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V Korten

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Subcutaneous nodules caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa: healing without incision and drainage.

In a patient with multiple myeloma, numerous indurated, subcutaneous nodules and pyomyositis due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa were noted. These lesions resolved with ciprofloxacin plus ceftazidime therapy without surgical incision and drainage. Despite another course of cancer chemotherapy after total disappearance, there were no recurrences at the end of 3 months. Quinolones initially combined with other antipseudomonal beta-lactam agents may be the drugs of choice in the management of patients with subcutaneous nodules caused by P. aeruginosa.

Amikacin↗

[Group B streptococcal endocarditis].

In this article, a case of group B streptococcal endocarditis in a diabetic patient, taking immunosuppressive therapy because of dermatomyositis is reported.

Dermatomyositis↗

[Shigella serotypes and drug resistance patterns of strains isolated in Etimesgut, Turkey, in 1987].

Drug resistance patterns of shigella strains were investigated in a prospective manner in Etimesgut district during a period of 1 year. Thirty strains shigella were isolated, belonged to three subgroups with preponderance of Sh. flexneri (70%), followed by Sh. sonnei (27%) and Sh. boydii (3%). The resistance was highest with streptomycin (80%), followed by trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMZ) (53%) and ampicillin (43%). Only three strains (10%) were sensitive to all eight antibiotics tested. Sixteen (53%) were resistant to three or more antibiotics. The data showed an increase in resistance to the commonly used antimicrobial agents--namely IMP-SMZ and ampicillin. IMP-SMZ is no longer the drug of choice in severe shigellosis, at least in this region of Turkey.

Ampicillin Resistance↗