Latest articles

Alcaligenes xylosoxidans, formerly known as Achromobacter xylosoxidans is a nonfermenting gram-negative rod, that is increasingly been identified as a pathogen in the last decade. Nowadays the name commonly accepted for correct taxonomy is Achromobacter xylosoxidans1 . It has been isolated from several aqueous environmental sources,…

In children with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection biochemical evidence of liver involvement is frequent. However cholestasis and pancreatitis are rare. We report a child where this association, usually suggestive of biliary tract obstruction, was instead secondary to EBV infection without the typical clinical and hematological…

Objective: We investigated the usefulness of ultrasound for a thoracic epidural catheterization in bariatric surgery.Methods:  Sixteen patients with 125.9 kg in mean body weight and 45.5 kg/m2 in mean body mass index were studied.  The longitudinal view of the ultrasound scanning was used to detect…

Meckel's diverticulum (MD) is the most common congenital anomaly of small intestine. It is the most common end result of the spectrum of omphalomesenteric duct anomalies, which also include umbilicoileal fistula, umbilical sinus or cyst, and a fibrous cord connecting the ileum to the umbilicus.…

The development of technology parks in Malaysia creates the expectations that they will contribute significantly to the industrialization.  Therefore, there is increasing number of research conducted on technology parks performance. However, there is still uncertainty about whether technology parks are achieving their goals or not…

Although adaptive servo-ventilation (ASV) therapy is considered clinically beneficial to patients with heart failure (HF), a large proportion of patients fail to show improvement in HF. We aimed to identify reliable markers indicative of a favorable response to ASV. We evaluated 103 consecutive patients with New…

Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a well known group of disorders of movement, muscle tone, or other features that reflect abnormal control over motor function by the central nervous system.  The oral findings in these groups of patients are important to know in order to allow…

The present study was conducted to evaluate drug resistance patterns of salmonella enterica serotype typhi and paratyphi in enteric fever. This study is an observational study. The place of this study is the Department of Medicine, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Hospital and the duration…

Altered olfactory functions in patients with eating disorders have been reported with obesity, during hunger, following food ingestion and after bariatric surgery, but subsequent data have remained controversial. Methods: We investigated olfactory function (threshold, identification, discrimination) by Sniffin Sticks® in six independent studies: At baseline…

Thyroid hemiagenesis is a rare variant of thyroid dysgenesis in which one lobe of the gland fails to develop. It is considered to be the rarest developmental abnormality of the thyroid gland. Only about 310 cases have been reported till date. Hemiagenesis commonly involves the…