Telepractice-delivered communication training for informal caregivers of people with aphasia: A pilot study.

Purpose: To establish proof of concept of a student-led, telepractice-delivered communication partner training towards enhancing communication between people with aphasia and their informal caregivers in everyday conversations.

Method: Two dyads were recruited, each consisting of a person with aphasia and their caregiver. A pre-training questionnaire was completed by caregivers, followed by a weekly communication training session delivered by graduate student clinicians via telepractice to each dyad over 12 weeks.

[Splenic cysts as an incidental finding--what's next?].

History And Admission Findings: A 55-year-old woman presented comfortable and well-nourished for a check up. The physical examination remained without pathological results. However lipase parameter in serum was conspicuously elevated we performed an ultrasound examination.

A survey of commercially available broilers marketed as organic, free-range, and conventional broilers for cooked meat yields, meat composition, and relative value.

The objective of this survey was to investigate qualitative and quantitative properties of meat from organic, free-range, and conventional broilers as currently provided to consumers. Fifteen broilers from 4 suppliers of each type were evaluated for raw meat yield, cooked meat yield, proximate composition, pH, color, lipid oxidation, fatty acid composition, and sensory attributes. Organic broilers yielded more dark (thigh) meat (P < 0.

Intravenous cidofovir treatment for recalcitrant warts in the setting of a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome.

Cidofovir is an acyclic nucleoside phosphonate with broad-spectrum activity against DNA viruses, including human papilloma virus (HPV). However, data on the efficacy of cidofovir in an immunosuppressive setting remain contradictory. We report for the first time on the promotion of the healing of recalcitrant warts in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome with intravenous cidofovir treatment.

Nodular and bullous cutaneous mastocytosis of the xanthelasmoid type: case report.

Severe generalized nodular and bullous mastocytosis of the xanthelasmoid type is described in a 7-month-old boy. Reddish to yellowish-brown xanthelasmoid papules and nodules first developed in the inguinal region a few weeks after birth and then progressively spread to cover nearly the entire body surface. There was severe pruritus and recurrent episodes of blistering.

Pseudotumour of the tongue caused by herpes simplex virus type 2 in an HIV-1 infected immunosuppressed patient.

An HIV-1 infected immunosuppressed patient (CD4+ cell counts: 382 cells/microL; viral load 94,000 copies/mL) with recurrent perianal herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infections is described, showing an unusual exophytic tumour resembling a squamous cell carcinoma in the lateral part of the tongue. He also had persistent facial herpes infection, oral candidosis, oral hairy leukoplakia and lymphadenopathy. The presence of HSV-2 was detected by polymerase chain reaction both in smears and in a tissue biopsy taken from the involved tongue area.

[HIV-associated psoriasis. Clinical and histological observations in 36 patients].

Between 1982 and 1995, over 700 HIV-infected patients with different skin diseases were registered at the Department of Dermatology, Benjamin Franklin Medical Center, The Free University of Berlin. Thirty-six of them (approximately 5%) were diagnosed as having psoriasis. This is clearly a higher prevalence of psoriasis than in the general population (1-2%).

[Mollusca contagiosa in HIV infection. Clinical manifestation, relation to immune status and prognostic value in 39 patients].

Mollusca contagiosa predominantly affect children; their occurrence in adults is rare. In recent years many descriptions of mollusca contagiosa in immunosuppressed patients, mostly in HIV-infected individuals, have appeared. We analysed the occurrence of mollusca contagiosa in a large group of HIV-patients and examined their relation to the immune status and their prognostic significance.

Oral hairy leukoplakia in 71 HIV-seropositive patients: clinical symptoms, relation to immunologic status, and prognostic significance.

Background: Oral hairy leukoplakia (OHL) is a benign hyperplasia of the oral mucosa that is induced by Epstein-Barr virus. It occurs nearly exclusively in men infected with HIV. OHL is a marker of moderate to advanced immunodeficiency and disease progression in patients with HIV infection.

Kaposi's sarcoma: a reevaluation.

Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a multicentric neoplasia of microvascular origin arising during development of immunodeficiency in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals. More than 130 patients with HIV-associated KS (98% male homosexuals; median age, 35 years) have been diagnosed at the Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Steglitz, Berlin, during the years 1982-1992. Mucocutaneous and visceral involvement was a common finding in patients with HIV-associated KS, increasing from 39% at the first visit to 65% at the last observation.