A fatal case of Streptococcus equisimilis pneumonia and septicemia is described in a young man with Hodgkin's disease. The disease course consisted of exudative pharyngitis, macular rash, septic shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation, deep vein thrombosis, and pulmonary embolization. S. equisimilis was isolated from blood, throat, and sputum cultures antemortem and from lung cultures at ...

This paper develops a practical means of measuring information assurance for mobile agent systems operating on wireless, ad hoc networks based on meta-reasoning [Dix et ai, 2000; Xuan et al, 2001] to improve the security of communication. Figure 1 shows an agent system and its two distinct layers of communication: host-to-host and agent-toagent. Given the plethora of new techniques for identify...

This is the introductory volume in an annual series on infectious disease and therapy, edited by Brian E. Scully and Harold C. Neu. This first volume addresses diseases caused by the parasitic organisms of major clinical importance in the United States, with an emphasis on infections in immunocompromised hosts. The book does not address the clinical aspects of parasitic infections seen in prima...