Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis Following COVID-19 Infection in Iran.

Background & Objective: Mucormycosis (also called black fungus) is an opportunistic serious fungal infection caused by mucormycetes. It can occur in diabetes mellitus patients and other immunosuppressive conditions with recent predisposing factors such as maxillofacial surgery and corticosteroid usage.

Methods: In this study, 14 patients were referred to the otorhinolaryngology or ophthalmology ward of Shafa Hospital (Kerman, Iran) with primary symptoms of nasal fullness and facial nerve dysfunction; they were admitted to the hospital to rule out the fungal infection.

The Role of Optical Coherence Tomography in Early Detection of Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Damage in Pituitary Adenoma.

This study aimed to evaluate the ability of optical coherence tomography (OCT) to differentiate eyes without obvious visual disturbances following pituitary adenomas (PAs) from normal eyes, in order to identify factors that could predict early diagnosis and timely treatment and prevent structural damage of visual pathway in patients with saddle area tumors. The present study was carried out between 2014-2018. Participants were divided into three groups: 23 subjects (44 eyes) in the PAs with visual field involvement (VFI) group, 10 (20 eyes) in the PAs with normal visual field (NVF) group and 22 subjects (44 eyes) in the control group.

Supplementary suckling technique in infants less than 6 months of age with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition: a prospective hospital-based study in armed conflict Yemen.

Background: Globally 3.8 million of children under 6 month of age are severely wasted. In Yemen, around 20% of children under 6 months were affected by malnutrition during the armed conflict in the last 7 years.

Evaluation of dietary compliance among Sudanese children with coeliac disease.

The compliance to a gluten-free diet in Sudan is difficult because many Sudanese tribes depend on wheat product for their food with no access to gluten-free food. To evaluate dietary compliance among Sudanese children with coeliac disease (CD), a longitudinal, prospective and hospital-based study was carried out at Ibn Sina Hospital (Coeliac Clinic) and Gaafar Ibn Auf Children's Hospital (Gastroenterology Clinic) from July 2011 to February 2012. Fifty children diagnosed with CD, followed for more than 6 months, were assessed for dietary compliance.

Fanconi Bickel syndrome: clinical phenotypes and genetics in a cohort of Sudanese children.

Background: Fanconi-Bickel syndrome (FBS) is a rare condition of carbohydrate metabolism, caused by a recessive defect in the facilitative glucose transporter GLUT2 encoded by the SLC2A2 gene and characterized by a wide spectrum of phenotypical features. There is a paucity of reported data on FBS from Sub-Saharan Africa. Here, we describe the clinical, biochemical and genetic characteristics of our patients with FBS from Sudan, a country with a high consanguinity rate.

Clinical presentation of coeliac disease and the effect of sorghum-based diet on anthropometric measurements among Sudanese children.

Coeliac disease (CD) is a chronic enteropathy. Sorghum () is a common staple in Sudan. The literature on the growth of children with CD following sorghum diet is scanty.

Perinatal outcomes following Helping Babies Breathe training and regular peer-peer skills practice among village midwives in Sudan.

Background: Over 80% of deliveries in Sudan occur in rural areas, attended by village midwives (VMWs).

Objective: To determine the impact of Helping Babies Breathe training and regular peer-peer skills practice (HBBT) on VMW resuscitation practices and outcomes.

Methods: In a prospective community-based intervention study, 71/82 VMWs, reporting to six East Nile rural medical centres, with previous experience in community health research, consented to HBBT.

Skills retention in Sudanese village midwives 1 year following Helping Babies Breathe training.

Background: Over 80% of deliveries in Sudan occur in isolated villages, attended by village midwives (VMWs). Upgrading newborn resuscitation skills with the Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) programme could improve newborn survival rates.

Objective: To describe the competencies in newborn resuscitation of selected VMWs pre-HBB and post-HBB training.

Cystic fibrosis in Sudanese children: First report of 35 cases.

Cystic fibrosis is the most common severe genetic disorder among children of European descent. It is much less common in Africans and Asians. It affects most critically the lungs causing chronic lung disease, failure to thrive and social deprivation.

Jaw osteomyelitis as a complication in osteopetrosis.

Osteopetrosis is a rare bone dysplasia. The disease is characterized by osteoclast dysfunction, producing diffuse symmetrical increase in skeletal bone density and exhibiting various clinical manifestation because of heterogeneous entity. Among them, jaw osteomyelitis, frequently mandibular osteomyelitis, is an important complication encountered in these patients.

Juvenile-onset Parkinsonism as a result of the first mutation in the adenosine triphosphate orientation domain of PINK1.

Background: Mutations in the PTEN-induced putative kinase 1 (PINK1) gene at 1p36 have been involved in autosomal recessive early-onset parkinsonism.

Objective: To describe the clinical and genetic features of the largest kindred reported to date with early-onset parkinsonism associated with the PINK1 gene.

Design: Clinical and genetic study.