Browsing by Author "Karpathios, Themistocles"
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Association of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection with Henoch-Schonlein purpura.
Yiallouros, Panayiotis K.; Moustaki, Maria; Voutsioti, A.; Sharifi, F.; Karpathios, Themistocles (2013)We present a child with Henoch-Schonlein purpura and Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection, an association that was rarely described in the literature. The infection was confirmed serologically and by using PCR.
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Association of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and vitamin D levels with asthma and atopy in Cypriot adolescents: a case-control study
Papadopoulou, A.; Kouis, Panayiotis; Middleton, Nicos; Kolokotroni, Ourania; Karpathios, Themistocles; Nicolaidou, P.; Yiallouros, Panayiotis K. (2015)Background: Polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene have been studied in immune-related disorders either as independent contributors or in combination with vitamin D concentration. Vitamin D and VDR have been ...
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Carbamazepine hypersensitivity and rickettsiosis mimicking Kawasaki disease
Parha, S.; Garoufi, A.; Yiallouros, Panayiotis K.; Theodoridis, Ch; Karpathios, Themistocles (1993)We report on two patients whose clinical presentation resembled that of Kawasaki disease. The first patient was a boy with epilepsy, whose symptoms first appeared following treatment with carbamazepine. The second boy had ...
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Gender Differences in Objectively Assessed Physical Activity Between Asthmatic and Non-Asthmatic Children: A Descriptive Comparative Study among Cypriot Schoolchildren.
Economou, Mary; Middleton, Nicos; Kolokotroni, Ourania; Savva, Savvas C.; Gavatha, Marina; Ioannou, Phivos; Karpathios, Themistocles; Yiallouros, Panayiotis K. (2015)
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Gender differences in objectively assessed physical activity in asthmatic and non-asthmatic children
Yiallouros, Panayiotis K.; Economou, Mary; Kolokotroni, Ourania; Savva, Savvas C.; Gavatha, Marina; Ioannou, Phivos; Karpathios, Themistocles; Middleton, Nicos (2015)Summary Objective To compare objectively assessed physical activity levels, between asthmatic children and non-asthmatic controls. Methods From a random community sample of 794 children aged 8-9 years, in a case-control ...
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High cardiorespiratory fitness is inversely associated with incidence of overweight in adolescence: A longitudinal study
Savva, Savvas C.; Tornaritis, M. J.; Kolokotroni, Ourania; Chadjigeorgiou, C.; Kourides, Y. A.; Karpathios, Themistocles; Yiallouros, Panayiotis K. (2014)To assess the association of baseline cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) with incidence of overweight over a 4.6-year period in adolescence. In a cohort of 4878 adolescents, we assessed body mass index in years 2001-2003 and ...
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HSV-2 meningitis disseminated from a herpetic whitlow
Karpathios, Themistocles; Moustaki, Maria; Yiallouros, Panayiotis K.; Sarifi, F.; Tzanakaki, G.; Fretzayas, Andrew (2012)HSV-2 meningitis is uncommon in childhood and is mainly associated with genital lesions or a history of sexual abuse. A 7-year-old boy with recurrent herpetic whitlow developed HSV-2 meningitis. HSV-2 was identified in the ...
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Miller-Fisher syndrome in association with enterovirus infection
Moustaki, Maria; Gika, Artemis; Fretzayas, Andrew; Voutsioti, A.; Yiallouros, Panayiotis K.; Karpathios, Themistocles (2012)Miller-Fisher is a rare syndrome of childhood that presents with external ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and areflexia. It has been mainly associated with a preceding Campylobacter infection and less commonly with other bacterial ...
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Severe jaundice in two children with kawasaki disease: A possible association with gilbert syndrome
Karpathios, Themistocles; Moustaki, Maria; Yiallouros, Panayiotis K.; Sharifi, F.; Attilakos, Achilleas; Papadopoulou, A.; Fretzayas, Andrew (2012)Kawasaki disease is a systemic vasculitis, mainly encountered in children. It may affect any organ. Acute cholestasis and severe obstructive jaundice is an atypical manifestation of the disease. We herein present two ...
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Shewanella putrefaciens bacteraemia associated with terminal ileitis
Yiallouros, Panayiotis K.; Mavri, Antonia; Attilakos, Achilleas; Moustaki, Maria; Leontsini, Fani; Karpathios, Themistocles (2013)Shewanella putrefaciens has a wide geographical distribution, including sea- and fresh water, fish and soil, but it is an unusual pathogen in humans. A previously healthy boy without known immunodeficiency presented with ...