Attitudes to malarial prophylaxis.

Quinine in Malarial Prophylaxis

David Bruce a very pertinent demand for positive proof of the prophylactic value of quinine against malaria. So many of the senior medical officers in military employ share Sir David Brace's scepticism, while so many of their contemporaries in civil employ held a contrary view, that I venture to submit the grounds on which my own profound distrust of the treatment is based. One of my predecesso...

Gay men’s attitudes to and perceptions of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post- exposure prophylaxis (PEP) Question What are gay men’s attitudes to and perceptions of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP)? Key Take-Home Messages

 There were fewer studies published on the potential use of nonoccupational PEP (nPEP) among men who have sex with men than those on PrEP.  Although 47% to 64% of men who have sex with men were aware of nPEP, fewer than 5% had used nPEP (1-3).  The proportion of men who have sex with men aware of PrEP ranged from 13% to 64% (2;4-8), but reported use of PrEP was much lower: from 0.4% to 2% (4...

Attitudes toward Infection Prophylaxis in Pediatric Oncology: A Qualitative Approach

BACKGROUND The risks and benefits of infection prophylaxis are uncertain in children with cancer and thus, preferences should be considered in decision making. The purpose of this report was to describe the attitudes of parents, children and healthcare professionals to infection prophylaxis in pediatric oncology. METHODS THE STUDY WAS COMPLETED IN THREE PHASES: 1) An initial qualitative pilot...

An Audit of Perioperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis: Time to Take Action

Urticaria Due to Malarial Infection

(1919) regard urticaria as a manifestation of hypersensitivenes's to the malarial parasite as extremely rare. In recent years, cases showing urticaria as a result of hypersensitiveness to malarial parasites have been reported by Eyermann and Strauss (1930), Davies (1936), Gouriou (1938) and Agrama (1940) in Africa and Europe and by Chatterjee (1939) in India, who reported three cases. The case ...