Indigenous Amoebiasis: A Recent Outbreak in England

Human vibriosis: indigenous cases in England.

Vibriosis is a veterinary term covering a variety of disease in animals caused by vibrios. Vibrio infection in man conjures up a picture of cholera. Although not widely known, organisms similar to those causing vibriosis in animals also infect man. Cases of human vibriosis have been recorded in Europe and in the United States, but so far not in the British Isles. The condition is little known t...

Cross Boundary Morbidity and Mortality: A Situation Analysis of Recent 2012 Diphtheria Outbreak in Thailand

A Recent Outbreak of Rötheln

was to some extent prevalent in Clifton. As it is a disease affecting principally young persons, and as it is exceedingly infectious, it was natural to expect that large schools would be visited by it. This was the case m Clifton College during the summer term. In the previous term ending at Easter there were some cases in the Junior School, mainly affecting one house. The short Easter holidays...

Rifampicin Resistance in Tuberculosis Outbreak, London, England

Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates cultured from 6 patients associated with an isoniazid-resistant M. tuberculosis outbreak acquired rifampicin resistance. The rpoB gene sequence showed that resistance was associated with rare mutations in each isolate. Three isolates had a mutation outside the rifampicin resistance-determining region.

Challenges Facing Healthwatch, a New Consumer Champion in England

This article engages with debates about the conceptualisation and practical challenges of patient and public involvement (PPI) in health and social care services. Policy in this area in England has shifted numerous times but increasingly a consumerist discourse seems to override more democratic ideas concerning the relationship between citizens and public services. Recent policy change in Engla...