Publications by authors named "Kumud Bhattarai"
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- Out of 1,248 patients who underwent colonoscopy, 52 were diagnosed with IBD (4.16%), with ulcerative colitis being more common (34.4 cases per 1,000 colonoscopies) compared to Crohn's disease (7.2 cases per 1,000).
- The mean age for diagnosis was about 39.67 years, with females more affected than males, and symptoms often persisted for several years before diagnosis; typical treatments included traditional medications rather
Toxoplasma gondii Pneumonia in an Immunocompetent Host: A Case Report.
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc
January 2021
Toxoplasmosis is an infection caused by the intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii. An acute infection caused by the protozoan is usually asymptomatic but some patients may go into a complicated course. Though it is a common pathogen of immunocompromised states as HIV AIDS, rarely it may present in an immunocompetent host as pneumonia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: There is a close correlation between ankylosing spondylitis and uveitis, other less common ocular manifestations being episcleritis and scleritis. Though the prognosis of uveitis is good, prompt treatment is required to prevent long-term complications. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of uveitis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis who follow outpatient clinic of a tertiary care hospital.
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