Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3658/1510111
Predictors of Dengue Shock Syndrome: APTT Elevation as a Risk Factor in Children with Dengue Fever
Vijayaraghavan, MD, Thay Wee Ying, MD, Foong Shing Weu, MD and Hafsa Palile
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: February 17, 2020
A retrospective study was conducted to investigate the risk factors in dengue cases admitted from 2005 to 2010 in Tawau Hospital, Sabah. A total of 732 cases admitted as suspected dengue were analysed and out of it 203 patients were found to be positive for dengue serology. Clinical and Laboratory data’s were collected and analysed for the risk factors. In our observation over period of time we found APTT was raised in most of the DHF/DSS. So want to see the significance of APTT as a risk fact...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3658/1510110
Dog Scratch Fever Secondary to Capnocytophaga Species in a Patient Without Risk Factors
Linda C Klumpp, MD, Gustine Liu-Young, MD, James Craig, MD, Leonard Hamera, MD, Jeffrey Jordan, MD, Srinivas Dantuluri, DO and Sunoj Abraham, MD
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: February 12, 2020
Capnocytophaga is a rare bacteria found in the saliva of canines. C. canimorsus is present in the oral cavity of 67-86% of dogs. In vitro growth requires specialized media. Patients who are immunocompromised are at greatest risk for infection. There are no clinical trials examining the duration of antibiotics. Capnocytophaga species is a very rare fastidious, slow growing gram negative rod found in the saliva of canines and felines. It belongs to the genus flavobacteriacea, a capnophilic faculta...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3658/1510109
Aeromonas Hydrophila Infection in an Immunocompetent Patient Leading to Necrotizing Fasciitis
Asish Regmi and Pushpa Khanal
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: February 10, 2020
We present to you the case of 77 YO female with PMH of DM, A fib and recent H/O ascending cholangitis and cholecystectomy complicated by ruptured gallbladder with bile peritonitis and JP drain placement. After the discharge she was having diarrhea and was tested positive for C diff and was started on oral vancomycin. Almost about 2 weeks after the discharge she started to develop sudden onset of right leg pain, because of that she was taken to the ED of outside hospital where there was a suspici...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3658/1510108
An Acute Gastroenteritis Outbreak Caused by Astrovirus Serotype 4 in a School of Shenzhen City, China, 2017
Luo Li, Li Yuan, Gao Zhiyong, Zeng Jinshui, Lian Yiyao, Song Wentao, Lv Bin, Chen Qi, Liu Na, Jin Miao, Liao Qiaohong, Wu shuyu, Li Zhongjie, Shi Guoqing and Ran Lu
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: January 29, 2020
Human astrovirus (HAstV) was first detected by Appleton and Higgins in 1975 in association with an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis in a maternity ward in England, and the same year named by Madeley and Cosgrove because of its star-like appearance. Astrovirus along with rotavirus, norovirus and sapovirus, is recognized as a common cause of viral acute gastroenteritis in adults and children. Similarly, with other enteric pathogens, the main clinical symptoms of astrovirus are vomiting, diarrhea,...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3658/1510106
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS): An Imprecisely Defined Infectious Disease Caused by Stealth Adapted Viruses
W John Martin
Article Type: Commentary | First Published: January 20, 2020
Much of the research on the chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is misguided for two major reasons. First, it is falsely assumed that CFS is a distinct, definable illness, which can be reliably differentiated from other neurological and psychiatric illnesses. Second, in spite of compelling evidence to the contrary, CFS is not generally regarded as an infectious illness. This review addresses these two issues and is followed by a brief discussion on stealth adapted viruses and the alternative cellular...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3658/1510105
Pilot Study on Frequency in Schoolchildren with Parasitism
Osvaldo Batista Rojas, MSc
Article Type: Research Ar ticle | First Published: January 15, 2020
Among infectious diseases, those produced by intestinal parasites are an important health problem for man. To characterize intestinal parasitism clinically and epidemiologically in young patients. An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in the Clinic 11 of the Finlay Polyclinic with schoolchildren diagnosed with intestinal parasitisms from the Hermanos Montalvo Primary School January-May 2019. There was a predominance of the male sex with 91%, with the age group m...
