Results Our patients were 4 to 15 years old ( average 10,78 years ). Ocular signs were found at 13 cases among 19 followed for behcet disease ( 68,4% ). The attack was bilateral in 11 cases ( 84% ). In 2 cases, ocular attack was inaugural. The uveitis was total in 3 patients, anterior in 3 others cases, intermediar in 2 cases, severe in one case. Papillar oedema was noted in 2 cases, retinian v...

Behcet’s Disease (BD) is a multisystem inflammatory disorder of chronic course, highly frequent in certain ethnic groups (Turks, Israelis, Oriental). Although the disease is considered of low prevalence in children, recent registries indicates an increase in disease recognition. It characterizes by a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations, including ocular, musculoskeletal, CNS, gastrointest...

There is an urgent need for rapid, accurate detection and classification of carbapenemases. The current study evaluated the automated BD Phoenix CPO Detect and the manual bioMérieux Rapidec Carba NP tests for meeting these needs. Both tests were challenged with 294 isolates of Enterobacteriaceae spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Acinetobacter baumannii chosen to provide extreme diagnostic diffi...

Thirty-two patients with Behcet's syndrome were surveyed clinically, radiologically, and immunologically. HLA antigens were determined in a proportion. The patients were culled from a defined geographical area (Yorkshire) with a population of 5 million. 21 patients satisfied Mason and Barnes's (1969) criteria for major disease. 100% had mouth ulceration, 91% genital ulceration, 66% skin complai...

Bilirubin is sensitive to light and oxygen. The rate of photodegradation of unconjugated bilirubin (Bu) was nearly twice that of monoconjugated bilirubin (mBc) and three fold that of diconjugated bilirubin (dBc); delta bilirubin (Bd) was the most stable against photoirradiation. In the presence of serum albumin, conjugated bilirubin (Bc: i.e., mBc and dBc) showed the highest rate of oxidation b...

OBJECTIVE To describe symptoms, signs, laboratory findings and to compare sensitivity of several classification criteria in Thai patients who were diagnosed with Behcet's disease. MATERIAL AND METHOD Using medical records from the rheumatology unit, Siriraj hospital, all cases diagnosed with Behcet's disease by our rheumatology staff were identified and reviewed. Demographic data, clinical pr...