ABSTRACT
Schistosomal colonic polyposis is a well known clinical entity in Egypt. It is usually associated with marked bleeding per rectum, diarrhoea, and protein deficiency. In addition, some of these patients are associated with hepatosplenomegaly. This work studied the serum protein pattern in schistosomal colonic polyposis
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Intestinal PolypsABSTRACT
The etiology of acute hepatitis in 141 adult patients admitted to Embaba Fever Hospital in metropolitan Cairo was: hepatitis B [61%], hepatitis A[0.71%], dual infection [1.42%], drug hepatitis [5.7%] and unidentified [possible NANB] [31.2%], using EIA technique. Their clinical presentation varied from mild to severe disease. There were no significant differences between clinical, epidemiological and biochemical features in the various types. Serological tests are the only method of differentiation of various types A, B and NANB hepatitis
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Hepatitis B/epidemiology , Adult , Acute DiseaseABSTRACT
Follow up study was done for 56 patients with acute hepatitis 8-12 months from the onset of their illness. They included 37 patients with hepatitis B and 18 patients with possible non A non B hepatitis. Persistence of antigenoemia was found in 8.6% of acute HB cases and anti-HBs appeared in 75.7% of these cases while all of them had anti-HBc in their sera. We concluded that anti-HBc is the best marker to diagnose past exposure to HB. Liver function tests are normal in most of the followed cases. Few cases only showed mild disturbance of L.F.T. No significant difference between the rate of resolution of acute hepatitis in both groups
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Adult , Follow-Up Studies , Acute DiseaseABSTRACT
The etiology of acute hepatitis in 94 children admitted to Enmbaba Fever Hospital in Giza governorate south of Cairo was: hepatitis B [42.6%], hepatitis A [4.3%], dual infection [3.2%] and unidentified [50%]. The clinical presentations were variable from mild to severe disease, no significant differences between various epidemiological, clinical and biochemical features in different types of hepatitis. Serological tests are the only accurate method for diagnosis of hepatitis A,B,NA,NB
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Child, Hospitalized , Hepatitis B/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Delta agent was studied in acute hepatitis cases with positive HBsAg. The frequency was 14%. It seems that delta infection is endemic in Egypt. It is a disease of young adults and children. Coinfection and superinfection were found. No clinical or biochemical differences were found between delta pos. and delta neg. cases
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Liver Function Tests , Acute DiseaseABSTRACT
To assess the occupational risk of hepatitis B infection in student nurses at Kasr El Aini Technical School at Cairo, a sero-epidemiologic survey of 75 student nurses was conducted. Serologic makers indicating exposure to HBV were detected in 26 percent [4% for HBsAg and 22% for Anti-HBs]. No significant difference in seropositivity was noted between different levels of study. Seropositive did not differ with age or sex. Furthermore exposure with jaundiced patients, previous history of operations, injections and vaccinations didnot correlate with serologic evidence of HBV infection. Transaminases levels were within normal limits in all studied students. The titre of anti-HBs was moderate to high in more than 80% of the cases with anti-HB, 74 percent of the student nurses were negative for HBV seromarkers and are at risk for acquiring HBV infection and need vaccination
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Students, NursingABSTRACT
10 patients with HBS Ag positive chronic liver disease and 11 healthy carriers were given interferon injections. The antigenaemia persisted in the first group and disappeared in 5/11 cases in the second group. The side effects were mild and well tolerated. The effects of interferon on the clinical and biochemical tests were variable. To answer the question of efficacy of interferon on HBV a larger controlled study is needed