Retropharyngeal abscess is a rare but serious infection, in children, it often secondary to upper respiratory tract infections.We report the case of an 18-month-old infant admitted emergencies for acute febrile torticolis. A computed tomographic (CT) scan with contrast agent injection revealed collection retropharyngeal space; management consisted triple antibiotic therapy and transoral drainag...

Non-tuberculous mycobacterial skin infections have an increasing incidence. In immunocompetent patients, they usually follow local trauma. We present a case of cutaneous Mycobacterium abscessus infection following mesotherapy. The lesions were successfully treated with a combination of clarithromycin, ciprofloxacin, and doxycycline. Atypical mycobacterial infection should be suspected in patien...

Thermoviridin appeared to be an organic acid which was dialyzable. The antibiotic showed maximum absorption in the range of 268 to 272 m,u. Thermoviridin was primarily active against the gram positive bacteria tested. A preliminary toxicity test in mice, consisting of a single intraperitoneal injection of 32 mg of material which had 25 thermoviridin units per mg, did not cause death in any case.

A 47 year old male insulin-dependent diabetic developed two synchronous life-threatening Clostridium perfringens infections under unusual circumstances. Numerous sterile abscesses were also present, being the result of regular pentazocine intramuscular injections. Extensive surgical debridement and parenteral antibiotic therapy proved effective in treating the septicaemia and the large soft tis...

For animal use only 2 5 6 0 6 4 Liquamycin LA-200 (oxytetracycline injection) is a sterile, preconstituted solution of the broad-spectrum antibiotic oxytetracycline. Each mL contains 200 mg of oxytetracycline base as oxytetracycline dihydrate, and on a w/v basis, 40.0% 2-pyrrolidone, 5.0% povidone, 1.8% magnesium oxide, 0.2% sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate (as a preservative), monoethanolamine ...

A 70 y old woman presented with a cellulitic reaction following Zostavax® injection. This reaction could be differentiated from bacterial cellulitis on the basis of the temporal relationship between vaccination and onset of the reaction, its non progression and unresponsiveness to antibiotic therapy. Alerting health care providers to this type of reaction, also seen with pneumococcal and pertus...

A seven years old girl presented with history of sudden onset of generalized body weakness to an extent that she was not able to move any body part. On thorough history it was revealed that she was given intramuscular injection lincomycin at private clinic which lead to neuromuscular paralysis of whole body. This antibiotic is currently not being used in humans and being only used as veterinary...

M-81, a new water-soluble basic peptide antibiotic, was isolated from the culture filtrate of Streptomyces griseus subsp. psychrophilus AKU 2881, which produces cryomycin only at low temperatures. M-81 was produced at 20-37°C, but not below 20 C. M-81 was active against some Gram-positive bacteria. Its antimicrobial spectrum is more limited than those of cryomycin. It darkens at 208°-213°C with...

deficiency of vitamin b12 and/or folic acid as a cause of pyrexia, though known, is rarely reported in literature. we aimed to report a case in a 51 year old woman, who presented with fever and pancytopenia and was diagnosed to have megaloblastic anemia secondary to vitamin b12 and folate deficiency. the pyrexia subsided following the intramuscular injection of vitamin b12 and oral folic acid a...

background although effective strategies have been presented for preventing the spread of antibiotic resistance in iran, recent reports have revealed increasing antibiotic resistance among children and adults. objectives in the present study, we tried to provide a clear view of the antibiotic resistance status of aerobic organism as the most prevalent organism in patients with rhinosinusitis in...