BACKGROUND Malaria is the leading cause of disease burden across the world, especially in African countries. Ethiopia has designed a five year (2011-2015) plan to cover 100% of the households in malarious areas with one insecticide treated net (ITN) for every two persons, and to raise consistent ITN utilization to at least 80%. However, evidence on ownership of ITN among malarious rural househo...

I have read with much interest the article reported by Izadpanah et al1 entitled “Efficacy of endorectal ultrasonography in preoperative staging of rectal carcinoma” published in Saudi Medical Journal. I would like to congratulate the authors about the excellent overall accuracy in staging depth of infiltration, which was approximately 85% although the number was small. The importance and the s...

This article briefly describes how iron lies at the center of a host-pathogen battle for nutrients and why there are many theoretical reasons to suspect that administration of supplemental iron might predispose to infection. This is supported by in vitro and small animal studies, but meta-analysis of human epidemiological and intervention studies has found little evidence for most disease outco...

The commonest cause of rupture of the liver in this the patient improved through a period of intensive care. country is severe blunt trauma to the abdomen, She subsequently deteriorated, became increasingly particularly in road traffic accidents. Though rupture icteric, and developed a staphylococcal septicaemia. She either spontaneously or after minimal trauma may suffered a cardiac arrest on ...

BACKGROUND Blood transfusion is used in patients with severe malarial anaemia, but risks adverse reactions, transmission of disease, and is complicated to organise in developing countries. OBJECTIVES This review evaluates the effects of routine blood transfusion for severe anaemia on death and adverse outcomes in malarious areas. SEARCH STRATEGY The Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, Afri...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE The effect of aqueous extract of Tinospora cordifolia, an immunomodulator with antimalarial activity along with chloroquine was studied in the treatment of three cases of hyper-reactive malarious splenomegaly in District Hospital, Daltonganj town, Jharkhand, India. These cases were partial/slow responders to the conventional antimalarial drug chloroquine. METHODS Aqueou...