1Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand. 2Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand. Received for publication: May 23, 2011. Reprint request: Methee Chayakulkeeree, M.D., Ph.D., Division of Infectious Diseas...

INTRODUCTION Mycotic popliteal aneurysms are not a common phenomenon. They can initially be easily confused with other more trivial conditions such as a Baker's cyst. We present a case of a patient presenting with a progressively worsening leg swelling which was initially misdiagnosed. Only until symptoms rapidly progressed was a popliteal aneurysm diagnosed. To our knowledge this is the only i...

Mycotic diseases are considered a worldwide growing concern related to public health. Lobomycosis like disease (LLD) ( Lacazia loboi ) is chronic and progressive infection in skin of humans small cetaceans present both sides the Americas, including Mexico but information still limited. Marine predators indicators potential risks for human wildlife health, fungal LLD bottlenose dolphins. Here we...

Case report R. B., an 1 8-year-old schoolgirl with rheumatic mitral stenosis, developed subacute bacterial endocarditis in May 1944. After a preliminary and unsuccessful course of penicillin treatment elsewhere, she was transferred to the New Haven Hospital in September 1944. The infecting bacterium, Streptococcus vridans, proved relatively sensitive to penicillin, and the administration of 12,...