Rachida: Letters from Algeria

Epidemic typhus imported from Algeria.

We report epidemic typhus in a French patient returning from Algeria. The diagnosis was confirmed by serologic testing and the isolation of Rickettsia prowazekii in blood. Initially the patient was thought to have typhoid fever. Because body lice are prevalent in industrialized regions, the introduction of typhus to pediculosis-endemic areas poses a serious public health risk.

Points from Letters

(a) Undergraduate medical education, leading up to the M.D. degree. After qualification, all doctors have to serve a period of interneship for at least one year, as well as pass a state licensing examination, before they can practise as general practitioners. (b) Graduate education, covering usually a period of at least three years, with a view to specialization. During this period, graduates g...

NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter baumannii from Algeria.

Over the last decade, nosocomial infections with Acinetobacter baumannii have been described with an increasing trend toward multidrug resistance, mostly in intensive care units (ICUs) (6, 9, 11). The main mechanism of resistance to carbapenems in A. baumannii is the production of acquired OXA-type carbapenemases, which have been frequently identified worldwide and are clustered in three major ...

From Letters to Pixels

Specifying regions of interest to search 3D anatomical space can be di cult. Ontology-based queries are often imprecise and return extra (unwanted) data. Drawing regions of interest in graphical 3D representations of a model organism in principle allows for high precision, but user interfaces can be awkward to use and time consuming. In this poster we promote the use of spatial descriptions as ...

Points from Letters