HPV16 persistent infection and recurrent disease after LEEP

Early human papillomavirus testing predicts residual/recurrent disease after LEEP

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the predictive factors for residual/recurrent disease and to analyze the timing for Pap smears and human papillomavirus (HPV) testing during follow-up after loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 2 or worse. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed 183 patients (mean age, 39.3 years) with CIN ...

Recurrent croup and persistent laryngomalacia: Clinical resolution after supraglottoplasty.

OBJECTIVES To determine if children with recurrent croup (RC) and persistent laryngomalacia (LM) clinically improve after supraglottoplasty (SGP). MATERIAL AND METHODS Retrospective chart review cohort at tertiary care children's hospital consisting of patients diagnosed with LM and RC that underwent SGP from July 2011 to August 2014. Clinical history, demographics, clinical outcomes, and ope...

Fabry disease exhibiting recurrent stroke and persistent inflammation.

We describe two cases of Fabry disease in non-blood-related Japanese men, manifesting recurrent stroke even after the start of enzyme replacement therapy. Both exhibited chronic inflammation and ocular involvement with elevated levels of serum C reactive protein prior to the onset of stroke. We, therefore, suggest the association among persistent inflammation, ocular involvement and recurrent s...

Application of HPV DNA Testing in Follow-up after Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedures in Northern Thailand.

BACKGROUND HPV DNA testing has been recently introduced as an adjunct test to cytology in the follow-up of patients after treatment for cervical lesions using the loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP). The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of HPV testing in the detection of persistent or recurrent disease after LEEP in patients with cervical epithelial lesions in northern Thai...

Symptomatic congenital CMV infection after recurrent maternal infection