Brain Abscess Showing a Lack of Restricted Diffusion and Successfully Treated with Linezolid

A Case of Psoas Abscess Successfully Treated

Showing Unusual Features Successfully Treated with Insulin and Glucose

Past history. He was a full-time child, never breast fed, and various foods had been tried. He talked and teethed normally, walked at three years and was always stunted. Family history. Other children healthy; one died "of ' fits.' The mother had one miscarriage. The home environment was poor. On examination (June, 1934), the patient was a stunted child with a large abdomen and wasted buttocks ...

A case of Streptococcus mitis endocarditis successfully treated by linezolid.

We report the successful treatment of infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus mitis with linezolid in a patient with pre-existing valvular heart disease. The patient had multiple allergies to conventional antibiotics. Linezolid may provide an oral alternative in the treatment of infective endocarditis in patients with adverse drug reactions to traditional antibiotic regimens.

A brain abscess due to multiply-resistant Enterobacter cloacae successfully treated with meropenem.

A case of coeliac disease showing unusual features successfully treated with insulin and glucose.

Past history. He was a full-time child, never breast fed, and various foods had been tried. He talked and teethed normally, walked at three years and was always stunted. Family history. Other children healthy; one died "of ' fits.' The mother had one miscarriage. The home environment was poor. On examination (June, 1934), the patient was a stunted child with a large abdomen and wasted buttocks ...