Recent case studies on the use of ozone to combat coronavirus: Problems and perspectives.

Coronavirus pandemic has created havoc in the world. COVID-19 is now officially labeled as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-related Coronavirus-SARS-CoV-2. Therefore, it is equally important to combat the virus both inside the human body as well as in the environment.

Accelerated idioventricular rhythm in a healthy teenager post circumcision.

Accelerated idioventricular rhythm (AIVR) is a ventricular arrhythmia, most commonly seen in adults with underlying cardiac disease. Few cases of AIVR have been reported in the adult population in the absence of cardiac pathology. We describe a case of a healthy teenager who developed episodes of AIVR postoperatively.

Tuberculosis among foreign-born persons in New York City, 1992-1994: implications for tuberculosis control.

Objective: To study the pattern of transmission of tuberculosis (TB) among foreign-born persons living in New York City.

Design: A retrospective multicenter study comparing 158 foreign-born patients to 231 US-born patients diagnosed with TB between 1992 and 1994. The patients were stratified according to their Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolate DNA fingerprint patterns.

A review of erythromycin-induced malignant tachyarrhythmia--torsade de pointes. A case report.

The term torsade de pointes refers to a ventricular tachycardia characterized by QRS complexes of changing amplitude that appears to twist around the isoelectric line and occurs at rates of 200-250/minute. Most cases of torsade de pointes are iatrogenically induced by drugs or electrolyte abnormalities. The most important feature is QT interval prolongation.