Fatal systemic emphysematous infection caused by : A case report.

Background: Systemic emphysematous infection caused by ( ) is a rare but severe infection which can be lethal if the diagnosis is delayed.

Case Summary: We report a rare case of systemic emphysematous infection hematogenous dissemination from a liver abscess caused by , complicated by multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, septic shock, bacteremia, emphysematous cystitis, prostate and left seminal vesicle abscesses in a diabetic patient. The patient simultaneously presented with spontaneous pneumoperitoneum secondary to rupture of the emphysematous liver abscess.

[Toxoplasma gondii Infection in HIV-infected Individuals in Henan Province].

Genomic DNA was extracted from 1 038 peripheral blood samples from HIV-infected individuals in Henan Province. One-step single-tube nested PCR was performed to amplify the 529 bp repeating sequences of Toxoplasma gondii. Of the 1 038 samples （762 from males and 276 from females）, 66 showed positive PCR results, with a positive rate of 6.