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pISSN: 0044-6025
eISSN: 1735-9694
Editor-in-Chief:
Ahmadreza Dehpour, PharmD, PhD
This journal is a member of, and subscribes to the principles of, the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Vol 2, No 1 (1958)
Articles
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Thirty cases have been studied in the recent epidemic of meningococcal meningitis. In fourteen of these cases organisms were isolated.
In all these the organisms were proved to be meningococcus type A; with following characteristics:
1-Different culture media were tried; blood agar was found to be the best.2-One week after the onset of the illness, serum test was tried with the patient's sera and meningococci type A. All were positive (1/160-1/640). The reaction was negative with the organisms of types B, C and also with the sera of patients suffering from lymphocytic meningitis.
3-Crossed agglutination was positive with the serum obtained from each patient; and the organisms isolated from the other; thus
prov ing the common origin of the epidemic.4-In most of the cases seroprecipitation from centrifugated C.S.F. with antimeningococcal A serum was positive.
5-All the strains obtained were highly sensitive to sulphonamides, The sensitivity to penicillin, erythromycin, oleandomycin and chloramphenicol was fairly good; but to other antibiotics it was less marked.
6-This sensitivity to sulfonamides has not deterioted up to this date, and we have not found any strain resistent to this drug.
7-The clinical pattern of the disease has somewhat changed during the course of the epidemic. At first classical types were more often seen, hut later the cases admitted were more severe, with Coma and convulsion
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This is a short survey on association of pulmonary emphysema and peptic ulcer in 680 hospitalized and 1218 private patients. The incidence of peptic ulcer in emphysemateous patient has been approximately evaluated as 38,80 /0 in hospital and 99% in private patients especially studied for this purpose. The probable cause or causes that may enhance the production of peptic ulcer in emphysemateous persons is discussed. A special constitution has been found in most cases of peptic ulcer; the result of which will .be published later en. In view of the fact that Some of the ernphysernateous ulcer patients had bronchial asthma in their history, and as such patients may develop no pathognomonic symptoms or signs of peptic ulcer steroid hormones are likely to be unduly prescribed for them which may result in the appearance of some of the complica ti ons of peptic ulcer such as hemorrhage or perforation. So we recommend that before making quite certain of the absence of the clinical and radiological signs or symptoms of peptic ulcer, any prescription of steroid hormones should strictly be avoided.
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The authors report a rare and curious case of massive uveitis with an exudative mass in the anterior chamber rather resembling the crystalline lens.
They followed up the case clinically and took a series of photographs showing its rapid evolution. The exudative mass was atfor a dislocation of the lens in the anterior chamber -
The authors report three cases of melanoma of the iris, where histological examination did not confirm malignancy. They have followed up these. cases clinically and taken a series of .photographs. They maintain that in certain cases the clinical progress, if carefully and strictly controlled, would render a better aid. to diagnosis than a histological examination
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The authors report three curious cases of orbital foreign body (the knob of a drawer- the point of a knife and a portion of a metallic weapon ] where despite the severity of the shock and the magnitude of the foreign bodies, the eye and the vision remained intact.
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A case of tuberose sclerosis with typical skin manifestations and epilepsy is described. The authors state that the condition is not rare in Iran.
