Cerebral blood flow abnormalities with central sparing on arterial spin labeling in mild encephalopathy associated with excitotoxicity: a case report.

Background: Acute encephalopathy with biphasic seizures and late reduced diffusion (AESD) and mild encephalopathy associated with excitotoxicity (MEEX) are the most frequent acute encephalopathies in pediatric patients in Japan. AESD typically presents with biphasic seizures and delayed reduced diffusion in the subcortical area, called bright tree appearance (BTA), on radiological examination. In patients with AESD, arterial spin labeling (ASL) shows decreased cerebral blood flow (CBF) in the hyperacute stage and increased CBF in the acute stage, suggesting the usefulness of ASL for the early diagnosis of AESD.

Therapy with propylthiouracil for T3-predominant neonatal Graves' disease: a case report.

This case report describes a male neonate with Graves' disease. The mother's pregnancy was complicated by poorly controlled Graves' disease. The neonate was diagnosed with thyroxine (T3)-predominant Graves' disease with low free triiodothyronine (T4) and high free T3 during antithyroid drug therapy.

Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome caused by the dissemination of an invasive emm3/ST15 strain of Streptococcus pyogenes.

Background: Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus [GAS]) is a major human pathogen that causes a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. Although invasive GAS (iGAS) infections are relatively uncommon, emm3/ST15 GAS is a highly virulent, invasive, and pathogenic strain. Global molecular epidemiology analysis has suggested that the frequency of emm3 GAS has been recently increasing.

[Three cases with high TARC levels of gastrointestinal food allergies in neonates and infants].

We measured serum TARC (Thymus and activation-regulated chemokine, CCL-17) levels in three patients of gastrointestinal food allergies in neonates and infants. Patient 1: 14-day-old girl. The chief complaints were poor feeding and weight loss.