Rat bite fever is a rarely reported acute febrile bacterial illness caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis or Spirillum minus following a rat bite. It is classically characterised by abrupt onset of fever with rigors, myalgias, headache, and the appearance of a generalised maculopapular petechial skin rash. Polyarthritis complicates the course of the disease in up to 50% of infected patients, a...

Retrospective studies of military personnel and survivors of community disasters suggest a link between traumatic exposure and substance use. This is the first study to investigate this association prospectively in a military population. A representative cohort of members of the UK Armed Forces was recruited into a longitudinal study, with 1382 people surveyed at baseline, and 941 followed up a...

Bacterial nucleoid-associated proteins (NAPs) form nucleoprotein complexes and influence the expression of genes. Recent studies have shown that some plasmids carry genes encoding NAP homologs, which play important roles in transcriptional regulation networks between plasmids and host chromosomes. In this study, we determined the distributions of the well-known NAPs Fis, H-NS, HU, IHF, and Lrp ...

Milena Iwaszko 1,*, Jerzy Świerkot 2, Katarzyna Kolossa 3, Sławomir Jeka 3, Piotr Wiland 2 and Katarzyna Bogunia-Kubik 1,4 1 Laboratory of Clinical Immunogenetics and Pharmacogenetics, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Weigla 12, 53-114 Wrocław, Poland; [email protected] 2 Department of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Wrocław Medi...

OBJECTIVE To identify the percentage of parents who define the threshold for fever between 38.0°C and 38.3°C, which has not been reported previously, and to describe parental attitudes toward fever and antipyretic use. STUDY DESIGN Thirteen-question survey study of caregivers. RESULTS Overall, 81% of participants defined the threshold for fever as <38.0°C, 0% correctly defined fever between...

Fever is a prominent feature of disease since antiquity. The febrile response is orchestrated by the central nervous system through endocrine, neurological, immunological and behavioural mechanisms. Other than a regulated rise in body temperature, fever is often accompanied by various sickness behaviours, changes in metabolic and physiological characteristics of body systems and alterations in ...

BackgroundOne of the most common symptoms of diseases in infancy period is fever, and the concerns occurred could lead to encouraging parents to control fever as soon as possible. This study has been conducted to explore experiences of mothers caring children with fever.Materials and MethodsThis qualitative study was conducted using conventional content analysis. The data were collected through...