Abstract   Background: Over the past 20 years, the minimally invasive endoscopic approach   has gained widespread acceptance. The study was performed to evaluate the   diagnostic method and the success rate of endoscopically diagnosed and treated CSF   rhinorrhea, and also investigations such as leakage site and etiologic factor.   Methods: This retrospective CSF leakage management review of ...

An 18-year-old female was transferred from a referring hospital where she had been admitted 5 days earlier for investigation of an occipital headache and abnormal behaviour. She had received 2 days of antibiotics for otitis media prior to that admission. During that 5-day stay, she received intravenous corticosteroids and antihistamines for a diffuse erythematous rash, presumed to be an allergi...

abstract   background: over the past 20 years, the minimally invasive endoscopic approach has gained widespread acceptance. the study was performed to evaluate the diagnostic method and the success rate of endoscopically diagnosed and treated csf rhinorrhea, and also investigations such as leakage site and etiologic factor.   methods: this retrospective csf leakage management review of patients...

Two hundred and ten patients with meningismus and the infections of the central nervous system (CNS) with the clinical symptoms and signs of the acute serous meningitis syndrome, were divided in to groups according to etiology (enterovirus meningitis-ENTERO, serous meningitis various etiology-SM and tuberculous meningitis-TBC). Intrathecal synthesis (ITS) of C3c and C4 complement components and...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency, etiology (viral infection or vaccination), presenting signs and symptoms, response to therapy, complication and course of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) in our hospitals. METHODS A 2-year retrospective, descriptive, chart review of children with final diagnosis of ADEM in 2 hospitals (Hazrat Rasool and Mofid in Tehran, Iran during 2000-2002) ...

Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a mosquito-borne Phlebovirus that causes periodic outbreaks of animal and human disease in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. On the basis of its many competent vectors, its potential for aerosol transmission, and its progressive spread from East Africa to neighboring regions between 1950 and 2000, RVFV is ranked as a high-priority, emerging health threat for hu...

During the past two decades, Oropouche (Oro) virus (arbovirus family Bunyaviridae, Simbu serological group) has been recognized as a major cause of human febrile illness in the Amazon region of Brazil. Between 1961 and 1981 numerous outbreaks occurred in urban centers of the Amazon region, mostly in the State of Pará, in the eastern part (Figure 1). At least 250,000 persons were infected, inclu...

BACKGROUND The seasonality, clinical and radiographic features and outcome of aseptic meningitis have been described for regional outbreaks but data from a wider geographic area is necessary to delineate the epidemiology of this condition. METHODS A retrospective chart review was completed of children presenting with aseptic meningitis to eight Canadian pediatric hospitals over a two-year per...

Febrile convulsions in childhood constitute one of the commonest medical emergencies in paediatric practice. Although the aetiology, clinical picture, treatment and possible sequelae are described and discussed in the standard paediatric literature, little or no mention is made of the exact cerebrospinal fluid (C.S.F.) composition in this condition (Sheldon, 1951; Grulee and Eley, 1952; Collis,...