Polymyositis Treated with Penicillin

Pneumococcal Meningitis Treated with Penicillin and Aureomycin

"Moraxella lacunata" endocarditis treated with penicillin.

The case report of a young male with Endocarditis caused by Moraxella lacunata is presented. Although a well recognized cause of keratitis, conjunctivitis, and sinusitis; very few cases of endocarditis by this rare pathogen are reported in literature. Patient showed a prompt response when empirical therapy was de-escalated to penicillin, after receiving culture and sensitivity report from Micro...

A Case of Tetanus Treated with Penicillin

Fatal Mycobacterium peregrinum pneumonia in refractory polymyositis treated with infliximab.

this was a coincidental occurrence or whether the etanercept caused exacerbation of an active subclinical infection. The chronic steroid therapy with 25mg of prednisone daily should also be considered as an additional contributing factor in masking the infection. In our review of the literature only two cases of fatal sepsis associated with tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF) blockers were repor...

Lung Abscess with Pyo-Pneumothorax Treated with Penicillin