Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is an opportunistic disease in immunocompromised patients that may appear without symptoms, with constitutional symptoms, or as a tissue-invasive disease. infection often manifests with non-specific symptoms; however, it can lead to severe malabsorption and extraintestinal dissemination by accelerated autoinfection. The coinfection of CMV and has rarely been reported, particularly with solely severe gastrointestinal bleeding.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Dietary supplements (DSs) are commonly used supplements among children to support disease treatment, however, overuse and inappropriate prescription of outpatient DS can negatively affect health and treatment costs. This study aimed to evaluate DS use in outpatient treatment in children.
Methods: The present study used a cross-sectional descriptive retrospective method based on data from 188,579 outpatient prescriptions of children for 1 year.
(VA) leaves contain many potential active ingredients and exhibit diverse pharmacological activities. The antihypertensive, anti-inflammatory, and analgesic effects of VA crude and fraction extracts were carried out using Swiss albino mice models. VAE is considered safe to be administered due to LD being greater than 10,000 mg/kg body weight.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Antibiotic resistance is increasing globally, associated with many failures in pneumonia treatment. This study aimed to evaluate antibiotic use in children treated for outpatient CAP (Community-Acquired Pneumonia).
Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive retrospective study was conducted, focusing on data from outpatient prescriptions for pneumonia in patients aged 2‒192 months in 2019‒2021.