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Many drugs may cause fever through different mechanisms, the most frequent being hypersensitivity. We are reporting on two cases of drug fever attributable to Calcium Dobesilate, a drug used for treating chronic venous insufficiency and other vascular disturbances. The diagnosis was made by oral
We sought to assess clinical characteristics and pattern of collateral network involvement associated with development of truncal (systematized) versus diffuse/non-truncal (non-systematized) varicose veins (VVs) in patients undergoing endovascular laser photothermolysis for chronic venous
METHODS
For one month a 69-year-old woman had been suffering from increasingly painful and reddened swelling of both legs and induration of the skin of the left thigh, about 15 cm in diameter. In addition she had fever and rigors. Antibiotic treatment, begun because erysipelas was suspected, was
Analysed herein are the findings of examination and outcomes of surgical management of 43 patients presenting with crural postthrombotic disease. Of these, eighteen patients were diagnosed as having stage II chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) and the remaining 25 had stage III CVI. All the patients
Analysed herein are the findings of the examination and outcomes of surgical management of 48 patients with unilateral occlusion of the iliac veins. Of these, grade I chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) was observed in 12 patients and grade II SVI in 28 subjects. Grade III CVI's with trophic ulcers
Lemierre's syndrome (LS) is a serious rare complication of oropharyngeal infections. It is characterized by thrombosis of internal jugular vein that rapidly progresses into sepsis and is typically caused by anaerobes. Most of the reported cases have been linked to Fusobacterium necrophorum; however,
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this work is to study the epidemiological, clinical and evolutive characteristics of the erysipela in patients treated for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).
METHODS
Between January 1993 and June 2003, 212 patients were treated for NPC in the radiotherapy department of Sfax
BACKGROUND
Patients with an advanced chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) often show inflammatory changes of their legs. Often erysipelas is diagnosed and systemic antibiotic therapy initiated. Frequently this approach is not successful.
METHODS
During the last 6 months 5 patients with an outside
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Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) in the elderly remains difficult and is often late, although its incidence increases steadily with age. Since few studies have reported the clinical picture of this disease in very old patients, the aim of our study was to focus on clinical,
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The aim of the present study was to determine whether community pharmacists recommend appropriate medications and give valid information to pregnant women.
METHODS
A total of 163 community pharmacists randomly selected in the Midi-Pyrénées area were interviewed by means of an open
Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is caused by haematogenous spread from a distant primary infection in 70% of deep infections. It can potentially be avoided by prompt recognition and treatment of the primary infection focus in susceptible patients. Streptococci are commonly implicated in such
Erysipela is a dermal or hypodermal infection of the skin, which predominantly involves the leg and is associated with high fever. Erysipela is most often caused by Streptococcus pyogenes. Venous insufficiency or lymphoedema are important local factors for the development of this infection which
BACKGROUND
The treatment of venous leg ulcers is often inadequate, because of incorrect diagnosis, overuse of systemic antibiotics and inadequate use of compression therapy. Stasis dermatitis related to chronic venous insufficiency accompanied by infected superficial ulcers must be differentiated
A 19-year-old man was admitted with fever, haematuria, general malaise, pain on the left side of the pelvis and a full feeling in the left lower abdominal quadrant of the abdomen. His history mentioned a varices operation. During admission he developed an acute abdomen and deep vein thrombosis in