In four patients corneal infiltrates cleared on topical medication.


Successful therapy with intravenous streptokinase.


We report our experience with intrathecal administration of rituximab in a 10-year-old kidney allograft recipient with PTLD in the CNS.


CONCLUSION: Endovascular stent-grafts combined with antibiotic therapy may be an alternative to conventional thoracotomy in managing mycotic aneurysms of the descending thoracic aorta.


The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for group B Streptococcus showed the presence of the same serotype in mother's milk.


We present a case of an anaphylactoid reaction in a 62-y-o female following a first-time envenomation by a rattlesnake.


Finally, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a "drug alert" on halofantrine advising a change in recommendations for its use.


These events resulted from transitioning headache patients from an older antidepressant (phenelzine) to a newer antidepressant (venlafaxine).


Hyperkalaemia with renal tubular dysfunction by oral therapy of sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim (co-trimoxazole) is described in 2 elderly Japanese patients with lymphoid malignancy, who developed Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and improved.


Acute endophthalmitis following intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin) injection.


Although local skin reactions were common, neither local nor systemic bleeding worsened.


The study group was composed of four patients who underwent surgery in a 1-year period and experienced chronic pain resulting from superior cluneal nerve injury.


METHODS: A 58-year-old man with bulky metastatic melanoma of the liver was treated with transcatheter arterial infusion of cisplatin and embolization therapy.


We report a 4-year-old girl with a complicated Enterococcus faecalis ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection who failed vancomycin therapy.


The algorithm derived from this case could serve as both a practical guideline and impetus for further investigation in light of increasing psychotropic co-administration.


Notwithstanding these facts our findings suggest that these patients might benefit from relatively mild initial treatment, especially true for patients not previously exposed to this drug.


An epidural catheter was positioned periosteally, and an infusion of bupivacaine was commenced at 5 mL/h, achieving long-lasting analgesia.


We discuss a patient who developed severe renal tubular dysfunction secondary to short-term therapy with Amikacin, resulting in refractory hypokalemia, hypocalcemia, hypomagnesemia, metabolic alkalosis, and polyuria.


The response rate was 40% in the 10 cases that were treated with Lp-TAE combined with HT and 20% in the 10 cases that were treated with Lp-TAE.


Rapid resolution of topiramate-induced angle-closure glaucoma with methylprednisolone and mannitol.


Tremor: a newly described adverse event with long-term itraconazole therapy.


A snoozer.


Adverse effects as observed in these cases have not been reported previously.


Case report: acute renal failure after administering intravenous immunoglobulin.


Heparin is the most common cause; although the fall in platelet count tends to be modest, these cases are particularly dangerous because of associated thrombosis.


This suggested a possible lack of response to amantadine for treatment of dyskinesias induced by surgery of the STN.


Mild improvement has occurred after 5 months' treatment with tetrabenazine despite the long duration of dystonia and the presence of secondary structural changes.


In all cases SMS 201-995 treatment has been well tolerated and has few side-effects.


The diagnosis of thrombotic obstruction of the prosthetic mitral valve was confirmed by transesophageal echocardiography.


Since recent studies have reported no negative interactions with concurrent use, we here report three cases (one case of a prolonged seizure, a serotonin syndrome and a focal seizure) of severe lithium-induced side effects while patients underwent ECT without complications and lithium serum levels were still subtherapeutic.


The other patient required a further course of treatment with lithium and the nephrotic syndrome returned.


Itch and skin rash from chocolate during fluoxetine and sertraline treatment: case report.


Two case reports and their theoretical implications.


After obtaining informed consent, locally prepared lyophilized cryoprecipitate (LC), heat treated at 60 degrees C for 25 h, was given in a dose of 13 units kg-1 body weight of factor VIII three times per week.


Normal plasma levels of these drugs were found 2 to 3 days after the last cisplatin dose.


The toxic effects of methotrexate included elevated liver transaminases (3/4), nausea (2/4), abdominal pain (2/4), bone pain (2/4), mild neutropenia (1/4), and mild pruritus (1/4).


Several studies have provided evidence suggesting that "placebo effects" represent conditioning phenomena and that learning processes influence the response to placebo medication.


Fungal entities should be considered in the differential diagnosis.


We are reporting a case of a 62 years old man who presented with atypical chest pain four months after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).


We believe this to be the second reported case of L. monocytogenes peritonitis in a CAPD patient.


PURPOSE: Tandem scanning confocal microscopy was performed on two patients with Acanthamoeba keratitis to provide images detailing characteristic findings of the disease.


We report 3 cases of ureteral obstruction following aortoiliac prosthetic graft surgery owing to secondary retroperitoneal fibrosis around anteriorly positioned ureters.


We speculate that platelet activation induced by pFVIII may have contributed to thrombosis and suggest that pFVIII be used with caution in elderly patients with pre-existing cardiovascular risk factors.


Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in children with acute lymphocytic leukemia: case reports and review of literature.