and phosphate stimulate FGF23 production, the pathogenic factor causing XLH. We investigated in XLH patients: 1) whether treatment with the calcimimetic agent, cinacalcet, will block the rise in...

A 29-year-old female (Weight=50 kg, Height=152 cm, Body Mass Index= 21.6 Kg/m, target height: 151.5 cm) with symptomatic XLHR (X-linked Hypophosphatemic Rickets) since childhood was referred for evaluation of hypercalcemia. At the age of three years, during evaluation for growth retardation and features of rickets along with hypophosphatemia, she received the diagnosis of XLHR. Family history w...