Peaks of influenza activity in July 2009 and January 2010 were >90% pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1), but by May 2010, H3N2 predominated in hospital attendances (46·5%, versus 38·9% pH1N1); H3N2 hospital attendances were older (72·9% aged ≥60 years versus 13·5% for pH1N1), but the age-stratified proportions admitted for pneumonia ]were similar. As at the end of the third epidemic wave in Singapore, pH1N1 ...

Background: Diseases that cause acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) often progress rapidly, thus may cause life threatening complications, therefore, their diagnosis and cure are important. This study was carried out to investigate the causes of acute generalized weakness in children referred to Amirkola Children’s Hospital, in Babol, Iran. Methods: In this case series, the epidemiological causes of...

The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 1 February 2010 192 3 164-165 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2010 www.mja.com.au Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 reported no history of fever and no recent travel or conta with influenza-like illness (ILI). On examination, his tempe 37.0°C, oxygen saturation was 7% in room air, and he ha wheeze. No abnormalities were seen on chest x-ray. Full examination ...

Introduction: Sleep disorder caused by adenotonsillar hypertrophy has been implicated as a cause of primary and secondary nocturnal enuresis in children.  This study was conducted to investigate the effect of adenotonsillectomy on enuresis in children with adenotonsillar hypertrophy.  Materials and Methods: This prospective cohort study was conducted in Hamadan City in Western Iran, from Ap...

Background: Methicillin resistant Staphylococus Aureus (MRSA) is a cause of ‎nosocomial infections at intensive care unit (ICU), which imposes a high mortality and ‎morbidity on the health care systems.‎ The objective of this study was to evaluate the role of MRSA in patients with clinically ‎suspected ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) in toxicological ICU admitted ‎patients.Methods: This ...

background: superficial mycoses are common all around the world and the incidence continues increasingly. the aim of this study was to determine the epidemiological indices of tinea pedis  in patient who referred to medical mycology lab of kermanshah  university  of medical sciences during 1993-2010. methods: a total of 2874 patients who had admitted for foot lesion from 1993 to 2010 were inclu...

objective: the scale of the problem of poisoning is enormous hence clinico epidemiological spectrum of all poisoning cases need to explore to generate the management tool. methods: this prospective study was done at two medicine units (unit 5 and 10) of dhaka medical college hospital from july to december 2010 where all poisoning cases were seen. a total of 2890 patients were admitted out of wh...