Disseminated Bacillus Calmette-Guérin infection in HIV-infected children: case report and review.
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to J R Garrido.
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
HYPOTHESIS: Patients with rectal carcinoma may have anal continence disorders before the operation, in relation to age. AIM: To evaluate the anorectal function in a consecutive sample of patients with rectal carcinoma before the operation. MATERIAL AND METHODS: 56 consecutive patients with rectal carcinoma were studied and classified into two groups according to anal continence: continent and incontinent. Anorectal function were evaluated in all patients: Perineometry (perineal measurements at rest and during a straining effort), Anal manometry (anal pressures and rectal capacity), Pudendal nerve terminal motor latency. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: quantitative data: -test (confidence interval), qualitative data: Fischer exact test. RESULTS: Anal continence: continent 41, incontinent 15. All patients with anal incontinence were more than 60 years old (p<0.01). Mean age: continent 61.3 +/- 12.4, incontinent 74.3 +/- 6 (p<0.01, CI 8.02-17.98). Perineal measurement: at rest: continent 2.97 +/- 0.69. incontinent 2.54 +/- 0.56 (p<0.05, CI 0.03-0.83), with straining effort: continent 1.37 +/- 0.86, incontinent 0.81 +/- 0.92 (p < 0.05, CI 0.03 - 1.86). Pudendal latency: continent 1.9 +/- 0.3, incontinent 2.3 +/- 0.5 (p<0.01, CI 0.11-0.69). There was no significant difference in the manometric data. CONCLUSION: Patients with rectal carcinoma have preoperative anal continence alterations, in relation to pelvic disorders and age.
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
The authors report a case of non-reactive tuberculosis diagnosed at autopsy. This is a very rare type of clinical presentation of tuberculosis and is usually associated with immunosuppression and gross abnormalities of haemopoiesis.
The authors describe a case of neonatal osteoarthritis of the hip due to group B streptococcus and discuss the importance of recognizing this bacteria in the late focal infections of the newborn.