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View article: DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF MULTIPLEX PCR IN DIFFERENTIATING BACTERIAL VS VIRAL MENINGITIS
DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF MULTIPLEX PCR IN DIFFERENTIATING BACTERIAL VS VIRAL MENINGITIS Open
Background: Rapid differentiation between bacterial and viral meningitis is critical for timely treatment and improved clinical outcomes. Traditional diagnostic methods such as cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture are time-consuming and often…
View article: Seafood poisoning, symptom, treatment, and prevention
Seafood poisoning, symptom, treatment, and prevention Open
Food related disease or food poisoning is prevalent worldwide with high mortality. Food related disease can be caused by bacteria, viruses parasites, enterotoxins, mycotoxins, chemicals, seafood poisoning e.g. histamine poisoning (scombroi…
View article: Treatment of hypertension-should we be more aggressive?
Treatment of hypertension-should we be more aggressive? Open
In 2014 approximately one billion adults or 22 % of the world population have hypertension (HTN), with 9.4 million deaths in 2010.The rates of HTN in children and adolescents have increased in the last 20 years in the United States. Lowest…
View article: Update onarsenic Exposure Link inCancer
Update onarsenic Exposure Link inCancer Open
Acute arsenic poisoning is uncommon, but inorganic arsenic exposure is worldwide.The highest affected areas are Bangladesh and West Bengal.Ground water most often gets contaminated due to agriculture and mining activities.Contributory fact…
View article: Gastric Cancer:Risk Factors, Diagnosis and Management
Gastric Cancer:Risk Factors, Diagnosis and Management Open
Gastric cancer (GC) is the most common cancer with high mortality worldwide.Highrate of GC deaths reported in China, Japan, and Korea.There are 56% new cases from Eastern Asia,41% from China,and11% from Japan.The common causes of GC includ…
View article: ZikaVirus Fever: Beginning of Another Zoonotic Dilemma?
ZikaVirus Fever: Beginning of Another Zoonotic Dilemma? Open
In 2016,World Health Organization (WHO) declared a Public Health Emergency due to the recent outbreak of Zika fever in Brazil.Zika virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus related to dengue virus.Infection can also spread by sexual transmissio…
View article: Necrotizing Fasciitis: Current Concepts, Pathogensand Management
Necrotizing Fasciitis: Current Concepts, Pathogensand Management Open
Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a severe disease of sudden onset that spreads rapidly.The disease is more common in the adults and is rare in the children.The infection enters the body through a break in the skin such as cut or burn.Majority…
View article: Lung Cancer: Risk Factors, Management, And Prognosis
Lung Cancer: Risk Factors, Management, And Prognosis Open
Lung cancer or lung tumor the most common cause of cancer death in men and second most common in women after breast cancer.Highest rates in North America, Europe, and East Asia, with one third of new cases in China, lower rates in Africa a…
View article: Management of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Current Perspectives
Management of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Current Perspectives Open
Worldwide over 300,000 deaths due to liver cancer and cirrhosis occurred in 2013 due to hepatitis C.In the United States about 2% of population has chronic hepatitis C. In 2014 it was the single greatest cause of death in the United States…
View article: Breast Cancer: Detection Markers, Prognosis, and Prevention
Breast Cancer: Detection Markers, Prognosis, and Prevention Open
Breast cancer is the common invasive cancer with high mortality worldwide.High incidence of breast cancer in South and central America,Southren,Northren,WestrenEurope,Ocenia and North America.Lowest breast cancer incidence in Africa and As…
View article: Diphtheria: Clinical Manifestations, Diagnosis, and Role of ImmunizationIn Prevention
Diphtheria: Clinical Manifestations, Diagnosis, and Role of ImmunizationIn Prevention Open
Diphtheria outbreaks, though very rare, still occur worldwide, in the developed and developing countries.Diphtheria has high mortality in non-vaccinated populations.Corynebacterium diphtheria produce very potent toxin when infected with a …
View article: Diagnostic Challenges inInfections related to Spinal Cord Injury
Diagnostic Challenges inInfections related to Spinal Cord Injury Open
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is an ancient disease, described by Hippocrates and traction techniques were recommended to straighten the spine.Motor vehicle accidents, falls, attempted suicide, gunshot wounds, military conflicts and support inj…
View article: Herpes simplex virus infections, Pathophysiology and Management
Herpes simplex virus infections, Pathophysiology and Management Open
Herpes is caused by Herpes simplex virus (HSV).HSV-1causes orofacial and genital infections.HSV-2causes primarily genital infections.In the U.S.HSV-1 is more prevalent than HSV-2, and HSV-2 is predominant among American African, and women.…
View article: Hemophilia a genetic disorder: diagnosis, treatment and prognosis
Hemophilia a genetic disorder: diagnosis, treatment and prognosis Open
Hemophilia a genetic disorder with patient’s inability to stop bleeding. There are two main types of hemophilia, hemophiliaA due to not enough clotting factor VIII and hemophilia B due to not enough factor IX,and acquired hemophilia A(AHA)…
View article: Prostate cancer: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and prognosis
Prostate cancer: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and prognosis Open
Prostate cancer is more common in the western countries, least common in Asia, and the leading cause of cancer deaths in males worldwide. Individuals who have first-degree family members with prostate cancer have double the risk of getting…
View article: Neurotoxicity related to snakebite: treatment, and prevention
Neurotoxicity related to snakebite: treatment, and prevention Open
Highest rates of snake envenoming and mortalities in South Asia, Southeast Asia,Sub-Share Africa with India reporting the most deaths. World Health Organization listed snakebite as a neglected disease. Clinical manifestations of snakebite …
View article: Liver cancer: contributory factors, diagnosis and treatment
Liver cancer: contributory factors, diagnosis and treatment Open
Liver cancer have high mortality secondary to hepatitis B,hepatitis C and secondary to alcohol.Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC),most common form of liver cancer with highest rates in China and in Sub-Saharan Africa. Approximately 75% of all …
View article: Primary Hepatocellular carcinoma: management and prognosis
Primary Hepatocellular carcinoma: management and prognosis Open
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) causes high mortality worldwide with 50 per cent of them in China. HCC cases are as a result of a viral hepatitis (hepatitis B or hepatitis C), metabolic toxins such as alcohol or aflatoxin, conditions like h…