Toxocariasis is a helminthic zoonosis due to the presence in the human body of larvae of Toxocara sp., roundworms of the Ascaridae family. Less than 50 cases of central involvement related to toxocarasis have been rep...
Ocular tuberculosis(OTB)is a chronic eye infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.Some cases of myelitis are associated with Epstein-Barr virus(EBV),with 1-5%of EBV infections leading to neurologic complications...
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Background:The pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis(MS)and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis(EAE-an animal model of MS)is primarily mediated by T cells.However,recent studies have only focused on interleukin(IL)...
Background Rabies continues to pose significant public health challenges in many developing countries including Bhutan.A probable case of rabies was admitted to our hospital and its reporting led to the uncovering of ...
Osteomyelitis is a common musculoskeletal infection in children,and the acute and chronic osteomyelitis are the two most common type.Acute osteomyelitis affects about 1 in every 5,000 to 10,000 people and is more comm...
Pediatric osteomyelitis is a serious infection in children leading to significant morbidity and hospitalization[1].Infections most commonly occur in the long bones,and 52%-70% are caused by Staphylococcus aureus(S.aur...
This research was supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseasess of Health(NIH,USA,grants AI147325 and AI157046);the Arizona Biomedical Research Commission Centre Young Investigator grant(ADHS18-198859,USA)to Jun Wang;Yanmei Hu was supported by the NIH training grant T32 GM008804(USA).
Enterovirus A71(EV-A71)is a significant human pathogen,especially in children.EV-A71 infection is one of the leading causes of hand,foot,and mouth diseases(HFMD),and can lead to neurological complications such as acut...
Optic neuritis is the most common cause of unilateral visual loss associated with orbital pain on ocular movements and impaired colour vision. It can present with anterior optic neuritis, papillitis, a swollen optic d...
BACKGROUND Varicella-zoster virus(VZV)generally causes chickenpox at first infection in childhood and then establishes latent infection in the dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord or other nerves.Virus reactivation ...
BACKGROUND Tuberculous myelitis is a rare manifestation of tuberculosis(TB)that is usually caused by hematogenous spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis(MTB).Neurosyphilis is a neurological disease that occurs when Trep...