Kala-azar in Qadisiah : A clinicoepidemiological descriptive study

Authors

  • Mohammed mojar Al-Shamsi college of medicine , Al-Qadisiah university
  • Rahman Kareem mohsin college of medicine, Al-Qadisiah university
  • Assad Habeeb Abdullah Pediatric specialist, maternity and children teacing hospital Diwaniah

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32007/jfacmedbagdad.5021282

Keywords:

Kala-azar in Qadisiah

Abstract

Subject and Method :
study involved sixty five children with kala-azar who were admitted to the maternity and children teaching hospital in Diwaniah during a one year period , 1999. The
clinical and epidemiological criteria of the disease were discussed. The majority of these patients were under the age of 5 years ( 97% ) and were from rural areas ( 86% )
Result :
The symptoms and signs of the disease were fever (100% ), splenomegaly (100% ), anaemia ( 100% ), hepatomegaly ( 92% ), anorexia ( 62% ), bleeding tendency ( 46%
) and jaundice ( 31% ). Our patients had high incidence of bleeding tendency , jaundice , edema and relatively high mortality in comparison with patients elsewhere

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Published

2008-07-01

How to Cite

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Kala-azar in Qadisiah : A clinicoepidemiological descriptive study. JFacMedBagdad [Internet]. 2008 Jul. 1 [cited 2024 Mar. 29];50(2):203-10. Available from: https://iqjmc.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/19JFacMedBaghdad36/article/view/1282

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