Nitrofurantoin has well-described associations with a range of adverse pulmonary effects. We report the case of a 72-year old woman with relapsing pneumonitis secondary to the intermittent use of nitrofurantoin, a pattern of disease not well-represented in the literature. The case is also noteworthy as the diagnosis was initially overlooked due to the circumstances of the patient's medication u...

As I recently had an opportunity of investigating an outbreak of relapsing fever some 60 miles from the Muktesar Laboratory in the Kumaon Hills which had been reported as an outbreak of "sunjar," which is thought by some to be a mild form of plague, a brief record of the facts observed may be worthy of being placed on record. The disease was greatty on the decline at the time of my visit, which...

Background: Lassa fever cases outside Africa are seen as imported of fever. Timely diagnosis is important for timely intervention necessary to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with fever, this requires knowledge clinical manifestations Purpose: This review was done see how can be facilitated based on presentations in non-endemic region. Methods: The relevant articles were obtained ...

BACKGROUND In Africa, relapsing fever borreliae are neglected vector-borne pathogens that cause mild to deadly septicemia and miscarriage. Screening vectors for the presence of borreliae currently requires technically demanding, time- and resource-consuming molecular methods. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) has recently emerged as a to...

Ornithodoros turicata has been collected in Mexico and the United States. In the United States it is found in the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and Texas. It is reported a vector of relapsing fever in Mexico, and in Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas (Davis, 1942, Am. Assoc. Adv. Sci., 18, 67-76). In June, 1944, 121 Ornithodoros ticks...