Pulmonary Mycobacterium simiae infection: comparison with pulmonary tuberculosis.

To identify the clinical and radiological features distinguishing Mycobacterium simiae respiratory infection from pulmonary tuberculosis, the demographics, underlying conditions, and clinical and radiological findings of 121 consecutive patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and 102 with M. simiae respiratory infection were compared retrospectively. In the M.

Cyclosporin drug-interaction-induced rhabdomyolysis. A report of two cases in lung transplant recipients.

In rare cases the use of cyclosporin in transplant patients can cause myopathic changes. We describe two patients, the recipients of lung transplants, who developed severe reversible rhabdomyolysis associated with cyclosporin drug-drug interaction.

Effect of a mineral salt diet on 24-h blood pressure monitoring in elderly hypertensive patients.

The influence of a mineral salt on 24-h ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring was studied in 20 elderly hypertensive subjects residing in an old peoples home. Ordinary table and cooking salt was substituted with a special Na-reduced, K-, Mg-, and l-lysine HCl-enriched mineral salt (Pansalt(R)) for 6 months. Antihypertensive therapy was uninterrupted.

High incidence of malignancies in patients with dermatomyositis and polymyositis: an 11-year analysis.

Objectives: Dermatomyositis and polymyositis (DM/PM) are associated with neoplasms. The aim of the present study is to compare our experience in Israel with other published data.

Methods: Thirty-five adult patients with DM/PM, admitted to Sheba Medical Center during the 11-year interval between 1984 and 1994, were studied for the prevalence and features of malignant diseases.

Peripartum cardiomyopathy occurring in a patient previously treated with doxorubicin.

We present a 28-year-old primigravida woman in whom congestive heart failure developed 3 months after delivery of a neonate. The patient underwent doxorubicin treatment 10 years previously. The combined cardiotoxicity of prior doxorubicin treatment and pregnancy is considered, and the importance of careful follow-up of cardiac function during pregnancy and postpartum in patients previously treated with doxorubicin is stressed.