Publications by authors named "Rohitha Gamlath"
Background: Guillain-Barré syndrome is an acquired polyradiculo-neuropathy, often preceded by an antecedent event. It is a monophasic disease but a recurrence rate of 1-6 % is documented in a subset group of patients. Patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome show cerebrospinal fluid albuminocytologic dissociation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLemierre's syndrome secondary to community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection presenting with cardiac tamponade, a rare disease with a life-threatening presentation: a case report.
Sonali Sihindi Chapa Gunatilake Lakmini Gunarathna Yapa Malinga Gallala Rohitha Gamlath Chaturaka Rodrigo
Int J Emerg Med
January 2015
Background: Lemierre's syndrome is a rare condition characterized by thrombophlebitis of internal jugular vein, septicemia and septic metastatic infection of different organs. It is preceded by an oropharyngeal infection by anaerobic organisms. Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is now emerging as a causative organism in Lemierre's syndrome.
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- An outbreak of leptospirosis in Sri Lanka in 2008 led to high mortality rates, prompting medical staff at the General Hospital, Peradeniya to implement intravenous methylprednisolone (MP) as part of the treatment for severely ill patients.
- A study divided patients into 'pre-MP' and 'MP' periods, using a clinical severity score to evaluate outcomes; 62 patients received MP treatment while 10 patients without MP were also assessed.
- Results showed a significant reduction in the mortality rate from 21.8% in the pre-MP group to 10.7% in the MP group, suggesting that early administration of MP can be beneficial, particularly for severe cases without major comorbid