Pylephlebitis and Septicaemia Treated with Aureomycin

Pneumococcal Meningitis Treated with Penicillin and Aureomycin

Esch. coli septicaemia treated with ampicillin.

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Report of a Case Treated with Aureomycin

Pylephlebitis Associated With Appendicitis

Pylephlebitis usually occurs secondary to infection in the region drained by the portal venous system. A most common antesecent focus of infection is diverticulitis and the most common blood isolate is E. coli (54%), followed by Proteus mirabilis (23%). Overall mortality is 32% and most of the patients who had died had severe sepsis prior to the initiation of antibiotic therapy. We describe a c...

Hyperpyrexia due to meningococcal septicaemia treated with cold peritoneal lavage.

An 18 year old male presented with fulminant meningococcal septicaemia and renal failure. He subsequently developed hyperpyrexia which failed to respond to conventional methods of treatment. Cold peritoneal lavage was employed which resulted in rapid lowering of his core temperature and helped manage his renal failure. The possible causes of the late onset of hyperpyrexia and the use of cold pe...