gamma glutamyl transferase/fever

We prospectively determined the value of liver biopsy for microbiological diagnosis of infection in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who had unexplained fever and whose serum levels of alkaline phosphatase or gamma-glutamyl transferase were at least 1.5 times the upper

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease of unknown etiology and has no known diagnostic markers. Periodic attacks of pain and fever can be precipitated by dietary fat or dairy products and by the same factors that are known to elevate serum free fatty acids (FFA).

A 16-year-old boy presented with a 6-day history of fevers and myalgias and a 4-day history of diffuse crampy abdominal pain. On admission, his sclerae were icteric and he had diffuse abdominal tenderness. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate was elevated to 40; the γ-glutamyl transferase level was

Serum amylase (AMY) and gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT) are routine clinical markers for investigating pancreatic and hepatobiliary disorders, respectively, but are also increased in systemic deterioration following critical trauma and diseases. The present study investigated the postmortem levels

UNASSIGNED Prolonged pyrexia and weight loss are recognised paraneoplastic manifestations of renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Stauffer's syndrome is a rarely described paraneoplastic manifestation, which is described early in the course of RCC. We report a patient who presented with unresolving fever

This case report describes the job activities of an offal porter who developed Q fever while processing livers from sheep. The diagnosis was confirmed by an increase in specific serial antibody titre. The main clinical features were anorexia, nausea, headache, pyrexia and elevated gamma-glutamyl

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the sequential changes and to estimate the frequencies of abnormalities in some commonly measured biological variables in patients with African tick bite fever (ATBF), an emerging spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiosis in international travelers to rural sub-Saharan

The aim of the present investigation was the study of the content of alanine, asparagine-transaminases, gamma-glutamyl transferase and their isoenzymes, as well as leucine aminotransferase in the lymph of thoracic duct, hepatic and intestinal lymph and peripheral blood in dynamics of fever reaction

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to analyse the concentrations of Zn and Fe as well as their relationships to metabolic parameters in milk fever cows. METHODS A total of 195 Simmental cows, downer cows and clinically healthy control animals were divided into five groups: a) control group (CG, n =

OBJECTIVE To observe that antiretroviral efficacy, immune reconstitution of two-year HAART, and evaluate its side effect in Chinese HIV-1-infected patients. METHODS Three drug regimen composed of didanosine (ddI), stavudine (d4T), and nevirapine (NVP) was used on 27 HIV-1 infected patients, Within 2

Salmonella infection occurs worldwide and is still an important public health problem in many developing countries. The infection can affect almost all major organs including the liver. Severe hepatic involvement with a clinical feature of acute hepatitis is a rare complication. In this paper, a

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute systemic vasculitis of childhood. Due to development of coronary artery aneurysms (CAA) it is considered the most common cause of acquired heart disease in children. The clinical and laboratory features of patients with complete and incomplete KD were compared in

OBJECTIVE To summarize the Patho-typing and the clinical manifestation of biliary cast syndrome (BCS) in patients after orthotopic liver transplantation. METHODS The clinical manifestation, findings,therapeutic means and efficacy of 103 patients with biliary cast syndrome after orthotopic liver

A phase I study to determine the toxicity and immunologic effects of iv administered aqueous suspensions of mycobacterial cell wall skeleton (CWS) and CWS combined with trehalose dimycolate (TDM) was performed. A total of 26 patients received suspensions of either CWS or CWS/TDM given iv every 1 or