African trypanosomiasis in two travelers from the United States.

African trypanosomiasis is a rare but well-documented cause of fever in United States travelers returning from areas where it is endemic. We report two recently diagnosed cases that involved tourists who went on safari in Tanzania. Review of these and 29 other published cases indicates that disease in returning United States travelers is nearly always of the East African form, a fulminant illness for which prompt diagnosis is necessary.

Complicated soft tissue infection with prepatellar bursitis caused by Paecilomyces lilacinus in an immunocompetent host: case report and review.

Documented Paecilomyces lilacinus infections are quite rare. Most reports involve immunocompromised patients or implanted objects. We report the first case of complicated soft tissue infection caused by P.

Use of rhesus monkey kidney cells for isolation of varicella-zoster virus.

The authors examined the performance of rhesus monkey kidney cells and human diploid fibroblasts (MRC-5 cells) in primary isolation of varicella-zoster virus from clinical specimens in a diagnostic virology laboratory. Seventy-two varicella-zoster virus isolates were recovered between 1985 and 1993. Twenty-three isolates (32%) grew only in rhesus monkey kidney cells, whereas four isolates (6%) grew only in human diploid fibroblasts (MRC-5)(P = .