Tinea capitis (TC) is a common childhood fungal infection which, if untreated, can cause long-term scarring. A number of antifungal drugs with proven efficacy are available for the treatment of TC. However, varying dosage schedules, changes in epidemiology, and rising drug resistance are factors that hamper treatment in some cases. A prospective, non-blinded, cross-sectional study of three comm...

Tumor surgical resection margin status is important for any malignant lesion. When this occurs in conjunction with efforts to preserve or conserve the afflicted organ, these margins become extremely important. With the demonstration of no difference in overall survival between mastectomy versus lumpectomy and radiation for breast carcinoma, there is a definite trend toward smaller resections co...

Diarrhoeagenic E.coli is the most common bacterial pathogen causing childhood diarrhoea. In this study 100 stool samples from children having diarrhoea and 25 samples from healthy children were collected and 39 and 7 E.coli was isolated respectively. The strains were screened for ESBL production. 28 isolate (71.8%) in double disc synergy method and 22 isolate (56.4%) in phenotypic confirmation ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a rare disease. Its prevalence in Poland is around 1 : 5000, and adult patients comprise as little as 32% of all patients suffering from this disease. CF treatment is based on a properly selected and effective pharmacotherapy. The aim of this study was to understand the regimen of pharmacotherapy in adult CF population in Poland, and to calculate the costs of drugs used ...

Transsexual subjects are individuals who have a desire to live and be accepted as a member of the opposite sex, usually accompanied by a sense of discomfort with, or inappropriateness of, one’s anatomic sex, and a wish to have surgery and hormonal treatment to make one’s body as congruent as possible with one’s preferred sex. They seek to develop the physical characteristics of the desired gend...

We describe a protocol for treating tire explosion injuries to the hands on the basis of treatment of five cases over a 3-year period at Emory University Hospital. These high-energy wounds frequently require emergent initial debridement and stabilization, followed by complex soft tissue and skeletal reconstruction to maximize function. Data from all cases are summarized to show similarities amo...

BACKGROUND Understanding contraception from the perspective of the user may help to improve compliance. The aim of this project was to determine the factors that influence the noncompliance in young women that use combined hormonal contraceptives (pill, patch or vaginal ring). METHODS A nationwide cross-sectional multicenter epidemiology study. Physicians [obstetricians/gynecologists]) record...

Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaws (MRONJ) can be considered an inability of the alveolar bone to respond to an injury, which frequently leads to severe local and systemic complications. Once the problem is installed, dentist must use all therapeutic approaches recommended. This manuscript reports a successful management of MRONJ handled with antibiotics, conservative debridement, low...

Nonadherence to treatment is a major challenge in all fields of medicine, and it has been claimed that increasing the effectiveness of adherence interventions may have far greater impact on the health of the population than any improvement in specific medical treatments. However, despite widespread use of terms such as adherence and compliance, there is little agreement on definitions or measur...

Methods Thirty seven patients were treated using the SpineCor Brace in Seville. Of the 37, 33 patients met criteria of the SpineCorporation international multicenter study treatment protocol. These patients were still under treatment and had not yet achieved a definitive outcome (two years follow-up post brace treatment). The girls were premenarchal or less than 1 year postmenarchal. Effectiven...