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E Pearlman

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PubMed1977

Hemoglobin E and glucose-6-phosphate deficiency in the Khmer Air Force (Cambodia).

This study was designed to investigate the use of primaquine in malaria control in the Khmer Republic (Cambodia). Blood was drawn from 106 male Khmer Air Force troops for analysis of hemoglobin E and glucose-6-phosphate (G-6-PD) deficiency. A test group of 15 men with G-6-PD deficiency and a group of 31 normal controls were given 15 mg of primaquine each morning for 14 days. The patients were followed for hemoglobinuria and changes in hematocrit. Primaquine induced a significant, but not a dangerous, hemolysis in G-6pD-deficient Khmer troops. The G-6-PD deficiency seen in Khmer Air Force subjects was G-6-PD Mahidol. Statistically, G-6-PD Mahidol was linked to hemoglobin E.

Cambodia↗
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Topical application of diethylcarbamazine to detect onchocerciasis recrudescence in west Africa.

The Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa (OCP) has succeeded in eliminating blinding onchocerciasis as a public health problem throughout much of West Africa. The efforts of the OCP are now turning towards surveillance, with the goal of rapidly detecting and controlling outbreaks of infection in the onchocerciasis-free zone. With this goal in mind, cutaneous application of a solution of diethylcarbamazine (the DEC-patch test) was evaluated in 1996-99 as a method to detect patent Onchocerca volvulus infection in children and adolescents, a sentinel population for the detection of recrudescence. In an analysis of 1887 individuals in Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso, the DEC-patch test produced prevalence estimates comparable to those obtained by skin snip. The sensitivity of the DEC-patch assay was marginally greater in children and adolescents than in adults, and was greater in individuals who had received prior Mectizan treatment. These data suggest that the DEC-patch test may be a useful tool for detecting recrudescence of O. volvulus infection in a sentinel population of children and young adults within the onchocerciasis-free zone created by the OCP.

Administration, Cutaneous↗
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Bilateral superficial femoral giant cell arteritis.

Giant cell arteritis is a rare, poorly understood, and often misdiagnosed entity. A case is reported of giant cell arteritis in a 30-year-old white male who developed severe bilateral peripheral claudication affecting both legs. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) was markedly elevated. The diagnosis of vasculitis was established by histology postoperatively following exploration of both superficial femoral arteries and the placement of a reversed saphenous vein bypass graft to the right leg. Biopsy of the temporal artery revealed no pathology. The patient has been completely asymptomatic postoperatively and has resumed all previous normal activities. This condition has persisted in spite of a failed graft determined by an arteriogram performed 3 months after surgery. He has been treated with steroids continuously since the procedure.

Adult↗