background & importance: infections of the craniocervical junction are rare. case presentation: we present a case of infection by methicillin-sensitive staphylococcus aureus and streptococcus mitis that was not previously reported. conclusion: neurosurgeons must suspect for diagnosis and initiate broad antimicrobial therapy, including active agents against gram-negative and then initiate a targ...

Liver abscess is mostly either pyogenic or amebic. Fungal and mycobacterial liver abscesses are rare and mostly associated with immunosuppression. The occurrence of fungal liver abscess with hydatid cyst was never reported previously. This case created diagnostic difficulty, whether we are dealing with liver abscess or hydatid cyst. Sometimes, it may be possible that concurrent occurrence of hy...

Results At incision performed 158 ± 112 min after administration, cefpirome concentrations in abscess ranged from below the limit of quantification to 47 mg/L (8.4 ± 14.1 mg/L), and moxifloxacin concentrations ranged from below the limit of quantification to 9.2 mg/L (1.9 ± 3.4 mg/L). Relative to plasma, abscess concentrations of moxifloxacin were significantly higher than of cefpirome (p = 0.0...

BACKGROUND Liver abscess is a common deep seated abscess in children; amebic liver abscess is associated with more local complications. CASE CHARACTERISTICS We report two preschool children presenting with short history of pain, fever and right upper quadrant pain. The abscess communicated with gastro-intestinal tract (ascending colon in case 1 and duodenum in case 2), and diagnosis of amebic...

primary tuberculosis of the breast is a rare disease. it usually occurs in female of reproductive age. any form of tuberculosis mastitis may present with feature of malignancy. diagnosis is mainly based on identification of tubercle bacilli. we report a 42-year-old woman with primary tuberculosis abscess of the breast, who underwent surgical resection. fine needle biopsy failed to achieve speci...

although amebic liver abscess can be a cause of significant morbidity and mortality in all ages, there are few reports dealing with this entity in children. twenty-four children with amebic liver abscess. ages ranging between 8 weeks and 14.5 years were managed at the tehran university hospital of children, iran, between november 1987, and october 2001. the most frequency presentation was high-...

aggressive fibromatosis or desmoid tumors, histologically indicated by small bundles of spindle cells in a fibrous background, are uncommon benign tumors without metastasis. they are recurrent and aggressive and their recurrence and severity is exacerbated following surgical operation. based on previous reports, these tumors rarely present as intra-abdominal abscesses. herein, a 54-year-old wom...

conclusions it should be kept in mind that the oral flora bacterium s. anginosus may cause transient bacteremia and deep-seated organ abscesses in immunodeficient patients with poor oral hygiene. such patients with intra-abdominal abscesses should be treated with antibiotics and surgery. introduction the streptococcus anginosus group of bacteria are low-virulence bacteria existing as commensals...

introduction adrenal myelolipoma is a rare benign neoplasm, which contains mature adipose tissue and variable amounts of haematopoietic elements. most lesions are small and asymptomatic, discovered incidentally during autopsy or imaging studies performed for other reasons. case presentation here we reported a series of two cases of giant myelolipomas of the adrenal gland; first one the largest ...