COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease: an interview-based survey.

Patients with a systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease (AIRD) are vulnerable to SARS Cov-2 infection. Vaccination against this infection can prevent the patients from developing severe disease. But vaccine hesitancy in this group can emerge as a hurdle.

Reconstruction of bone defects after osteomyelitis with nonvascularized fibular graft: a retrospective study in twenty-six children.

Background: Persistent infection, soft-tissue fibrosis, and damage to periosteum compound the treatment of children with a bone defect following osteomyelitis. We report on a series of twenty-six patients treated with nonvascularized fibular graft and intramedullary fixation.

Methods: The series included eleven boys and fifteen girls (mean age, 6.

Study of candida and Trichomonas vaginalis in Leucorrhoea.

Of 150 clinically suspected cases of leucorrhoea, 44 cases (29.33%) showed growth of candida and 30 cases (20%) of trichomonas, by wet preparation. Among the candida species the most frequent isolate was C albicans (56.