Clostridium septicum bacteremia and diffuse spreading cellulitis of the head and neck in a leukemic patient.
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S Maayan
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Cerebral toxoplasmosis complicating bone marrow transplantation.
Cerebral toxoplasmosis occurred in a 34-year-old patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia following bone marrow transplantation. The clinical picture included headaches, nuchal rigidity, and right-sided hemiparesis during a course of disseminated cutaneous herpes zoster. The diagnosis of toxoplasmosis was based on serologic evidence and typical computed tomography scan of the brain as well as clinical improvement following specific anti-Toxoplasma treatment. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of cerebral toxoplasmosis in Israel.
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Lack of exposure to HTLV1 among Ethiopian immigrants of operation Solomon (1991) arriving to the Jerusalem area.
HTLV1 antibodies were tested in a group of 740 Ethiopian immigrants who arrived in Israel in Operation Solomon, 1991. HTLV1 antibodies were not found in a single individual. This survey and previous ones conducted on 314 immigrants of the 1984-85 Operation Moses suggest that HTLV1 infection is not present among Ethiopian immigrants residing in Israel.
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Mycobacterium bovis lymphadenitis complicating BCG immunization in an infant with symptomatic HIV-1 infection.
A 3-month-old infant with HIV-1 infection who recently immigrated from Ethiopia developed regional lymphadenitis and systemic symptoms subsequent to BCG immunization. She was suffering from axillary lymphadenitis ipsilateral to the BCG vaccination site, failure to thrive, unresolving fever and hepatosplenomegaly. Acid-fast bacilli were seen on staining and Mycobacterium bovis was isolated from the regional lymph node. The infant responded promptly to triple antituberculous therapy but died 2 months later from overwhelming pneumonia and respiratory failure. This case emphasizes the iatrogenic hazards of BCG immunization in HIV-1 infected infants. With the increasing prevalence of pediatric HIV-1 infection, indiscriminate BCG immunization programs should be reconsidered. While infants with asymptomatic HIV-1 infection at risk for tuberculosis should be immunized, BCG immunization should be withheld in those with symptomatic disease.
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Serological markers for hepatitis B and treponemal infection among HIV carriers from Ethiopia.
A group of 52 HIV carriers among immigrants who arrived in Israel from Ethiopia in Operation Solomon, 1991, is described. A control group was randomly chosen from the same population. HBV serology and treponemal antibodies were obtained from both groups. The frequency of HBV markers was similar in both groups (70% among the HIV carriers and 78.8% in the controls). HBsAg was more frequently found among HIV carriers (20%) than in the control group (8.6%). Treponemal antibodies were common among HIV carriers (31%), and infrequent in the controls (3%). These data indicate that HIV infection in this community is linked to treponemal infection and that these carriers handle HBV less efficiently then HIV-negative subjects.
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