The Occurrence of Mediterranean or Malta Fever in Bombay

ارزیابی‌ کودکان مبتلا به‌ تب مالت‌ در دو مرکز طبی ‌کودکان‌ تهران‌ و بیمارستان‌ کودکان‌ امیرکلا بابل‌ از سال‌ 1374 تا 1378

Background and purpose: Malta fever is an infectious disease caused by brucella bacteria in humen and animals and it is one of the endemic diseases in Ïran which can causes different clinical manifestations and sever complications like meningitis, endocarditis, nephritis and pancytopenia specially in children. Çansidering the incidence of malta fever in Ïran, specially in our region, we perfo...

A survey on human brucellosis "Malta fever" in IRAN (serelogical and bacteriological investigations)

Postoperative Respiratory Distress in a Patient with History of Familial Mediterranean Fever

Postoperative respiratory distress and pulmonary edema can be seen after a wide variety of serious clinical situations, or rare diseases such as familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). FMF is a multisystemic disorder characterized by recurrent bouts of fever and pain due to inflammation of the peritoneum, synovia, or pleura. We report a case with history of FMF who developed postoperative respirato...

First report of sandfly fever virus infection imported from Malta into Switzerland, October 2011.

We report the first documented cases of sandfly fever virus infection in travellers returning from Malta to Switzerland in autumn 2011. These cases illustrate the importance of considering sandfly-borne viral infection in the differential diagnosis of febrile patients from the Mediterranean island Malta. Raising awareness among physicians is relevant especially now at the beginning of the summe...

Familial Mediterranean Fever: Review of Literature and Report of Two Cases

Familial Mediterranean fever, an autosomal recessive disorder, is a member of the periodic fever syndromes, and considered to be the most common cause of recurrent febrile episodes in children. It is important to understand the disorder as familial Mediterranean fever falls on a spectrum of various presentations; the recurrent episodes of familial Mediterranean fever may be so severe that the q...