Transient Cloxacillin Induced Agranulocytosis with Eosinophilia and Elevated IgE Levels

Osama Tanous, Tony Hayek and Shadi Hamoud

Cloxacillin is a commonly prescribed antibiotic for Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) caused infections. We report a case of transient Cloxacillin induced agran..Ver más»

The Surgery and Anesthesia

Kyle Joseph

Fluticasone Induces Epithelial Injury and Alters Barrier Function in Normal Subjects

Ruth E. MacRedmond, Gurpreet K. Singhera, Samuel J. Wadsworth, Susan Attridge, Mohammed Bahzad, Kristy Williams, Harvey O. Coxson, Steven R. White and Delbert R. Dorscheid

Objective: The airway epithelium has a number of roles pivotal to the pathogenesis of asthma, including provision of a physical and immune barrier to the inhale..Ver más»

Association of a 27-Bp Repeat Polymorphism in Intron 4 of Endothelial Constitutive Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene with Coronary Artery Disease in a Tunisian Population

Letaief Afef*, Benothmane Leila, Charfeddine Bassem, Ennez Hajri Samia, Guider Jridi and Limem Khalifa

Background: Nitric oxide (NO) plays a major role in the regulation of vascular tone associations between NO genotypes. Coronary artery disease (CAD) and other r..Ver más»

Current Indications, Techniques and Results of Cytoreductive Surgery with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Intra-Abdominal Malignancies

Meagan Wademan, Jinny Ha, Harvinder Singh, Youdchitra Markan, Pormina Sharma, Karl Kasamon, Nimagada, Mitch Oh, Wendly Citron,Randy Cohen, Russel Deluca and Cherif Boutros

Over the last decades, there has been a paradigm shift regarding the management of peritoneal dissemination of intra-abdominal malignancies. Previously believed to be an end-sta..Ver más»

Early Experience with Lung Transplantation in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Iskander Al-Githmi

Background: Lung transplant is a treatment option for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The purpose of this study was to review the results of lung transplant in patients with idio..Ver más»