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This is a case study of a six year old boy with a previous history of a contuse trauma of the cervical spinal region who later developed fever, stiffening of the neck, and signs of spinal compression. A descending myelography detected a lesion at C4. The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance study of the area showed an anterior epidural mass extending from C5 to T1 which displaced the spinal cord. Surgery revealed an epidural abscess which was drained. The patient received parenteral antibiotic therapy.
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Abscesso/diagnóstico , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética , Doenças da Medula Espinal/diagnóstico , Infecções Estafilocócicas/diagnóstico , Criança , Espaço Epidural , Humanos , MasculinoRESUMO
Four cases of trichinosis found in a family living in Iztapalapa, Mexico, D.F. are reported. The family reported to frequently eat raw sausage originally from Villanueva, Zacatecas from which Trichinella spiralis larvae were isolated. Diagnosis was difficult in the first case since no epidemiological history was associated with the patient, besides the fact that the patient showed no signs of eosinophilia and blood tests were negative. The diagnosis in this case was confirmed through muscular biopsy. The predominating symptomatology consisted in the trilogy of fever, eyelid edema and myalgias.
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Surtos de Doenças , Triquinelose/diagnóstico , Doença Aguda , Adolescente , Animais , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Saúde da Família , Feminino , Parasitologia de Alimentos , Humanos , Carne , México/epidemiologia , Suínos , Triquinelose/complicações , Triquinelose/epidemiologiaRESUMO
The level of neutralizing antibodies to rotaviruses belonging to serotypes 1, 3, and 4 was determined in acute- and convalescent-phase sera from 36 Mexican children with rotaviral diarrhea. Most of the infants who seroconverted fell into one of the following three patterns: single seroconversion to serotype 1; seroconversion to serotypes 1 and 4; or seroconversion to all three serotypes tested. The heterotypic neutralizing antibody responses to rotavirus infections are discussed.