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Stethoscopes and otoscopes--a potential vector of infection?

Herman Avner Cohen, Jacob Amir, Andre Matalon, R Mayan, Sara M. Beni, Aviv Barzilai
Family practice
1997

OBJECTIVES We aimed to determine whether stethoscopes and otoscopes used in community paediatric clinics harboured pathogenic micro-organisms, and, if so, which measures could prevent this. METHODS… (More)

Pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in children with febrile convulsions.

Rachel Straussberg, Jacob Amir, Liora Harel, Igor Punsky, Hanna Bessler
Pediatric neurology
2001

The production of interleukin (IL)-1 beta, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, and IL-10 by peripheral blood mononuclear cells was examined in 13 children with and 11 children without any… (More)

Bacterial susceptibility to oral antibiotics in community acquired urinary tract infection.

Dario Prais, Rachel Straussberg, Yaron Avitzur, Moshe Nussinovitch, Liora Harel, Jacob Amir
Archives of disease in childhood
2003

BACKGROUND The most common oral antibiotics used in the treatment of urinary tract infection (UTI) are sulphonamides and cephalosporins, but emerging resistance is not unusual. AIMS To assess the… (More)

Management of nontuberculous mycobacteria-induced cervical lymphadenitis with observation alone.

Avraham Zeharia, Tal Eidlitz-Markus, Yishai Haimi-Cohen, Zmira Samra, Lea Kaufman, Jacob Amir
The Pediatric infectious disease journal
2008

BACKGROUND Nontuberculous mycobacteria can cause a chronic localized cervicofacial lymphadenitis in immunocompetent children. The recommended treatment is total excision of the affected lymph node.… (More)

Strawberry hemangioma in preterm infants.

Jacob Amir, Aryeh Metzker, R. Krikler, Solomon H. Reisner
Pediatric dermatology
1986

Of 973 preterm infants, strawberry hemangioma was recorded in 124 during the first year of life, giving an overall frequency of 12.7%. Male:female ratio was 1:1.4. In 96 infants with birth weight… (More)

A new classification for pericarditis associated with meningococcal infection

Yaron Finkelstein, Y. Adler, Moshe Nussinovitch, Itzhak Varsano, Jacob Amir
European Journal of Pediatrics
1997

Acute meningococcal pericarditis is a rare clinical disorder. Our review of the literature disclosed that current classifications are confusing since they fail to differentiate between two distinct… (More)

Familial breast cancer.

Uri Mintz, Jacob Amir, A De vries
Revue roumaine de medecine
1974

Fusobacterium necrophorum mastoiditis in children - emerging pathogen in an old disease.

Havatzelet Yarden-Bilavsky, Eyal Raveh, Gilat Livni, Oded Scheuerman, Jacob Amir, Efraim Bilavsky
International journal of pediatric…
2013

BACKGROUND Anaerobic bacteria are uncommon etiologic agents of acute mastoiditis in children. However, recent studies suggest an increase in the incidence of Fusobacterium necrophorum mastoid… (More)

Familial infantile bilateral striatal necrosis: clinical features and response to biotin treatment.

Rachel Straussberg, Zamir Shorer, +6 authors Jacob Amir
Neurology
2002

BACKGROUND Infantile bilateral striatal necrosis (IBSN) encompasses several syndromes of bilateral symmetric, spongy degeneration of the caudate nucleus, putamen, and globus pallidus. The familial… (More)

Dubin-Johnson syndrome as a cause of neonatal jaundice: the importance of coproporphyrins investigation.

Yishai Haimi-Cohen, Paul L Merlob, T Marcus-Eidlits, Jacob Amir
Clinical pediatrics
1998

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