Tuberculous meningitis: When should we consider depletive lumbar punctures?

Should We Consider another Booster Dose of Measles Vaccine?

Background: To date, 36 years has passed since the beginning of measles vaccination; the disease is still circulating around the world, threatening lives of human beings especially in developing countries.  In recent years, we have confronted measles in previously vaccinated adults from all over the country. Objective: To find out if there is a need for changing our routine measles vaccination ...

Erythema nodosum :what should we consider about it?

Lumbar punctures, meningitis, and persisting pleocytosis.

A retrospective survey of children with haemophilus and pneumococcal meningitis was carried out to assess the significance of persistent CSF pleocytosis and the need for repeat lumbar punctures after adequate treatment. Persistent pleocytosis was noted in 9 of 27 patients with haemophilus meningitis; this tended to be present in those with higher initial CSF white blood counts and lower initial...

When Should We Consider Lens Distortion in Camera Calibration

In this paper, calibrating a camera refers to the process of determining the transformation between a 3D object coordinate system and the 2D image coordinate system of the camera. Knowing this transformation, 3D position of a feature point seen in two cameras can be determined by using triangulation. Suppose a distortion-free lens is had, this 3D-2D transformation can be well approximated by a ...

Repeat lumbar punctures in the diagnosis of meningitis.

Meningitis may be difficult to diagnose. If it is suspected clinically and a first lumbar puncture is normal, a second cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sample may be required within a few hours to confirm the diagnosis. A child is presented in whom CSF was normal 14 hours after the onset of illness, but who 14 hours later showed the characteristic changes of purulent meningitis. This case differs from...