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Erythema nodosum as a result of estrogen patch therapy for prostate cancer: a case report. [PDF]

, 2015
© 2015 Coyle et al.Introduction: Erythema nodosum is often associated with a distressing symptomatology, including painful subcutaneous nodules, polyarthropathy, and significant fatigue.
Abel, P, Coyle, C, Langley, RE, Mangar, S   +3 more
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A review of co-morbidity between infectious and chronic disease in Sub Saharan Africa: TB and Diabetes Mellitus, HIV and Metabolic Syndrome, and the impact of globalization

Globalization and Health, 2009
Background Africa is facing a rapidly growing chronic non-communicable disease burden whilst at the same time experiencing continual high rates of infectious disease. It is well known that some infections increase the risk of certain chronic diseases and
Johnstone Lucy K, Critchley Julia A, Young Fiona, Unwin Nigel C   +3 more
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Misdiagnosis of Bland-White-Garland Syndrome: Report of Two Cases with Different Presentations [PDF]

Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research, 2014
Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) or Bland-White-Garland syndrome is usually an isolated cardiac anomaly but, in rare incidences, has been described with patent ductus arteriosus, ventricular septal defect ...
Akbar Molaei, Bahman Rastkar Hemmati, Hashem Khosroshahi, Madjid Malaki, Roya Zakeri   +4 more
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Serum Concentrations of Cardiac Troponin I Is Correlated With the Outcomes of Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation Referred to Emergency Department

Acta Medica Iranica, 2022
Acute exacerbations are the important reasons for hospitalization and death in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. We aimed to evaluate the relationship between serum concentrations of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and the outcome of COPD
Kavous Shahsavarinia, Neda Moghadasian Niaki, Ali Taghizadieh, Peyman Habibi, Ahmad Separham, Neda Gilani, Neda Dolatkhah   +6 more
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Scaling up antiretroviral therapy in Malawi-implications for managing other chronic diseases in resource-limited countries. [PDF]

, 2009
The national scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Malawi is based on the public health approach, with principles and practices borrowed from the successful DOTS (directly observed treatment, short course) tuberculosis control framework.
Andreas Jahn, Anthony D Harries, Erik J Schouten, Jahn, Janssens, Kelita Kamoto, Mamo, Ooms, Rony Zachariah, Tollman   +9 more
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Aortic endograft infection by Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. massiliense with acquired clarithromycin resistance: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. massiliense (MMA) comprises a group of non-tuberculous, rapidly growing mycobacteria. Although MMA can cause pulmonary diseases, surgical site infections, and disseminated diseases, aortic endograft infection has
Yutaro Akiyama, Noriko Iwamoto, Keisuke Kamada, Atsushi Yoshida, Asami Osugi, Satoshi Mitarai, Tetsuya Suzuki, Kei Yamamoto, Maki Nagashima, Tetsuya Horai, Norio Ohmagari   +10 more
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Mortality through associated illnesses in tuberculosis patients and post-mortem pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis in Chisinau [PDF]

The Moldovan Medical Journal, 2017
Background: The main cause of death of tuberculosis patients is the progression of tuberculosis, but the presence of associated diseases decreases the outcome of treatment of both the underlying and the associated disease, and the latter is the cause of ...
Vasile Popa
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Tuberculosis of the Heart: A Diagnostic Challenge

Tomography, 2022
Tuberculosis of the heart is relatively rare and presents a significant diagnostic difficulty for physicians. It is the leading cause of death from infectious illness.
Karuna M. Das, Taleb Al Mansoori, Yousef Habeeb Alattar, Klaus V. Gorkom, Ali Shamisi, Anisha Pulinchani Melethil, Jamal Aldeen Alkoteesh   +6 more
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Adult and paediatric mortality patterns in a referral hospital in Liberia 1 year after the end of the war [PDF]

, 2009
The aim of this study was to describe and analyse hospital mortality patterns after the Liberian war. Data were collected retrospectively from January to July 2005 in a referral hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. The overall fatality rate was 17.2% (438/2543)
Accorsi, Ahmad, Atakouma, Ayoola, Becker, Becker, Berkley, Brigitte Vasset, Campagne, Campbell, Coghlan, Couper, Delaunay, Elisa Prados, Endeshaw, English, Evans, G/mariam, Gordon, Guha-Sapir, Harries, Harries, Helena Huerga, Idro, Johnson, Kingenberg, Laville, Macassa, Marsh, Mengistu, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Liberia, Mockenhaupt, Mohammed, Molyneux, Mudiavi, Nathoo, Njoh, Nyame, Ogun, Owusu-Oforia, O’Dempsey, Petit, Plange-Rhule, Reid, Reyburn, Robinson, Saissy, Sani, Savadogo, SBA, Soumare, Walker, Waller, WHO, Wiersinga, Williams, Wiredu, Wright, Youssef   +58 more
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Chest CT Findings in Patients with Non-Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain: Focusing on Pulmonary Tuberculosis in a Tuberculosis Endemic Country [PDF]

Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology, 2015
Although it is important to diagnose the cardiac etiology in patients presenting with chest pain, non-cardiac causes of chest pain may also be serious. For many patients with chest pain who enter the emergency department or outpatient clinic, there is a non-cardiovascular cause of the pain (1). Indeed, among patients with chest pain who present for the
Yookyung Kim, Yon Ju Ryu, So Won Lee, Sung Shine Shim   +3 more
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