Brain abscesses in children with leukemia or other malignancies are rare and potentially fatal. We report on four children who developed brain abscesses during treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). All patients received multimodal broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy and liposomal amphotericin-B in combination with hyperbaric oxygen. First-line antimicrobial treatment was modified when...

In the present study, a case of disseminated abscesses caused by Nocardia in a patient undergoing immunosuppressive therapy for nephrotic syndrome and infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is described. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such case to be reported. The patient had membranous nephropathy and received systemic corticosteroid therapy for one year. During this...

1940 Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 20, No. 11, November 2014 in previously healthy white patients from Germany differ from previously published cases. These 2 patients were not of Asian ethnicity and had no travel history, no contact with persons in a high-risk group (10), and no common risk factors such as malignancy (8); however, 1 patient had type-2 diabetes. K. pneum...

BACKGROUND Intracranial abscesses are rare and life-threatening conditions that typically originate from direct extension from nearby structures, hematogenous dissemination or following penetrating cerebral trauma or neurosurgery. FINDINGS A 36-year-old male presented to our emergency department with complaints of left eye swelling, headache and drowsiness. On physical exam, the patient was f...

OBJECTIVE Smartphone-based thermal imaging was evaluated for its utility in the detection of peritonsillar abscesses. METHODS We describe six cases of peritonsillar abscess in which computed tomography and thermography scans of the neck were performed prior to surgery. RESULTS Open-mouth thermal photographic images were obtained preoperatively from patients, and asymmetric hot spots with si...

INTRODUCTION Streptococcus intermedius - a member of the Streptococcus anginosus group - is part of the normal microbial flora of the oral cavity. Despite being regarded as a harmless apathogenic commensal, Streptococcus intermedius has been described to cause abscesses in various locations of the body. CASE PRESENTATION We report the clinical case and course of treatment of a 18-year-old mal...

Introduction Endogenous Endophthalmitis is a rare ocular infection but with poor visual prognosis for most patients. Its frequent etiology Klebsiella spp., associated hepatic abscesses and less frequently perirenal abscesses. Case presentation We present 61-year-old woman history of poorly controlled diabetes mellitus 2 that consulted several times acute pyelonephritis torpid evolution, endogen...