A healthy postnatal woman succumbed to fulminant iatrogenic Aspergillus infection of the central nervous system, following accidental inoculation into the subarachnoid space at spinal anesthesia, during an outbreak of ...

To the Editor, The characteristic fungal bodies of chromoblastomycosis, known as Medlar bodies, are visualized as golden brown rounded bodies in routine hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stained tissue sections of the skin (Fig. ...

Abstract. The impact of repeated malarial infections on the school performance of children was investigated in 571 school children 6–14 years of age in a malaria-endemic area in southern Sri Lanka where both Plasmodium ...

Introduction: The educational environment is crucial in determining the success of undergraduate medical education. The Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) is a validated tool to assess the educational ...

A 23 year-old, recently married Omani lady was admitted with 7 weeks of amenorrhoea, abdominal pain and bleeding per vagina. Her abdominal examination was unremarkable; a bimanual examination showed a uterine size of 12 ...

Goal: To assess the association between duration of breastfeeding and the risk of breast cancer in Sri Lankan women. Methods: We conducted a case–control study in women aged 30–64 years in selected health care facilities ...