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BACKGROUND
Animal bites are typically harmless, but in rare cases infections introduced by such bites can be fatal. Capnocytophaga canimorsus, found in the normal oral flora of dogs, has the potential to cause conditions ranging from minor cellulitis to fatal sepsis. The tendency of C. canimorsus
Sorafenib, a multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor, has been shown to improve survival in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). As the clinical use of sorafenib increases, many adverse effects have been reported, such as hand-foot skin reaction, diarrhea, anorexia, asthenia,
We report a case of disseminated infection with Mycobacterium genavense in a 58 year old HIV positive woman presenting with fever, diarrhea, abdominal pain and weight loss. She had a striking hepatosplenomegaly, abdominal lymphadenopathy, anaemia and thrombopenia. Direct smears and cultures of
OBJECTIVE
To describe the clinical course and successful management of a febrile dog with polyarthritis, splenic vasculitis, thrombosis, and infarction that was infected with Bartonella henselae.
METHODS
An 8-year-old female spayed Labrador Retriever was referred to The Ohio State University
Babesia is known to be prevalent in the Eastern United States and other temperate countries but the prevalence of babesia is not well known in the tropical malaria-endemic countries because of the higher prevalence of malaria. A 72-year-old Hispanic male from Ecuador presenting with increasing left