Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases
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Scand. J. Infect. Dis. · Jan 2002
Review Case ReportsPichia ohmeri prosthetic valve endocarditis and review of the literature.
Fungal prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) is a serious complication of valve replacement surgery. We report the first case of documented Pichia ohmeri PVE in an immunocompetent man who was successfully treated with valve replacement and antifungal therapy with amphotericin B.
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Scand. J. Infect. Dis. · Jan 2002
Case ReportsNeonatal nosocomial pneumococcal infections acquired by patient-to-patient transmission.
A case of neonatal nosocomial pneumococcal sepsis acquired by patient-to-patient transmission and confirmed by phenotypic and genotypic typing is documented. To the best of our knowledge this is the first documented case of neonatal nosocomial person-to-person transmission.
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Scand. J. Infect. Dis. · Jan 2002
Case ReportsStreptococcus bovis meningitis in a neonate with Ivemark syndrome.
Although Streptococcus bovis infections in adults are associated with endocarditis and bowel neoplasms, S. bovis-associated meningitis is rare in neonates. We describe the case of a neonate with Ivemark syndrome, which possibly predisposed her to infection with this bacterium.
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Scand. J. Infect. Dis. · Jan 2002
Case ReportsSolitary parietal lobe histoplasmoma mimicking a brain tumor.
We describe a rare case of Histoplasma infection, which manifested only as a brain histoplasmoma, in a previously healthy woman who had no underlying predisposing conditions. Only a few cases of such intracranial histoplasmomas have been reported but this entity can mimic a brain neoplasm and should be a diagnostic consideration during the evaluation of ring-enhancing brain lesions.
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Scand. J. Infect. Dis. · Jan 2002
Review Case ReportsRat-bite fever in children: case report and review.
We report 2 cases of rat-bite fever (RBF), a multisystem zoonosis, in children and review the literature. RBF is caused by I of 2 Gram-negative organisms: Streptobacillus moniliformis or, less commonly, Spirillum minus. ⋯ An additional 10 cases from a MEDLINE review (1960-2000) are reviewed. RBF must be included in the differential diagnosis of febrile patients with rashes and a history of exposure to rats.