This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Actinomyces species are members of the endogenous flora of mucous membranes, and are freque...

Peripheral neuropathy is characterized as a generalized, relatively homogeneous process affecting many peripheral nerves and predominantly affecting distal nerves. The epidemiology of peripheral neuropathy is limited since the disease presents with varying etiology, pathology, and severity. Toxic, inflammatory, hereditary, and infectious factors can cause damage to the peripheral nerves resulti...

The aim of our study is to evaluate results of treating war injuries of colon and rectum, after 10 years. During the war in Croatia, 21 wounded, with colon (19) and rectum (2) injuries, were treated in the Department of Surgery at Nova Gradiska General Hospital from August 1991 to April 1992. Bullet wounds accounted for 57% of the injuries. All patients had other associated injuries. Primary re...

OBJECTIVES Cerebrovascular mortality has declined in the general population of Sweden. The objective of the present study was to investigate causes of death among stroke patients in a long-term perspective. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A population-based study was conducted of first-ever strokes in the municipality of Söderhamn, Sweden. Standardized mortality ratios were calculated for compari...

OBJECTIVE To describe a case of Propionibacterium acnes infection arising 10 years after neurosurgery and to review the literature regarding similar cases and their treatment. DESIGN Case report. SETTING Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. PATIENT A 70-year-old man with an intracerebral abscess and 2 biopsies culture positive for P acnes 10 years after subdural hematoma evacuation...