OBJECTIVE This study examined the ability of social, demographic, environmental and health-related factors to explain geographic variability in preterm delivery among black and white women in the US and whether these factors explain black-white disparities in preterm delivery. METHODS We examined county-level prevalence of preterm delivery (20-31 or 32-36 weeks gestation) among singletons bor...

We describe here the pregnancy follow-up and outcome in a patient with Takayasu's arteritis, with a detailed account of the complications during gestation and delivery and the impact of the disease on the newborn's health.

Herpes are a group of similar viruses that responsible for number infecting diseases, the most important which herpes simplex, zoster and pseudopox. Resistance to traditional antiviral medications is becoming increasingly common, making treatment such infections even more difficult. For example, usage nucleoside analogues like acyclovir target DNA-polymerase virus on regular long-term basis pro...

The national movement to eliminate elective delivery at <39 weeks' gestation has engendered much enthusiasm and is a major step forward in the evolution of perinatal patient safety. Our experience with >1 million births in the past 5 years suggests the existence of a number of potential pitfalls that should be considered in policy development, enforcement, and compliance monitoring. Attention t...

herpes simplex virus (hsv) causes a wide range of pathologies in the human central nervous system (cns) such as stroke. it was proposed that there is an association between hsv infection and stroke with different results reported by the researchers using different methods. this study aimed to investigate the frequency of hsv among stroke patient and control groups. we detected hsv in 28 stroke ...

conclusions: prevalence of hsv1/2 in mucocutaneous biopsies from pemphigus patients is 2.5% and possibly hsv1/2 has no role in the pathogenesis of pemphigus lesions. but resistant cases to treatment might be suspected to hsv. results: ten patients (25%) had a history of orolabial herpes infection. the results of all samples were negative for hsv1 except one sample which showed the positive resu...

Abstract Herpes zoster (HZ) caused by the reactivation of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) affects mainly adult population. The incidence is low in children (0.45 cases per 1000 individuals annually), especially immunocompetent. It said to be disseminated when there are &amp;gt; 20 lesions outside primary and adjacent affected dermatome. We present this case highlight a rare complication cutaneous ...