strongyloides stercoralis is a free living tropical and semitropical soil nematode which its larva penetrates skin. it can complete its life cycle in human body and causes autoinfection. most patients have no frank symptoms. but respiratory, gastrointestinal and skin manifestation may occur. we report a 76 year old man admitted to emergency room with muscle weakness, dyspnea, nausea, vomiting w...

purpose: to characterize the histopathologic, electron microscopic and confocal scan features of ahram mineral water (amw)-induced keratopathy in cadaver corneas. methods: seven cadaver globes were examined, five of which were exposed to amw from the corneal side for different durations (30 seconds, 3, 15, 30, and 60 minutes) and the other two were considered as controls. after performing confo...

PURPOSE To describe ocular manifestations in patients with microscopic polyangiitis. METHODS Two patients with microscopic polyangiitis complained of ocular symptoms and underwent ophthalmologic examinations. RESULTS An 83-year-old woman (Case 1) was diagnosed with microscopic polyangiitis, according to the general clinical findings and the presence of perinuclear pattern of antineutrophil ...

Maternal consumption of folic acid before pregnancy and during early pregnancy is associated with a reduced risk for some birth defects. Whether folic acid can reduce the risk for imperforate anus is unknown. As part of a public health campaign conducted in China from 1993 through 1995, the outcomes of pregnancies of > or =20 weeks' gestation were evaluated among women using folic acid suppleme...

ABSTRACT: In this retrospective study, the clinical and anatomopathological findings of fungal diseases in dogs cats Northeastern Brazil are described. During study period, 6,827 histopathological examinations (4,090 necropsies 2,737 biopsies) companion animals were reviewed, infections diagnosed 54 cases. Of these, 32 cases 22 dogs. Sporotrichosis was most prevalent mycosis (19/54), followed b...