background: clofibrate is a pharmacological agent, which affects the lipid metabolism. this compound could be involved in bilirubin accumulation and excretion process. therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of oral clofibrate intake on total serum bilirubin (tsb) of neonates hospitalized at khatam hospital. methods: this clinical trial was conducted on 73 neonates with hyperbilirubi...

onychomycosis refers to nail infections, caused by fungi including yeasts and non-dermatophyte moulds. one or several toenails or fingernails (seldom all) may be involved in this condition. many cases of fingernail onychomycosis are due to yeasts. fungal infection has emerged as an important cause of neonatal infection, associated with significant morbidity and mortality, especially in very low...

teicoplanin is a glycoside antibiotic which consists of five closely related glycopeptide antibiotics with similar antibacterial properties to vancomycin that were first isolated in 1976. teicoplanin is active against many gram-positive anaerobe microorganisms and is particularly potent against clostridium species. it is also active against most listeria, enterococci and staphylococci including...

objectives the current study aimed to determine the incidence of neonatal infection (nicus) in south sinai neonatal intensive care units, egypt. methods the study included 1023 neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care units in the south sinai state hospitals from january 2010 to september 2014 and scanned for demographic data and the potential risk factors for neonatal septicemia. results t...

We report a term, small for gestational age neonate having full spectrum of VACTERL association. In addition, the neonate also had triad of signs and symptoms associated with prune belly syndrome. The concurrence of these two syndromes could lie in their common etiology of defect in mesodermal differentiation. Such a combination is extremely rare and is generally incompatible with life.

association of vertebral, anal, cardiac, tracheoesophageal, renal and  limb anomalies (vacterl) is rare anomaly with an incidence of 1.6 per 10000 births. this condition is a combination of anomalies recognized  as a hereditary entity with poor prognosis. herein, we report vacterl association presenting with auricle atresia. a male neonate with a birth weight of 2690 grams, head circumference 3...

background and objective: according to the fact that neonatal infection is a challenging diagnosis field, several studies have tried to test sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic tests. this study was conducted to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of procalcitonin (pct) as a single early marker of neonatal sepsis. materials and methods: in this study, 150 neonates admitted to nicu an...

septicemia in neonates is the commonest cause of mortality. early recognition and diagnosis of neonatal sepsis remains a challenge because of the variable and nonspecific clinical presentation. the laboratory criteria are often non specific and not fully reliable. the objective of this review is to highlight the various hematological and biological markers of neonatal sepsis. we searched pubmed...

Embryonic development time has been of long-standing interest to physiologists and ecologists because of its importance in understanding the behaviour and ecology of reproduction, and the evolution of reproductive strategies in animals. Yet, the relationship of embryonic development time to both neonate mass and incubation temperature remains poorly understood for most taxonomic groups. Here we...

Can people categorize the sex of neonate faces? Our experiment tested the sex categorization of neonate faces by adult participants. We used a set of 120 Caucasian faces (adults and 4-day-old neonates) that were presented just once to a large sample of participants. A computational model of low-level visual processing, based on Gabor filters, was used to explore the relation between spatial-fre...