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Y K Malhotra

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PubMed1979

A school survey of tinea capitis in Benghazi, Libya.

A school survey of Tinea capitis in Benghazi revealed an incidence of 4.49 per cent. The commonest clinical type which accounted for 87.7 per cent of the cases, resembled Seborrhoea capitis more than with any classical type described so far. T. schoenleinii and T. violaeceum were the most frequent isolates.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1979

A study of Tinea capitis in Libya (Benghazi).

Tinea capitis formed 20% of all superficial mycotic infections, which in turn represented 12% of all skin disease diagnosed at the skin outpatient department of Al-Jamaheria hospital in Benghazi. The majority (94%) of tinea capitis occurred in children. A sample of 200 cases cultured revealed Trichophyton schoenleinii to be the most prevalent species of dermatophyte (69.5%) followed by Microsporum audouinii. (23.8%).

Adolescent↗
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Cardiovascular dysautonomia in patients with lepromatous leprosy.

Autonomic functions were studied by six standard tests in 65 patients with lepromatous leprosy and 25 healthy controls. Dysautonomia was observed in 22 patients, all having the disease for more than five years. Associated peripheral neuropathy, judged clinically, was present in all, except one patient. Of the 22 dysautonomic patients, 9 each had mild or moderate dysantonomia and 4 had severe dysautonomia as per the scoring schedule devised by us. Syncope, gustatory sweating and impotence were the symptoms suggestive of dysautonomia. But not all affected patients reported these symptoms. Involvement of the sympathetic system was more frequent than that of the parasympathetic system. Statistically significant abnormality was seen with Atropine ratio, standing 30:15 beat ratio, postural hypotension and sustained hand grip test. Sustained hand grip test was the one which consistently gave abnormal results in all the 22 dysautonomic patients.

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Leprosy in Libya (Benghazi): a clinical study.

A clinical study of leprosy as it occurs in the Eastern part of Libyan Arab Republic (Benghazi) is presented. Lepromatous leprosy was the commonest type (76.47%) observed. Maximum number of cases were seen in the age group 20--49 years. An insight into the magnitude of the leprosy problem in the Libyan Arab Republic is presented.

Adolescent↗