Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID) is a heterogeneous group of diseases progressing with recurrent infections. This disease should be considered in cases experiencing lung infection, otitis media, rhinosinusitis, and urinary tract infection. Since it generally seen the childhood age group, diagnosis adults may delayed. A case, which was followed up our clinic characterized by upper respira...

To the Editor: In their randomized study comparing fidaxomicin with vancomycin for Clostridium difficile infection, Louie et al. (Feb. 3 issue)1 found that substantially fewer patients in the fidaxomicin group had recurrences of C. difficile infection within 4 weeks after the conclusion of treatment. We recently reported on an observational study involving U.S. veterans in which the recurrence ...

Recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs), primarily caused by uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC), annually affect over 13 million patients in the United States. Menopausal women are disproportionally susceptible, suggesting estrogen deficiency is a significant risk factor for chronic and recurrent UTI. How estrogen status governs susceptibility to UTIs remains unknown, and whether hormone t...

The study of recurrent epidemic outbreaks has been attracting great attention for decades, but its underlying mechanism is still under debate. Based on a large number of real data from different cities, we find that besides the seasonal periodic outbreaks of influenza, there are also non-periodic outbreaks, i.e. non-seasonal or non-annual behaviors. To understand how the non-periodicity shows u...

Recurrent urinary tract infection is a common infectious disease seen in the clinic. It is very prevalent in women; as many as 15% of women develop urinary tract infection each year, and at least 25% have one or more recurrences. Chronic inflammation and increased urothelial apoptosis reflect a common pathophysiology in various lower urinary tract dysfunctions, causing bladder storage symptoms....

introduction urinary tract infection is a common disease in the general population. however, in patients with frequent urinary tract infection, it is important to determine any treatable cause to avoid recurrence. case presentation herlyn-werner-wunderlich syndrome or ohvira syndrome is a very rare congenital anomaly with uterus didelphys, obstructed hemivagina, and ipsilateral renal agenesis. ...

Introduction: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) belongs to the group of human herpes viruses and can cause the clinical syndrome of infectious mononucleosis. EBV infection has been reported to cause several neurological complications. However, cranial nerve deficits are rare and have been infrequently reported. To our knowledge, recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy in EBV acutely infected patients has been r...

background: helicobacter pylori is the most common cause of chronic infection in the human stomach. the infection has universe prevalence in all age groups. probably, this bacterium is the cause of most common chronic bacterial infection in human beings and infects approximately half of the world population. h. pylori produces urease, an enzyme that degrades the urea in the stomach’s mucous to ...

during a 30-month period. 2s patients with deep infected median sternotomy wounds were managed surgically. fifteen patients had chronic sternal osteomyelitis with associated costochondruis, 7 patients had only costochondritis, and 3 patients had dehiscence and/or mediastinitis. twenty were male and 5 were female their ages rangedfrom 11 to 71 years. nine patients had 11 failed previous attempts...