Two cases of Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfestation syndrome accompanied by Gram negative bacteraemia and meningitis were studied. Both occurred in non-immunosuppressed West Indian women.

A case of thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) treated at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Jamaica, is presented. The diagnosis, investigation and management of TOS are discussed.

tuberous sclerosis) (11–13). Therefore, most recently the treatment of WS with valproate has been overtaken and overlooked (14, 15). Overall, the treatment strategies in WS [either the first-line treatments (e.g., ACTH and vigabatrin) or the more classical nongolden treatments (e.g., valproate or other newer anticonvulsants)] are based on the assumption that an early initiation of therapy coupl...

The purpose of this report is to review the efficacy and safety of vigabatrin in the treatment of infantile spasms in infants suffering from tuberous sclerosis complex. We reviewed all studies published in the English-language literature investigating the use of vigabatrin in the treatment of infantile spasms. Ten studies gave results for the efficacy of vigabatrin in infantile spasms for infan...

113 cases of infantile spasms were diagnosed in the period 1 April 1970 to 31 March 1975 after Denmark changed her immunization programme. Previously whooping cough vaccine was given as the triple combination at 5, 6, and 15 months of age. From 1 April 1970 it was given as a monovalent vaccine at 5 and 9 weeks of age and at 10 months of age. A comparison with previous material of 86 cases of in...

This article describes a case involving the resolution of hypsarrhythmia, a generalized abnormal EEG pattern, following focal resection of a cortical tuber in a patient with tuberous sclerosis.

Department of Community Health and Psychiatry, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, School of Graduate Studies and Research, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, Department of Child Health, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, Epidemiology Research Unit, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, Early Childhood Commission, Min...

OBJECTIVE To determine Topiramate efficacy on treatment of infantile spasms and ancillary seizures, and whether there were any improvements on EEG. METHODS A retrospective study of 18 patients with infantile spasms recruited from the Pediatric Unit at King Fahd Hospital of the University, Dammam University, Saudi Arabia was carried out between January 2004 and December 2008. Topiramate was us...