Fosfomycin: Resurgence of an old companion

Syphilitic mucous patches: the resurgence of an old classic.

A 20-year-old woman was referred to our department for evaluation of multiple persistent erosive lesions of the oral mucosa that appeared 3 months before consultation. She complained of sore throat and a vague local discomfort. Her past medical history was unremarkable. Physical examination disclosed symmetrical erosive serpiginous hypertrophic plaques on the buccal commissures and buccal mucos...

Fosfomycin for Treatment of Prostatitis: New Tricks for Old Dogs.

Treatment options for prostatitis caused by multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacilli are limited. We report two cases cured with oral fosfomycin and provide a pharmacokinetic analysis of fosfomycin predose concentrations during treatment.

Resurgence of vitamin D: Old wine in new bottle.

There are early references of it in ancient text and physicians have discussed its importance and features of its deficiency in the past. Vitamin D has again regained interest with recent dramatic rise in the incidence of deficiency in the developing as well as developing world. In this review article, we discuss the biochemical and role of vitamin D in the skeletal system. We also discuss the ...

Hand-held cow horn: resurgence of an old arm or apotential terrorist weapon

A 23 year old man presented with intestinal evisceration from stab injury to the left side of the abdomen with a hand-held cow horn at a local night party. He complained of severe abdominal pain and bleeding at the site of injury. He was hemodynamically stable. At emergency exploration, the eviscerated bowel was viable with no adjacent mesenteric tear. Other intra abdominal organs were normal. ...

Biologics and tuberculosis risk: the rise and fall of an old disease and its new resurgence.