Fourteen of 41 patients (34%) with a serological diagnosis of Bartonella henselae infection were found to have prolonged fever or fever of unknown origin, suggesting that generalized systemic B. henselae infection is not rare in immunocompetent healthy individuals.

A 55 year old female presented with fever, skin rash and subconjunctival hemorrhage. She also developed hepatitis. Fever and skin rash lasted for more than three weeks. This patient was diagnosed to have rubella, highlighting the fact that rubella can present with atypical features like prolonged fever and rash, subconjunctival hemorrhage and hepatitis, especially in adults.

We report a case of typhoid fever with an unusual presentation: prolonged fever with cutaneous vasculitis, pleural effusion and splenic abscess. The diagnosis was made upon Widal serology, and after ruling out other causes of leukocytoclastic vasculitis. The outcome was favourable with antibiotics alone and without surgery.This is the second case of cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis associa...

In the management of patients with enteric fever it has been seen that improvement in the general condition and appetite of the patient are the initial signs of recovery and the last thing to respond is the fever. The duration of fever in uncomplicated cases of enteric fever is approximately 4-5 days. But in cases where there is coinfection or complication the duration may get prolonged. The sa...

This study was done to evaluate transvaginal ultrasonographic measurement of cervical length at 20 to 24 weeks and 37 weeks as a predictor of prolonged pregnancy (defined as a pregnancy that extended beyond 41+2 weeks of gestation [289 days]) in nulliparous women. This prospective observational study enrolled 149 consecutive nulliparous women with singleton gestation at 37 weeks. Cervical lengt...

Scant scientific attention has been given to the abundance and distribution of marine biota in the face of the lower sea level, and steeper latitudinal gradient in climate, during the ice-age conditions that have dominated the past million years. Here we examine the glacial persistence of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) populations using two ecological-niche-models (ENM) and the first broad synthes...