conclusions sphingomonas paucimobilis can cause serious infections, especially in immunocompromised patients with determined risk factors such as indwelling catheters and diabetes mellitus, due to the effects of multiple virulence factors, together with biofilm formation. results all the clinical isolates of s. paucimobilis produced biofilms. primary bacteraemia (n = 16) was the most common cli...

* Tinea pedis (athlete's foot) occurs in about 15% ofthe population * Its usual treatment is a topical antifungal applied two or three times a day for up to four weeks * Terbinafine is a synthetic allylamine antifungal with a primarily fungicidal action against dermatophytes and some other moulds and yeasts * This study shows that terbinafine 1% cream applied twice daily for a week was signific...

* Young adults and children now commonly survive treatment for cancer and subsequently want to have a family * Many fear that the toxic treatment they received for cancer will affect their children * This study shows that the risk of having a child with congenital anomalies was not increased among parents who had been treated for cancer * For live births there was no relation between increasing...

T he pump performance of the left ventricle (LV) depends on its ability to cycle between two states: 1) a compliant chamber in diastole that allows the LV to fill from a low left atrial pressure and 2) a stiff chamber in systole that ejects the stroke volume at arterial pressure. The transitions from diastole to systole (contraction) and from systole to diastole (relaxation) are essential for t...

* HIV infected blood may still be transfused in Africa because of lack of access to HIV testing, lack of adequate laboratory quality control, and from donors being in the seroconversion period * Donor deferral has not been thought feasible in Africa because heterosexual transmission accounts for most cases of HIV infection, making risk groups difficult to identify * Not everyone is at equal ris...

adenomyosis is a widespread disease affecting the reproductive period of women’s life. in the last ten years, different pathogenetic hypotheses have been proposed to explain the initiation and development of the disease. this article aims to present and discuss the most important pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying adenomyosis development in order to clarify the relationship between adenomyo...

mucormycosis is a clinical entity attributed to opportunistic fungal infection of order mucorales. this includes several pathogenic subtypes. it commonly affects the rhinocerebral sites and the immunocompromized patients with devastating results. visceral mucormycosis is a relatively rare complication. we report the first free sigmoid colon perforation secondary to invasive mucormycosis and dis...