Dipheroids are usually regarded as skin or mucous membrane commensals. In this case from Jamaica the authors describe the role of the bacteria in fatal infective endocarditis. Diphtheroids as a cause of endocarditis in a haemodialysis patient Seema Biswas Editor-in-Chief […]
Month: October 2012
TB: Systemic sarcoidosis with caseating granuloma
In this case from Iran the authors tease out a diagnosis of TB from systemic sarcoidosis in a 58 year old woman. Seema Biswas Editor-in-Chief Systemic sarcoidosis with caseating granuloma […]
TB: Crohn’s disease or TB – the perennial question and diagnostic pitfalls
Here the authors describe a case of a non-healing perianal abscess in a patient from Saudi Arabia which finally responds to TB treatment… Seema Biswas Editor-in-Chief Crohn’s disease or TB – the perennial question and diagnostic pitfalls […]
Crimean-Congo Viral Haemorrhagic Fever (CCVHF)
A case of Crimean-Congo Viral Haemorrhagic Fever (CCVHF) has been diagnosed for the first time in the UK. The 38-year-old man had visited Afghanistan and fell ill a few days after he returned to Glasgow on a flight from Dubai. He has now been admitted to a specialist unit in the Royal Free Hospital in […]
TB: Coincident intra-abdominal presentation of lymphoma and tuberculosis after long-term iatrogenic immunosuppression
A patient on long term therapy for Crohn’s disease presents acutely with bowel obstruction. Laparotomy and bowel resection is performed. Histopathological examination reveals a sinister cause… Seema Biswas Editor-in-Chief Coincident intra-abdominal presentation of lymphoma and tuberculosis after long-term iatrogenic immunosuppression […]