conclusions though antibiotics are rarely indicated, they are often still used to treat rtis. the resulting increase in bacterial resistance, the lack of treatment efficacy, and drug-related side effects all underscore the need for alternative strategies to manage recurrent rtis. this article uses a typical pediatric case study to review central issues in the diagnosis and management of recurre...

gastrointestinal aspergillosis most often occurs in the setting of disseminated infection from a primary pulmonary site and primary gastrointestinal aspergillosis is an unusual presentation. we report a 7 year old female child with aplastic anemia, who was under treatment but experienced periods of neutropenia. she had no evidence of respiratory aspergillosis before the onset of abdominal sympt...

although gastrointestinal involvement by metastatic malignant melanoma is common but primary gastrointestinal (gi) melanoma has been reported in rare cases. in this study we report two cases of primary gastrointestinal malignant melanoma that one of them is a known case of neurofibromatosis type 1(nf1). both cases showed no evidence of any lesions in skin and eye. malignant melanoma of gi tract...

a rare case of diffuse lymphomatous polyposis of the gastrointestinal tract is reported in which the patient presented with abdominal pain, weight loss and bloody diarrhea. x-rays revealed multiple polyps involving the stomach, small intestine and colon. biopsies confirmed the diagnosis of lymphomatous polyposis. the duration of symptoms and signs was 3 months. diffuse lymphomatous polyposis of...

The authors report the underestimated cognitive, mood, and behavioral complications in patients who have undergone bilateral contemporaneous pallidotomy, as seen in their early experience with functional neurosurgery for Parkinson's disease (PD) that is accompanied by severe motor fluctuations before pallidal stimulation. Four patients, not suffering from dementia, with advanced (Hoehn and Yahr...

six cases of gastrointestinal duplications with varied manifestations are being presented. case 1 presented with an epigastric mass, case 2 presented with an epigastric mass along with projectile vomiting since birth time, case 3 had severe colicky pain and was admitted as an emergency case, case 4 presented with massive rectal bleeding along with hypovolemic shock, case 5 was admitted for cons...

background urinary tract infections (utis) are among the most commonly bacterial infections in clinical practice.almost half of all women experience at least one urinary tract infection in their lifetime. this study compared efficacy and safety of 3-day and 7-day ciprofloxacin regimen for the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infection in women. patients and methods a total of 76 patient...

background urinary tract infection (uti) is one of the most common bacterial diseasesworldwidethat can be presented asymptomatic or symptomatic, characterized by a wide range of symptoms from mild irritative voiding to bacteremia, sepsis, or even death. in latter decades, widespread utilization of antibiotics has resulted in increased incidence of antibiotic resistance among urinary tract patho...