Nephrotoxicity associated with vancomycin is a commonly feared and mainly preventable adverse effect. Non-severe cases of nephrotoxicity resolve upon discontinuation the medication. We present case 45-year-old man who developed renal dysfunction following antibiotic therapy as result lack dose adaptation to measured serum nadirs.

in this study 71 head of conceiving ewe and their progeny (91 head) from the flock of lori-bakhtiari sheep (360 head), in sholi station were randomly selected to determine the relationship between the immunoglobulin (igg) concentration in the ewe's serum and colostrum, and lamb's serum. ewe blood sample, colostrum of ewe and blood of the lamb was taken 2 weeks before parturition, 1 to 8 hours a...

background : methamphetamine (ma) is an illegal amphetamine-like which stimulate the central nervous system. in recent years, ma has been widely abused worldwide. previous studies have suggested that oxidative stress (os) plays an important role in ma-induced toxicity. from this view, antioxidant therapy could be considered as a potential drug therapy in ma abusers. therefore, the objective of ...

background: patients with transfusional iron overload have depended on iron chelation therapy and improving chelation regimens have been of the highest priority. the aim of this study was to compare effect of combined versus monotherapy with deferoxamine (dfo) and deferiprone (dfp) in iron overloaded beta thalassemia (bt) major patients materials and methods we studied 36 bt major patients (mea...

Purpose: To evaluate the effects of leuprorelin plus growth hormone on serum luteinizing (LH), follicle-stimulating (FSH), and estradiol (E2) levels in children with idiopathic central precocious puberty. Methods: A total 102 girls puberty who met inclusion criteria between April 2020 September 2021 were enrolled this study, assigned randomly to either a control group given only, or combined tr...

BACKGROUND Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is the most common invasive fungal disease in immunocompromised patients, and it has a 30 % mortality rate despite appropriate antifungal therapy. This retrospective study was performed to determine risk factors for mortality in immunocompromised children with IPA. METHODS Medical records of 45 probable/proven IPA cases diagnosed in children w...

Subcutaneous immunoglobulin (SCIG) treatment provides stable serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) levels, is associated with fewer systemic adverse events than intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) treatment, and offers the convenience of home therapy. In clinical practice, IVIG is still used preferentially for initiation of treatment in newly diagnosed patients with primary immunodeficiency (PI) and for i...

Perhaps the most pertinent comment to be made in connection with the publication of this text is the fact that it need be published at all; that knowledge of a disease of such long history should within such a short time expand to the point where biennial publication of a text on its treatment can be justified. With but slight changes in title, but changes which in themselves are significant, t...

Nasserwanji Hormusji Choksy (1861–1939) was the Chief Medical Officer of the Arthur Road Infectious Diseases Hospital in Bombay, which had been set up exclusively for treating infectious diseases, in 1892, and is still functioning today. He served here, till 1922, his name becoming synonymous with this institution. During the plague epidemic of 1896–97, Choksy worked, in the face of public apat...