The Group A Streptococcal Carrier State Reviewed: Still an Enigma

Fournier's gangrene, still an enigma.

Group A streptococcal carrier versus acute infection: the continuing dilemma.

An age old question reappears in the article by Johnson et al in this issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases [1]. Defining what is an acute infection due to group A streptococci versus the carrier state of this very common pathogen is of considerable significance because nonsuppurative sequelae, such as acute rheumatic fever and acute glomerulonephritis, are said to only follow acute disease. Mo...

Nerve growth factor--an enigma still?

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Feline infectious peritonitis: still an enigma?

Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is one of the most important fatal infectious diseases of cats, the pathogenesis of which has not yet been fully revealed. The present review focuses on the biology of feline coronavirus (FCoV) infection and the pathogenesis and pathological features of FIP. Recent studies have revealed functions of many viral proteins, differing receptor specificity for type...

Group B Streptococcal Sepsis in a Newborn: a Case Report

Newborns’ bacterial infections due to group B Streptococcus (GBS) happen in two forms including early-onset disease or late-onset disease. In this paper, we report a case of early-onset GBS infection in a male infant. A 22-year-old primigravid woman delivers a term normal looking male infant. Nasal flaring, grunting, and poor feeding presented soon after birth. An empiric treatment wit...