MindMate: A single case experimental design study of a reminder system for people with dementia.

Prospective memory difficulties are commonly reported in people with dementia. The evidence supporting the use of prospective memory devices among the dementia population remains limited. MindMate is a recently developed smart device application that aims to support individuals with a diagnosis of dementia, improving self-management skills and quality of life.

Treated follicular lymphoma, recurrent invasive pneumococcal disease, nonresponsiveness to vaccination, and a unique pneumococcus.

A nonneutropenic patient with treated low-grade non-Hodgkin's (Follicular) lymphoma and secondary hypogammaglobulinemia recovered from pneumococcal pneumonia and septicemia (serotype 7F; ST191) subsequent to influenza A H1N1 (2009). Both infections were potentially vaccine preventable. The patient then developed pneumococcal meningitis due to a serotype 35F pneumococcus with a unique Multilocus Sequence Type (ST7004) which was not vaccine preventable.

Imported malaria in Scotland--an overview of surveillance, reporting and trends.

Background: Imported malaria cases continue to occur and are often underreported. This study assessed reporting of malaria cases and their characteristics in Scotland.

Methods: Cases were identified at the study sites of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness.

Mycobacterium microti infection associated with spindle cell pseudotumour and hypercalcaemia: a possible link with an infected alpaca.

A 44-year-old woman who had recently been on immunosuppressive therapy presented with malaise, cough, fever, weight loss, lymphadenopathy, severe hypercalcaemia and a paratracheal mass on imaging. The initial impression was of disseminated malignancy, and lymphoma was suspected. A mediastinal biopsy showed a mycobacterial spindle cell pseudotumour containing acid and alcohol fast bacilli (AAFB).

Adherence to anti-retroviral therapy among HIV patients in Bangalore, India.

Introduction: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has an estimated prevalence of 0.9% in India (5.2 million).