RESUMO
We were presented with a teenage female who developed superior ophthalmic vein thrombosis and cavernous sinus thrombophlebitis after a 1-week history of a single acne-like lesion or furuncle at the anterior tip of the nose. She was managed aggressively with heparin and intravenous antibiotic. Signs and symptoms improved after 2 weeks of treatment, and she was discharged with an anticoagulant.
Assuntos
Trombose do Corpo Cavernoso/etiologia , Olho/irrigação sanguínea , Furunculose/complicações , Infecções Estafilocócicas/complicações , Trombose Venosa/etiologia , Adolescente , Anticoagulantes/uso terapêutico , Trombose do Corpo Cavernoso/diagnóstico por imagem , Trombose do Corpo Cavernoso/tratamento farmacológico , Cloxacilina/uso terapêutico , Progressão da Doença , Feminino , Seguimentos , Furunculose/tratamento farmacológico , Furunculose/microbiologia , Heparina/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Nariz , Medição de Risco , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Infecções Estafilocócicas/diagnóstico , Infecções Estafilocócicas/tratamento farmacológico , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X , Resultado do Tratamento , Veias , Trombose Venosa/diagnóstico por imagem , Trombose Venosa/tratamento farmacológicoRESUMO
Brugian filariasis infects 13 million people in Asia. The routine prevalence survey method using night thick blood smear is not sensitive enough to reflect the actual infection prevalence. In 1997-2001, only three microfilaraemic cases (of 5601 individuals screened; 0.05%) were reported in Pasir Mas, a district in Kelantan (Malaysia), which shares a border with Thailand. We therefore investigated the infection prevalence in this district by employing a sensitive and specific serological assay (Brugia-Elisa). This test is based on detection of specific IgG4 antibody against a Brugia malayi recombinant antigen. A total of 5138 children, aged 7-12 years, from 16 primary schools, were tested. Eighteen pupils in eight schools, located in five subdistricts, tested positive, giving an overall prevalence rate of 0.35%. Infection in these children is significant as they represent more recent cases. These subdistricts should be included in the national filariasis elimination programme.
