child with rotor syndrome and capillaria philippinensis: case report and review of literature

This paper reported Capillaria philippinensis in an Egyptian child based on clinical and laboratory diagnosis. The patient was successfullly treated with alben-dazole

Cost-effectiveness of prescreening versus empirical vaccination for hepatitis A in Egyptian children with chronic liver disease

The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of anti-hepatitis A virus [anti-HAV] antibodies among 172 children with chronic liver disease, and to calculate the cost- effectiveness of prescreening prior to hepatitis A vaccination. Anti-HAV antibodies were positive in 85.1%. However, seroprevalence of anti-HAV antibodies was 62.1% in children < 5 years and 94.4% in children 5+ years. We conclude that while it is cost-effective to do prescreening before hepatitis A vaccination for children with chronic liver disease aged 5+ years, prescreening might not be cost-effective in those aged < 5 years

Circulating immune complexes in childhood acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis

The aim of this work was to study the level of circulating immune- complexes [CICs] detected by C1q binding system, using the enzyme- linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA] technique, in children suffering from APSGN in a trial to assess the diagnostic and prognostic values of detectable CICs in such children and to correlate CICs, as indicator of disease activity to other clinical signs and laboratory data. This study comprised 30 children. 20 patients, diagnosed as APSGN, and 10 healthy children serving as controls. The study showed significantly higher values of systolic and diastolic blood pressures in cases on admission than controls, in addition to significantly higher values of serum Na, blood urea, serum creatinine, and circulating complexes [CICs]. All cases had hematuria, pyuria and proteinuria. After 2 weeks follow up, significant decrease of all previously mentioned parameters was noted, however, the values were still significantly higher than controls, except for serum Na and systolic blood pressure which were comparable to controls. Positive correlations were showed between CICs and systolic and diastolic blood pressures, proteinuria, hematuria and pyuria