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Echinococcosis, Pulmonary/diagnosis , Adolescent , Echinococcosis, Pulmonary/surgery , Female , Humans , IranABSTRACT
Rubella hemagglutination inhibition antibody titer was determined for 702 sixth grade students from nine randomly chosen schools in a community served well medically. Rubella immunization had been given by private physicians, the health department, hospital clinics, and through a mass immunization effort in 1970. The overall susceptibility rate, as defined by a rubella hemagglutination inhibition titer of less than 1:8, was 15%. Susceptibility did not differ significantly in regard to sex, race, or source of vaccine. Of 469 children with a documented rubella immunization, 13.2% were susceptible or vaccine failures. Menarche was reported by 30% of the girls. To increase the level of protection against rubella during the childbearing years, continued emphasis on early childhood immunization combined with consideration of a booster rubella immunization for preadolescents is recommended.
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Antibodies, Viral/analysis , Rubella Vaccine/immunology , Rubella/immunology , Adolescent , Age Factors , Child , Ethnicity , Female , Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests , Humans , Immunization, Secondary , Male , North Carolina , Rubella/prevention & control , Rubella Vaccine/therapeutic use , Rubella virus/immunology , Sex FactorsABSTRACT
Adenovirus type 12 was recovered from the CSF of a 36-year-old woman with adenoviral meningoencephalitis and lead toxicity. The serum level of lead was 199 micrograms/dL and the CSF level was 7 micrograms/dL. After therapy with edetate disodium calcium (Calcium Disodium Versenate), she had an uneventful recovery. The possibility of exacerbation of lead poisoning with encephalopathy due to adenovirus type 12 meningoencephalitis is raised.
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Adenoviridae Infections/complications , Adenovirus Infections, Human/complications , Lead Poisoning/complications , Meningoencephalitis/complications , Acute Disease , Adenoviridae/isolation & purification , Adenovirus Infections, Human/microbiology , Edetic Acid/therapeutic use , Lead/blood , Lead/cerebrospinal fluid , Lead Poisoning/blood , Lead Poisoning/cerebrospinal fluid , Lead Poisoning/drug therapy , Meningoencephalitis/microbiologySubject(s)
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever , Arachnid Vectors , Chloramphenicol/therapeutic use , Diagnosis, Differential , Enterovirus Infections/diagnosis , Humans , Measles/diagnosis , Meningococcal Infections/diagnosis , Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever/diagnosis , Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever/pathology , Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever/prevention & control , Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever/therapy , Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever/transmission , Tetracycline/therapeutic use , TicksABSTRACT
Central nervous system manifestations in association with adenovirus infections have rarely been documented. In this report, four children, ages 4, 5, 6, and 10 years, with adenoviral meningoencephalitis are described. Adenoviruses were recovered from CSF specimens in all four patients.
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Adenoviridae Infections , Adenovirus Infections, Human , Meningoencephalitis/etiology , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Male , Meningoencephalitis/cerebrospinal fluid , Meningoencephalitis/microbiologyABSTRACT
Sixty-seven cases of orbital cellulitis from BGSM are reported and 247 cases from the literature reviewed. Staphylococcus aureus was the predominant pathogen except in the age group from three months to three years where a significant number of cases yielded Hemophilus influenzae and Diplococcus pneumoniae. The frequent association of paranasal sinus involvement and orbital cellulitis has been confirmed. Orbital cellulitis is a multifaceted disease which, for proper management, requires close cooperation among pediatricians, ophthalmologists, and nursing service as a multidisciplinary approach for optimal therapy and decreased frequency of complications and sequelae.
