Sajjad Haider

PDMA report says 53 animals also died in rains, flood; 14 houses completely destroyed, 103 partially damaged

Political leadership, religious clerics, Afghan Taliban condemn blast, Rescue operations underway

Law enforcement personnel swiftly engaged in combat against the assailants

Now, at the age of 105, he remains a living link to a bygone era

CTD confirmed that three terrorists were eliminated during the exchange of gunfire

Assessing treatment outcomes and associated factors among children aged 6-59 months with severe acute malnutrition. Read more.

Purulent pericarditis secondary to bacterial infections is rarely seen in the current era of broad-spectrum antibiotics. Complications tend to be higher in comparison to viral or idiopathic etiologies in cases of bacterial pericarditis. Staphylococcal aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, or Haemophilus influenza are the more commonly identified pathogens in cases of bacterial pericarditis. We report a case of purulent pericarditis from Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron and Streptococcus milleri occurring in conjunction in a 56-year-old male. To our knowledge, there are no published case reports describing purulent pericarditis from B. thetaiotaomicron and S. milleri occurring simultaneously in the literature.

Cases of coronary vasospasm leading to ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) have been described. However, hypovolemia as an etiology of coronary vasospasm has been rarely reported. We report the case of a 57-year-old male who presented to the hospital with syncope, with electrocardiogram (EKG) findings suggestive of ST elevation in the inferior leads. The catheterization lab was activated, and coronary angiography was performed, which showed no evidence of thrombotic occlusion with diffuse disease in the right coronary artery and left anterior descending artery that resolved with aggressive fluid resuscitation.

Pericarditis leading to constrictive physiology is rarely diagnosed given its vague presentation. Abnormal diastolic filling from a stiff pericardium brings about signs and symptoms consistent with right-sided heart failure. We report the case of a 57-year-old female who presented with worsening shortness of breath and signs of volume overload. Chest computed tomography showed evidence of pericardial calcifications with pericardial effusion. Further evaluation with right heart catheterization suggested findings diagnostic of constrictive pericarditis.

No sooner had the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan after two decades of incessant war with the US and the Afghan government than fairly recently another country succumbed to Islamic militants. Ironically, both countries have been the battlegrounds for the US and other belligerents in their proxy wars for decades. The United States seems to have learned nothing from the Afghan experience, as it is repeating its past actions.