Pituitary abscess is a rare intrasellar infectious disease. It is usually treated with a combination of surgical drainage and intravenous antibiotics. We describe the case of a 38-year-old man with headache, fever, left earache, subsequent diabetes insipidus, and anterior pituitary insufficiency due to pituitary abscess, which was confirmed on the basis of clinical symptoms, laboratory examinat...

Neglect of odontogenic infections can have serious consequences. If they spread through fascial planes and intracranially they can cause an abscess, orbital cellulitis, and eventually cavernous sinus thrombosis. The authors report a case of rapid progressive bilateral orbital cellulitis and cavernous sinus thrombosis that originated from dental caries. Septic cavernous sinus thrombosis is a med...

Children often experience impalement trauma when they fall while holding objects in their mouths. While most cases heal without complications, here we report a case of buccal abscess formation after toothbrush trauma. A two-year-old boy fell running with his mouth, which punctured right mucosa. The following day, he presented to pediatrician fever and swelling was treated oral antibiotics. Howe...

We present a 12 year old girl who developed pyrexia and a widespread rash following 5 weeks of right shoulder pain. No initial source for sepsis was found. She was diagnosed with right scapula osteomyelitis following plain radiographs and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). No collection was demonstrated. Despite five days of intravenous antibiotics, she became haemodynamically compromised. She w...

PURPOSE To determine the effect of intravenous corticosteroids in the acute management of pediatric orbital cellulitis with subperiosteal abscess. METHODS The inpatient records of all patients treated for orbital cellulitis with subperiosteal orbital abscess between January 2001 and August 2003 were reviewed. The use of corticosteroids, length of hospital stay, need for surgical drainage, tre...

PURPOSE We investigated the characteristics and management of patients with intravenous misplacement of a nephrostomy tube. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between July 2007 and July 2013, 4148 patients with urolithiasis underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in our hospital. Intravenous misplacement of a nephrostomy tube occurred in two of these patients. Another patient with intravenous mispla...

Neutrophils play an important role in immunological function. Neutropenic patients are vulnerable to infection, and except fever is present, inflammatory reactions are scarce in many cases. Additionally, because infections can worsen rapidly, early evaluation and treatments are especially important in febrile neutropenic patients. In cases in which febrile neutropenia is anticipated due to anti...

Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not oral medication more effective than intravenous in the treatment peritonitis caused by bacteria. Study Design:Comparative Place and Duration: Department Internal Medicine Gangaram hospital Lahore Medical ward, THQ Hospital Dargai, from October, 2021 March, 2022. Methods: There were 102 cases both genders having spontaneous bact...

Vancomycin has been a predominant treatment for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections for decades. However, growing reservations about its efficacy led to an urgent need for new antibiotics effective against MRSA and other drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains. This review covers three new anti-MRSA antibiotics that have been recently approved by the FDA: dalbavan...