Anemia during Pregnancy: Most Preventable yet most Prevalent

Diphenylhydantoin-induced severe yet reversible anemia during pregnancy.

Diphenylhydantoin (DPH) therapy, often used in treating epileptic seizures, can cause anemia in some patients. A 26-year-old female suffered from convulsions due to encephalitis and was placed on DPH therapy. About two months after the initiation of DPH therapy, her hemoglobin level was 3.8 g/dL. Her anemia improved after the discontinuation of DPH, confirming that the anemia was caused by DPH....

Addressing the most important preventable cause of death.

A Case Report About the Most Common Yet Most Forgotten Hepatitis E

BACKGROUND Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the most common cause of enterically acquired acute viral hepatitis worldwide with major prevalence in the developing countries. An increasing number of sporadic cases of acute HEV infection have also been found in developed countries, but there is still no role for HEV testing in cases of seronegative acute hepatitis in such nonendemic regions. CASE REPORT...

Fusobacterium necrophorum: most prevalent pathogen in peritonsillar abscess in Denmark.

BACKGROUND Group A streptococci are commonly regarded as the most prevalent cause of acute bacterial tonsillitis and peritonsillar abscess (PTA). However, the majority of PTA aspirates also contain strains of anaerobes, and accumulating evidence indicates that Fusobacterium necrophorum (FN) could be involved in acute tonsillitis. The purpose of the present study was to describe the epidemiology...

Endemic goitre: a preventable and yet highly prevalent disease in Sarawak.

Endemic goitre constitutes an important disease problem in many parts of the world. Kelly and Sneddon (1960), in an extensive review of the literature, estimated the number of goitrous subjects in the world to be about 200 million. Goitre has also been reported to be endemic in many areas of Southeast Asia including Sarawak in Malaysia (Fig. 1). Studies (Polunin, 1971; Alexander, 1979) indicate...