Persistent Colonic Schistosomiasis among Symptomatic Rural Inhabitants in the Egyptian Nile Delta.

Background And Aims: Human schistosomiasis is one of the most important and unfortunately neglected tropical diseases. The aim of the current study was to investigate the prevalence and characteristics of colonic schistosomiasis among symptomatic rural inhabitants of the Middle Northern region of the Egyptian Nile delta.

Patients And Methods: This study recruited 193 inhabitants of the rural community in the Egyptian Nile Delta referred for colonoscopy because of variable symptoms.

A 19-year-old farmer presented with acute hepatitis and deep vein thrombosis before being diagnosed as MRSA induced septic knee arthritis.

We introduce this case presented as fever and acute hepatitis in a 19 year old male. Soon after admission, signs of DVT of the left lower limb appeared and was confirmed with Doppler ultrasound. Low molecular weight heparin was introduced in addition to empirical ciprofloxacin and paracetamol given orally in therapeutic doses with no improvement.