Prevalence of skin diseases among school students in Mansoura, Egypt

This study was carried out to determined the prevalence of skin disease among school students [6-18 years] in Mansoura Egypt. The sample of population for this survey was 2586 students representing 1.4% of the total number of students in Mansoura schools 723[27.69%] of the studied group had one or more skin diseases. Infective skin diseases were present in 18.17% and non infective skin diseases in 17.22% of students. The most prevalent infective skin diseases were pediculosis capitis [11.71%], scabies [2.59%] and fungal infection [1.89%].The prevalence of these common infective skin diseases was studied in relation to residence, age, sex, overcrowding and socioeconomic standard. The most prevalent non infective skin diseases were acne vulgaris [6.41%], pityriasis alba [3.05%] and dandruff [2.82%].The prevalence of these non infective skin diseases was studied in relation to sex and age of student

Chronic prostatitis, clinical, bacteriologic and histopathologic studies

Sixty two men suffering from symptoms suggestive of chronic prostatitis were evaluated clinically as well as by microscopical and bacteriological examination of expressed prostatic secretion [EPS]. Chronic prostatitis was found in 80.6% in these patients and these patients were further examined with prostatic needle biopsy. Nonbacterial prostatitis was diagnosed in 40 patients while bacterial prostatitis was noted only in 8 patients and prostatodynia was found in two patients. Pain was the most prevalent symptom among chronic prostatitis patients. There was no significant relation between the count of white blood cells in EPS and tenderness of prostate, microbiologic results and histopathological pattern of inflammation. In conclusion, we found that routine prostatic localization studies provided clinically useful information in diagnosis of chronic prostatitis and we do not recommend prostatic needle biopsy for every case of chronic prostatitis