Infection is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among haemodialysis patients. Some of the risk factors specific to this population include repeated access to the blood stream through venous cannulation for dialysis as well as a higher prevalent usage of prosthetic materials like haemodialysis catheters and arteriovenous grafts. In addition, defects in immunity and phagocytosis also cont...

We report the case of a 14 year old healthy boy, who was admitted six weeks after being injured by a palm tree thorn, with limping caused by pain and swelling in his right knee. An ultrasound examination revealed a foreign body in the posterior lateral aspect of the right knee. Pantoea agglomerans was identified in the synovial fluid. The patient underwent two arthrotomies and was treated with ...

Walking barefoot is common in developing countries and the feet are therefore exposed to a variety of trivial injuries, some of which lead to cellulitis or abscess formation. If left untreated or improperly managed, osteomyelitis or septic arthritis, usually involving the heel or metatarsals, may follow. In countries with limited resources, the emphasis should be on clinical assessment for diag...

Introduction Most cases of Cushing's syndrome are known to have abnormalities of carbohydrate metabolism (Plotz, Knowlton and Ragan, 1952; Thorn, Renold and Cahill, 1959) and between 10-25% of patients have clinical diabetes mellitus (Thorn et al., 1959). However, the vascular complications of diabetes are reported to be uncommon (Thorn et al., 1959). In the past, adrenalectomy was tried for re...

Soil enrichment was used to isolate soil microorganisms capable of degrading isopropyl carbanilate (propham), 3’,4’-dichloropropionanilide (propanil), 3’-chloro-2-methylp-valerotoluidide (solan), and methyl 3,4-dichlorocarbanilate (swep) in a muck and a silty clay loam. Degradation of the pesticides in enrichment solutions, and by pure cultures of effective microbial isolates was demonstrated b...