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Open Journal of Internal Medicine (OJIM) is an international journal dedicated to the advancement of the study of internal medicine. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas…
M. Said, M. S. El-Raziky, M. Abdel-Hamid, Y. Saad, M. Hashem, S. Zakaria, M. K. Mohamed, G. Esmat
Aim: is to investigate if past exposure to HBV in chronic HCV infection promotes the progression of liver disease and influences Interferon (INF) response or not. Methods: 185 patients with chronic HCV were recruited and randomized into 2 groups, group I was…
Yasmin Saad, Soheir Zakaria, Iman Ramzy, Maissa El Raziky, Olfat Shaker, Wafaa elakel, Mohamed Said, Mona Noseir, Mai El-Daly, Mohamed Abdel Hamid, Gamal Esmat
This study aim is to assess the prevalence of occult HCV infection among Egyptian patients with non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) with elevated AST and ALT, and to correlate presence of occult HCV with severity of liver disease. Patients and Methods:…
Salah A. M. Said, Herman T. Droste, Erik Eijken
A 72-year-old female was admitted to the CCU with a recent onset of progressive breathlessness for bedside pericardial drainage for chronic pericardial effusion. After an uncomplicated drainage procedure, initially a serous straw coloured fluid was aspired wi…
Salah A. M. Said, Bart J. F. Liebrand, Nersing Bansraj, Erik Eijken
A 60-year-old man with known epilepsy was admitted to our hospital due to hypotension, fever and arrhythmia. He was treated medically and myocardial infarction was ruled out. Treatment of septic shock was established according to the guidelines of the early g…
Shih-Han S. Huang, Ainslie Hildebrand, William F. Clark
Lupus nephritis leads to significant morbidity and mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematous. Immunosuppressive agents are recommended in management of Class III, IV and V lupus nephritis. The goals of therapy are to control the disease and to pr…
Mona Mlika, Heifa Azouz, Inès Chelly, Sofiène Ayadi, Wael Rbai, Nidhameddine Kchir, Slim Haouet, Mohamed Moncef Zitouna
Background: Periarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a necrotizing systemic vasculitis involving mediumsized arteries and rarely the smallsized ones. It affects various organs and is generally revealed by different non specific organs. The aim of the authors is to repor…
Damian Franzen, Hans-Georg Brochhagen, Effim Benenson
Multifocal fibrosis is a rare condition occurring at any age and characterized by chronic inflammation, soft tissue proliferation and subsequent fibrosis of various vascular connective tissues. Following diagnosis in a 43-year accountant with multiple vascula…
H. Zaky, H. El Zein, A. Al-Mulla
Late rising in pacing threshold is an uncommon complication of permanent pacing. Treatment with high dose systemic steroid could spare the patient another procedure. We report a case of late rising pacing threshold that responded to high dose sys-temic steroi…
Marianna Porzio, Luca Valenti, Daniela Bignamini, Francesca Ricchini, Alessandro Palleschi, Paolo Tarsia, Silvia Fargion
We present the case of a 42-year-old man affected by psoriasis with Staphylococcus Haemolyticus superin-fection of Legionella pneumonia during infliximab therapy. The introduction of compounds that block TNF-α has yielded great benefits for patients affected…
Clotilde Muller, Bernadette Faller, François Sellal, François Chantrel
We bring report the case of a young woman who presents with neurological symptoms, and to which the practised investigations led to the discovery in chain of unexpected pathologies. These neurological disorders were revealing of the picture associating a neph…
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