Varicella is usually benign exanthematous disease, which primarily affects children. The common complications are bacterial infection of skin eruptions, pneumonia, cerebellar ataxia, hepatitis, thrombocytopenia and arthritis [1]. Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is a rare complication of varicella and only few cases are reported [2-5]. Overall the incidence of AIHA in children is as low as 0....

BACKGROUND Plants are an efficient source of natural antioxidant against free radicals causing kidney damages. Sida cordata ethyl acetate fraction has been reported for strong in vitro antioxidant potency, previously. In the present study, our objective was to evaluate its in vivo antioxidant potency against CCl4 induced nephrotoxicity and investigates the bioactive phytochemicals by HPLC-DAD a...

In studying the pathogenesis of anaemia associated with many clinical disorders one is often confronted with the problem of whether intravascular haemolysis is taking place. Haemolysis may result either from an intrinsic abnormality of the red cell, rendering it of shorter life span than normal, and this may be of an hereditary or acquired nature, or, alternatively, from the presence of some pl...

1. Describe the principle and procedure. 2. Compare and contrast reagent strip characteristics among manufacturers. 3. Interpret results. 4. Define expected normal values. 5. Suggest causes for abnormal findings. 6. Identify sources of error. 7. Suggest appropriate confirmatory tests. 8. Correlate results of chemical tests with those of physical examination. 9. Predict findings of microscopic e...

One important contributory factor in producing anaemia in lead poisoning in human subjects is undoubtedly the inhibition of the biosynthesis of haem in erythroid bone marrow cells (Eriksen, 1955). To what extent a haemolytic action of lead participates has been the subject of much experimental study. McFadzean and Davis (1949) demonstrated more abundant stippled cells in the bone marrow of lead...

Case i. Sch., Franz, was born in 192.1. As a boy he was nicknamed “the negro” because of marked pigmentation. He was healthy apart from bouts of eczema. In 1939, at the age of i8 he had poliomyelitis with resulting weakness of the abdominal muscles. Anemia was discovered for the first time during this illness, with hemoglobin levels varying betwen 6o and 8o per cent. In April 1945, the hemoglob...

The patient, aged 29 years, para 3, unmarried, and of subnormal intelligence, was first seen in the thirtyfourth week of pregnancy at the hospital antenatal clinic. Previous pregnancies were uneventful and there was no record of serious illnesses. The family history was irrelevant. The present pregnancy progressed uneventfully until early in the sixth month when she had a severe haemorrhage fro...

The gastrointestinal microflora, the largest single collection of cells in the body, influence their human host in a variety of ways. Useful in this connection is the concept of Microflora-Associated Characteristics (MACs), which are defined as any anatomical structure or physiological, biochemical or immunological function in the host that is affected by the microflora. In the present investig...

acial paralysis has been reported in the literature subsequent to multiple insults but its occurrence after herpes zoster infection is a drastic, disfiguring and painful event with poorer outcomes. Ramsay Hunt syndrome (RHS) is characterized by the presence of cochleovestibular symptoms in association with facial paralysis. Facial nerve palsy has long been considered to have mainly infectious e...

Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and/or Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in urine using molecular amplification assays has permitted institutions with limited medical facilities to offer testing for these sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The Nebraska Public Health Laboratory (NPHL) investigated the validity of urine samples submitted for C trachomatis and/or N gonorrhoeae amplification af...