Kala-azar in Qadisiah : A clinicoepidemiological descriptive study
Subject and Method : study involved sixty five children with kala-azar who were admitted to the maternity and children teaching hospital in Diwaniah during a one year period , 1999. The clinical and epidemiological criteria of the disease were discussed. The majority of these patients were under th...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Faculty of Medicine University of Baghdad
2008-07-01
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Series: | مجلة كلية الطب |
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Online Access: | http://iqjmc.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/19JFacMedBaghdad36/article/view/1282 |
Summary: | Subject and Method :
study involved sixty five children with kala-azar who were admitted to the maternity and children teaching hospital in Diwaniah during a one year period , 1999. The
clinical and epidemiological criteria of the disease were discussed. The majority of these patients were under the age of 5 years ( 97% ) and were from rural areas ( 86% )
Result :
The symptoms and signs of the disease were fever (100% ), splenomegaly (100% ), anaemia ( 100% ), hepatomegaly ( 92% ), anorexia ( 62% ), bleeding tendency ( 46%
) and jaundice ( 31% ). Our patients had high incidence of bleeding tendency , jaundice , edema and relatively high mortality in comparison with patients elsewhere
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ISSN: | 0041-9419 2410-8057 |