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BACKGROUND
Giardiasis is the most common intestinal parasitosis in Mexico. Usual symptoms of the acute infection are diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea, and weight loss. Children are more frequently affected than adults. Various extra-intestinal manifestations have been reported, among which are
A 53-year-old woman presented with persistent edema and pain of the metacarpophalangeal and proximal interphalangeal joints and the wrist, knee and ankle joints, with more recent intermittent nausea and vomiting. Treatment for rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis was ineffective. No clinical
Deferiprone, also known as L1, is an orally active iron chelator that has been studied extensively in clinical trials. The sporadic occurrence of agranulocytosis in association with deferiprone and the highly variable frequency of other possible side effects such as arthralgia have created
Cloxacillin was not listed as one of the drugs causing the acute interstitial nephritis, yet. A case of a 50-year female patient treated with cloxacillin is presented. Therapy was followed by nausea, vomiting, myalgia and arthralgia, and the symptoms of the acute renal failure which completely
BACKGROUND
Ulcerative colitis is a chronic relapsing disease characterised by diffuse mucosal inflammation limited to the colon. Current maintenance treatments have multiple adverse events and an effective treatment with minimal adverse events is desired. Several studies have demonstrated the
Adverse symptoms of immunosuppressants (ASI) impact quality of life (QOL) in solid organ transplant recipients; however, standardized approaches for active ASI surveillance and intervention are lacking. While management is highly clinician dependent, clinician views remain largely unexplored. We
Trials of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) suggest that it may be useful in patients intolerant of azathioprine. We examined the safety and efficacy of MMF in IBD patients intolerant of or unresponsive to azathioprine. Twelve patients [seven with Crohn's disease (CD);
Daptomycin is approved at a dose of 4-6 mg/kg/day for the treatment of complicated skin and soft-tissue infection and Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection. Clinical experience with doses >6 mg/kg/day is limited, but data reported to date suggest that daptomycin can be safe and effective at
OBJECTIVE
CURRENT, a large, open-label, 6-month, multicenter study, was designed to assess patient satisfaction levels and patient treatment preference after switching from weekly oral bisphosphonates to monthly oral ibandronate for a period of 6 months.
METHODS
This study enrolled postmenopausal
110 patients with benign gastric ulcer and concomitant joint diseases (rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthrosis) were treated in a comparative short-term clinical trial to assess the relative efficacy of calcitonin (daily 100 MRC of salmon calcitonin intramuscularly), cimetidine (daily 1000 mg orally)
Data from a community-based study of 3811 persons aged 65 years and older were used to describe the characteristics of headache in the elderly. Subjects were asked whether they experienced headache in the past year, the frequency and severity of their headaches, and whether they experienced three
UNASSIGNED
To describe and analyze the clinical and epidemiological status in 28 confirmed cases of human leptospirosis at the main public hospital of Cordoba.
UNASSIGNED
Between 2012 and 2013, we conducted an active surveillance at the main hospital of Cordoba to establish the etiologic diagnosis
BACKGROUND
Pediatric patients with Crohn's disease often have low bone mass (osteopenia) for age. No randomized, placebo-controlled trials using zoledronic acid have ever been performed in this population. The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy of zoledronic acid in children with