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Three Saudi siblings presented with clinical features of chronic myelocytic leukaemia in early infancy. Their parents are first cousins. The mother was 22 years old during her first pregnancy. She had no history of abortion. The possibility of this familial disorder being congenital is discussed.
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Leucemia Mielogênica Crônica BCR-ABL Positiva/genética , Evolução Fatal , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Leucemia Mielogênica Crônica BCR-ABL Positiva/congênito , Leucemia Mielogênica Crônica BCR-ABL Positiva/fisiopatologia , MasculinoRESUMO
A 4 1/2-year-old girl had colonic malacoplakia of two years' duration, the presenting symptom being rectal bleeding. Abdominal tuberculosis and Escherichia coli lumbar abscess were diagnosed at the age of 3 1/2 years. Despite antituberculous treatment, there was no improvement and she died from protein-losing enteropathy. The patient is discussed and the literature reviewed, with special emphasis on the incidence of malacoplakia in children, the aggressive nature of colonic malacoplakia, and the lack of response to treatment. A brief review of the pathogenesis of malacoplakia is considered.
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Abdome , Doenças do Colo/complicações , Malacoplasia/complicações , Tuberculose/complicações , Abscesso/complicações , Abscesso/patologia , Pré-Escolar , Doenças do Colo/patologia , Infecções por Escherichia coli/complicações , Infecções por Escherichia coli/patologia , Feminino , Humanos , Mucosa Intestinal/patologia , Malacoplasia/patologia , Tuberculose/tratamento farmacológico , Tuberculose/patologiaRESUMO
One hundred and thirty-eight male adult patients were examined clinically for STD in two VD clinics in Khartoum Province. Specimens were collected for microbiological investigations. NGU was the commonest STD encountered (35.1%). Next came gonorrhoea (25.9%) and other STD. Syphilis accounted for only 1.3% of the cases investigated. Most of the patients with STD were in the age range 20-39 years. Of the infected patients 49.3% had their infections from prostitutes. Nearly half the patients examined and found infected with STD were in the low-paid socioeconomic group; and 71.4% of them were single. The social and cultural factors related to these results were discussed in the report.
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Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis/epidemiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Comportamento Sexual , Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis/diagnóstico , Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis/transmissão , SudãoRESUMO
A double-blind clinical trial comparing a 10% ointment prepared from a 95% ethanol extract of Lupinus termis seeds with a 0.02% flumethasone pivalate ointment and a placebo showed that the Lupinus termis extractive was effective in the treatment of chronic eczema. The results obtained with the extract were statistically comparable to those obtained with the corticoid therapy.
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Eczema/tratamento farmacológico , Extratos Vegetais/uso terapêutico , Adolescente , Adulto , Criança , Doença Crônica , Ensaios Clínicos como Assunto , Método Duplo-Cego , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Pomadas , Extratos Vegetais/administração & dosagem , SudãoRESUMO
During the period October 1976 to January 1978, 290 patients were examined for sexually transmitted diseases in three venereal clinics in Khartoum Providence. Clinical and laboratory findings showed that nongonococcal urethritis was the commonest STD in men (35.1%), with gonorrhoea the second commonest (25.9%). Most of the patients with STDs were aged between 20 and 30 years. Of the infected men, 49.3% had acquired their infections from prostitutes.
