scholarly journals A case report of lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma in an adolescent

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 134-138
Author(s):  
M. E. Perminova ◽  
G. S. Ovsyannikova ◽  
L. L. Kazakova ◽  
A. V. Pshonkin ◽  
I. V. Sidorov ◽  
...  

Here we report a case of EBV-positive lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the abdominal and retroperitoneal lymph nodes in a 17-year-old girl. This case is of special interest because of the rarity of the diagnosis (especially in adolescents), the unusual location of the tumor, the patient’s history of infections and autoimmune diseases (autoimmune hepatitis, Crohn’s disease) and the absence of standard treatment guidelines for this tumor. The patient and her legal representatives gave their consent to the use of the patient’s data, including photographs, for research purposes and in publications. 

Author(s):  
Celicia Serenata

In 2009 the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) Treatment Technical Task Team (TTT) finalised recommendations for changes to the national standard treatment guidelines for adult and paediatric management and treatment, as well as changes in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) guidelines, moving away from monotherapy to dual therapy. President Zuma announced changes in the national antiretroviral therapy (ART) programme on World AIDS Day 2009. Subsequently additional changes were made to the treatment guidelines to be in line with these new Presidential mandates, which came into effect on 1 April 2010.


Author(s):  
H.J.F. Hodgson

Case History—A 24 yr old woman presenting with a short history of jaundice. Autoimmune hepatitis describes chronic inflammation in the liver attributed to immune responses against self-antigens in the liver, typically in the form of a marked portal tract infiltrate containing both plasma cells and T cells. It usually affects women (female:male, 8:1), is often familial, and 60% of patients have other autoimmune diseases (e.g. thyroiditis, type 1 diabetes) in addition....


2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inês Linhares ◽  
Teresa Raposo ◽  
António Rodrigues ◽  
Adelaide Almeida

The aim of this study was to assess the most frequent multidrug resistant (MDR) profiles of the main bacteria implicated in community-acquired urinary tract infections (UTI). Only the MDR profiles observed in, at least, 5% of the MDR isolates were considered. A quarter of the bacteria were MDR and the most common MDR profile, including resistance to penicillins, quinolones, and sulfonamides (antibiotics with different mechanisms of action, all mainly recommended by the European Association of Urology for empirical therapy of uncomplicated UTI), was observed, alone or in association with resistance to other antimicrobial classes, in the main bacteria implicated in UTI. The penicillin class was included in all the frequent MDR profiles observed in the ten main bacteria and was the antibiotic with the highest prescription during the study period. The sulfonamides class, included in five of the six more frequent MDR profiles, was avoided between 2000 and 2009. The results suggest that the high MDR percentage and the high diversity of MDR profiles result from a high prescription of antibiotics but also from antibiotic-resistant genes transmitted with other resistance determinants on mobile genetic elements and that the UTI standard treatment guidelines must be adjusted for the community of Aveiro District.


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