scholarly journals Dermoscopic Findings and Their Therapeutic Implications in Trichostasis Spinulosa: A Retrospective Study of 306 Patients

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 291-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Awatef Kelati ◽  
Niema Aqil ◽  
Fatima Zahra Mernissi
2021 ◽  
pp. 019459982098745
Author(s):  
Mirko Aldè ◽  
Federica Di Berardino ◽  
Paola Marchisio ◽  
Giovanna Cantarella ◽  
Umberto Ambrosetti ◽  
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Objective To evaluate the role of social isolation during the lockdown due to the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) in modifying the prevalence of otitis media with effusion (OME) and the natural history of chronic OME. Study Design Retrospective study. Setting Tertiary level referral audiologic center. Methods We assessed the prevalence of OME among children aged 6 months to 12 years who attended the outpatient clinic for hearing or vestibular disorders during 2 periods before the lockdown, May-June 2019 (n = 350) and January-February 2020 (n = 366), and the period immediately after the lockdown, May-June 2020 (n = 216). We also compared the disease resolution rates between a subgroup of children with chronic OME (n = 30) who were diagnosed in summer 2019 and reevaluated in May-June 2020 and a similar subgroup (n = 29) assessed in 2018-2019. Results The prevalence of OME in this clinic population was 40.6% in May-June 2019, 52.2% in January-February 2020, and 2.3% in May-June 2020. Children with chronic OME had a higher rate of disease resolution in May-June 2020 (93.3%) than those examined in May-June 2019 (20.7%, P < .001). Conclusion Closure of schools and the physical distancing rules were correlated with a reduction in the prevalence of OME and favored the resolution of its chronic forms among children who attended the outpatient clinic. These data could suggest that in the presence of chronic OME, keeping young children out of group care settings for a period might be beneficial to allow for OME resolution.


2000 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping-Nam Wong ◽  
Siu-Ka Mak ◽  
Kin-Yee Lo ◽  
Gensy M.W. Tong ◽  
Andrew K.M. Wong

Background Candida peritonitis accounts for the majority of fungal peritonitis in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), but the Candida species were not routinely subtyped in previous studies. The clinical course and the outcome of Candida parapsilosis peritonitis remain unclear. Objective To study the clinical course and outcome of C. parapsilosis peritonitis in CAPD patients. Setting Peritoneal dialysis unit in a regional hospital. Patients and Design A retrospective study on seven cases of C. parapsilosis peritonitis occurring in a single center over 3 years. Results The 7 patients included 4 males and 3 females. Their mean age was 62 ± 11.5 years. Two (29%) were diabetic. Three (43%) had a history of preceding peritonitis and 5 (71%) had received broad spectrum antibiotic within the previous 1 month. All presented with cloudy dialysate, abdominal pain, and fever. The mean dialysate white cell count was 300 ± 168/mm3 with a predominance of neutrophils (81.4% ± 13.1%). The mean time from onset of symptoms to diagnosis was 5.7 ± 3.1 days. All had been treated with immediate catheter removal within 24 hours of diagnosis and antifungal therapy, including oral fluconazole, intravenous (IV) amphotericin, or their sequential combination. Environmental samplings were negative for C. parapsilosis. The overall complication rate was exceptionally high (71%), with three (43%) complicated by abscess formation requiring surgical drainage, one peritoneal adhesion (14%), and one mortality (14%). In the end, only two (29%) could resume CAPD. Conclusions The outcome of this study group appeared worse than those previously described in the literature, and the optimal treatment for this group of patients remains unclear.


2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 855.e3
Author(s):  
C. Cannarozzo ◽  
P. Kirch ◽  
L. Campoy ◽  
R. Gleed ◽  
M. Martin-Flores
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2018 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 249
Author(s):  
David Broome ◽  
Gauri Bhuchar ◽  
Ehsan Fayazzadeh ◽  
James Bena ◽  
Christian Nasr

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Ghasak Mahmood ◽  
Sylvia J. Shaw ◽  
Yaga Szlachick ◽  
Rod Atkins ◽  
Stefan Bughi

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