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Infection and Immunity
This case report describes a young man in his early 20s who was found to have synchronous adenocarcinoma of the colon and abdominal tuberculosis. This is a rare finding and it is discussed whether a dampened immune response by the cancer allowed a latent tuberculosis infection to become active or vice versa.
(Vol 11 p 103-106, Colorectal surgery; General surgery; Infection and Immunity; Thoracic medicine: 9 December 2011)
Febrile illness has a broad differential diagnosis, particularly among persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Infectious complications of immunodeficiency must always be high on this differential, but clinicians must also consider HIV-associated malignancies as an explanation for fever in this population. We present the case of a 48-year-old man with...
(Vol 11 p 34-36, Critical Care; Infection and Immunity; Oncology; Virology: 6 April 2011)
An 80-year-old lady with abdominal pain had a perforated terminal ileum at laparotomy 2 weeks after treatment for Campylobacter jejuni infective colitis. Histology of the excised bowel revealed transmucosal inflammation but no dysplasia or malignancy. Cases of bowel perforation secondary to Campylobacter are more common in children and HIV-positive individuals.
(Vol 11 p 17-19, General Surgery; Infection and Immunity: 26 March 2011)
We report a case of East African trypanosomiasis in a 26-year-old traveler returning from Tanzania, including a series of pictures of the progression of the inoculation chancre. Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense-specific DNA was detected in the blood until 8 days after treatment. We hypothesize that the previously observed suramin toxicity may be an immunological response to...
(Vol 10 p 12-16, Infection and Immunity: 26 March 2011)
A case of Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) meningoencephalitis in a 74-year-old white man with rheumatoid arthritis is reported. The potential predisposing factors for EBV meningoencephalitis, the diagnostic approach and the management highlighted by this case are discussed.
(Vol 9 p 49-53, Infection and immunity; Neurology; Rheumatology: 31 December 2009)
We report on an 81-year-old male with bilateral septic arthritis of the knee joints, who was treated with multiple joint washouts and intravenous antibiotics. As far as we know, there has been no case report in the English literature, on bilateral septic arthritis of the knee secondary to group G β-haemolytic streptococcal endocarditis.
(Vol 8 p 28-30, Cardiology; Microbiology; Orthopaedic Surgery; Infection and Immunity: 29 September 2008)
A 20-year-old woman was admitted with a short history of high fever, rash, gastrointestinal symptoms, vaginal discharge and hypotension. Whilst toxic shock syndrome was considered, no gynaecological source of infection was found. Subsequent isolation of Staphylococcus aureus from a cutaneous blister led to confirmation of the diagnosis.
(Vol 8 p 25-27, Infection and Immunity: 29 September 2008)
We report the case of a woman from sub-Saharan Africa who presented with pyrexia, pulmonary lesions and a urinary tract infection (UTI). She was found to have multiple infections, i.e. Salmonella bovis bacteraemia, Escherichia coli UTI, and pulmonary nocardiosis. In the presence of lymphopaenia, a Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) antibody test was performed and was...
(Vol 3 p 31-34, Infection and Immunity; Respiratory Medicine: February 2004)
We report a case of pulmonary Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAI) in a previously fit 48-year-old man who subsequently developed Crohn's disease. We discuss the potential predisposing factors for pulmonary MAI; the diagnostic uncertainties in this particular case; the relationship between pulmonary MAI and Crohn's disease; and the difficulties in management that are...
(Vol 2 p 24-28, Respiratory Medicine; Gastroenterology; Infection: May 2002)
An immunocompromised woman developed progressive respiratory symptoms followed by signs of embolism in the pulmonary artery and great vessels. MRI of the chest was able to demonstrate the lung cavitation, as well as demonstrating vascular invasion, suggesting a diagnosis of mucormycosis, an opportunistic fungal infection.
(Vol 2 p 8-10, Infection and Immunity: January 2002)
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Editor-in-Chief
Frank Cross
Consultant Surgeon
St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK
Editors
Neil Barnes
Consultant Physician
St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK
Ali Jawad
Consultant Rheumatologist
St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK
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