A 20-day-old male infant who was born at 39 weeks of gestation was admitted to neonatal intensive care unit due to severe respiratory insufficiency. In retinal examination, peripheric retinal white-black color areas that correspond to necrotizing retinitis, moderate vitritis, macular and optic nerve head involvement, vascular leakage, and sheathing indicating perivasculitis were revealed. Despi...

conclusions although melissa gel effectively reduced pain severity on the second and forth days, it was not effective to treat rhl. results there were no significant differences between the two groups considering the changes in the size of lesions, healing time and erythema around the lesion (except on the fourth day). pain severity alterations among the two groups showed significant difference...

OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to evaluate the changes in total and anti-herpes simplex virus (HSV)-specific cervical IgA and IgG antibody profiles during and after pregnancy. METHODS Serum and cervical secretions were obtained from pregnant patients before 20 weeks gestation, at 34-36 weeks gestation, and at 6 weeks postpartum and tested for total IgA and IgG antibody and for IgA and Ig...

conclusions igm alone is not a marker for viral shedding in genital tract. molecular testing in conjunction of igg test should be evaluated as an option to determine hsv status, and applied for research on hsv genital infections records. methods two hundred and eight females were included in the study; igm antibodies against hsv1/2 were detected in serum samples; the real-time polymerase chain ...

Fetal intraperitoneal administration of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-l-derived lentiviral vectors (10(7) infectious particles/fetus) has consistently shown high levels of transduction and gene expression in the omentum, peritoneum, and diaphragm when assessed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and whole tissue fluorescence. In vivo imaging techniques were explored with early-gestation lon...

herpes simplex virus accounts for 10 to 25% of sporadic viral encephalitis throughout the world among people of different age with two peaks, one at 5 to 30 and the other at > 50 years of age. pathologic process includes focal brain tissue inflammation and necrosis (predominantly temporal lobe). therefore local neurological signs and symptoms will ensue. although csf pressure rising due to infl...

despite advances in antiviral therapy over the past 2 decades, herpes simplex encephalitis (hse) remains a serious illness with significant risk of morbidity and mortality. hse includes a range of clinical presentations, from aseptic meningitis and fever to a severe rapidly progressive form with mental status changes (clouding of consciousness, confusion, disorientation, personality changes) an...

Herpes is generally correlated with Visarpa in Ayurveda, In Modern science a viral infection caused due to species of herpesviridae. It treated several oral and topical antivirals. These medicines are very expensive have limited role cure such type infections; also they do not work upon the complications like post herpes neuralgia. Present case study enlightens about effective treatment based a...

Background: To get accustomed with cutaneous manifestations related to AIDS is effective in early diagnosis of this disease. Objective: To evaluate the cutaneous manifestations in HIV seropositive patients. Patients and Methods: A prospective, descriptive and cross-sectional study was performed on HIV-positive male prisoners in Kermanshah central prison and in addiction camp, referred to skin d...