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Adolescent , Adult , Carrier State/epidemiology , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Hepatitis B/epidemiology , Hepatitis B Surface Antigens/blood , Humans , India/epidemiology , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Male , Urban PopulationABSTRACT
Children below 15 yrs. of age without BCG scar were chosen for the tuberculin testing. Total 210 children were tested in 30 selected clusters (7 children in each cluster). Median age of the surveyed children was 6.33. Prevalence of infection in children was found to be 30.4% as 64 children out of 210 showed positive result (had induration > or = 10mm in size). Average ARI in the 0-14 yrs of age group was 5.4%. Tuberculosis is still one of the commonest problems in the urban slums. It is important to evaluate the epidemiology of tuberculosis in the changing face of century.
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Adolescent , Age Distribution , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , India/epidemiology , Infant , Male , Poverty Areas , Prevalence , Sex Distribution , Tuberculosis/epidemiology , Urban Population/statistics & numerical dataABSTRACT
Amyloidosis of the palpebral conjunctiva is a rare condition which results in chronic ocular discomfort. We present our experience with this rare patient in whom both upper and lower palpebral conjunctivae were involved, but no systemic amyloidosis.
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Adult , Amyloidosis/pathology , Conjunctiva/pathology , Conjunctival Diseases/pathology , Eyelid Diseases/pathology , Eyelids/pathology , Humans , MaleABSTRACT
Amyloid is an eosinophilic, amorphous protein that has been reported to deposit in virtually any tissue or organ and when extensive, may attain tumourous proportions. We present a rare case where both the upper and lower palpebral conjunctiva were affected by amyloid deposition.
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Adult , Amyloidosis/complications , Biopsy , Conjunctiva/pathology , Conjunctival Diseases/complications , Diagnosis, Differential , Edema/complications , Eyelid Diseases/complications , Eyelids/pathology , Humans , Male , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
A total of 500 cases admitted to Saddam General Hospital [SGH] from the first of August to the end of Decmeber/1990; and from the first of May to the end of July/1991; were studied. The results showed that there is an increase in the mortality rate and failure to thrive among pediatric age group below 5 years and this may be attributed to ongoing economic sanction and boycott. Gatroenteritis as a common cause of death under 5 years of age, there was an increase by 18% in death rate from 1989 to 1990. However, malnutrition resulted in an increase of the death rate by 12% from year 1989 to 1990. Also an increase in the problem of failure to thrive which constitutes 16% of patients admitted to S.G.H. in Tikrit