The clinical course of infection following endobronchial inoculation of three strains of Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides small colony (MmmSC), the causative agent of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP), was compared in 15 mixed-breed Bos taurus steers. Two of these strains have not previously been investigated under experimental conditions. The cattle were inoculated endobronchiall...

Bovine herpesvirus 5 is a DNA virus that has been associated with meningoencephalitis in young cattle. While its clinical diagnosis is obscured by other major diseases that also produce similar neurological disease in cattle, the use of conventional virological techniques is hampered by the establishment of a lifelong latent infection in the host and the difficulty in differentiating BoHV-1 and...

The linezolid treatment for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection was sporadically reported in children. Here we describe a case of a 6 month-old patient underwent mediastinal drainage and artificial conduit removement caused by MRSA infection. After that, linezolid treatment was started and bacteremia was resolved after 14 days of treatment. At discharge, he was no febri...

Immunodeficient patients are at risk of developing extended or atypical herpes simplex virus infections, which can be easily misdiagnosed. We present the case of a 79-year-old, treatment-induced (oral corticosteroid), immunocompromised female with an extensive atypical herpes simplex virus infection. This patient presented with multiple erosions and vesicles on the trunk with a subacute onset. ...

1. The presence of fever and thyroid pain and tenderness, biochemical hyperthyroidism, and high ESR together make the diagnosis of subacute thyroiditis most likely.1,2 Subacute thyroiditis is also known as de Quervain’s thyroiditis and granulomatous thyroiditis. It is believed to be caused by viral infection. In this condition, despite the marked release of thyroid hormones from the damaged thy...

Thyroiditis is an inflammation of the thyroid gland that may be painful and tender when caused by infection, radiation, or trauma, or painless when caused by autoimmune conditions, medications, or an idiopathic fibrotic process. The most common forms are Hashimoto's disease, subacute granulomatous thyroiditis, postpartum thyroiditis, subacute lymphocytic thyroiditis, and drug-induced thyroiditi...