During 1988-89 this continuing survey showed 18 infections in the staff of laboratories reporting from 166 centres, representing 21,756 person-years of exposure. Shigella and other bowel infections (one caused by S typhi) predominated, affecting 11 microbiology medical laboratory scientific officers. Three shigella infections originated from quality control samples. Pulmonary tuberculosis affec...

Invasive fungal infections are a significant health problem in immunocompromised patients. The clinical manifestations vary and can range from colonization in allergic bronchopulmonary disease to active infection in local aetiologic agents. Many factors influence the virulence and pathogenic capacity of the microorganisms, such as enzymes including extracellular phospholipases, lipases and prot...

1108 DR. MOORE (Resident): E.P., a male born of Greek parentage, was 6 weeks of age at the time of his first admission to the New York Hospital. He had been well until 8 days prior to admission when he began to sneeze frequently, and his eyes began to water and his cry became hoarse. On the following day the family physician made a diagnosis of croup and prescribed tetracycline, 50 mg every 6 h...

PURPOSE periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) accounts for 25% of failed total knee arthroplasties (TKAs) and 15% of failed total hip arthroplasties (THAs). The purpose of the present study was to design a multidisciplinary diagnostic algorithm to detect a PJI as cause of a painful TKA or THA. METHODS from April 2010 to October 2012, 111 patients with suspected PJI were evaluated. The study gr...

Haemophilus aphrophilus, an oral fastidious Gram-negative commensal with low pathogenicity, is a member of the HACEK group (H. aphrophilus, H. paraphrophilus, Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, Cardiobacterium hominis, Eikenella corrodens, and Kingella spp.), and a rare cause of human infections. We reviewed the characteristics of 8 cases of H. aphrophilus infections diagnosed in our hospita...

introduction: the advent of antibiotics and the improvement in dental hygiene have made the occurrence of deep neck infections less frequent than in the past. nevertheless, the complications of these infections are often life threatening. the purpose of this study was to review the clinical findings in deep neck infections and identification predisposing factors of these complications. material...

background & objectives:staphylococcus aureus is one of the major causes of nosocomial infections. recently, increase in its various drug-resistant strains, has increased health problems. incidence of vrsa (vancomycin resistant staphylococcus aureus) strains has created many concerns about the treatment of these bacterial infections. the aim of this study was to determine the frequency of staph...

We present the cases of three patients from different rural areas of Peru whose clinical assessments indicated abdominal pain as a main symptom, and who showed associated eosinophilia. There were also various findings through imaging, especially CT scans (e.g. single or multiple hypodense abnormalities, subcapsular hematoma), which led to different diagnosis in each case. Serologic tests (ELISA...

Prosthetic joint infection is a devastating complication with high morbidity and substantial cost. The incidence is low but probably underestimated. Despite a significant basic and clinical research in this field, many questions concerning the definition of prosthetic infection as well the diagnosis and the management of these infections remained unanswered. We review the current literature abo...

Abstract Liver infections are a common and appropriate management depends on the accurate diagnosis. Imaging is an important part of workup patients with suspected liver infections. The imaging appearances depend causative agent. When features seen in context clinical presentation, biochemical features, predisposing condition, specific diagnosis possible significant proportion patients. In this...